The Lagos State House of Assembly says it has initiated a Bill to make public officers enjoy more public trusts by enhancing public transparency and accountability in all spheres of governance. The Speaker of the House, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, made this known on Friday at the opening of one-day public hearing in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Bill was entitled: “The Bill For A Law to Establish Lagos State Public Complaints and Anti Corruption Commission Law And For Connected Purposes.” Obasa, represented by his Deputy, Wasiu Sanni-Eshinlokun, stated that the Bill, when passed, would underscore…
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The Governor of Delta state, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, has called on the federal government to quickly revive the Warri port, in order to curb unemployment in the state. Governor Okowa made the call at a town hall meeting with youths, including #ENDSARS protesters, civil society groups, students, social groups, community leaders and stakeholders across Delta South and Delta Central Senatorial Districts in Warri this week. He stated that with the congestion of the ports in Lagos, the federal government should resuscitate Warri port and other seaports in Delta State to boost the nation’s economy and create employment for the youths.…
Just three weeks after the Ondo State Governorship Election, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic, PDP, Eyitayo Jegede, SAN, on Friday headed to the state Election petition tribunal to challenge the victory of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Joined in the petition are the Independent National Electoral Commission, the All Progressives Congress and the Deputy Governor-elect, Lucky Aiyedatiwa. INEC had declared Akeredolu winner of the October 10, 2020 Governorship Election having polled a total vote of 292,830 to defeat Jegede who scored 195,791 votes. Jegede who is challenging the election held on October 10, on four…
The Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje has reappointed Mu’azu Magaji, the former commissioner for works, who was sacked in April for celebrating the death of the former Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari on Facebook. The reappointment came hours after the governor reinstated Salihu Tanko-Yakasai, his Senior Special Adviser on Media, suspended recently for criticising President Muhammadu Buhari over the nationwide Endsars protests in the country. Magaji’s reappointment was announced on Twitter on Thursday, October 29, 2020, by Tanko-Yakasai. The sacked commissioner was reappointed as the State Chairman of the NNPC-AKK Pipeline Project Delivery and Kano State Industrialisation Committee. His…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday called the Oba of Lagos, Dr Rilwanu Babatunde, to convey his best wishes to the traditional ruler on the occasion of his 77th birthday. Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, confirmed this in a statement in Abuja on Thursday. The presidential aide quoted the president to have, again, commiserated with the traditional ruler on the recent violence that led to the loss of lives and property in Lagos. ”The President recalled his long association and friendship with the Oba and appreciated the personal role that the latter…
The Osun State government under the administration of Governor Oyetola on Thursday, began the process of returning recovered looted items to their respective owners. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that government and private property had, on October 24, been looted in some parts of the state by some hoodlums, hiding under the recent EndSARS protests. Following the mass looting, Governor Gboyega Oyetola had imposed a 24-hour curfew on the state same day and gave the looters 72 hours within which to return the looted items. NAN reports that the 72-hours ultimatum given to the looters elapsed on October…
Governor Okowa of Delta State has appealed to the youths to continue to aide the government and security agencies to check criminal elements in the society. Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, has reaffirmed his administration’s readiness to partner youths in the state to improve on governance and its structures. The governor made this known when the Delta caucus in the House of Representatives, led by the Minority Leader, Ndudi Elumelu, paid him a solidarity visit on Wednesday, October 28, at Government House, Asaba. He appreciated the lawmakers for the visit and for always identifying with the state government and the…
The Governor Of Rivers State, Governor Nyesom Wike has announced N20 million compensation each to families of soldiers and policemen allegedly killed by members of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples Organization of Biafra (IPOB) in Oyigbo during the EndSARS protest. Wike made the declaration on Wednesday during a condolence visit to the Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Mr Joseph Mukan, and families of the slain policemen at the Rivers State Police Command. In a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Media, Mr Kelvin Ebiri, the governor also vowed to rebuild all burnt police stations in Oyigbo and vowed to ensure that…
The Governor of Rivers State, Governor Nyesom Wike has signed an executive order to reinforce the ban on the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) and its activities in the State. He made this known in a statement by Mr Kelvin Ebiri, Special Assistant (Media) to the Governor. Ebiri said that the governor, in a broadcast on Wednesday night in Port Harcourt, maintained that Rivers remains the home to all tribes and ethnic nationalities. He stated that the government acknowledges and appreciates the enormous contributions from non-indigenes to the political, social and economic development of the State. According to the statement,…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday told Professor Mahmood Yakubu, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to act on the aphorism that “to whom much is given, much more is expected”. PDP also encouraged Yakubu to immediately look into issues that aid manipulations, rigging, violence and inconclusive elections which marred most of the exercises conducted in his previous tenure. The party stated this while reacting to Yakubu’s reappointment as Chairman of the INEC. TheInfoStride recalls that President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday re-appointed Prof. Mahmood Yakubu as the Chairman of the INEC. Reacting to the development, PDP in a tweet…