Some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State have fingered the Governor Seyi Makinde-led administration for poor handling of security in the state. The APC members, under the auspices of The Pacesetters Initiative (TPI), held that the body language of Makinde overtly and covertly encouraged hoodlums, criminal elements to perpetrate criminalities while public disorderliness and indiscipline are allowed to reign. The group through a statement signed by its coordinator, Afeez Bolaji and acting Director of Organisation, Olawale Sadare, particularly pointed to reports of killings, gang clashes, kidnapping, banditry, armed robbery, thuggery as one that had assumed a…
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The Central Bank of Nigeria injected $4.37bn into the foreign exchange market in the third quarter of 2020 as part of efforts to ensure the stability of the naira. The CBN disclosed this in its third-quarter economic report. The bank said through its periodic interventions in the forex market, it continued to boost the supply side of the market, as COVID-19 crisis weakened the private sector supply chain segment of the market. Part of the report read, “During the third quarter of 2020, total foreign exchange sales to authorised dealers by the bank amounted to $4.37bn, a decline of 2.3…
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has urged the National Assembly to ensure the passage of a competitive Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) that will make Nigeria an investment destination of choice. LCCI Director General Muda Yusuf said this yesterday in a statement in Lagos. Yusuf said the LCCI was fully in support of government’s efforts to drive industry reform through a new PIB, which is currently before the National Assembly. “The Lagos Chamber urges the National Assembly to put in place a law that will promote a more effective and efficient governance, administration, host community development and fiscal…
Juventus player, Cristiano Ronaldo has become the first person to reach 250 million followers on Instagram. Behind the Portuguese is singer Ariana Grande (214 million) and former wrestler turned Hollywood actor, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson (209 million). According to RT, Ronaldo has more Instagram followers than all the English Premier League clubs which have 159 million followers combined. Only the Instagram platform which has 382 million followers surpasses the 35-year-old. The footballer was estimated to have earned $47.8 million from paid posts on the platform last year. Posts on his page are usually pictures of him training with Juventus, showing off…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to direct anti-corruption agencies to probe allegations that N3,836,685,213.13 of public funds meant for the Federal Ministry of Health, teaching hospitals, medical centres, and National Food Drug Administration and Control are missing. The organisation made this known in a statement titled, ‘Probe missing N3.8bn in health ministry, NAFDAC, others’, SERAP tells Buhari’, on Sunday. SEAR in the statement signed by its deputy director, Kolawole Oluwadare, said the allegations are documented in Part 1 of the 2018 audited report released last week by the Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation.…
The Ogun State Government has ordered all branded vehicle owners to obtain mobile advertising sticker permit for their vehicle from this month, to avoid sanction. The General Manager of the Ogun State Signage And Advertising Agency (OGSAA), Mr Fola Onifade, disclosed this at the launch of the state’s Mobile Advert Permit held in Abeokuta, the state capital. Onifade explained that that the road permit was introduced by the Agency in order to create another means of revenue generation for the state. He noted that the development was a welcome idea in an era when the state needed to boost its…
A Nigerian born British, Moyosore Olowo, is suing a Turkish company for £1 million (N521m) over the death of his wife following liposuction treatment. Liposuction is a surgical procedure that uses a suction technique to remove fat from specific areas of the body, such as the abdomen, hips, thighs, buttocks, arms or neck. Abimbola Ajoke Bamgbose, a 38-year-old social worker, died in August after buying an overseas package deal with Mono Cosmetic Surgery. Her husband, Olowo, is blaming the firm and the surgeon responsible, Dr Hakan Aydogan. He wants £1 million for alleged medical negligence. Proceedings have been issued in…
Ogun State government has set up a Tertiary Education Trust Fund to tackle infrastructural decay and deficit in the state-owned tertiary institutions. Governor Dapo Abiodun disclosed this while inaugurating a state-of-the-art 1,000-seater hall donated to the Ogun State College of Health Technology (OSCOTECH), Ilese-Ijebu. The facility was built and donated by a legal luminary and prominent indigene of Ilese Ijebu, Otunba Kunle Kalejaye (SAN) in honour of his sister, Mrs. Adetumbi Adebanjo (Nee Kalejaye) during her 72rd birthday anniversary. The governor was represented at the inauguration by the Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Prof. Abayomi Arigbabu. He expressed concern…
Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has condoled with the family of Tosin Ogunbodede, his Chief of Protocol (COP), who died on Saturday, Jan.2, after an auto crash on Ilesa-Akure Road. Mr Donald Ojogo, the state’s Commissioner for Information and Orientation, said this in a statement on Sunday in Akure. Ojogo said that Ogunbodede, who was a lawyer by profession, died shortly after a visit to an uncle in Ibadan, Prof. Benjamin Ogunbodede, who has been ill. “The remains of the Chief of Protocol will arrive Owo Local Government Area, his hometown today. “This is necessary in order to commence…
Anxiety enveloped Ondo state this morning over the reported auto crash said to have claimed the lives of the Chief of Protocol to governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo state, Mr Tosin Ogunbodede and his driver. The duo reportedly died in a crash along Ilesha Road at about 9:15 pm on Saturday. They were reportedly rushed to the Wesley Guild Hospital, Ilesa, Osun state where they were confirmed dead. Reports from government circle said that doctors at the hospital were still battling to safe the life of the third occupant whose identity is still unknown. He reportedly sustained various degrees of…