By Amos Aar THE Victim Support Fund (VSF) in collaboration with the Benue State Government (BNSG) on Tuesday flagged off 2022 emergency support fund for Benue State. Speaking during the ceremony which held Tuesday at Ortese, Guma LGA of Benue State, Governor Samuel Ortom described General T. Y. Danjuma as a father and nationalist who is kind, selfless, truthful and generous. Ortom lamented that if the APC-led federal government had listened to the alarm earlier raised by General Danjuma that the FG was raising terrorism, Nigeria wouldn’t have been in the mess being experienced. The governor expressed worry that if…
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RUSSIA halted gas supplies to Bulgaria and Poland on Wednesday for rejecting its demand for payment in roubles, taking direct aim at European economies in its toughest retaliation so far against international sanctions over the war in Ukraine. The step was denounced by European leaders as “blackmail”, and comes as European countries have joined the United States in ramping up arms shipments to help Ukraine fend off a new Russian assault in the east. Ukraine reported on Wednesday that Russian troops had made gains in several villages there. Russia reported a number of blasts on its side of the border,…
THE Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday sentenced a former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Mrs Anastasia Daniel-Nwobia, to one year community service. Daniel-Nwobia who was convicted on April 7 was given the sentence over her role in the botched March 15, 2014 Nigeria Immigration Service recruitment tragedy where about 15 job seekers died in a stampede. Justice Nnamdi Dimgba who handed down the sentence also ruled that Daniel-Nwobia would forfeit 50 per cent of her contributory pension for the next five years to the Federal Government. The judge also ordered that the convict should not hold public…
Dr Akinsola Olufemi, a construction expert, on Wednesday warned that 95 per cent of buildings in Lagos State were constructed without soil tests. He said that such buildings could be at risk of collapse. Olufemi, Director, Applied Research and Technology Innovation (ARTI), Yaba College of Science and Technology (Yabatech), gave the warning during a hybrid 2022 Builders’ Business Conference in Ikeja. The theme for the event was “Effective Building Production Management Services: Integration of Construction Programme of Works and Building Construction Methodology in Building Project Delivery in Lagos State”. The capacity building programme was organised by the Lagos State Chapter…
THE federal government has approved the installation of two kilowatts of solar power at the Administrative Staff College of Nigeria (ASCON), Badagry, to improve power supply at the institute. Mrs Cecilia Gayya, Director-General of the college, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Badagry. She said the Ministry of Power had communicated the approval of the project by President Muhammadu Buhari to the college, after a request was made by the institute. “The request is to provide the two kilowatts of solar alternative power to the college. “So, the officials of the ministry have come…
THE 36 state governors have prayed a Federal High Court in Abuja to restrain the Federal Government from approving the deduction of any money accruing to the states from the Federation Account for the payment of 418 million dollars judgment debt. The Attorneys-General of the 36 states made this prayer known in a motion on notice marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1313/2021 dated and filed on March 28 before Justice Inyang Ekwo. They prayed the court to restrain the respondents from proceeding with its judgment delivered on March 25 pending the hearing and determination of the appeal at the appellant court. The application was…
THE Department of State Service (DSS) on Tuesday issued an alert of alleged plans by some elements to launch bomb attacks on critical infrastructure and public places like worship and relaxation centres. The statement by the DSS, also known as State Security Service (SSS), is signed by its spokesperson, Mr Peter Afunanya. Mr Afunanya said some criminal elements were planning to return the country to the pre-2015 era reminiscent of IED attacks on soft and hard targets. The warning comes a few days after suspected Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists detonated IEDs at a popular relaxation centre in a bar at Iware…
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said during a visit to Moscow Tuesday that he was looking to find ways to stop the fighting in Ukraine as quickly as possible. “We are extremely interested in finding ways in order to create the conditions for effective dialogue, create the conditions for a ceasefire as soon as possible, create the conditions for a peaceful solution,” Guterres said at the start of talks with Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov. Guterres was making his first visit to Moscow since Russia sent troops into Ukraine on February 24 and was due to meet President Vladimir Putin after…
THOSE who love our country are hard to find. Our progress has remained so slow because of bad, wicked and inept leaders. Nigeria is a very blessed but paradoxically also very unfortunate country; one can hardly find a patriotic citizen among our leaders. A lot of our people are caught up in the downward spirals of insecurity, poverty, alienation, indignity, etc. Our leaders look for ways to extort, defraud and short-change the nation. The same ministry will approve levies for unions that are making over one hundred million naira monthly and with an overhead less than twenty million every month.…
THE National Pension Commission has issued for immediate implementation a revised regulation on retirement and terminal benefits for Nigerian workers. It is the first comprehensive review of the regulation since its initial issuance in 2007, a press release by PenCom stated on Monday, issued on Monday, April 25, 2022. The revised regulation, the release said, simplifies some difficulties and guides the process of accessing retirement and terminal benefits by pension contributors and retirees under the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS). The Commission said key stakeholders in the pension industry made inputs to the review which is designed to ensure a more…