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1Jun By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Towards an end to Sudan’s conflict of egos

By Gami Tadanyigbe, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) On Saturday, April 15, residents of the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, woke up to a deadly fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The conflict, which has since spilt to other towns and cities, has led to the deaths of more than 750 people and left over 5,1000 injured. According to the International Rescue Committee (IRC), over one million people have been displaced, in addition to a number of rescue workers killed in the crossfire. Since its former dictator, Omar al-Bashir was ousted in a military coup in October 2021, Sudan has been governed by an interim council of military heads. Following deep-rooted mutual suspicion and rivalry, SAF and RSF disagreed over an attempt to integrate...

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1Jun By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Danbatta To Get NPON Award For Contributions To Telecoms Industry

The Nigerian Communications Commission's executive vice chairman, Prof. Umar Danbatta, will receive the National Productivity Order of Merit (NPOM) award. The honour, which recognises exceptional leadership, innovation and dedication in recipients' respective fields, highlight Danbatta's contributions to developing the country's telecommunications industry. The NPOM Award is a prestigious recognition that celebrates individuals who have made significant contributions to productivity, innovation, and national development. Danbatta’s well-deserved recognition further solidifies his reputation as a transformative leader and industry trailblazer. Under his guidance, the NCC has implemented initiatives that have transformed the sector and achieved noteworthy milestones. Under Da...

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1Jun By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Stakeholders Engaged on Compliance to Civil Service Reforms

A significant gathering of key stakeholders was held by the Public Complaints Commission to deliberate upon the implementation and compliance with the recently introduced civil service reforms.  The event, titled "Stakeholders Audience on Compliance to Civil Service Reforms," brought together government officials, civil servants, union representatives, and experts in a bid to foster understanding, address concerns, and enhance collaboration among all parties involved. The engaging discussions focused on the overarching goal of the civil service reforms, which aim to modernize and streamline governmental operations, promote transparency, meritocracy, and efficiency, while strengthening accountability within the civil service. Participants enthusiastically exchanged ideas, sha...

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1Jun By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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PCC engages Stakeholders to Promote Compliance on Whistleblower Policy

The Public Complaints Commission organized a highly anticipated event, the "Stakeholders Audience on Compliance to Whistleblower Policy," aimed at facilitating a robust discussion and fostering understanding about the importance of whistleblower protection and its effective implementation.  The gathering brought together government representatives, legal experts, civil society organizations, and concerned citizens to deliberate on strategies to enhance compliance with the whistleblower policy. The discussions centered on the significance of whistleblowing in combating corruption, promoting transparency, and safeguarding public interest.  Government officials highlighted the role of the whistleblower policy in encouraging individuals to come forward with vital informatio...

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1Jun By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Stakeholders Engaged in Promoting Compliance to Financial Sector Reforms

The Public Complaint Commission recently organized a crucial event titled "Stakeholders Audience on Compliance to Financial Sector Reforms. The gathering is aimed to bring together stakeholders from the financial sector, regulatory bodies, consumer advocacy groups, and concerned citizens to discuss and enhance compliance with the ongoing financial sector reforms. The event highlighted the significance of these reforms in strengthening the financial sector, ensuring stability, and fostering consumer protection.  Government officials provided an overview of the reform initiatives, emphasizing their objectives, benefits, and the need for collaboration among all stakeholders to achieve successful implementation. Discussions revolved around key aspects of the reforms, includin...

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1Jun By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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PCC holds Stakeholders forum to Ensure Compliance with Educational Sector Reforms

The Public Complaints Commission, in collaboration with key stakeholders, recently organized a significant event titled "Stakeholders Audience on Compliance to Educational Sector Reforms." The gathering aimed to foster a collective understanding, address concerns, and promote collaboration among stakeholders in order to ensure effective implementation and compliance with the ongoing educational sector reforms. The event provided an opportunity for government officials, education administrators, teachers' unions, parents, and concerned citizens to engage in fruitful discussions regarding the reforms that are poised to transform the educational landscape. The reforms focus on improving access, quality, and equity in education while nurturing a conducive learning environment. Gov...

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31May By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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JOHESU strike grounds clinical, academic activities at ABUTH

Clinical and academic activities have been grounded at Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH), Zaria, as the nationwide strike embarked by the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) enters its sixth day. A check by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at the hospital reveals that the outpatient departments, cash offices and other offices were locked. However, nurses and doctors were seen providing skeletal services at Shehu Idris Emergency unit of the hospital, and other wards within the facility. Mr Lawal Bab-Salam, the branch Chairman of the union, said “as you can observe the only two groups that are working are nurses and doctors”. He added that the nurses and doctors alone cannot work without the members of the union such as health assistants and other workers who were...

