Author: Akintayo Adams

In view of its importance not only to the Niger Delta states but to the entire country, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has promised to complete the East-West road. The road is the major link between the South-South and other regions in the country. The President revealed this while declaring open the 6th meeting of the National Council on Niger Delta (NCND) with the theme: ‘Stimulating strategies for economic growth and development in the Niger Delta region.’ He was represented by the Minister of Steel Development, Prince Shuaibu Abubakar Audu. He reiterated his administration’s commitment to restructure the Ministry of Niger…

Israel’s foreign minister, Israel Katz, on Wednesday expressed appreciation to the US Senate for approving $13 billion in military aid for his country. This according to him sent a “strong message” to the country’s enemies. He made the disclosure via a post on his X handle. I thank the US Senate for passing the Israel aid package tonight with an overwhelming bipartisan majority. “The Israel aid package that now passed both houses of Congress is a clear testament to the strength of our alliance and sends a strong message to all our enemies,” Katz added. He also thanked Senate Majority…

President Bola Tinubu’s administration is determined to improve the quality of life for Nigerians. This was reiterated by Kashim Shettima, the Vice President on Tuesday in Abuja when a delegation from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), led by its Executive Director, Dr Natalia Kanem, paid him a courtesy visit. According to the Vice President, the administration’s determination is demonstrated in some of the policies and programmes planned by the government. According to him, “the health and vitality of any nation is measured by the way women and the girl child are treated,” and that the administration’s focus on women…

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has announced to the public and all stakeholders that runway 18L/36R at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport has been reopened for flight operations. This is contained in a statement signed by Mrs Obiageli Orah, FAAN’s Director of Public Affairs & Consumer Protection, on Tuesday in Lagos. She said the development is sequel to the earlier closure of the runway on Tuesday morning due to an incident involving a Dana Air aircraft with registration number 5N-BKI. She added that the FAAN Operations Division and the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) had jointly conducted a thorough…

Governor Ahmed Aliyu has dethrone 15 District heads. They were removed over alleged insubordination, land racketeering, aiding insecurity and conversion of public properties, according to Abubakar Bawa, press secretary to the Governor, who announced the dethronement late Tuesday. The District Heads dethroned include: Unguwar Lalle, Yabo, Wamakko, Tulluwa, lllela, Dogon Daji, Kebbe, Alkammu, and Giyawa district. Others were those appointed by the former Governor Aminu Tambuwal at the tail end of his administration. “They were dropped due to the nature of their appointment which was according to the statement was haphazardly done and rejection by their subjects. “They are Marafan Tangaza,…

Professor Razaq Kalilu, acting Vice Chancellor of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, on Tuesday, announced the introduction of an additional six new degree programmes for the esteemed institution. The LAUTECH Chief disclosed this while at the event marking the culmination of the 16th convocation ceremony of the university. “A year ago, the university established the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences with four academic programmes. This year, we have introduced six additional new degree programmes into that Faculty namely Psychology, Mass Communication, Linguistics, Yoruba, Theatre Arts, and Political Science. A Faculty of Law has also been established…

Erstwhile Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has been accused of approving the printing of ₦684,590,000 at the rate of ₦18.96 billion. This is a fresh charge by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). It was alleged that the immediate-past apex bank chief acted outside the ambit of the law with intent to harm the populace during his implementation of the naira swap policy of the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari. The anti-graft agency also accused Emefiele of willfully and unlawfully directing the removal of the sum of ₦124.8 billion from the Consolidated Revenue Fund…

The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), Ogun State chapter, have announced the suspension of their indefinite strike which began on the 8th of April due to non-payment of 40 per cent peculiar allowance by the Dapo Abiodun-led government. The union made this known on Monday, in a statement issued in Abeokuta, the state capital, by Adewale Adenekan, its Publicity Secretary. The statement revealed that a meeting was held between the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), National Officers and the Ogun JUSUN Executive Committee on Monday. It said the meeting also had in attendance the state chairmen of Nigeria Labour…

Ola Olukoyede, Chairman of The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says, Yahaya Bello, the immediate-past Governor of Kogi state withdrew $720,000, from the state coffees, while in office, to offset his child’s school fees in advance. The anti-graft agency supremo disclosed it in a chat with journalists at the Commission’s headquarters in the Jabi area of Abuja, on Tuesday. The former Kogi helmsman moved the money from the state coffers to a Bureau de Change operator before it was diverted to pay for his offspring’s education fee. “A sitting governor, because he knew he was leaving office, moved money…

The head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, disclosed how he contacted the ex-Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, via telephone, amidst accusations of corruption leveled against him. Olukoyede shared this insight during a gathering with editors, bureau chiefs, and media executives in Abuja on Tuesday. “I called Yahaya Bello, as a serving governor, to come to my office to clear himself. I shouldn’t have done that. But he said because a certain senator had planted over 100 journalists in my office, he would not come,” the EFCC boss stated. “I told him that he would…