PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has cancelled the controversial deduction of 40 per cent of Internally Generated Revenues from federal universities across the country. The President who was represented by the Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, spoke on Friday at the 75th Founder’s Day ceremony of the University of Ibadan and described the policy implementation as “ill-timed”. He also maintained that it was not the best time for such a policy since our universities are struggling. In his speech as a Visitor to the university, Tinubu pledged his commitment to the reform of the nation’s education sector as the bedrock for national…
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THE Federal Government has declared a state of emergency in Nigeria’s health sector. This is being highlighted as stakeholders across the sector converge in Ekiti State for the 64th National Council on Health where salient issues around the health sector are up for discussion. The opening ceremony on Thursday was an avenue to set the tone around the theme which focuses on building resilience and an inclusive healthcare system for a healthy Nigeria. The Coordinating Minister for Health and Social Welfare Dr Muhammed Ali Pate said the nation’s health facilities are in bad shape, adding that there is a need…
FOUR stowaways trying to illegally leave the country on board a container vessel (TEME EXPRESS) enroute to Dubai have been arrested. The Navy disclosed the arrest in a statement on Wednesday, saying the stowaways were nabbed on Monday by the NNS BEECROFT team during a patrol at the Lagos anchorage. According to the ship’s commander Kolawole Oguntuga, the stowaways were found inside the rudder compartment of the vessel with bags of snacks and satchet water. Oguntuga said that the maritime domain awareness facility, the Falcon Eye Alignment, played a critical role in providing information that led to their arrest. “Tactical…
THE Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, says of the three arms of government, legislators are the most misunderstood and attacked by Nigerians. According to him, Nigerians blame lawmakers for everything, including things not directly under their control. The Senate President, represented by the senator representing Ogun Central, Shuaib Salisu, said this on Sunday at the 100th birthday colloquium of a Second Republic lawmaker, Senator Kunle Oyero, organised by the Abeokuta Grammar School Old Boys Association in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Akpabio said, “The one arm of government that people don’t really understand and is always a subject of ridicule and attack is…
AFRICA’s Global Bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, and Saudi Export-Import Bank (Saudi EXIM), a premier export credit agency in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, have announced a partnership aimed at strengthening business growth and enhancing economic cooperation between their economies. To this end, both institutions signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on November 9, 2023, to foster economic cooperation and trade relations between the two entities. The MoU was signed on the side-lines of the Saudi and Arab African Summits in Saudi Arabia. The partnership between UBA Group and Saudi EXIM Bank outlines the guiding principles for developing…
A FORMER National President of the Nigeria Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) and the Iyalode of Yorubaland, Chief Alaba Lawson, is dead. Her demise was communicated today in a statement issued in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital by the Executive Secretary of the Ogun Chambers of Commerce, Industry Mines and Agriculture, Maku Abdul Rahaman. Until her death, she was also the Iyalode of Egbaland as well as the Chairman of the Ogun State-owned Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta. She was an astute politician, an entrepreneur of note and academician. She was born on January 18,1951 in…
THE Ondo State Deputy Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has tendered an unreserved apology to the state governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, over the embarrassment that the ongoing political crisis must have caused in the state. Aiyedatiwa, who said the crisis was being caused or fueled by some political contenders in the state, reiterated that he remained loyal to the governor and his administration. The deputy governor stated this while speaking with journalists in his office in Akure, the state capital. He said, “I am deeply saddened by the embarrassment and discomfort that Mr. Governor has faced due to the barrage of negative news…
THE Lagos State Government has sealed the popular Alade market in the Onigbongbo Local Council Area of Ikeja, over violation of environmental laws. This was disclosed on Wednesday by the spokesman for the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources, Kunle Adeshina, in a post on his X handle (formerly Twitter). Following the directive by the Commissioner for Environment, Mr Tokunbo Wahab, Adeshina said the enforcement was carried out by on Wednesday the officials of the Lagos State Waste Management Agency (LAWMA) in collaboration with KAI/LAGESC. “As directed by HC MOE&WR, Tokunbo Wahab, enforcement operatives from LAWMA and KAI/ LAGESC in…
THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) secretariat in Akure, Ondo state capital, has been shut by men of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and the operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS). This newspaper reports that there is presence of heavy security currently at the secretariat. The development is not unconnected with the plan by the members of the PDP to protest the continued absence and whereabouts of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu. Akeredolu had in September returned to the country from his three-month medical vacation in Germany where he treated an undisclosed illness. But since his return, Akeredolu has reportedly been…
SUSPECTED robbers have reportedly raided the palace of the Olu of Ogunmakin town in Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State, Oba James Sodiya, carting away his crown and staff of office. It was learnt that the hoodlums broke into the palace of the late monarch, who passed away about two months ago, on Friday. Police spokesperson in the state, Omolola Odutola, confirmed the incident to journalists in Abeokuta on Saturday. Odutola, however, hinted that the police had arrested three suspects in connection with the crime. Odutola, who described the act as an abomination, said the police had recovered the…
