Author: Festus Adeloye

Special Adviser to Nigerian President on the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council, PEBEC, Dr Jumoke Oduwole, has announced the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, as the best Agency of Government in exemplary teamwork, quality service delivery and consistency. Oduwole also announced the Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy as the overall Best performing Ministry in the country. She said that 33 operational activities of NIMASA were subjected to thorough scrutiny alongside those of 36 other Agencies of the Federal Government. In her words, “We want to commend NIMASA for emerging as the best Nigeria’s Agency of Government…

Barring last minute’s change, the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, may shut down universities tomorrow over the non-payment of four months withheld salaries by the government. Recall that a fortnight ago, the Joint Action Committee, JAC, comprising SSANU and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU, had issued a two week ultimatum to the Federal Government to pay its members the four months withheld salaries. Of the four university-based unions that embarked on a prolonged strike in 2022, the Federal Government has paid the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, leaving behind the three other…

The House of Representatives yesterday asked the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, FCCPC, to immediately halt the unfair business practices perpetrated against Air Peace, Dangote and other businesses by certain foreign businesses operating in Nigeria. It also mandated the committees on aviation, commerce, and petroleum (upstream and downstream) to investigate the circumstances surrounding the predatory pricing practices and unethical business competitive behaviours by foreign airlines and IOCs. The resolutions were sequel to a motion moved on the floor of the House by Babajimi Benson at plenary in Abuja. Moving the motion, Benson noted that Nigerian businesses operate in the…

Five men standing trial for the abduction and murder of a Fulani herder, Ibrahim Adamu, who until his death was selling cows at Owode-Ede, Osun State, were on Tuesday sentenced to death by hanging by an Osun State High Court. After Adamu’s abduction, he was said to have been moved into a secluded place in his Toyota Corolla car. The victim was later killed despite paying N3 million ransom after he identified one of the perpetrators of the crime. The defendants: Ibrahim Issa, Lateef Bello, Abdul Ramon Soliu, Bello Ibrahim and Abudu Mumini Jolaanobi Saheed, were first arraigned before the…

The Edo State Government has issued a notice of retrieval to former Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu to return twenty two (22) vehicles belonging to the State Government. The notice was contained in a statement signed and released on July 2, 2024 by the State Commissioner for Communications and Orientation, Chris Nehikhare. Chris Nehikhare said the notice takes effect immediately and has a lifeline of seven (7) days. He revealed that the relevant security agencies have been put on alert to retrieve the vehicles upon the expiration of the notice.

First Lady Oluremi Tinubu on Tuesday, July 2, inaugurated the selection process for the #OneNigeria/Unity Fabric competition, aimed at promoting national unity and celebrating the country’s diverse cultures. Speaking at the selection meeting, held in her office at the State House, Abuja, First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu explained that the concept was inspired by her visit to Zimbabwe, where she discovered the National Fabric concept, which unifies the nation by infusing diverse cultures. According to the First Lady, the competition, which was open to youths between the ages of 15 to 25 years, received 111 entries, which will be judged by…

Chelsea have signed Leicester midfielder Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, the Premier League club announced on Tuesday, for a reported fee of £30 million ($38 million, 35 million euros). The 25-year-old has agreed a six-year contract at Stamford Bridge and his move means he will be reunited with new Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca, after they worked together last season. One consolation for Leicester in losing one of the leading players is that the transfer should help the club in their bid to remain within the Premier League’s profitability and sustainability rules. The fee is recorded as pure profit as the midfielder came through…

Members of the Batch B, Stream 1, National Youth Service Corps members posted to Niger state went into wild jubilation when the state Governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago announced N200,000 as largess for each of the 1,600 posted to serve in the state. Not only that, the Governor also announced the donation of 20 cows and one trailer load of rice for their welfare while the orientation lasts. Besides, he has also approved the sum of N5bn for the building of a new NYSC camp and assured to pay N500,000 monthly for any of them who venture into farming in the…

Ondo state government has allayed fears that the 33 Local Council Development Authorities, LCDAs, created by the late governor Rotimi Akeredolu, would be scrapped. Recall that an Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure had nullified the newly created 33 Local Government Development Areas in the state, describing the LCDAs, as illegal and unlawful Speaking in Akure, the state capital, the states Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Alhaji Amidu Takuro, who allayed the fears of the people, said the government would appeal the judgment of an Akure High Court that invalidated the council areas. Takuro said that the…

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has insisted that predictions of a Conservative defeat are not going to stop him after the likelihood of his return to Downing Street. He said this was put at less than “lightning striking twice in the same place” by a polling expert. He was asked during a “BBC Breakfast’’ interview whether he accepted the analysis by-elections guru Professor John Curtice, the prime minister said: “That’s his view. “That’s not going to stop me from working as hard as I can over these final few days to talk to as many people as possible about the…