Author: Vera
The Oyo State Government on Saturday restated its commitment to engendering cultural values for social stability and development in the state. The Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Dr. Wasiu Olatunbosun said this today, in a statement commemorating the 2022 World Culture Day. Dr. Olatunbosun also charged residents to utilise cultural diversity for the development of the State, noting that every year on May 21st, the World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development is celebrated. He therefore urged everyone to do their part to bridge the gap between cultures, adding that the day is often referred to as…
After over a month of suspension of the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) valuation policy on imported vehicles and subsequent harmonization of grey areas including depreciation value . The Nigeria Customs Service is deploying the controversial policy with immediate effect. The Service disclosed this on Thursday at the Customs flagship Command in Apapa during a stakeholders sensitization workshop to showcase the procedures and workability of the harmonized VIN policy. This has come after weeks of engagement of stakeholders at different sensitization meetings at both the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) headquarters in Abuja and Commands. The updated version which captures accidented vehicles,…
The Oniru of Iru Land, Oba Abdulwasiu Lawal Abisogun II, has alerted residents of Lekki to plans to attack the area by commercial motorcyclists popularly known as okada riders. The caution was contained in a circular issued on Wednesday, titled, ‘Urgent security alert’, and signed by the Oniru Chieftancy Family Estate Office. The warning is coming hours after the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu banned Okada operations in some areas in the state. This medium had reported that operatives of the Lagos State Taskforce raid the area after a sound engineer, David Imoh, was allegedly murdered over N100 balance. The…
The National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) on Wednesday , commenced moves to promote its political wing, the New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP) through the creation of a professional platform group and the establishment of a trust fund committee. The umbrella body of freight forwarding in the nation’s maritime industry also expressed high hope in the forthcoming 2023 general elections even as it vowed to mobilize millions of voters to prove a significant point as the third force. Speaking at a meeting of high powered delegate members of NAGAFF , Chairman Board of Trustees , Chief Chidiebere Enelemah…
Many people have been reportedly killed and shops belonging to Igbo traders were set ablaze during a clash between traders and commercial motorcyclists at Dei Dei market in Abuja. The fight reportedly started following an accident that led to the death of an Igbo woman. According to reports, the woman was a passenger on a commercial motorcycle when she was crushed by a truck, allegedly due to the recklessness of the motorcyclist carrying her. The woman died while being rushed to the hospital and this caused traders in the area to go after the motorcyclist carrying her when the accident…
Lagos State Government has directed security operatives to enforce ban on commercial motorcycles, popularly known as Okada, as it imposes fresh ban to curtail the unruly activities of motorcyclists in the state. Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu gave the directive on Wednesday, during a meeting with the state Commissioner of Police, Area Commanders and Divisional Police Officers (DPOs) at the State House, Ikeja. Sanwo-Olu said that the total ban on Okada riders was on all highways across the six Local Government Areas (LGAs) and nine Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) of the state. He said that with effective from June 1, security…
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured that more investments will be deployed to the provision of infrastructure and facilities for safe, secure, environmentally friendly and sustainable civil aviation in the country. Speaking when he received the Secretary General of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Mr Juan Carlos Salazar, at the State House, Abuja, on Tuesday, he said Nigeria will support the ideals and aspirations of ICAO and achievement of its strategic objectives, in collaboration with other Member States of the Organization. “It is pertinent to also mention that Nigeria has been playing a key role in supporting the implementation of ICAO…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has rescheduled its governorship and House of Representatives primary elections to Thursday May 26. Mr Felix Morka, the party’s National Publicity Secretary announced this on Wednesday in Abuja while briefing newsmen at the end of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) meeting. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the APC governorship primaries was earlier scheduled for May 20. The APC scribe said the party’s Senate and House of Assembly primaries had also been rescheduled to hold on Friday May 27. “The NWC of the APC has made an approval for a revised timetable…
A Federal High Court, sitting in Osogbo, on Wednesday affirmed Sen. Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the authentic candidate of the party in the forthcoming July 16 governorship election in the state. Justice Nathaniel Ayo-Emmanuel, in his judgment, which lasted for more than than 1 hour, 30 minutes, held that the primary election conducted at the WOCDIF Centre, Osogbo, on March 8, which produced Dotun Babayemi, was null and void. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that PDP during its governorship primary elections on March 8, had held parallel primaries in the state. Ayo-Emmanuel, who…
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, struck out the amended six-count treasonable felony charge the Federal Government preferred against the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Trial Justice Binta Nyako struck out the charge, after it was withdrawn by the Prosecution counsel, Mr. K. E. Kaswe. Kaswe, who is from the Federal Ministry of Justice, withdrew the charge after Kanu’s team of lawyers led by Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, accused FG of deliberately frustrating the speedy determination of the case. Ozekhome noted that the amended charge was served on him barely 48…