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31May By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Court remands 2 for allegedly breaking govt. seal

The Lagos State Special Offences Mobile Court, on Wednesday, remanded two construction workers in Badagry Correctional Centre for contravening provisions of the state’s Urban and Regional Planning and Development Law. The mobile court, siting in Eti-Osa Local Government, remanded an engineer and a foreman till June 6, for allegedly breaking government seal to continue construction. The duo had requested for a stand down for their lawyers to arrive in court before their plea would be taken. The court rose thrice, and thereafter, said it could wait no longer, and remanded them till June 6, when the lawyers did not arrive. Five others arrested are in the Lagos State Task Force custody awaiting trial, because they were apprehended after the mobile court had closed. All the susp...

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31May By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Subsidy Removal: NLC rejects pricing Template

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged the Federal Government to immediately instruct the Nigerian Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPCL) to withdraw the just released pricing template to allow free flow of discussions by the parties. Mr Joe Ajaero, the NLC President, made the call in a statement signed by him and made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja. Ajaero said that the new pricing template is vexatious, an ambush and may scuttle its ongoing dialogue with the federal government. According to Ajaero, government cannot in one breathe be talking about deregulation and at the same time fixing the prices of petroleum products. “We are worried that the Government through the NNPC despite the ongoing meeting of stakeholders in the Oil and Gas sector to manage the unilateral....

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31May By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Tribunal: Atiku, PDP Tender Documents In Defence Of Their Petition

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the February 25, 2023 elections in Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, along with the party on Tuesday in Abuja opened their case at the Presidential Election Petitions Court by tendering documents to support their petition. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that one of the documents tendered by counsel to the petitioners, Eyitayo Jegede (SAN), was the Form EC 8E, which is the final declaration of winners result. Jegede also tendered the Bimodal Voters Accreditation Systems Machines report from all the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. He also tendered the Independent National Electoral Commission-certified documents in respect of number of registered voters as well as number of Permanent Voter Cards collected in all ...

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31May By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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NNPC Adjusts Petrol Pump Price

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited says it has adjusted the price of petrol, also known as premium motor spirit (PMS), across its retail outlets. In a statement on Wednesday, Garba Deen Muhammad, NNPC’s spokesperson, said the adjustment is in line with market realities. According to the statement, pump prices at NNPC’s retail outlets will now begin to vary to match market trends. NNPC Limited wishes to inform our esteemed customers that we have adjusted our pump prices of PMS across our retail outlets, in line with current market realities,” the statement reads. “As we strive to provide you with the quality service for which we are known, it is pertinent to note that prices will continue to fluctuate to reflect market dynamics. “We assure you that NNPC L...

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31May By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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TUC To Tinubu: Don’t Dictate, Consult Stakeholders Before Removing Petrol Subsidy

The Trade Union Congress (TUC) had asked the federal government to consult stakeholders before making any decision on the removal of the petrol subsidy. On Monday, in his inaugural speech, President Bola Tinubu said the petrol subsidy regime was over. In a statement by Festus Osifo and Nuhu Toro, president and secretary-general of TUC, the union urged the government to tarry a while on the issue. The TUC asked the government “not to dictate on such a matter or engage in manipulating the outcome of such consultations”. The union said it was ready to dialogue with the administration of President Bola Tinubu on the issue. “We dare say that this is a very delicate issue that touches on the lives, if not very survival of, particularly the working people, hence ought to have been...

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30May By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Hotel Murder: Court Sentences Hotelier To Death By Hanging

Osun State High Court has found the owner of popular hotel, Dr. Ramon Adedoyin guilty in the murder of Timothy Adegoke, a former master’s degree student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, whose death occurred between November 5 and 7, 2021, at Hilton Honours Hotel, Ile-Ife. The Osun Chief Judge, Adepele Ojo, while delivering her judgement on the case, held that the circumstantial evidence available to the court, pointed to the killing of Adegoke while being a guest at the hotel owned by Adedoyin. According to her, Adedoyin’s decision not to enter the witness box did not help him, as the circumstantial evidence had shifted the burden of proof on him. Justice Ojo also said Adedoyin’s decision not to enter the witness box meant he agreed to the murder charge pressed against...

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30May By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Police Raid ‘Notorious’ Ibadan Transport Leader’s Home, Recover Weapons

Officers of the Oyo State Police Command have raided the apartment of the sacked Chairman of Park Management System Disciplinary Committee, Mukaila Lamidi, popularly known as Auxiliary. Police invaded his residence in Ibadan, where weapons and ammunition were recovered. Our correspondent gathered that though Auxiliary escaped, some of his associates were arrested by the police. A source who spoke to our Correspondent said that the sacked PMS leader was planning to cause mayhem in the State following the dissolution of PMS in the state by the Governor, Seyi Makinde.

