The Lagos State Governor, Sanwo-Olu Babajide has again relaxed the ongoing curfew in the state. In a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, the state government says the curfew will now start from 10 pm till 6 am with immediate effect. Omotoso declared that Lagos residents can now go about their business between 6 am and 10 pm from Friday, October 30, 2020. The statement reads, “The Lagos State Government has announced a further relaxation of the curfew imposed after the breakdown of law and order, following the hijack of the peaceful #EndSARS protests. “The curfew…
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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…
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…
The All Progressives Congress, (APC) in Ekiti State has said that its opposition, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is frustrated and idle and has resorted to empty threats and incitement as its weapon even as it warned that the law is there to tame and deal with any form of unlawful acts by any person no matter how highly placed. Responding to threats made by the state PDP in a statement it issued on Wednesday to take laws into their hands, the ruling party in the state said PDP had already taken laws into its hand by sponsoring the latest…
The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) has congratulated Professor Mahmood Yakubu on his re-appointment as Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The body encouraged him to keep up with the electoral reforms he initiated. National Chairman, Leonard Nzenwa, in a statement on Wednesday, said Yakubu’s re-appointment was good for Nigeria. Nzenwa noted that the electoral chief did well in his first term. He praised Yakubu’s digitalization programme, pointing out that it has transformed the conduct of elections in the country. Nzenwa added that the, “smooth conduct” of Edo and Ondo governorship elections confirmed that the technology INEC deployed was…
Recall, Yakubu was first appointed INEC chairman in November 2015. President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated Professor Mahmood Yakubu as chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for a second term. President Buhari’s spokesperson, Femi Adesina, stated in a statement on Tuesday, October 27, 2020 that a letter has already been forwarded to the National Assembly to confirm the nomination. “I am pleased to present for confirmation by the Senate, the nomination of Professor Mahmood Yakubu for appointment as Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for a second and final term,” Buhari stated in a letter addressed to Senate President, Ahmad…
The Vice President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has insisted that engagement with the Nigerian youths has to be transparent and honest. This, according to him, will help develop a progressive society, adding that this was why he refused to share slots among politicians in the implementation of the Buhari administration’s Social Investment Programmes (SIPs). The Vice President stated that the Social Investment programmes, SIPs, such as the N-Power, were conducted in a manner whereby Nigerians who knew no one could benefit. VP Osinbajo spoke on Tuesday when he played host to the executive committee of the Young Parliamentarians Forum…
President Muhammadu Buhari has beckoned on Nigerians to operate within the dictates of the law, adding that his government respects the rights of all citizens. The President stated that his administration has made available measures and strategies to address End SARS demands, stressing that the government will do everything lawful to ensure all sides are satisfied with measures taken to achieve peace in the country. President Buhari, represented by the state Minister of Works and Housing, Engr. Abubakar D Aliyu, made the remarks at a stakeholders’ meeting on peace in Damaturu, Yobe State. He stated, “In the spirit of democratic…
The Governor of Ebonyi State, Governor David Umahi has announced to the state’s residents that there were no more unshared COVID-19 palliatives in the state as all items meant for them have been shared. Umahi made the announcement on Tuesday in a broadcast to the people over the recent disturbances in the state by hoodlums. The governor said that the government, in collaboration with Local Government Areas in the state, was working towards providing another set of palliatives to be distributed to the people in December. “You are aware that we spent billions of naira to purchase palliatives which were…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, on Monday questioned Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s alleged claim that it will take N1 trillion to restore all properties and facilities destroyed by hoodlums during the violence that trailed the #EndSARS protests in the state. The PDP disagreed with Sanwo-Olu and the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) in a statement in Lagos by its Publicity Secretary, Mr Taofik Gani. Gani accused the Sanwo-Olu-led APC government of “dishonesty and extortionate tendency. According to him, the act of inflating and over costing governance in the state has now become spread in the Lagos State Government’s…
The Governor of Kogi State, Governor Yahaya Bello on Tuesday stated that the End SARS protest was politically motivated. Though Governor Yahaya Bello refused to mention names, he revealed that the protest was motivated by politicians and those he said have continued to gain from same. He stated; “Whether anybody says it or not, I am saying it again and quote me anywhere, any day, the protest was politically motivated.” Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, Governor Bello wondered why the protesters continued to increase their demands whenever government decides to grant the initial ones. He also queried why the…
The Governor of Cross River, Governor Ayade Ben has announced a reward of N100,000 to anyone who volunteered information that could lead to the recovery of properties looted during the #EndSARS protests of October 23 and October 24. Mr Christian Ita, Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to the governor said in a statement issued in Calabar on Monday that whistleblowers should call 08034500531 to give such information. Hoodlums, who hijacked the protest, looted the state government’s warehouse in Calabar on October 23 before going on to loot private residences on October 24, and set many properties ablaze. Senator Gershom Bassey,…