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By NAN The Hon. Commissioner, Public Complaints Commission Abimbola Ayo-Yusuf, said that the Commission under his watch has improved maximally on its core mandate as presently encapsulated in CAP P.37 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004. Ayo-Yusuf, disclosed this on the occasion of the Commissioners Retreat held on Tuesday in Abuja, as sideline to end his administration which was inaugurated July 5, 2021 inaugurated by the leadership of the 9th National Assembly. The Commissioner said that the dynamics of time within his tenure indeed challenged the status of the organisation and attempted to change the managements structure. According to him, the administration has risen to the occasion and made necessary inputs to stabilize the Commission with pending legal frameworks to...

By Victor Okoye High Chief (Dr) Christopher Ndubuisi and High Chief (Dr) Kenneth Ifekudu, OFR have been honoured and celebrated by Prof. Obiora Okonkwo, the Chairman of United Nigeria Airlines at the Ark in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ndubuisi and Ifekudu were celebratedat a dinner party reception on Sunday night organised by Okonkwo to recognise and celebrate the two awardees who were recently confered with prestigious awards as men who had distinguished themselves and left indelible martheir various fields of endeavour. High Chief Dr. Christopher Ndubuisi, the Chairman of Pinnatech Group Abuja, emerged the winner of the Sun Investor of the Year 2024 and Champion Newspapers’ 2024 Manufacturer of the Year Awards respectively. While, High Chief (Dr) Ke...

By Joan Nwagwu Nigeria’s First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, has distributed food items to no fewer than 1,200 vulnerable, internally displaced and people living with disabilities in Nasarawa State. Tinubu inaugurated the symbolic distribution of the Food Outreach Scheme for Persons with Disabilities and the vulnerable groups on Tuesday in Lafia. Represented by Hajiya Nana Shettima, Wife of the Vice President, the first lady said that the gesture was part of the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) Food Outreach Scheme, as part of the Social Investment Programme. According to her, the food outreach scheme is specially designed to provide support to the under privileged in line with the resolve of President Bola Tinubu to leave no one behind. “This is also to ensure food security and ...

The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Yemi Cardoso, says strengthening national capacities for debt management is crucial for meeting the government’s funding needs. Mr Cardoso said this on Monday in Abuja at the opening of the Regional Training on Annual Borrowing Plan (ABP) Development organised by the West African Institute for Financial and Economic Management (WAIFEM). The training was jointly organised by WAIFEM, the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Ladi Bala-Keffi, the acting director of the monetary policy department of the CBN, delivered Mr Cardoso’s address. According to Mr Cardoso, countries must prioritise building a balanced and resilient debt portfolio. He said at the core of sound public debt management was the debt manageme...

An unidentified driver has hit and killed a female pedestrian, Elizabeth James, on the Sagamu-Benin Expressway in Ogun. SP Omolola Odutola, the spokesperson for the police in Ogun, in a statement, said the incident occurred at about 9:40 p.m. on Sunday, near Dalof filling station, Sagamu axis of the expressway. “An unidentified vehicle from the Ijebu-Ode direction heading towards the Sagamu interchange hit male and female pedestrians beside the express road. “Both victims suffered injuries and were taken to Live Well Hospital in Sagamu for treatment. “Unfortunately, a 22-year-old female pedestrian named Elizabeth James from Sagamu died at the hospital,” she said. The police spokesperson said the deceased had been deposited at the Fakoya Hospital mortuary in Sagamu. “Poli...

After six hours of meeting on Monday, the Nigerian government signed an agreement with the Organised Labour after the government promised that President Bola Tinubu is committed to a national minimum wage above N60,000. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, announced this after the meeting with the labour leaders in Abuja which started 5pm and ended few minutes to 11pm. He said the President is “committed to a national minimum wage that is higher than N60,000. The organised Labour comprising the Nigerian Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress declared an indefinite nationwide strike over the inability of the federal government to pay Nigerian workers a living wage. Meanwhile, the Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage (NMW) will now resume d...

The Federal Government and the Labour on Monday signed a pact to return to the negotiation table on the issue of new minimum wage for workers. The Federal Government had proposed N60,000 while the Labour had demanded for N494.At the meeting on Monday summoned by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, Labour amd government signed a pact. FG assured Labour that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has undertaken to pay a minimum wage that is more than N60,000 as the meeting of the Tripartite Committee resumes ssittings.consequenrly, it was agreed that the committee will meet every day in the next week to reach an agreement on the new minimum wage.These are part of the agreement signed last night after an eight-hour meeting between the Federal Government officials...

President Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed his administration’s dedication to enhancing the quality of lives for all Nigerians. Represented by the Vice-President Kashim Shettima, Tinubu stated this at the inauguration of the Expansion of the Outer Southern Expressway (OSEX) from the Villa Roundabout to Ring Road 1 (RRI). He said that the expansion of the outer southern motorway would not only alleviate traffic congestion and improve transportation but would also stimulate economic growth and create opportunities for prosperity. Tinubu said, “What is unfolding in our capital city is a testament to what can be achieved with our government's Renewed Hope Agenda, quality transformation of the Federal Capital Territory and indeed Nigeria. “This ambitious undertaking holds profound signif...

