THE ongoing investigation of alleged massive fraud in the National Union of Food, Beverage and Tobacco Employees (NUFBTE) by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is believed to be in the region of over N2 billion suspected to have been embezzled the union’s President, Comrade Lateef Oyelekan, and his cronies. The scale of the fraud and allegation of embezzlement is contained in a copy of a petition written to the EFCC by two officers of NUFBTE in 2020, asking the anti-graft agency to carry out in-depth investigation of the activities of Comrade Oyelekan. The petitioners said they suspect that…
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GOVERNMENT representatives, quality regulators, cement dealers, block makers, and end-users have come to an accord that Africa’s cement giant, Dangote Cement Plc, produces the best quality of cement on the continent. This was revealed at a workshop that was attended by officials drawn from Kano State Government, Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), and block makers, among others, which held in Kano on Tuesday. The stakeholders also said the ongoing nationwide workshop and sensitisation of block manufacturers will help check the menace of collapsed buildings in the country. Speaking at the workshop, representative of the Kano State Government, Alhaji Muhammad Garba Kwall,…
THE Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Alhaji Muhammad Bello, on Tuesday inaugurated the newly elected six Area Council chairmen and their deputies. Alhaji Bello, while inaugurating the chairmen, urged them to focus on good governance aimed at satisfying the yearnings and aspirations of the electorate. The new chairmen and councillors of the six Area Council were elected on February 12, 2022. The Chief Judge of the FCT, Hussaini Yusuf, represented by Suleiman Belgore, administered the Oath of Office to the chairmen and their deputies. The minister also enjoined them to abide by their Oath of Office and defend…
AN Ado-Ekiti High Court on Tuesday sentenced a 30-year-old man, Shola Oguntuase, to life imprisonment for raping a 14-year-old JSS 3 student. The convict was arraigned and tried before Justice Adekunle Adeyeye on a one-count charge of defilement. Delivering judgment, Justice Adeyeye held that the prosecution proved its case against the convict beyond all reasonable doubts, hence, his conviction to life imprisonment. “From the entire circumstances, I have no doubt that the prosecution established beyond reasonable doubt that the defendant raped the victim. “The defendant is hereby sentenced to life imprisonment,” the judge ruled. Earlier, the prosecution counsel, Marcus Olowoyo,…
Delegates attending the International Labour Conference (ILC) adopted a resolution to add the principle of a safe and healthy working environment to the International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. The landmark decision means that all ILO Member States commit to respect and promote the fundamental right to a safe and healthy working environment, whether or not they have ratified the relevant Conventions. Delegates adopted the measure at the Conference’s plenary sitting last Friday, 10 June, 2022. Until now there have been four categories of Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work: freedom of association and the effective…
THE 345th session of the Governing Body of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) reiterated its call for Russia to immediately and unconditionally cease its aggression against Ukraine. It requested the ILO Director-General to prepare for consideration at the Governing Body’s 346th Session to hold in October–November 2022 detailed options for the possible relocation of the ILO’s Decent Work Technical Support Team and Country Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, which is currently based in Moscow. The Governing Body decided to include on the agenda of its 346th session an item on the consideration of any further measures, including those…
THE Revolutionary Socialist Movement (RSM) has called on the federal government to ‘re-nationalise companies operating in the power sector following the collapse of the national grid on Sunday, June 12, 2022. Sunday’s crash makes it the fifth time in 2022 that Nigeria’s power grid collapsed leaving millions of people without access to electricity. The grid collapsed for the fourth time on April 8th-9th, 2022. A statement signed by Salako Kayode, RSM’s Publicity Secretary on Tuesday said the continued failure of the state and the private sector to secure electricity as a basic human right to all Nigerian citizens is no…
By Amos Aar CATHOLIC Priest, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Iormem Alia, has won the governorship primary election rerun conducted by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 12 local government areas and 3 council wards in Benue State. Announcing the results on Thursday, 9th June, 2022 at the APC State secretariat in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, Chairman of the rerun committee, Mr Joel Omajali, said a total number of 366,546 voters were registered, 292,930 accredited, a total of 270,353 votes were validly cast while Rev. Fr. Alia polled 195,314 votes to come out victorious. According to Omajali, Prof. Terhemba Shija scored…
I AM not a pacifist. Not all who seek peace are pacifists. There is such a thing as a bad peace, which is the silencing of the gun even if the terms are not favourable. This is what the unforgettable Russian President Vladimir Illich Ulyanov, alias Lenin, in 1918 called a “shameful peace”. This is the point former German Chancellor Angela Merkel made this Tuesday, advising the actors in Ukraine to return to The Minsk Agreements which to me, are a basis for ceasefire and negotiations with Russia. I love the lyrics of ‘The Impossible Dream’ by Diana Ross, a…
MY overriding impression of the APC Special Convention is that the presidential aspirants spent too much of their time singing praises to their beloved President Buhari. So, did the governors in the period leading up to the primaries. They pledged loyalty to him again and again and again. When however, it came to the one thing the President wanted – to be succeeded by his obedient Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, they all revolted and openly refused. The outcome of the Special Convention is that Muhammadu Buhari is now officially a lame duck President. The “unkindest cut of all” was received…