By Damilola Balogun Honorable Tajudeen Adefisoye, member, House of Representatives Idanre/Ifedore federal constituency, the Deputy Chairman, House Committee on Army resigns as member of Social Democratic Party (SDP). Oluyemi Fasipe, the Special Adviser on media and publicity to Honorable Tajudeen Adefisoye made it known to the public via his Twitter handle: https://twitter.com/YemieFASH/status/1328279693435547653?s=19
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The Kaduna State Government says troops on internal security operations have rescued nine persons kidnapped along Kaduna-Abuja highway on Sunday afternoon. The state’s Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said this in a statement on Monday in Kaduna. Mr Aruwan said that the government received operational feedback that the victims were rescued by troops of Operation Thunder Strike (OPTS). He explained that the troops on routine patrol along Akilubu-Gidan Busa axis of the Kaduna-Abuja road, received a distress call around 4p.m., indicating that bandits had blocked the highway. “The bandits opened fire on a bus, forcing the…
The Senate has issued two queries to the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) over its failure to remit N1.4 billion withholding tax and Value Added Tax (VAT) deducted from 33 Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in 2015. Its committee on Public Accounts, headed by Senator Mathew Urhoghide, issued the queries to the Executive Chairman of FIRS, Mr. Mamman Nami, who confirmed that the deductions were yet to be remitted. The first query read in part: “N700.2 million Withholding Tax (WHT), which were deducted from 33 government MDAs, were not remitted to FIRS. This negates the provision of Financial Regulation 234…
There were indications on Sunday that the Federal Government might adopt any payment platform developed in universities as an alternative to the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System. The spokesman for the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Charles Akpan, who gave this indication in an interview with The PUNCH, however, gave conditions for adopting any payment platform apart from the IPPIS. According to him, the platform must be capable of eliminating ghost workers’ syndrome and other forms of corruption in payment of salaries. Akpan stated this as opposition to the IPPIS grew on Sunday when unions including the Academic Staff…
Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi is set to join the All Progressives Congress (APC) this week. A source said the governor confirmed his defection during a meeting with stakeholders in his Uburu Ohaozara Local Government Area country home on Sunday. The meeting was attended by bigwigs including the lawmaker representing Ezra South/Ikwo federal constituency Chinedu Ogah, Chairman of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission Elias Mbam, State Chairman Senator Julius Ucha, Nwachukwu Eze and Senator Anthony Agbo, among others. Minister of Science and Technology Ogbonnaya Onu did not attend the meeting. Though details of the meeting were still sketchy…
Michael Alaje woke up early Saturday to his house being submerged by ocean flood. It was about 2 a.m. and the resident was more concerned about survival. He could not save any of his properties in the house. This flooding happened at Ayetoro, a riverine community in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State, leaving Mr Alaje displaced. Hundreds of homes and properties including schools, and hospitals were destroyed while over 2,000 persons were displaced by the Saturday incident. Our correspondent who visited the community located in the southern senatorial district of the state, on Saturday afternoon, witnessed the damage…
The Chartered Institute of Professional Printers of Nigeria (CIPPON), a regulatory and administrative body of printers in the country, has challenged the federal government to release the names of the contractors awarded a multi-billion naira printing job. CIPPON was established by Act 24 of the National Assembly in 2007 to manage and regulate the activities of Printers in Nigeria. At the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting of October 28, the council approved some contracts including the printing of examination materials worth N2.9 billion. After the meeting, the education minister, Adamu Adamu, announced that a group of eight printers got the job but…
Deputy Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Toby Okechukwu, has called on the Federal Government to urgently reopen Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, to foreign flight operations. He said the call was necessary to enable Nigerians visiting home from every part of the world during the yuletide season to fly directly to their various destinations, noting that multiple stopovers could expose people to more risk in a time of COVID-19 pandemic. Okechukwu, who made the call in a statement in Abuja, yesterday, said the appeal came on the heels of recent pronouncement by the Director-General of Nigeria Civil Aviation…
The stepping aside of Prof Mahmoud Yakubu as Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for confirmation for a second term has ignited high-wire intrigues within and outside the commission over the soul of the Election Management Body, EMD, Vanguard learned. Yakubu, who stepped aside last week after the expiration of his five-year tenure, got a renewal in a move sources knowledgeable in the ongoing intrigues said was against the constitution. The constitution stipulated that the President in appointing officials into INEC shall consult with the Council of State, which includes former Presidents and all serving governors. It is after…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, on Sunday said the Union is yet to receive concrete action from the Federal Government, at ending the eight months old strike embarked upon by the university lecturers. ASUU President, Abiodun Ogunyemi, told BusinessDay exclusively in a telephone interview, while debunking the rumour that the Union will suspend its nationwide strike next Wednesday, saying ” We are still in the dark. ” He said, any of such news trending that ASUU had directed students in Federal universities to prepare for resumption next week Wednesday “is totally fake news. Absolutely lie. ASUU does not…