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The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has stressed the need for Nigerians to hold their leaders accountable for their actions or inactions. This, he noted, is the surest way to ensure that only credible leaders are elected at all levels of government. He spoke in Abuja on Thursday, 20 February, 2020, at a colloquium to mark the 10th anniversary of the African Centre for Leadership Strategy and Development. Represented by his Senior Special Assistant on Speech Writing, Dr Chuba Keshi, Senator Omo-Agege identified two central areas where Nigerians can develop leadership models and strategies. The areas, he…

The operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested Muhammed Audu, son of the late Prince Abubakar Audu, a former governor of Kogi State, for his alleged involvement in an alleged fraud. The suspect was arrested on Tuesday, February 18, 2020 for allegedly diverting the funds to the tune of several millions of US Dollars and billions of Naira, which were donated to the Nigerian Football Federation, NFF, to his personal use.  Investigations revealed that the suspect allegedly used two of his companies, Mediterranean Hotels Limited and Mediterranean Sports, to divert the funds, which he could not…

The Federal Government has initiated a Safety Net-Job for Unskilled Persons as a Strategy to move a significant percentage of untrained, untrainable and idle youths out of unemployment. The Director Special Duties and Project of the Federal Ministry Labour and Employment, Dr. Martina Nwordu, revealed this over the weekend at a National Survey for Generation of Baseline Data on Unskilled Persons in Nigeria at Bauchi. According to her, the Ministry decided to embark on the survey in response to the address by President Muhammadu Buhari at the presentation of 2020 Budget where he promised to lift 100 million Nigerians out…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ilorin Zonal Office on Thursday, February 20, 2020 arraigned a 66-year-old contractor, Chief Joseph Oluwole Komolafe, before Justice Mahmood Abdulgafar of a Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin on a one-count charge bordering on money laundering to the tune of N30million.  He was alleged to have diverted the said money from the fund meant to supply laboratory equipment for the University of Ilorin, Kwara State.  The charge against him reads: “That you, Oluwole Kamolafe being the alter ego of Destiny Work Limited, sometime in July 2015, in Ilorin within the jurisdiction of this Honourable  Court…

Kwara is joining the national home grown school feeding programme to tackle school age malnutrition, boost school enrolment, and strengthen local economy through wealth redistribution, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq said on Thursday, 20 February, 2020. AbdulRazaq said the statistics of stunted and wasted children in the state — until May 2019 the highest in the north central region — is scary and must be reversed to give every child a head start in life. “I am very passionate about school feeding for our children. This is because the socioeconomic cost of not urgently acting against malnutrition and dwindling school enrolment far…

•By Abdulwarees Solanke Global attention will on Friday, February 21, 2020 shift towards saving many indigenous languages from extinction as the world marks International Mother Language Day. Voice of Nigeria, the Nation’s external service radio broadcaster, is collaborating with a number of stakeholders to commemorate the day in Lagos. These include: the Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilization and the Nigerian Film Corporation, both agencies under the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture, like VON. It was proclaimed by United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in November 1999 and has been observed since year 2000. The…

Dance and let dance You own your rythm Live and let live Your life is your own Eat and let eat As long as it is your food Sleep and let sleep As long as it is with your eyes Why not Dance and let dance? What quarrel should I have with your legs? Your arms? Your waist? Why should the twist of your hips bother me so? Is it the joy I see in your eyes? The orgasmic ecstasy I see in every movement of your body? The sense that you do not care? People think you do not…

Justice S.C Amadi of the Rivers State High Court, Port Harcourt, on Wednesday, February 19, 2020 convicted and sentenced Hussaini Abubakar, a former staff of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to one year imprisonment with N150,000 (One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira ) option of fine, for stealing, contrary to Section 383 (1) and punishable under Section 390 of the Criminal Code CAP 37 vol. II Laws of Rives State of Nigeria, 1999.  The defendant was arraigned by the EFCC, Port Harcourt Zonal Office on a three-count charge, bordering on stealing. Count One of the charge reads: “That you,Hussaina…

Just a few days ago, the apex court in Nigeria upheld the disqualification of the Deputy Governor-elect of Bayelsa State who came on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Consequently, the court voided the election of the party’s candidates in the gubernatorial election on the simple ground that no valid ticket existed at the time of the election by the ruling party. The electoral jurisprudence is settled for decades now that, for there to be a valid ticket, both the governorship and deputy governorship candidates sponsored by a political party must be qualified in all ramifications. Once there…

The new Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Professor Kemebradikumo Daniel Pondei has assured that the Interim Management Committee, IMC, of the Commission will work with all stakeholders, including youths, to fast track the development of the Niger Delta region.  Prof Pondei, who was accompanied by the Acting Executive Director, Finance and Administration, Chief Ibanga Bassey Etang and the Acting Executive Director, Projects, Dr. Cairo Ojougboh,addressed Niger Delta youths that paid a solidarity visit to the IMC at the NDDC headquarters in Port Harcourt. The new NDDC helmsman said that the new team would ensure that the resources of…

