As part of its commitment to ensuring ease of doing business in Nigeria, the Federal Government has come out with a list of Executive Orders that must be strictly adhered to by Ministries, Agencies and Departments if the country must move up the World Bank ranking of 169 out of 190 countries on the Ease of Doing Business index The Senior Special Assistant To The President On Industry, Trade And Investment And Secretary, Presidential and Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC), Dr. Olajumoke Oduwole made this known recently as the Guest Speaker in the July edition of the Lunchtime Seminar Series…
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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Muhammed Bello has promised to support the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI) in achieving its set objectives. The Minister gave the assurance in Abuja when the Federal Commissioner of NCFRMI, Hon. Sadiya Umar Farouq paid him a courtesy call in his office on Tuesday, July 5, 2017. Mallam Bello specifically assured that the Commission could avail itself of the vocational skills facilities owned by the FCT authorises to train the Internally Displaced Persons under the durable solution efforts of the Commission. The Minister also assured that within…
The Honourable Minister of Water Resources, Engineer Suleiman H. Adamu, FNSE has described as worrisome the lack of reliable data on the exploitation of underground water by individuals as well as various arms of government. The Minister made this remarks on Thursday 6th July 2017 in Abuja when members of the Nigeria Association of Hydro Geologists (NAH) paid him a courtesy visit. He said that when the National Water Resources Bill is passed into law, the Ministry will be in a position to enforce and regulate the indiscriminate exploitation of underground water and preserve the resources for future generations. Earlier…
A Delta High Court in Sapele has kicked out Obro Philomena Asamah, Councillor representing Ward 17 in Sapele Local Government and declared Mr. Ibiuke Monday the winner of the Delta State Local Government Council general election conducted on the 25th day of October 2014. “The purported nomination of Asamah as candidate for the local government election held by the Delta State Independent Electoral Commission on October 25, 2014 is null and void. She being not the valid lawful candidate at the primaries conducted by the PDP. Mr. Ibiuke Monday is the lawful candidate of the PDP for the general election…
GE Lagos Garage Training Program provides participants the opportunity to directly interact with the latest manufacturing technologies, including 3D printers and laser cutters that enable innovation through rapid prototyping. LAGOS, Nigeria, July 5, 2017 – GE (NYSE: GE), the world’s premiere Digital Industrial Company has announced the graduation of the third batch of 28 young Nigerian entrepreneurs from its Lagos Garage – a hub for advanced manufacturing-based innovation, strategy development, idea generation and collaboration. The new graduates who joined the programme in the first week of June, following a rigorous selection process, received four weeks of training on advanced manufacturing…
A civil group, the Civil Societies Coalition for the Emancipation of Osun State (CSCEOS) has called on the President Muhammadu Buhari through the Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo and the leadership of the Security operatives in the country to provide adequate security before, during and after the forthcoming bye-election slated to hold on Saturday 8th of July, 2017 by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the State. The group also allays the fears of the electorates in the Osun West Senatorial district of the State to come out enmass and vote for the candidate of their choice in the…
Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has advised the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to refrain from its vicious attack on the judiciary, especially on the judges that presided over the legislative elections petition tribunal that handled all the petitions emanating from the last Rivers State legislative rerun elections.. The APC State Publicity Secretary, Chris Finebone, made this known when talking to newsmen in Port Harcourt Wednesday. Mr Finebone condemned the unprintable words used against members of the Rivers legislative election petition tribunal by the PDP especially through the press release read by Hon. Evans Bipi (who clearly…
Following the Kidnap of Shangisha Traditional ruler, the Lagos State Police Command spokesperson, ASP Olaride Famous-Cole has revealed that the command has launched an investigation into the ugly incidence. Recall that on Wednesday 5th of July 2017, Yusuf Ogundare, the Baale of Shangisha reported to have been kidnapped by unknown gunmen who in disguise claimed to be potential land buyers. According the Baale’s brother Mohammed Adams, Baale Yusuf Ogundare was invited to CMD Guest House by some unknown men over the phone claiming that they wantd to buy piece of land. He stated further that while taking the men to…
The trial of a former Chief of Air Staff, Alex Badeh, continued on July 4, 2017, before Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, sitting in Maitama, Abuja, with the prosecution counsel, Rotimi Jacobs, SAN, presenting the nineteenth witness, Abubakar Aliyu Madaki, for continuation of evidence in chief. It will be recalled that on June 21, Madaki, an operative of the EFCC, told the court how investigations were carried out into a number of properties which included a shopping mall, and a property located at 19, Kumasi Crescent, Abuja, linked to Badeh, revealed that several millions of naira were…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday, July 4, 2017 arraigned four staff of First Marina Trust Limited before Justice J. E. Oyefeso of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja on a two-count charge bordering on conspiracy and stealing to the tune of $500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars). The accused- Adeyemi Oluwaseun, Suleiman Yusuf, Yusuf Imran Adekunle and Haruna Issah allegedly connived to defraud their employers of the said sum of money. One of the counts reads: “Adeyemi Oluwaseun, Suleiman Yusuf Obhakume, Yusuf Imran Adekunle