Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, has appealed to Lagosians to bear with the government over the lingering shortage of fuel and power across the state. In a statement issued on Wednesday by the State’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Steve Ayorinde, the Governor said Lagos State consumes more than 40 per cent of the fuel and energy needs of the country and therefore appreciates that the impact of the scarcity would be felt more in the state. He urged residents to remain calm, orderly and law-abiding as government is doing everything possible within its power to find an…
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EMBATTLED Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, Wednesday appeared at the Code of Conduct Tribunal for continuation of his trial. Dr. Saraki is facing a 13-count charge at the Code of Conduct Bureau for alleged false declaration of assets while he was governor of Kwara State. The trial commenced April 5 after several attempts by Mr. Saraki and his lawyers to prevent its commencement. A prosecution witness, Michael Wetkast, had appeared before the CCT, April 5 to testify against Mr. Saraki’s not guilty plea by providing evidences of alleged transaction by the Senate president with banks in Nigeria. The witness said…
The North-East Development Commission Advocacy team led by a member representing Monguno, Marte and Nganzai Federal constituency has called on the Borno state Governor Hon. Kashim Shettima to appeal to his colleagues and other stakeholders to support the creation of the North-east Development commission (NEDC). Hon. Monguno who made the call when they paid a courtesy call on Governor Kashim Shettima at the Government House Maiduguri yesterday, said the commission if established will cater for the developmental need of the region, as the region according UNDP report indicates that the region is the poorest in the country, hence the emergence…
AS part of efforts to curb cultism in the Educational sector, the Edo State government has expelled eight secondary school students for their alleged involvement in secret cult activities in various schools in the state. Commissioner for Education, Mr. Gideon Obhakhan disclosed this yesterday in an interview with newsmen in Benin the State capital. He also stated that over 20 students suspected to be members of secret cult groups in different schools who are currently being investigated by the police have been also suspended by the state government. Obhakhan pointed out that if those under investigation by the police were…
LG Electronics (LG) has been awarded Com-passo d’Oro International Award for the revolutionary refrigerator design of the company’s Dual Door-in-Door refrigerators. The company took home the top prize in the Design Food Preparation and Instruments category. As the oldest and most recognized award of its kind in Europe, the Compasso d’Oro (“Golden Compass”) was established in 1954 to celebrate the products that were made in Italy. Hosted exclusively by Associazione per il Disegno Industriale (ADI), the theme for this year’s award was Design for Food and Nutrition. The 2015 competition was the first time the award was open to competitors…
The Lagos State Commissioner for Home Affairs, Dr. Abdul-Hakeem Abdul-Lateef has called on the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC) to allow State Boards to function according to the laws establishing them. The Commissioner stated this on Monday while receiving the report of Year 2015 Christian Pilgrimage from the Chairman of the Lagos State Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board, Bishop Sola Ore at his office, Secretariat, Alausa, saying that the Law establishing NCPC and the National Hajj Commission (NHC) had restricted these commissions to only Licensing, Regulating and Supervising State Pilgrim Boards and other Agencies. Dr. Abdul-Lateef explained that it is alien…
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State says Azura Power Plant in Benin City has the capacity to produce almost 50 percent of what Nigeria currently boasts of when it generates at its peak of 4,000 megawatts, maintaining that Edo is now a hub of power generation in Nigeria. Speaking during an inspection visit to the Azura Power Plant at Ahor in Benin City on Tuesday, Governor Adams Oshiomhole said, “let me appreciate your vision, your courage and your determination to navigate through all the technical political and social, economic, logistics issues that you have to go through to get to this…
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Last 18 months have been damaging for Nigeria’s economy. Already battered by a drop in the price of oil—its main export and source of earnings—the country has also seen its currency, the naira; lose almost half of its value against the dollar. Nigeria’s foreign cash reserves sharply declined as the country—largely dependent on imports from refined petroleum to toothpicks—were spending quicker than it was earning. To buck the trend, the country fixed its exchange rate at around 200 naira to the dollar rather than allow its currency to devalue to around 320 naira versus the dollar—this is where the naira…