The Enugu State government, on Tuesday, urged all residents to go back to farm and cultivate any available space within their homes. The state’s Commissioner for Agriculture and Agro Industrialisation, Patrick Ubru, appealed while flagging off the “Back-to-Farm” project of the Amurri Ancient Kingdom in Nkanu West Local Government Area. Mr Ubru said the initiative aligned with Governor Peter Mbah’s administration’s focus on using agriculture for community agroindustrialisation, food security and employment for many youths and women in communities. “As a government, we want what is happening today in the Amurri Ancient Kingdom to be replicated in every community in…
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The Sokoto State House of Assembly on Tuesday summoned the state Commissioner for Health, Asabe Balarabe, to appear before its committee next Tuesday after failure to honour previous invitations. The Chairman, House Committee on Health, Kabiru Dauda (APC-Gada East), announced the resolution after the committee’s meeting with the contractor handling the construction of Premier Hospital Binji and the Chief Medical Director of Orthopaedic Hospital Wamakko. The committee had summoned these officials after identifying irregularities during its oversight visit on May 7. Mr Dauda expressed disappointment that in spite of two invitations by the committee, the commissioner did not respond in…
The Head of the unit, CSP El-Musta Sani, gave the advice at a summit organised in Abuja by the Public Complaints Commission in collaboration with the Foundation for Youth Empowerment and Social Justice. Mr Sanni said that the unit was created in 2015 to handle complaints against police officers from members of the public. He said, so far, from the first quarter of 2024, the unit had received 459 complaints from members of the public against officers and men, through its social media platforms. He further explained that 265 of the cases had been resolved while 195 were still being…
The Ondo State Government has vowed to always stand by the truth and maintain neutrality in the selection of Obas and installation Olus and Baales. The Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Alhaji Amidu Takuro made this statement while addressing the Iralepo in Council and the people of Isinkan, in his Office, in Akure. While promising to resolve the issue which brought them amicably without talking sides, Takuro thanked the Iralepo in Council for choosing to toe the path of peace, rather than violence. He added that the government has great faith in Obas in the State and the…
The Ogun State Assembly passed a resolution on Tuesday urging Governor Dapo Abiodun’s administration to swiftly initiate construction work on the Kemta-Olokuta-Idi-Aba road, specifically through the Abeokuta train station. Lawmakers noted that the poor state of the road has severely impeded both human and vehicular movement in the area, with commuters reliant on the railway particularly affected. Adegoke Adeyanju, APC-Yewa North II, introduced the motion for debate, seconded by Olakunle Sobukanla, APC-Ikenne, during the plenary session. Adeyanju stressed the deteriorating condition of the road, which serves as a vital link between the Prof. Wole Soyinka Train Station and approximately 52…
At the Justice Anthony Aniagolu Memorial lecture held at Godfrey Okoye University, GOUNI, in Enugu on Tuesday, Peter Obi, the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, claimed that he had been the greatest beneficiary of the judiciary in the country during the era of incorruptible judges. Delivering a lecture on “The Judiciary And The Future of Nigeria,” Obi said he won the election in Anambra State, and another candidate was declared the winner, so he approached the court for justice. “I spent three years in court, and it was given to me. After a few months,…
On Tuesday, the Lagos State Police Command arrested street singer Habeeb Okikiola, known as Portable, over an unpaid debt of N14 million, the balance for a G-Wagon purchase. The state police spokesman, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest, saying the “Zazu” crooner purchased the vehicle valued at N27 million but only paid N13 million. “Yes, Portable has been arrested,” said Mr Hundeyin. “He bought G-Wagon for N27 million, paid N13 million and refused to pay the rest, claiming the vehicle was bad.” Mr Hundeyin added that police arrested Portable on Tuesday in Lagos. The singer’s arrest has sparked a flurry of…
Sonny Echono, the Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, has announced during a one-day workshop in Abuja that N1 billion has been allocated for hostel construction in 12 institutions as part of the fund’s 2024 intervention cycle. Echono revealed that the selected institutions, which include six universities, three polytechnics, and three colleges of education, span across the six geopolitical zones. He said the money would be used as an equity contribution in partnership with private developers to construct hostels at the selected institutions. “I am pleased to inform you that the Africa Plus Partners, in partnership with…
Bitrus Sambo Bako, the Fourth Prosecution Witness, PW4, has recounted before Justice S.P. Gang of the Plateau State High Court, Jos, how the Kassam Kopte and Yakubu Zwalnan, allegedly enticed union members into fraudulent land transactions, resulting in the loss of their life savings. The defendants are the former Chairman and Secretary of the University of Jos Non-Academic Staff Union of Education and Associated Institutions The defendants are being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, on three counts of criminal breach of trust and conspiracy to defraud, involving a sum of N178,583,560.36 (One Hundred and Seventy-eight Million,…
The speaker of the Niger House of Assembly, Abdulmalik Sarkin-Daji, says the decision to marry off 100 orphaned girls in his constituency is to prevent fornication. The speaker recently announced his plans to marry off the orphaned girls who lost their parents due to banditry attacks in the Mariga Local Government Area as part of his constituency project on May 24. The Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, had petitioned the Inspector General of Police on the matter. She sought a court order to restrain the speaker from engaging 100 orphaned girls in forceful marriage. However, in a press conference on Tuesday in Minna,…