Month: November 2024

Operation Study Tour: Commandant Nigeria Customs Command and Staff College hails Comptroller Abba-Aji Idris’s gesture

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The Commandant, Nigeria Customs Command and Staff College (NCCSC) Gwagwalada Abuja, Assistant Comptroller General Of Customs K C Egwu has expressed his sincere appreciation to the Customs Area Controller Katsina Command,Abba-Aji Idris for the warm welcome received by Students of Junior Division Course 20 who were on Operation Study Tour with the theme “Evaluating the Impact of Insecurity on the Cross-border Supply Chain in Nigeria” The ACG represented by the team leader Operation Study Tour, Assistant Comptroller of Customs M A Ayoola made the Commendation while debriefing. “All the cooperation,…

NASS Mgt debunks news on presentation of 2025 budget by President Tinubu ….. Says National Assembly yet to approve 2024-2026 MTEF

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The Secretary, Research and Information, (SRI), National Assembly, Dr. Ali Barde Umoru has reacted to a news report credited to him, alleging that, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will tomorrow Wednesday present the 2025 budget to the join session of the National Assembly.   The SRI described said the news circulating on both social and mainstream media, and other outlets as false, and fake,urged members of the public to disregard such information.   The secretary advised that any official enquiry and clarification should follow the official communication channels of the National…

Petroleum Products Supply:MURIC hails NNPC-Dangote rapport

Lukman Laleye Babalola

A faith-based human rights organization, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has applauded the cooperation and mutual understanding between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) and Dangote Refinery.   In a statement issued on Monday, 25th November, 2024, the Executive Director of MURIC, Professor Ishaq Akintola, described the recent development as positive, progressive and commendable.   The full statement reads:   *“The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) yesterday instructed independent marketers to halt the importation of petroleum products from outside Nigeria citing the capacity of Dangote Refinery to supply…

Gov Okpebholo will expose Obaseki, PDP’s rot in Edo State

Lukman Laleye Babalola

Fred Itua,Chief Press Secretary to Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo in a statement said the factional chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party in Edo State is yet to accept the clear reality that it has assumed the arduous role of an opposition party.   The CPS described PDP as depleted and disorganised party that ought to be apologising to Edo people for mismanaging their resources, denigrating revered traditional institutions, and allocating the commonwealth to a few insatiable criminals.   He said “His Excellency, Senator Monday Okpebholo, the Elected and…

Gov Okpebholo inspects 7.2km Temboga road in Benin

Lukman Laleye Babalola

Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, on Tuesday, inspected the ongoing construction of the 7.2km Tamboga – Ekiuwa road, linking the University of Benin (UNIBEN). The Governor had on November 13, less than 24 hours after his assumption of office, flagged off the 7.2km Temboga and Oba-Erediauwa road with storm water channelisation through Ekiuwa Road, linking Uteh and other communities, terminating at UNIBEN in Ugbowo, Egor LGA. Governor Okpebholo who was in the area as part of the fulfilment of his campaign promise to construct the road, said it is…

Assets verification exercise not witch-hunt- Gov Okpebholo

Lukman Laleye Babalola

Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, on Tuesday, inaugurated a 16-member Assets Verification Committee, led by Dr Ernest Afolabi-Umakhihe, with a charge to confirm the existence, conditions, locations and ownership of all State assets. At the event held at the Exco Chamber, Government House, Benin City, the Governor said the committee is not intended to witch-hunt anybody, but to strengthen the fight against corruption, which is part of his mandate. “Prior to my inauguration on the 12th November 2024, I set up the Transition Committee to collate all necessary information…

NEC charges States to patronize NASENI’s Technological Innovations

Lukman Laleye Babalola

In a move to fast-track Nigeria’s industrialization, the National Economic Council (NEC), has urged state governments to patronize technological innovations developed by the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI).   The Vice President Kashim Shettima stated this during the 146th NEC meeting which he chaired at the Presidential Villa, Abuja following a presentation by the Executive Vice Chairman of NASENI, Mr. Khalil Suleiman Halilu, which detailed a strategic roadmap by the Agency for Nigeria’s industrialization.   Mr. Halilu in his presentation titled “NASENI Economic Transformation Through Advancement in…

Appear before us to give account of derivation fund – Sen Agadaga tells Oil Producing States

Emporium Reporters

By James Isaac, Abuja   Senator Benson Agadaga,Bayelsa East who is the Chairman Senate Committee on Oil and Gas,Host Communities has issued a warning to States that benefits from the 13% derivation fund paid to oil producing State to appear before his Committee and explain how the money is utilised,even as the Committee sat for the second adjourned date without the State honouring their invitation.   According to him, since the passage of the PIA act in 2021,his committee is the second among the committees set up by law to…

Data breach: Edo Govt to review e-governance platform …, says platform not shut down

Lukman Laleye Babalola

Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo has ordered an immediate review of the State’s electronic governance platform. The order was contained in a “Government Special Announcement,” dated 25th November 2024, and signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Umar Musa Ikhilor.   According to the statement, the review became necessary following a discovery that the entire e-governance platform of Edo State Government is being run and operated from the backend by unknown non-state actors and no one within the entire Public Service of Edo State has administrative control of…

Cyril Oshiomhole visits Stella Obasanjo Hospital,uncovers construction error

Lukman Laleye Babalola

Edo State Commissioner for Health, Dr Cyril Adams Oshiomhole said he has taken remedial measures against some construction defects discovered at the Stella Obasanjo Hospital in Benin City. Speaking during an inspection tour of the facility, Oshiomhole who was accompanied by a team of medical consultants and the contractor of the remodelled Stella Obasanjo Hospital, said the team brainstormed and agreed on how best to correct the error. In his words “I went round the Stella Obasanjo Hospital to inspect the facility. I was accompanied on the visit by consultants…