President, ECOWAS Court of Justice (CCJ), Justice Edward Asante, has called on staff participants to engage in productive dialogue and decision-making at the institution’s 16th administrative and budget retreat. Justice Asante, who made this known in his address at the event, on Monday, explained that the call was necessary, considering the essential role that budgetary allocations played in the court’s functioning. The retreat is expected to foster thoughtful discussions, open dialogues, and constructive debates, leveraging participants’ collective wisdom, diverse perspectives, and shared experiences. “We have to be able to judge all and put our heads together to come up with the best budget. “When this is presented to the Administration and Finance Committee (AFC) and to the...

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says the “labour union has shut down” the national grid, resulting in a blackout nationwide. The national grid shut down occured at about 2.19 am on 3rd June 2024. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) kicked off their indefinite nationwide strike today, over the federal government’s refusal to increase the minimum wage from N60,000. The TCN, in a statement on Monday, signed by Ndidi Mbah, it’s general manager, said workers at the Benin Transmission Operator were sent from the control room and beaten by the protesters. “At about 1:15am this morning, the Benin Transmission Operator under the Independent System Operations unit of TCN reported that all operators were driven away from the control r...

Labour union has thrown the entire country in total darkness. The workers at early hours of Monday, shut down the national grid. Currently, the entire country is in darkness. A statement by Ndidi MbahGM, Public Affairs, Transmission Company of Nigeria confirmed the incident. Mbah, however said all efforts are on to recover the grid to enable the restoration of normal bulk transmission The statement reads: "The Transmission Company of Nigeria hereby informs the general public that the Labour Union has shut down the national grid, resulting in black out nationwide. The national grid shut down occured at about 2.19am this morning, 3rd June 2024. "At about 1:15am this morning, the Benin Transmission Operator under the Independent System Operations unit of TCN reported that a...

  By NEWS AGENCY OF NIGERIA Mr Olayemi Cardoso, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, has commended Dr Umar Useni on his appointment as the Secretary-General of the Arbitration Centre of the Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC).Cardoso gave the commendation at a dinner reception organised to celebrate Useni on Saturday in Abuja.The event was organised by one of Useni’s Mentees, Rahmah Aderinoye, the CEO of Rashak Farms and Agro Allied Limited.According to the apex bank chief, the journey of the introduction of Islamic Banking was started by the CBN.“The journey was led by a then part time pastor, but today, a full time pastor. So, it was not an idea to islamise Nigeria or islamise financing in Nigeria.“This journey saw one of your own poring through documents that started the ...

The G-60, a group of federal lawmakers has said that Governor Siminalayi Fubara, has sufficiently confronted the trying political moments, refused to be dampened and had rode over them to deliver sterling governance that has positively impacted Rivers people. The 60 federal lawmakers, who are members of the House of Representatives, made the remark after a meeting with Governor Fubara at Government House in Port Harcourt on Sunday. They had first attended the Church Thanksgiving Service to mark the first one year anniversary of Governor Fubara, which held at St. Paul's Anglican Church, Garrison in Port Harcourt. Leader of the delegation, Hon Ikenga Ugochinyere, who is the House of Representatives member for Ideato North and South Federal Constituency of Imo State, thanked God for...

The increase would be across the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Alake said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. He said that the move was part of efforts of the Federal Government to secure the mining operating environment aimed at attracting Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) to boost the economic profile of the country. NAN reports that the Mining Marshal Corps inaugurated on March 21, were drawn from the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to combat illegal mining. The corps has 2,220 personnel, who have been specially trained by the military in modern warfare as a rapid response squad with 60 deployed across the 36 states and the FCT. “We are looking at adding to the number to ge...

The Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) says it is partnering with other stakeholders in the electricity industry to Light Up Agbara. Mr Sanya Adejokun, Media Adviser to the Managing Director of NDPHC said this in a statement in Abuja on Sunday. Adejokun said that the Managing Director, NDPHC Mr Chiedu Ugbo led other stakeholders in the electricity industry to the groundbreaking of the Light Up Agbara project. He said that Ugbo who represented Vice President Kashim Shettima said that NDPHC is the catalyst as far as provision of electricity is concerned in the country. According to him, the Federation had invested in NDPHC so much to the extent that the company has four thousand megawatts generation capacity built with people’s funds but it is grossly underutilised due to...

The Federal Government has increased the 2024 budgetary allocation of the National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD) by 500 per cent of what was allocated to it in 2023. The Executive Secretary of the commission, Mr James Lalu, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja Lalu was speaking on how the disability community had fared in the one year administration of President Bola Tinubu, "The administration of President Tinubu is truly committed to providing opportunities for People Living with Disabilities (PwDs). "The commission has continued to receive all the necessary support from the administration to ensure that PwDs are carried along. "Since the coming in of the Renewed Hope administration, there are some deli...

The Federal Government says it has secured a Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to the tune of N20billion, to facilitate local production of assistive devices for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs). Dr James Lalu, the Executive Secretary, National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD) said this in an interview with newsmen in Abuja. Lalu said, the need to source for investors in the manufacturing of locally made assistive devices for Persons with Disabilities became necessary due to the high cost of imported devices. '' Recently, we secured a Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to the tune of N20billion and the organisation is committed to coming and starting the local manufacturing of assistive devices, an MoU has already been signed. ''The National Commission for Persons w...

Madrid beat Dortmund to win Europe’s elite club tournament, the Champions League at Wembley, GWG.ng reports. With the victory, the Spanish giants have won the competition for a record 15th time more than all English clubs combined. Carvajal and Vinicius Jr scored for Real in second half after a dominant play by Dortmund in the first half that, however, ended goalless. Kroos set up the first goal on his final appearance for Madrid before Bellingham set up for the second goal.