Federal lawmaker representing Idanre/Ifedore federal constituency, Hon. Tajudeen Adefisoye paid host to two leading royal fathers from Ifedore, His Royal Majesty Oba Raphael Ojo, the Adapogun of Ipogun and His Royal Majesty Oba Folagbade Ojo, Olubuji of Ibuji on Wednesday, October 4, 2020 at his National Assembly office in Abuja. The royal fathers appreciated Hon. Adefisoye for the visible quality representation he has so far offered the people of Ifedore. They also urged the lawmaker to ensure that his facilitated developmental projects are not concentrated in a particular area, but sited fairly across the federal constituency. While underscoring the…
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The Senate on Thursday told State House officials to retrain the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), from foreign trips for medical treatment in order to ensure the State House clinic becomes functional this year. The Senate Committee on Federal Character and Intergovernmental Affairs gave the warning when the State House Permanent Secretary, Tijani Umar, appeared before the panel to defend his 2021 budget estimates. The State House official had presented a budget of N19.7bn for 2021, out of which N1.3bn was proposed for the State House Clinic. Reacting to the proposal, the Chairman of the Senate panel, Senator Danjuma…
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate, Joe Biden has eclipsed President Barack Obama’s popular vote record, by receiving more votes than any other candidate in US history. With counting yet to be concluded in a few states, Biden has won over 70 million popular votes, more than Obama’s all time record of 69.5 million. Obama set the record in 2008. As at Wednesday, Biden has garnered 70,470,044 votes. He is even expected to reach a much higher figure, of between 73 and 75 million when all the votes have been counted. Trump has also made some history. Unlike 2016, when he won…
The Arewa Citizens for Good Governance (ACGG) has commended the Nigerian Army’s Operation Sahel Sanity for rescuing nursing mothers and children kidnapped by bandits in Diskuru village in Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State. In a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Aminu Abubakar, on Wednesday, the group said it is “impressed” by this feat, especially as the victims “regained their freedom without any harm even though five of the bandits that abducted them were killed during the operation”. Recall that a statement by the Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brig. Gen. Benard Onyeuko on Saturday said troops of…
Governor Babajide SanwoOlu on Wednesday signed an executive order to drive the reconstruction of Lagos following the massive destruction of public and private assets in the wake of the recent #ENDSARS protest. Sanwo-Olu, who recently put the cost of the destruction at N1trillion, is also planning a trust fund: “Lagos State Rebuilding Trust Fund” and immediately constituted an eight-man committee led by Yemi Cardoso, chairman of Citibank Nigeria, to coordinate efforts at rebuilding the state. Sanwo-Olu said the government has decided to put the destruction behind it and face the task of rebuilding the state, adding that his administration would…
The National Youth Service Corps has assured that it would enforce strict compliance with all safety guidelines endorsed by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control in all its Orientation Camps across the country. The organisation said that since the outbreak of the coronavirus in the country, it had not recorded any case among corps members and staff. The Director-General of NYSC, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim, according to a statement issued on Thursday by the Corps Director, Press and Public Relations, Adenike Adeyemi, said this in Jos at the 2020 Batch ‘B’ Pre-Orientation Workshop…
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved N87.538 billion for road projects in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, as well as Oyo, Benue and Nasarawa states. This was announced to State House Correspondents after the week’s virtual FEC meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja. Addressing reporters after the meeting, Works and Housing Minister Babatunde Fashola (SAN), who was accompanied by his FCT counterpart, Mallam Mohammed Bello, and the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, said his ministry presented two memoranda to Council and that both were approved. He said…
The House of Representatives has pledged to give more support to the Nigerian Airforce to enable it sustain the fight against all forms of crimes in the country. The House through the Committee on Airforce also praised the Chief of Air Staff, Sadiq Abubakar for the efforts being put in place to combat crime accross the nation. The Committee led by Shehu Koko (APC, Kebbi) gave this commendation at the Headquarters of the Nigerian Airforce in Abuja while on oversight visit to the Force. Members of the Committee lauded Airforce for the feats attained in the areas of capacity building,…
The House of Representatives on Wednesday gave the Executive secretary, Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate, (PTAD), Chioma Ejikeme a 72 hours ultimatum to appear before the Committee on Pensions for the 2021 budget defence. The lawmakers expressed displeasure with the executive secretary over her non-appearance before it for the budget defence also turned back her representatives. The Committee reached the resolution when the Director of Parastatals Pensions Department who represented the Executive Secretary had announced that he was representing his boss who was “unavoidably absent”. Irked by this, a member of the committee, Chudy Momah moved the motion, calling the attention…
The Federal Government’s investigative panel set up to probe allegations of rights violations by the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad and other tactical units of the Nigeria Police Force held its first sitting in Abuja on Wednesday. The panel was inaugurated on behalf of the Federal Government by the National Human Rights Commission on October 21, 2020 in reaction to the recent #EndSARS protests and was expected tp turn in its report within six months. Shortly after the ceremonial inaugural sitting, the 11-man panel, led by Justice Ibrahim Galadima, a retired Justice of the Supreme Court, began the hearing of two…