Author: Alex Enemanna
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Your Diamond Jubilee, Retirement, Harvest of Honour & Selflessness, Omoluabi Extols Engr. Iluromi
Senior Special Assistant to Kogi Governor on Political Matters, Omoluabi Bode Adeyemi has congratulated former Controller at Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, Engr Bode Iluromi as he clocks 60. Omoluabi also congratulated him on his retirement after meritorious service to fatherland, describing it as double celebration and remarkable achievement. In a statement issued on…
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FCT Minister Tasks Cooperative Societies on Housing
Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Malam Muhammad Musa Bello has charged cooperative societies across the country to lend support in further bridging the national housing deficit gap. This is even as he applauded the Abuja Metropolitan Management Council’s AMMC Cooperative Society for initiating a 404 unit staff housing estate for its members. Performing the…
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FG targeting 650,000 tons gold processing capacity per annum — Minister
The Federal Government has said it’s aiming 650,000 tons per annum gold processing capacity as a measure to boost the country’s economy and generate employment. This is even as the federal government through the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Architect Olamilekan Adegbite announced that the Segilola Gold Project, which it is under construction, is…
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Why Pay-As-You-Go billing system can’t work in Nigeria — MultiChoice
The Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) billing model advocated by Nigerians is not technically and commercially feasible, the Chief Executive Officer of MultiChoice Nigeria, owners of DSTV John Ugbe has stated. The Nation reports that Ugbe, who spoke when he appeared before the House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee investigating the non-implementation of PAYG subscription model by satellite…
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Amotekun nabs suspected kidnapper in Ekiti
Personnel of the Ekiti State Security Network Agency codenamed Amotekun corps have arrested a suspected kidnapper in Ifaki-Ekiti, Ido/ Osi Local Government Area of the state. The Amotekun corps commander, Brig Gen Joe Komolafe (rtd), told newsmen in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital on Monday, that the suspect who dressed in a military uniform was arrested…
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WTO: Okonjo-Iweala meets Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met behind closed door with the former Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Okonjo-Iweala is running to become the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and has already emerged as one…
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Classrooms deserted as FCT teachers send students home
Hopes of parents to have their children return to schools in the Federal Capital Territory FCT after a seven-month COVID-19 induced hiatus were on Monday dashed following the decision of teachers to chase their pupils home, Vanguard reports. The teachers under the aegis of the FCT Council of the Nigeria Union of Teachers NUT said…
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How Edo Assembly removed Speaker
The Speaker of Edo State House of Assembly, Francis Okiye, has been impeached. His removal followed a motion by the Majority Leader of the House, Henry Okhurobo, that Okiye be removed over allegations of high-handedness. His impeachment letter was signed by nine out of the 10-member Assembly present at a brief sitting on Monday, a…
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Omoluabi condoles with Solomon Adebayo’s family, says he died a hero
Senior Special Assistant to Kogi Governor on Political Matters, Omoluabi Bode Adeyemi has expressed sadness over the death of former Director Local Government in the state, Mr Festus Solomon Adebayo. Mr. Solomon passed on at the weekend after a brief illness. Omoluabi in a condolence message to the family and people of Oweland on Sunday…
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APC Campaign Council celebrates Akeredolu’s victory
The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Campaign Council for Ondo State governorship election has congratulated its candidate, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, for emerging victorious in last weekend’s election. The Council, in a statement issued by APC chieftain, Osita Okechukwu, noted that the victories of Governor Akeredolu and his Edo state counterpart, Godwin Obaseki, defines APC’s ideology-preference…