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Lagos State governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has commiserated with the the bereaved families of Late Rapid response squard (RRS)Officers and gave them two individual beneficiary cheques of ten million naira (N10,000,000.00), each at government’s House, Alausa, Ikeja. The governor while presenting the cheque, reiterated his pledge to always give wholesome support to security agencies pointing out that, this is its government’s trademark tradition Represented by the Deputy Chief of Staff, Gboyega Soyannwo, the Governor stated that no amount of financial gift can make up for the lost lives and the gallantry of the fallen Patriots, describing government’s monetary support as a…

Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has advised traders to uphold highest quality standards in other to benefit from the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). The Director-General, SON, Mallam Farouk Salim, gave the advice on Friday at a sensitisation workshop for Electrical Dealers Association of Nigeria (EDAN) at the Alaba International Market, Lagos. Salim said the advice was to ensure the market took its rightful place as the largest market in West Africa, in the AfCFTA and to attract customers globally. He revealed the agency’s willingness to work with the association in ensuring that the market was free from substandard…

The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned the Director-General of Project Development Institute (PRODA) Enugu, Engr. Dr. Charles Agulanna before Hon. Justice Buba Ibrahim of the Federal High Court sitting in Enugu, for allegedly committing procurement fraud. According to ICPC, Engr Agulanna, who is facing a 1-count charge, had sometime in August, 2017, while being the Director General of Projects Development Institute, allegedly committed procurement fraud by awarding a contract for the revaluation of land belonging to PRODA in the sum of N23,500,037.50 to T.O. Thomas & Co., even when the company was not a…

Wife of the Edo State Governor, Mrs Betsy Obaseki has said sports is not only a career, means of self expression, empowerment but also therapeutic. The first lady, stated this at the maiden edition of the football tournament, organised in her honour, tagged”Betsy Obaseki Women Football Tournament. According to her, the tournament will serve as a veritable platform in fulfilling the therapeutic aspect of sports. Mrs Obaseki who spoke during a press conference in Abuja on Thursday stated that her efforts in tackling Gender Based Violence (GBV) have also been yielding the expected results. She said that “the theme of…

Former Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Walter Onnoghen says his unceremonial removal from office was unjust , pointing out that it was based on rumours of him frolicking with president’s Buhari’s strongest contender Atiku Abubakar in the 2019 presidential election. Onnoghen who opened up on Friday, said he was removed from office due to rumours from the Executive that he had a meeting with former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, preparatory to the 2019 general elections. The former CJN said though, the rumour spread fast but he decided not to react to it because he…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called for the immediate resignation and prosecution of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele This is coming on the heels of fraud allegations leveled against him by the All Progressives Congress (APC) . PDP made the call I’m a press release signed by the publicity secretary,Kola Ologbondiyan. “Our party calls on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to immediately invite Emefiele for questioning over allegations by the National Secretary of the illegal APC National Caretaker Committee, Senator John Akpan Udoedehe, that the CBN governor supervised over the pillaging…

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) is partnering the House of Representatives to tackle corruption and Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs) in the NigerIa. ICPC, Chairman, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, disclosed this at a two-day capacity building retreat for members of House of Representatives’ Committee on Anti-Corruption, and board members and directors of the Commission held in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. Speaking at the retreat which deliberated on corruption, IFFs and financing for National Development, Prof. Owasanoye stated that regulations were required from the legislature to eradicate corruption and IFFs. He pointed out that the regulation of the…

The federal government has flagged off the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics project Centres (STEM) in Government Secondary School kano and Federal Government College Kano. The flagoff ceremony was done by Representative of the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq and the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Bashir Nura Alkali who also presented 159 Android Tablets to Students on training at Bayero University Kano. The Permanent Secretary explained that STEM is one of the components of the National Social Investment Programme(NSIP), strategically aimed at providing a technical platform that would aid modern teaching and…

Sokoto state Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has promised the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) of his administration readiness to partner it to revamp the leather industry in the state. This partnership is premised on both parties cooperation on an advanced plan by the state government to embark on the production of military boots. The governor gave the assurance on Wednesday in Abuja when he received UNIDO’s team at the state Government liaison office in Asokoro, Speaking,Governor Tambuwal stated,“I have personal interest in ensuring that the relationship between our state and UNIDO is reestablished. Whatever you want us to do…

The Lagos State Government has given a stern warning to market leaders to dissuade from all acts that can cause flooding with the resolve that, any market found involved in indiscriminate dumping of waste or blocking drainages will be shut down. The Commissioner for Local Government and Community Affairs, Dr. Wale Ahmed, gave the warning at a one-day seminar organised in collaboration with the Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials (COWLSO), in Agege. Dr. Wale Ahmed, stated that, the need to revisit the issue of market sanitation and security has become imperative, considering the increase in population and waste…