THE Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has donated relief materials to Aiyetoro, a coastal community in Ondo State recently ravaged by ocean surges. The relief materials were handed over by the Executive Director of Projects of the NDDC, Mr. Charles Ogunmola, who was accompanied by the NDDC Director of Ondo State Office, Mr. Olaniyi Salami, Director of Environmental Protection and Control, Engr. Obeka Onuoha, Director of Community and Rural Development, Mr. Gordon Okeya, at a ceremony at the Naval Base Igbokoda on Thursday. Ogunmola said he received videos of the ocean surge that displaced over 200 households and destroyed properties…
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THE ruling All Progressives Congress has dissolved its Presidential Campaign Council, which was inaugurated in October to campaign for the victory of the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima, in the build-up to the 2023 presidential election. The dissolution was contained in a statement that was jointly signed by the PCC Director General, Governor Simon Lalong and the Secretary of the council, James Faleke. Lalong also applauded the President Muhammadu Buhari for his unflinching support for APC presidential candidate throughout the electioneering campaign Recall that Buhari had presided over the unveiling of the presidential campaign…
ONE of the aviation unions on a two-day nationwide strike has described as “a fallacy”, a claim by the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika that the aviation sector is an essential service and should not embark on strike. The General Secretary of the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), Ocheme Aba, stated this on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Tuesday. The minister, had in January 2023, said with the new Act of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), industrial actions are illegal as aviation has been classified as an essential service. However, about three months after, aggrieved…
NOVA Merchant Bank Limited (“NOVA or “the Bank”), announced its Audited Full Year 2022 financial results, showing an outstanding 107.9% year-on-year growth in profit before tax and the group year-on-year profit before tax of 98.2%, as both funded and non-funded income grew significantly on the back of innovative offerings and exceptional customer service. Notably, the Group continues to gain market share, a reflection of its steady penetration across key growth sectors, as reflected in the 30% growth in customer deposits. Asset quality remains exceptional, with Non-Performing Loan ratio of 0.2%, underscoring the best-in-class governance and management discipline in creating quality…
THE access roads to the international and domestic wings of the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos State were on Monday blocked by aviation workers protesting the Federal Government’s failure to address their concerns. News Point Nigeria reports that, the action of the aviation workers has caused serious gridlock around the Airport Road in Ikeja, with entrance to the Murtala Muhammed Airport Two terminal hugely affected. The gridlock left several travellers distraught amid desperate efforts to catch their flights. A coalition of aviation workers unions had announced a two-day strike what they described as the government’s failure to address their concerns.…
THE police in Ogun State have arrested a 33-year-old mother, Olaide Adekunle, who allegedly sold her 18-month-old baby for N600,000 to pay off a loan she obtained from a microfinance bank. The buyer, now at large, was said to have bought the baby in Lagos. The police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi told newsmen in Abeokuta on Monday that the suspect was arrested following a report at Sango divisional headquarters by her husband, one Nureni Rasaq. Oyeyemi quoted the husband to have reported that the wife left home for Lagos in March with their baby girl, Moridiat Rasaq, but she returned home…
SOME gunmen have reportedly kidnapped three persons in the Igoba area of Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State. It was gathered that the kidnappers stormed the area on Thursday night and abducted four men but one of the victims escaped. The victims were identified simply as Adeseye, Paul and ‘vulcaniser.’ The monarch of Igoba Community, Oba Adinlewa Adeniyi, appealed to the state government to beef up security in the area, which, according to him, had now become a safe haven for kidnappers. Meanwhile, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mrs Funmilayo Odunlami, when contacted, said, “Nobody…
THE Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has reiterated his position on who will emerge as his successor. Gbajabiamila, in a tweet on Thursday, refuted a report claiming he was in opposition to the purported ambitions of Deputy Speaker Ahmed Idris Wase and others in the running for the office of Speaker in the 10th House. The news article published in a national daily alleged the Speaker was backing the member representing Zaria Federal Constituency in Kaduna State, Tajudeen Abbas. However, Gbajabiamila, who is tipped to serve as President-elect Bola Tinubu’s chief of staff, maintained, “I have not…
GUNMEN on Wednesday invaded the Ago Igbira settlement in Osun State and abducted a resident identified as Mohammed Jubril. Before the victim was eventually taken away, some locals engaged the attackers in a gun battle during which another resident, Hassan Jubril, was injured, our source learnt A resident of the village, who asked not to be named for security reasons, said eight armed men attacked the community in the early hours of Wednesday. “Police, men of Nigeria Hunters and Forest Security Services, Amotekun Corps, and some other volunteers are already combing the forest,” the source said. “There was rain of…
THE Lagos State Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development has confirmed the collapse of an “unapproved” seven-storey building under construction collapsed on Banana Island in the Ikoyi area of the state. A source with the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) revealed to Channels Television that some workers were trapped in the rubble. It was also gathered that the incident occurred on First Avenue in the exclusive neighbourhood of the some of the wealthiest Nigerians. “Few who sustained injuries are being treated. There is no fatality. This unfortunate incident happened while casting was being done,” said a statement by the…