THE seventeen remaining members of the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Oke Igan, Akure in Ondo State, who were abducted last Friday, have regained their freedom. It was gathered that the victims were released after their families paid a sum of N50m ransom to the abductors. The kidnappers had abducted 25 of them along the Owo/Ifon-Benin Highway on their way to a funeral ceremony in Ifon. But the police earlier disclosed that eight of the victims were rescued the following day – Saturday. Days after, the remaining victims were released by their abductors after a huge sum of money was paid…
THE Ogun State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal has declared Governor Dapo Abiodun, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, as the duly elected winner of the March 18 poll. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate, Ladi Adebutu, were challenging Abiodun’s re-election over alleged corrupt practices and non-compliance with provisions of the Electoral Act. The petition also argued that the governor did not score a majority vote to be announced as the winner by INEC. Delivering the judgment on Saturday at a proceeding that lasted about 11 hours, the tribunal held that the petitioner failed to prove its case…
THE Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu has commissioned three Ministerial teams to provide technical support, project delivery coordination, stakeholder management, and media relations within the ministry. “This strategic move is aimed at strengthening the ministry’s existing capabilities and enhance its efforts in delivering efficient and sustainable power solutions to the nation”, the Ministry said. The statement said further that under the visionary leadership of the Honourable Minister of Power, the newly formed team will play a crucial role in driving key initiatives, ensuring seamless project monitoring and execution, fostering collaboration with stakeholders, and effectively communicating the ministry’s objectives and…
THE Ondo State House of Assembly has vowed to go ahead with the impeachment proceedings against the Deputy Governor of the State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, despite the lawsuit he filed to stop the move. Aiyedatiwa had asked an Akure High Court to stop the House of Assembly from proceeding with the impeachment plans against him. But in a statement signed by the Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Oladiji Olamide Adesanmi, the lawmakers have assured the general public that it would proceed with the legislative process to a logical conclusion, but in doing so, will strictly follow the Constitutional procedures. The…
JUSTICE Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has restrained the Ondo State House of Assembly from impeaching the Deputy Governor, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa, over alleged gross misconduct. Justice Nwite delivered a ruling on Tuesday shortly after Aiyedatiwa’s counsel, Kayode Adewusi, moved the ex-parte motion to the effect. The judge also restrained Governor Rotimi Akeredolu from nominating a new deputy governor and forwarding the same to the lawmakers for approval pending the hearing and determination of the substantive matter. Justice Nwite held that after listening to Adewusi, he was of the view that the interest of justice would be…
THE police in Ogun State have arraigned the impeached chairman of Ijebu East Local Government Area, Wale Adedayo, before a magistrate court sitting in the Isabbo area of Abeokuta on Tuesday. Adedayo was arraigned before Justice A.K. Araba on two counts bordering on publication of unlawful publication and false allegation of fund diversion by Governor Dapo Abiodun. The prosecutor, Adeyemi Olukoya, told the court that Adedayo committed offences which are contrary to and punishable under sections 59(1) and 375 of the criminal code laws of Ogun State, 2006. The charge read, “That you Hon. Wale Adedayo m’ on the 27h…
THE Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has filed a lawsuit in the Ondo State High Court seeking to stop the State House of Assembly from proceeding with the impeachment proceedings against him. In the suit filed on Monday, September 25, 2023, the Deputy Governor is seeking a declaration that the House of Assembly is not competent to proceed with his impeachment in breach of his constitutional and fundamental rights to fair hearing and that the sacking of his media aides and subjecting him to the Ministry of Information headed by a Commissioner amounts to a breach of…
A POPULAR member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, Wale Adedibu, is dead. News Point Nigeria learnt that Adedibu died on Sunday after a brief illness, a few days after the demise of the APC women leader in Oyo North Senatorial district, Princess Adebowale Atoyebi. Senator representing Oyo South senatorial district, Sharafadeen Alli, in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media, Akeem Abbas, described Adedibu’s death as a rude shock. Alli said the deceased was a committed and dedicated party member who worked tirelessly for the growth of the party in the State. He noted…
THE Ekiti State Police Command have launched an investigation after an undergraduate of Ekiti State University Helen Okorie went missing. In a press statement issued Sunday by the spokesperson of the command Sunday Abutu, the police noted that the 500-level student left home about ten days back to an unknown destination and has not returned since then. “She is 23 years old, chocolate in complexion, speaks English and Igbo languages fluently and has no tribal mark. She is a 500-level student of Ekiti State University,” he said. But he said the Command said it has commenced an investigation to unravel…
THE Nigerian government is working towards generating 20,000 megawatts by 2026 and 60,000 megawatts of electricity by 2060. Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, disclosed this in Osogbo, Osun State capital during his visit to the National Control Centre (NCC) of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) on Friday. In his speech, Adelabu revealed the short and long term plans of the ministry towards increasing power generation, transmission and distribution in Nigeria. “Like I told you, it’s an aspiration for Nigeria to have minimum of 60,000 megawatts of power by 2060; that is 60 gigawatts. And 2030 is the medium term…