and Haruna Issah on or about 16th day of…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday, July 4, 2017, arraigned one Sunny Idehen before Justice O. H. Oshodi of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja on a three-count charge of stealing and diversion of funds to the tune of 1,079,000 (One Million, Seventy-nine Thousand Naira). Idehen allegedly converted the money belonging to PAL-JUF Investment Company Limited to his personal use. One of the counts reads: “Sunny Idehen whilst being the Account Officer of PAL-JUF Investment Limited in Equity Bank (now Access Bank) on or about the 15th day of July 2002 in Lagos within the jurisdiction of…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday, July 4, 2017 arraigned one Muhammadu Umar before Justice M. T. Salihu of the Federal High Court, Maiduguri on a 3-count charge of fraud to the tune of N4million. Umar, an assistant director with the National Examination Council, NECO, allegedly approached the proprietor of Success Private School claiming that he had the instruction of his employer (NECO) to collect NECO SSCE registration fees of students in the school. Without doubt, the proprietor knowing that the money if not remitted could lead to non-participation of candidates from the school did as Umar…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday, July 4, 2017 tendered documents indicating how Murtala Nyako, former governor of Adamawa State, in one day, diverted state funds to the tune of N180million to accounts of companies where he had interests when he held sway as the governor of the State. A witness, Sunday Adebayo gave the revelation today, while testifying in a fraud case involving Nyako, who is standing trial on a 37-count charge of conspiracy, stealing, abuse of office and money laundering to the tune of N29billion before Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court sitting…
The Lagos State Police Command would like to inform members of the public especially residents in ikorodu and environs,that from henceforth everybody moving around that part of the state, residents, students or workers should always have on them a valid form of identification. This has become important and necessary because of the series of police operations lined up in the area by the Lagos state police command led by the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of operations. The Lagos state police command is deeply concerned about the criminal activities in the area which is not only unlawful but also…
A coalition of former Niger-Delta agitators, Niger Delta Concerned Ex-Aggitators (NDCE), has unanimously passed a vote of confidence on the Chairman of the Niger Delta Presidential Amnesty Programme, Brig. Gen. Paul Boroh (RTD). The group in a statement made available to Journalists in Port Harcourt said this has become important in order to counter the call made by some certain faceless group who parade themselves as Niger Delta Ex-agitators for the dismissal of the current chairman. NDCE’s Spokesman, Comrade Perewari Johnson condemned in its totality, the attitude of these group of persons who do not want to see anything good…
An Osun state based Civil Society Organization (CSO), the Civil Societies Coalition for the Emancipation of Osun State (CSCEOS) has uncovered plan by the State governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola to use State owned ambulance vehicles to perpetrate electoral fraud by using it to carry ballot boxes stuffing with ballot papers as well using it to board political thugs imported from Lagos with their sophisticated weapons to various poling units across the Osun West Senatorial district during the forthcoming bye-election . The group also disclosed that the State government had concluded arrangement to make use of refuse vehicle for the same…
Recently, a wave of false fabricated stories about the activities of the Niger Delta Presidential Amnesty Programme has been systematically circulated. Wabiye Idoniboyeobu, Media Consultant to the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs and Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme in a press statement today said the recent act of blackmail “is not only detrimental to the peace and stability of the region but also a hindrance in achieving the overall success of the Presidential Amnesty Programme.” The statement reads: “It has been discovered that a group of people have been mandated to constantly circulate false information…
Justice J. E. Oyefeso of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja on Monday, July 3, 2017, refused an application filed by an alleged serial fraudster, Fred Ajudua, to proceed on an urgent trip abroad for medical checks. Ajudua was re-arraigned on Tuesday, May 16, 2017 on an amended 28-count charge bordering on conspiracy and obtaining by false pretence. Ajudua is facing trial alongside others who are still at large for allegedly collecting various sums of money from Lt. General Ishaya Bamaiyi (retd.), while they were both in custody at the Kirikiri Prison, Lagos. The defendant and his accomplices…
Justice S. Seidu of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Monday, July 3, 2017 imposed a fine of N50,000 (Fifty Thousand Naira) on former First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, for withdrawing a suit instituted against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Jonathan had in February 2017 instituted a suit against the EFCC in which she was seeking an order of the court for the “enforcement of her fundamental rights to own property, fair hearing, human dignity, private and family life and freedom from discrimination”. The plaintiff through her counsel, I. A. Adedipe, SAN, had…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday, Monday, July 3, 2017, arraigned one Adewole Lukman Olaniyan before Justice O. H. Oshodi of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja on one-count charge bordering on making false statement to public officer contrary to Section 96 (a) Criminal Laws of Lagos, 2011. Olaniyan stood as a surety for one Segun Akintayo on January 12, 2016 at the EFCC office and had promised to always produce the suspect whenever he is needed by the anti-graft agency. However, the defendant failed to produce the suspect. The charge reads: “Adewole Lukman Olaniyan on or about…