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30May By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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PCC urges Nigerians to file their complaints

The Public Complaints Commission (PCC) has called on Nigerians to file their complaints to the Commission to help prevent the predominance of persons from a few states or ethnic groups in the political governance of Nigeria. The Honorable Chief Commisioner, Public Complaints Commission (PCC) Honorable Abimbola Ayo-Yusuf, made the call on Tuesday, during a Stakeholders Forum/Public hearing in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the theme of the forum is titled "SYSTEMIC AND PROACTIVE INVESTIGATION INTO COMPLAINTS OF NON-COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL CHARACTER PRINCIPLES ON APPOINTMENTS INTOTHE FEDERAL CIVIL SERVICE". Ayo-Yusuf said the Public Complaints Commission, as the nation’s Ombudsman is statutorily vested with the mandate of promoting good governance, while curbi...

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30May By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Subsidy Removal: Fuel Queues Returns

..citizens panic buying Fuel queues have reappeared in Abuja, Lagos, and other states just hours of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's announcing that subsidy is gone. Motorists were seen in large numbers at filling stations in Abuja, Nasarawa, and Niger states on Monday afternoon.The announcement prompted a rush for petrol, with motorists scrambling to fill their fuel tanks amid concerns that the end of subsidy could result in an increase in the cost of PMS to over N500/litre. NewsSpecng learned that the Conoil filling station opposite the headquarters of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited in the Central Area of Abuja, also had long queues on Monday afternoon. In Zuba, Niger State, it was observed that many outlets were shut, as the few ones, like Mobil at Madalla, th...

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30May By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Kano state Governor Promises to Rescue Dadiyata

Newly sworn in Governor of Kano state , Abba Kabir Yusuf has promised to rescue journalist, Abubakar Dadiyata who was whisked away by unknown gun men in 2019. Dadiyata went missing on August 2, 2019, when unidentified men seized him from his residence in Barnawa neighbourhood of Kaduna State. He was known for criticising the ruling political party, APC. Yusuf in a tweet on Monday evening promised to take up his case to make sure he is rescued. The tweet reads: "Earlier, in my inaugural address, I stated that we cannot forget the case of our respected member and supporter, Abubakar Dadiyata, who was whisked away in broad daylight by unknown elements more than three years ago" "The Kano State Government will take up his case with all relevant security agencies in the country ...

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30May By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Subsidy Removal: Fuel Queues Returns

..citizens panic buying Fuel queues have reappeared in Abuja, Lagos, and other states just hours of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's announcing that subsidy is gone. Motorists were seen in large numbers at filling stations in Abuja, Nasarawa, and Niger states on Monday afternoon.The announcement prompted a rush for petrol, with motorists scrambling to fill their fuel tanks amid concerns that the end of subsidy could result in an increase in the cost of PMS to over N500/litre. NewsSpecng learned that the Conoil filling station opposite the headquarters of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited in the Central Area of Abuja, also had long queues on Monday afternoon. In Zuba, Niger State, it was observed that many outlets were shut, as the few ones, like Mobil at Madalla, th...

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30May By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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DSS Not In A Fight With EFCC Over Lagos Property

The Department of State Services (DSS) has denied any claim in some media reports that it is in a fight with the EFCC and that it barricaded the EFCC from entering its Lagos office. This was contained in a statement issued by Peter Afunanya,Public Relations OfficerDepartment of State Services on Tuesday. There was a report on social media yesterday that the DSS stormed Lagos EFCC office and took over the office and blocked the officials of EFCC from accessing the building. Afunanya said; "It is not correct that the DSS barricaded EFCC from entering its office. No. It is not true. The Service is only occupying its own facility where it is carrying out its official and statutory responsibility" "By the way, there is no controversy over No 15A Awolowo Road as being insinuated by ...

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30May By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Subsidy Removal, Will Set Nigeria 50% backward – NLC, TUC

..says it was not well planned …Nigerians will speak in one accord in due time The Nigeria Labour Congress criticized Tinubu's decision to remove fuel subsidy, stating that it was not well thought out and would set the economy back by 50%. The National President, NLC, Joe Ajaero told PUNCH in Abuja that the announcement would also draw the economy of the country backward by 50 percent. "The comment on fuel subsidy removal is not well thought out, coming as an inaugural speech. It is going to draw the economy of the country backward by over 50 percent within the next 48 hours. Nigerians will speak in one accord at the appropriate moment,” he said. The Trade Union of Congress also demanded that the newly sworn-in President meet with organized labour before making any pronounc...

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