The official convoy of the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Thursday, 20 February, 2020, saved the lives of five victims involved in a fatal auto crash along the Onicha-Ugbo – Asaba expressway. The convoy arrived the accident scene in Aniocha Local Government Area of Delta State at about 5:30pm while on its way to Owerri in Imo State. The accident victims who lay helpless and almost unconscious were rescued by gallant security personnel on the Senate President’s advance convoy led by the team Commander, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Olaniyan Mojeed. The victims who were occupants of a grey Toyota…

The family of late Laetitia Naankang Dagan, said the remains of their daughter will be laid to rest on Friday, February 21, 2020. Unknown persons had killed Ms. Dagan, Assistant Director of Administration in the State House, Abuja. Dagan who lived in a boys quarters of an unnumbered house on 22 Road, B Close, EFAB City Estate, Lokogoma, Abuja, was allegedly molested before the assailants set her ablaze on Monday night.. Late Dagan will be interred at her family burial ground at Kwoor, in Kwalla community of Plateau State. Other details in the burial programme forwarded to PRNigeria reads: “Funeral…

Oyo State Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, Barrister Temilolu ‘Seun Ashamu, has declared that state has already begun efforts towards achieving independent power supply in the next few years. He maintained that the options of building an independent power station were already being explored by the state. Ashamu sought for the support of the leaderships of both the federal and state’s energy generation and power supply agencies for the government to improve the distribution of electricity across the length and breadth of the state. Ashamu, while speaking on a radio programme, said that the government would take advantage of its…

  Videolink: https://youtu.be/OPBGxK9KjTs Some angry youths have impounded a police patrol vehicle allegedly been used to extort innocent travellers at Dambam, a rural community in Bauchi State. They seized the patrol van after armed robbers brutally attacked and robbed some women who were travelling in the North-East axis. Three little boys, who were together with their mothers, were seriously injured on their heads and faces. The villagers, who paraded the police vehicle in a video obtained by PRNigeria, said they discovered a mobile phone inside the car belonging to one of the officers who fled, and also the car’s key.…

•By Ademola Akanni, Abuja The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has accused GSM service providers in the country of short-changing Nigerians, The Gazelle News.com reports. This medium reports that the Senate President said that the service providers are doing this through drop calls. The Gazelle News.com reports further that the Senate President has thus called on service providers to refund money to Nigerians on account of the huge number of drop calls they have experienced. Senate Lawan, The Gazelle News.com repors, spoke in Abuja on Wednesday, 19 February, 2020, while declaring open a public hearing organised by the Senate…

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has assured Surveyors in the country of the readiness of the upper chamber to support the profession for more relevance. Lawan gave the assurance on Wednesday when the League of Surveyors From the Surveyors Council of Nigeria paid him a courtesy call at the National Assembly. Lawan who is also a Surveyor by profession that he will do anything that he could, to support the practice of the profession. “Anything that I can do to enhance the practice of Surveying profession in Nigeria, I will do “If it requires that we look into the…

Keystone Bank Limited, Nigeria’s most innovative banking services provider, has restated its commitment to environmental sustainability as it recently embarked on tree planting campaign. According to the lender, the event which saw staff of the bank plant trees at the Nigeria Conservation Foundation in Lagos, is in line with its bid to further align with the Sustainable Development Goal 15, which stresses the call by the United Nations to protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss and ultimately for environmental sustainability. Commenting on the initiative,…

Justice M. L. Abubakar of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has remanded Samuel Francis (alias Mark Langley) in prison custody following his arraignment today, February 19, 2020 by the Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on three counts of impersonation and possession of fake documents. One of the count reads: “That you, Samuel Francis on or about 1st November, 2019 at Port Harcourt Rivers State, within the Jurisdiction of this honourable Court with intent to defraud and in order to facilitate the Commission of crime, did falsely presented yourself…

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Wednesday, 19 February, 2020, said the National Assembly has devised a strategy that will see to the creation of institutions dedicated to providing enduring solutions to Nigeria’s security travails. Lawan made the disclosure in his concluding remarks on three critical pieces of legislation presently before the National Assembly which seeks to establish the Nigeria Civil Defence Academy; a bill to give legal backing to the Nigeria Police Academy; and another to establish a Commission against the proliferation of small arms and weapons. According to the Senate President, the National Assembly remains committed to…

The Senate on Wednesday, 19 February, 2020, considered a bill seeking to establish the National Commission Against the Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons. Sponsor of the bill, Senator Smart Adeyemi (APC – Kogi West), said the functions of the Commission when established will among others include: identifying sources and routes of small arms and ammunitions; identifying those involved in the illicit trade; and providing harmonization of intelligence and information collection. According to Adeyemi, the proliferation of small arms and weapons is a phenomenon responsible for destabilizing the peace, development and threatening the national security of some countries in…