The Nigerian government through its Diaspora Commission has warned parents not to send their wards to schools in Northern Cyprus. This is coming after the death of a Nigerian student, Ibrahim Khaleel Bello, who was killed in Cyprus in the course of studying abroad. Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) made the demand following the death of the 25-year old Nigerian student in Northern Cyprus, Mr Ibrahim Khaleel Bello, and others killed in mysterious circumstances in the country. The Commission stated in a Twitter thread that “Ibrahim Khaleel Bello was among about 100 Nigerians killed and…
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The House of Representatives on Monday defended its decision to suspend activities of its standing and ad hoc committees, saying there was no hidden agenda. It also faulted its Committee on Treaties, Protocols and Agreements for investigating the $500m loan facility Nigeria recently secured from China, saying it had already been approved by the National Assembly and captured in the 2020 Appropriation Act. But before activities of the committees were suspended on Thursday, the Committee on Treaties, Protocols and Agreements had written the Ministry of Transportation, demanding documents containing loan agreements with China from 2000 to date. Among the facilities…
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Enoch Adejare Adeboye, has rejected the Companies and Allied Matters Act, CAMA, which was assented to by President Muhammadu Buhari. The CAMA 2020 bill which was signed on August 7th has received backlash from religious, non-governmental and human rights organisations, who are kicking against some sections of the law particularly section 839. The new law, ”Section 839 (1) empowers the Commission to suspend trustees of an association and appoint interim managers to manage the affairs of the association where it reasonably believes that- (a) There is or has been misconduct,…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Monday backed industrial action by oil workers, under the auspices of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) over the sack of 175 workers by Chevron Nigeria Limited, for joining a trade union. While condemning the sack of 174 Chevron workers, the congress, in a statement signed by its President, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, supported the ultimatum given by NUPENG to Chevron management. NUPENG had last Thursday given the management of Chevron a seven-day ultimatum to recall the sacked workers and called on the Minister of Labour and Employment to intervene immediately,…
Mrs Elsie Ilori, Head, Surveillance and Epidemiology Department, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Monday advised health workers to maintain a high index of suspicion on any patient as international flights are set to resume. Ilori gave the advice at the briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Abuja. She said that a high index of suspicion for COVID-19 and other infectious diseases would facilitate response. She said that NCDC would intensify the training of frontline responders on effective the implementation of Infection Prevention Control (IPC) measures for the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). Ilori said that the training…
EFCC begins a manhunt for 46-year-old Nigerien ‘scammer’ who allegedly duped the Nigerian Army to the tune of over $394million (N152, 315, 803, 981), Euro9.9million (N4, 539, 509, 271) and N369million. Nigeria’s Anti-Graft Agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has launched a manhunt for a foreigner, 46-year-old Nigerien Aboubakar Hima who allegedly scammed the Nigerian Army to the tune of N157 billion over supplies of military wares. The EFCC said that its men are out with a Wanted Person poster for the military contractor who allegedly defrauded the Nigerian Army in an equipment-supply contract worth over N157, 224, 313,…
THE Federal Government said yesterday it will not hesitate to concession the nation’s airports for effective and efficient service delivery. The Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, noted that the concessioning process would boost revenue drive of the government, adding that President Muhammadu Buhari’s government as social democratic in nature, has vehemently refused to sell government property as carried out by past governments. Sirika, who spoke while presenting the agency’s projections on the Medium Term Expenditure Framework for 2021 to 2023 before the Senate Joint Committee on Finance and National Planning Stakeholders on the details of the 2021and 2023 Medium…
Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State says he is truly committed to delivering the dividend of democracy to every nook and cranny of the state, especially the rural communities. Akeredolu said this on Monday in Akure while swearing-in the newly elected chairmen of the 18 local government areas of the state. According to him, the populace has played its part by voting for their respective leaders, hence the need to also ensure they reaped the dividend of democracy. He commended the state Independent Electoral Commission for the hitch-free and successful council poll on Saturday. The governor Akeredolu said that in…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has tasked Ondo state governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, to speak out on the alleged boasts by former Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Isaac Kekemeke, in a viral video, that the APC will use violence to rig the October 10 election and that he (Akeredolu) was allegedly behind the violent attacks against the PDP campaign in the state. This was contained in a statement issued by Kola Ologbondiyan, National Publicity Secretary, in Abuja on Monday, which also demanded that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government should respond to the boasts by Kekemeke…