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2021 APPROPRIATION BILL: GOV. WIKE SEEKS HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY’S APPROVAL OF N448.6 BILLION BUDGET Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has presented a N448,660,773,476 billion Budget, for 2021 fiscal year to the state’s House of Assembly for consideration and approval. The proposed 2021 budget christened, “Budget of Recovery and Consolidation”, is made up of N305, 894, 284.061 for Capital Expenditure, while N142,776,489,415 is earmarked as Recurrent Expenditure. Governor Wike, while presenting the Budget to lawmakers at the State House of Assembly in Port Harcourt on Wednesday said the N448,660,773,476 budget for 2021 fiscal year represents more than 20% increase…
In recognition of the giant strides made in Agricultural Sector of Ogun State, Governor Dapo Abiodun has bagged the Governor of the Year Award at the Nigeria Agriculture Awards 2020, held at Sheraton Hotel and Towers, Abuja, on Wednesday, December 2, 2020. The Nigeria Agriculture Awards 2020, the seventh edition since inception in 2014, was the climax of the Feed Nigeria Summit tagged “Agribusiness: Leading Nigeria’s Recovery”. The event brought together National and International Agricultural stakeholders, including private sector players. The 2020 Feed Nigeria Summit witnessed attendance by dignitaries and development partners including the Deputy Governor of Kano State, German…
The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Hakeem Odumosu has frowned at the lackadaisical attitude of banks and financial institutions in Lagos State to the security of bank facilities and cash in transit. Police Public Relations Officer, SP Olumuyiwa Adejobi disclosed this in a press release issued on Thursday, December 3, 2020. The statement said, the Commissioner of Police,at a meeting held on Tuesday, December 1,2020, with Banks and Cash In Transit officials, at the conference hall of the police command, GRA, Ikeja, kicked against conspiracy, security lapses and unprofessionalism suspected to have been exhibited by banks and CIT officials in…
Cross River State Command has confirmed the murder of an Assistant Commissioner of Police, Egbe Edum, by gunmen in the early hours of Wednesday in Calabar. Edum before his murder was the Borno State Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP). Addressing journalists in Calabar, the police spokesperson, Irene Ugbe, said the ACP came to Calabar to see his family after being away for a very long time before the ugly event occurred. The police spokesperson stated that, Edum was attacked while he was waiting for his wife to pick him up after his car broke down along the Murtala Mohammed Highway…
National President, Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) Tony Nwabunike has been honoured with the “Freight Forwarder of the Decade Award’ at the 2020 edition of the Shipping World Magazine Achievers Awards. Nwabunike’s emergence for the award followed massive and overwhelming stakeholders’ votes against other nominees, which was in recognition of his versatility in the business of freight forwarding with over 27 years of progressive experience in Nigeria’s maritime industry. Speaking with Journalists on the significance of the award to him, he noted that being crowned the most outstanding freight forwarder in the last 10 years was a huge…
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has vowed to check brands faking in order to grow the economy of the nation and also protect brand owners. The organization believes by doing so, local industries doing the right thing would be assisted to grow their businesses, accrue more revenue, employ more workers as well as export their products. SON also said it would be all out to check the nefarious activities of the product counterfeiters via effective collaboration and enforcement. According to the Director General, SON, Mallam Farouk Salim, product cloning short-changes brand owners and the consumers of their hard earned…
President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the director-general of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Julie Okah-Donli. This was contained in a statement on Monday by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu. The President also appointed Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim as the new DG of the agency. The statement titled, ‘President Buhari Appoints Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim As Director-General, NAPTIP’. Ireads, “President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim as the new Director-General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). “A holder of BSc (Sociology), Masters…
Delta state governor Ifeanyi Okowa has felicitated with foremost lawyer and Owelle of Ogwashi-Uku, Chief George Uwechue, SAN as he celebrated his 82nd birthday. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, in Asaba, the governor extolled the octogenarian for his sterling contributions and accomplishments in the legal profession. He said that as a senior lawyer, former member of the House of Representatives and a former Chairman of the Body of Benchers, Chief Uwechue had contributed immensely to the growth and development of the legal profession in the country, having been called to the Bar in 1966. “As…
The Operatives of the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit (Taskforce) over the weekend demolished over 1700 illegal shanties and containerised shops around Fagba Railway lines, Agege. Head, Public Affairs Unit of Lagos State Task Force, Adebayo Taofiq who disclosed this on a press release said the demolition exercise was carried out over the weekend. Speaking during the demolition exercise, the Chairman of the Agency CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi disclosed that owners/ occupants of these illegal shanties and containerised shops had been served a 7-day ‘Removal Order’ by the government based on series of complaints about criminal activities around…
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki says his administration will expend N12.8 billion in 2021 for payment of pension and gratuities. The governor, in a statement, reaffirmed his government’s commitment to the welfare of workers and pensioners in the state. Obaseki noted that as part of the commitment to the welfare of workers, his government will in 2021 commit N6.1 billion to inject requisite skill into the state’s civil service, bestowing workers with tools and skills that stand them out, make for a better work-life balance. According to him, “To make Edo great again, we need to focus on our people,…