Ondo State House of Assembly has announced the reinstatement of four suspended honorable members at its plenary sitting this morning. SUNSHINETRUTH gathered that it is in line with court’s directives. The four suspended Lawmakers include former Deputy Speaker, Iroju Ogundeji, Hon Favour Tomomewo, Adewinle Adewale Williams and Akinrinbido Tomide. Details shortly…… Sunshine Truth
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The Senate Public Account Committee has sustained a query which indicted a senior civil servant in the Ministry of Petroleum Resources of awarding N145m meant for the media campaign on the Petroleum Industrial Bill to himself. The official was expected to award the contract to competent and technically experienced companies. The query is contained in the 2015 Auditor General for the Federation report currently being scrutinised by SPAC chaired by Senator Matthew Urhoghide. The query reads, “ The total sum of N145m was approved by the Ministerial Tender Board and paid to a management staff for electronic billboard advertisement, television…
The Presidency has disagreed with Katsina State Governor, Bello Masari, over the number of boys abducted from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State. Masari had said on Sunday that 333 boys were still missing. However, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, told the BBC Hausa Service that only 10 boys are with the bandits. The BBC Hausa bulletin read, “The Government of Nigeria has said its security forces have surrounded the location where gunmen have kept schoolchildren abducted from a secondary school in Katsina State. The Presidency has disagreed with Katsina State Governor, Bello Masari, over…
DESPITE his vaunted anti-corruption stance, the President, Major General, Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has failed to sign the Federal Audit Bill, two years after it was presented to him for assent. The bill, which was passed by the eighth National Assembly, aims to give legal backing to the Auditor-General of the Federation for effective auditing of all revenues accruing to the federation and expenditures. It also empowered the Auditor General of the Federation to issue an arrest warrant and penalise officials and agencies which refused to submit their financial statements for audit. But the Presidency has kept mum over the bill…
Liverpool, Manchester City and Chelsea will discover their Champions League last 16 opponents today. All three English sides will be seeded in the draw at UEFA’s Nyon headquarters, meaning they will avoid champions Bayern Munich and other big guns such as 13-time winners Real Madrid, Juventus, Paris St Germain and Borussia Dortmund. The likes of Barcelona, Atletico Madrid and RB Leipzig, however, could lie in wait. Liverpool, winners two seasons ago, cannot face Atalanta as they were in the same group. Similarly City cannot be paired with Porto and Chelsea cannot be drawn against Sevilla. Otherwise they can be pitted…
THE headache for Katsina State Governor Aminu Masari is how to locate and bring back home 333 pupils that are still missing after weekend’s abduction of pupils of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara. Before this mass abduction, Katsina, along with other states in the Northwest, has been battling with banditry. Only 426 pupils out of the total population of 884 in the hostel could be accounted for on Saturday. But Governor Masari told Minister of Defence Gen. Bashiir Magashi (rtd), who led service chiefs to the state on a mission to rescue the kids that 333 pupils were still missing.…
US President Donald Trump has said that he will not be taking the COVID-19 vaccine any time soon. This he says is as a result of a directive he gave which will delay the administration of the vaccine on those in the White House. Taking to Twitter, Trump said he was “not scheduled to take the vaccine, but look forward to doing so at the appropriate time.” “People working in the White House should receive the vaccine somewhat later in the programme, unless specifically necessary. “I have asked that this adjustment be made,” he wrote.
The minority caucus in the House of Representatives has rejected the appointment of a sole administrator for the Niger Delta Development Commission, describing it as disservice to the people of the Niger Delta region. The caucus called on the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to “without further delay,” inaugurate a governing board for the NDDC as required by the Act establishing the commission. Buhari had on Saturday named the acting Executive Director, Finance and Administration, of the NDDC as the commission’s interim administrator. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, in a statement titled…
The Secretary of the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, has gone into self-isolation, after some members of his family tested positive for COVID-19. Mustapha, who is also the chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, revealed this in a statement Sunday. He noted that those affected are asymptomatic and are in one of the government treatment centres. “My wife and I tested negative, but will remain in self-isolation and work from home according to protocols by the health authorities,” he added. Mustapha also used the opportunity to warn Nigerians to stay safe and adhere to safety measures.…
The gallant troops of 28 Task Force Brigade of Sector 1, Operation Lafiya Dole on Saturday, December 12, 2020 killed scores of Boko Haram terrorists that attempted to attack Askira Uba town in Borno State. According to a press release made available on Sunday, December 13, 2020 by the Deputy Director of Army Public Relations of 7 Division Maiduguri, Colonel Ado Isa, the terrorists were suspected to moved out of Sambisa forest. It was added that the terrorists mounted on over 15 gun trucks and simultaneously approached Askira Uba town from different directions. The troops however, responded with superior…