The Minister of State for Labour and Productivity Festus Keyamo has waded into the formula for sharing the 774,000 jobs under Special Public Works (SPW) scheme. He said the Federal Government will retain the original plan of conceding only 15 per cent of the job slots to Governors, National Assembly members, Ministers and other interest groups. He said he has not received superior instructions from his bosses on his role on the project. He said the interest of the public will be uppermost than any other thing. Keyamo, who spoke with The Nation, however said there may be a few adjustments…
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The Minister of Transportation, Hon. Rotimi Amaechi at the weekend disclosed that the $50 million University of Transportation currently under construction in Daura, Kastina State by the China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC), is a gift and not a contract. Amaechi while inspecting the project said “there was so much noise about CRCC not constructing anything, but when we got here, you can see that they are constructing. “They just got approval from the state government, work will commence fully by the end of September, and hopefully, they will complete it by the end of September next year. This is not…
The Ondo state Chairperson of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Hon. Mrs. Adetokunbo Saka Adetoro has described as mischievous and misleading the purported declaration of support by the party for the ZLP candidate, Hon. Agboola Ajayi. In a statement credited to her, Mrs. Adetoro who described the group behind the declaration as being constituted by former leaders and caretaker committee members of the party who had been sanctioned by the National leadership of the party and have turned themselves to political miscreants and merchants. She further claimed that they have been cut-off from party activities for a long time…
Olusola Oke’s Campaign Director General, Olanrewaju Kazeem, dumps APC for Zenith labour Party, says Akeredolu’s second term will bring hardship on the masses. Details later…..
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has announced the lifting of suspension it earlier placed on printing of admission letters, inter-university transfers among others. The board, in a statement, Sunday, by its Head of Media and Public Relations, Dr Fabian Benjamin, said; “all requests for printing of admission letters, inter-university transfers, condonement of illegitimate admissions and other processes for previous years which had been hitherto suspended would now be restored from Monday, 31st August 2020.” “To ensure that candidates who took the UTME prior to 2020, and who require certain corrections of their processes are accommodated, the Joint Admissions…
The All Progressives Congress(APC) in Ondo has accused candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Eyitayo Jegede of overseeing white elephant projects during the administration of former Governor Olusegun Mimiko. It was reacting to Jegede’s comments that the Ore interchange flyover was a phoney project by Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu. Director, Media and Publicity of the Ondo APC, Mr. Steve Otaloro, in a statement, said the Ore interchange bridge was to reduce traffic lockdown and the rate of vehicular accidents which claimed lives around the area. APC urged Jegede to do his findings before committing himself to wild submissions. He said…
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu, has warned politicians and their supporters in Edo and Ondo States, where governorship elections are scheduled to hold on 19th September, 2020 and 10th October, 2020 respectively, to conduct themselves properly, play by the rules and steer-clear of tendencies capable of undermining the electoral process in the two States. According to a statement issued on Sunday by the Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba (DCP) the IGP gave the warning having reviewed the Election Security Threat Assessment Reports submitted by the Commissioners of Police from both States in a meeting held Tuesday, 25th…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has instituted a legal action against President Muhammadu Buhari. SERAP filed the lawsuit against Buhari over the failure to publish details of N800 billion recovered loot. In the suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/1064/2020 filed last Friday at the Federal High Court, Abuja, SERAP explained that Buhari failed to “disclose information and documents relating to the names of people from whom N800 billion in looted public funds have been recovered, specific dates of the recovery, and details of projects on which the money has been spent.” SERAP made its action public in a statement signed and…
The New Nigerian Bar Association (NNBA) has notified Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, of its existence as a splinter group. It said the NNBA’s formation followed the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA)’s alleged failure to uphold national unity in its recent decisions. Last Thursday, two Kaduna-based lawyers Nuhu Ibrahim and Abdulbasit Suleiman announced NNBA’s formation, following the NBA’s withdrawal of an Annual General Conference (AGC) speaking engagement it offered Kaduna State Governor Nasir el-Rufai, among other grievances. They informed the AGF of their plans in an August 28 letter signed by Ibrahim as Convener 1 and Suleiman as Convener…
The newly appointed Assistant Inspector of Police (AIG) for zone 14 Kasina Rabi’u Yusuf is dead. Details of his death were still sketchy as the time of filing this report. But police authorities confirmed the development. Details shortly….