The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has reiterated its commitment to ensuring a safe marine environment by tackling the menace of marine litters in the Nation’s territorial waters. This commitment was made known by the Acting Director General of the Agency, Mr. Haruna Baba Jauro during the Stakeholders Forum on Marine Litter Management organised in Lagos recently by the United Nations Environmental Programme Global Partnership Action (UNEP-GPA) and NIMASA. The Ag. DG who was represented by the Agency’s Director of Maritime Labour Services, Mrs. Juliana Gunwa said that marine litters have become a menace which must be tackled…
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Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday appointed Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka and Mr. Rasheed Gbadamosi as Co-Chairmen of the Lagos at 50 Planning Committee, just as he expressed optimism that the celebration will go a long way to showcase Lagos in its full splendor. The Committee also has 10 others as members, including Hon. Habeeb Fasinro, Chief Olawale Cole, Mrs. Sarah Boulos, Mr. Abimbola Obafunwa, Prof (Mrs) Senapon Bakare, Mrs. Chika Balogun, Mr. Folarin Coker, Prof. Ademola Abass, Bolanle Austen Peter and Mrs Olufunmilayo Balogun as Secretary. Governor Ambode, while inaugurating the Committee at the Lagos House, Ikeja, expressed…
The coast is now clear for interested indigenes of Lagos State who are desirous of a career in the Armed Forces to apply online for admission into the 68th Regular Course of the Nigeria Defence Academy (NDA) from 26 January till March 2016. In a statement from the office of the Secretary to the State Government, Mr Tunji Bello, the interested applicants are advised to purchase Access Pin Code by visiting the application portal www.ndaapplications.net for the examination which is scheduled for Saturday, 23rd April 2016. The statement adds that detailed instructions on how to purchase the Access Code is available on the…
Human rights activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr. Femi Falana has lauded the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode for taking the bold initiative to inaugurate the Special Offences (Mobile) Court to summarily deal with growing cases of traffic and environmental abuses in the State. The Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Adeniji Kazeem had stated during the inauguration of the Mobile Court, that the development was one of the ways through which Governor Ambode aims to broaden the pathway that guaranty citizens’ access to justice and at the same time ensure the preservation of civility…
United Nations Executive Director, Mr. Michel Sidibe has said that over 500 babies born in the Nigeria are are born with HIV infections. According to Sidibe, who made this disclosure when he led a delegation of the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, UNAIDS on a courtesy call on Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Tuesday, however, said there was a good opportunity for Nigeria, the second largest HIV endemic country in the world to beat the disease. He said already there was a decline in new HIV infections in the country and that about 800,000 people in the country were undergoing treatment, adding that ending…
The Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Monday Igbuya on Tuesday reacted to the alleged abduction and killing of the traditional ruler of Ubulu-Uku, Obi Akaeze Ofulue the III by Fulani herdsmen, saying the Delta State Government will take “appropriate action” Igbuya who spoke in Asaba not only condemned the murder of the monarch but said “the government is committed to protecting the people”. “This highly provocative act poses a great threat to peace and security. Deltans and non Deltans must choose a better path” he said. Protesters under the auspices of Anioma Security Watch Network (ASWN) stormed the Delta State House…
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has called on all eligible Nigerians and the people of Enugu State in particular to register with the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) going-on in the country with a view to obtaining the national electronic identity card. Governor Ugwuanyi who spoke when the management of NIMC was in his office at the Government House, Enugu to issue him his NIMC card, noted that the importance of the card cannot be overemphasized as one would hardly transact any government or other business deals these days without such identification, adding that the card identifies one for…
A Staff of the University of Benin, Benin-City, Mr. Clifford Ogbeide has instituted a legal suit against Stanbic IBTC Plc in an Edo High Court for alleged libelous act. The claimant in the suit filed by Mr. A.U Osunde of Olayiwola Afolabi chambers averred that the bank’s letter addressed to the Vice-Chancellor of the University with copies to the Registrar and Bursar of the institution, maliciously identified him as one of the banker’s delinquent debtors and solicited for the university authorities for assistance to recover the alleged debt was done in bad faith. He stated that the content of letter were…
The federal government is to complete work on the construction of 2000 kilometres of road across the six geopolitical zones of the country in the 2016 budget, the minister for Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola has said. Fashola said this yesterday during the 2016 budget defence before the Joint Committes on Power, Works and Housing, Development and Regional Planning as well as Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA) at the House of Representatives. He added that another 2000 kilometers would be constructed each in 2017 and 2018, under a 3-year plan. Fashola informed the join committees that out of the…
Eminent scholars and personalities have called for an urgent review of the Ibadan chieftaincy tradition to encourage younger, educated and influential men to ascend the exalted throne of the Olubadan of Ibadanland. They bared their minds at a symposium organised by the Oyo State Government in continuation of a week-long activities for the funeral of the late Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Samuel Odulana Odugade I, at the Trenchand Hall of the University of Ibadan, Ibadan. A former Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Ismael Olalekan Alli, who represented the Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, at the event, said the symposium was…