THE management of Ekiti State University (EKSU) has stopped academic activities in the institution for two weeks. This followed an early morning protest on Tuesday by students of the institution over a N5,000 late registration levy imposed on them by the institution. The angry students shut the school gate preventing both lecturers and students from gaining entry into the premises to express dissatisfaction with the levy. They also barricaded all roads leading to the university. The students frowned upon the imposition of the late registration fees in face of hike in their school fees even as they have just few…
– Pledges To Mobilize Colleagues AHEAD of the inuaguration of the 10th National Assembly, the governor of Osun state, Senator Ademola Adeleke has vowed to mobilize colleagues to actualize the aspiration of Ahmed Idris Wase as Speaker of the House of Representatives. “We don’t belong to the same party but it is immaterial. And when it was time to constitute the last National Assembly leadership and you agreed with your party to step down for their choice, it means you are man of integrity amd character; you have shown character. That means ‘Wase lokan’, the governor told the depity speaker…
THE Ogun State police command says its operatives have arrested two suspected kidnappers were while two kidnapped victims were rescued from them. This was contained in a press release by the police public relations officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi in Abeokuta,the state capital. “The suspects Mohammed Bello and Mohammed Bashiru were arrested following a distress call received from Bisodun village at about 8 pm that kidnappers have invaded the community and that a couple Mr and Mrs Ojo had been abducted by the hoodlums,” he said. He said upon the distress call, the Divisional Police Officer Owode Egba division, Chief Superintendent of…
THE Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke has assured the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola to feel free within the state, saying nobody can chase him away. “Mr. Minister, I am assuring you, that this is your state, nobody can chase you away,” Adeleke told Aregbesola on Tuesday when he joined the minister and former governor to launch the Nigeria Immigration Service Passport Front Office and Passport Production Centre in the Ilesa area of Osun State. “This is your state, you are welcome at anytime. Even, you can come around to the Government House. When I complete all of the…
THE President-elect, Bola Tinubu, says his victory at the February 25 presidential election is the greatest gift he could receive as he celebrates his 71st birthday. “With such a privilege already granted to me, I will not go so far as to suggest I am due any birthday presents this year,” Tinubu said in a personal message to Nigerians on Wednesday. “I have already been given the greatest gift. A chance to lead and fulfil destiny. An opportunity to champion your aspirations and to bring about the Nigeria of your dreams.” The President-elect stated that he would, instead, use the…
A LAGOS-BASED activist-lawyer, Tope Alabi, has approached the Federal High Court in Lagos for leave to initiate contempt proceedings against Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele for alleged disobedience of the Supreme Court orders on its naira redesign policy. News Point Nigeria reports that, Alabi made the application via a March 27 ex parte motion in the suit with Emefiele listed as the sole respondent. Describing the naira swap as a “cash confiscation policy”, he said it had affected the day-to-day running of his office as his staff could not make it to work daily due to the…
A POPULAR market on Lagos Island, Balogun Market, has been gutted by fire. Our source gathered that the fire affected a plaza in the market where Ladies’ shoes are sold. Firefighters from two divisions of Lagos Fire Service had been deployed to the scene to put out the fire. There have been many fire incidents in the market, with goods worth billions of naira lost in the process. More details in a while….
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, on Sunday, March 26, 2023 mourned the passing of Lt. Gen. Oladipo Diya, who served as Chief of General Staff from 1993 to 1997 and Vice Chairman of the Provisional Ruling Council in 1994 under the Abacha regime. He hailed the departed elder statesman “for his love, belief and loyalty to the country,” adding that “his contributions to the nation will never be forgotten.” “Diya was known for his brilliance, exceptional organisational skills and discipline, and he displayed these virtues in the important roles he held in office as a military officer,” a statement signed by Buhari’s…
AMID the ongoing global celebration of the year 2023 International Women’s Month, a rights group, Women Advocates Research & Documentation Centre, WARDC, has demanded justice over the alleged abduction of a 6-hour-old-baby christened Baby Joseph. The group also called on the Inspector General of Police to immediately transfer the case to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Person, NAPTIP, within 14 days or risk a protest visit. Baby Joseph, according to the Founder, WARDC, Dr Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi, who spoke on behalf of the mother, Mrs Fortunate Obhafuoso, who is currently said to be in safe custody, was…
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has directed the payment of N5m damages to a driver, Adedotun Clement, who was assaulted by officials of the Lagos State Neighborhood Safety Agency and the Nigeria Police Force during the first anniversary of the #EndSARS protests on October 20, 2021, at the Lekki Toll-Gate. A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos had earlier in March ordered the state government and the police to pay the sum of N5 million as compensation to the driver. The court also condemned the torture of Clement by officials of the Lagos State Government and the Nigeria Police…