Economic Community of West African States Parliament is intensifying its diplomatic efforts to stop Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso from completely leaving the regional bloc. According to Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, parliamentary diplomacy mechanisms are being deployed to engage the three nations. Kalu stressed the importance of unity within ECOWAS. The Nigerian lawmaker stated this while speaking on Saturday in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on the sidelines of a meeting of the parliament’s Joint Committee on Administration, Finance, Budget, Public Accounts, Macroeconomic Policy and Economic Research. Kalu, who is the Chairman of the Committee, assured that letters had…
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Popular socialite and businessman, Obi Iyiegbu aka Obi Cubana, has said some people accused him of using his wife for money ritual when she developed a strange illness. Cubana added that his wife fell sick after the February 14 Valentine’s Day, saying that she however assured him she’d give birth to their baby and get back on her feet. Cubana in an interview with Chude Jideonwo, said, “So, my wife, after she gave birth on Valentine’s Day, developed a strange illness. “Someone called me and said, ‘See what they are hearing—that I went to use my wife for juju,’ and…
Police in Rivers State have identified the prime suspect who detonated a dynamite near the Hotel Presidential adjacent to Aba Road in Port Harcourt, the state capital, on June 25, 2024. The suspect was identified as 49-year-old Preye Josiah, from Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The police assured that the suspect will be charged in court soon. State Police Public Relations Officer, Grace Iringe-Koko, announced this on Sunday, in Port Harcourt. Iringe-Koko further disclosed that the suspect had earlier been declared over his involvement in a series of bank robberies in Bayelsa State. It added that he is…
Officials from the Lagos Traffic Management Authority and military personnel have clashed over the military’s attempt to close the busy Adeniji to Falomo Road. The standoff between the two parties is ongoing at the time of filing this report. PUNCH Online has learned that the Federal Controller of Works for Lagos, Mrs Olukorede Keisha, had enlisted the military’s assistance to enforce the road closure for the purpose of rehabilitating certain sections of the road. A LASTMA official stated that it is customary for their superiors to be informed in advance so that the Lagos Ministry of Transportation can communicate the…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, on Sunday, challenged Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, to disclose the exact amount allocated to members of the National Assembly as monthly running costs. SERAP also asked the NASS leaders to provide an account of the “spending details of any such running costs.” The organization made this demand in a statement signed by SERAP’s Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, on Sunday. SERAP’s request is coming against the backdrop of recent controversy over the ‘jumbo pay’ received by each senator. Former Senator Shehu Sani had earlier claimed that senators…
Two former governors of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun and Gbenga Daniel, have vowed to support Federal Government’s efforts to recover the national assets seized by a French court. A Chinese firm, Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Company Limited, had got judgment from the court, which led to the seizure of three presidential jets– a Dassault Falcon 7X, a Boeing 737 and an Airbus 330. In 2007, the Ogun State Government entered into a joint venture agreement with Zhongshan and another company to create the Ogun Guangdong Free Trade Zone Company. But in the first half of 2016, the agreement between the…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday lamented that leadership remains the biggest challenge confronting Nigeria, saying if the country could get its leadership issue right at every level, every other thing will fall in place. Obasanjo expressed regret that the country is plagued at all levels by leadership that is self – centred, deficit of knowledge and understanding and leadership that does not see service as the centrepiece of what leadership is all about. The former president urged Nigerians to change, embrace and enthrone responsive, responsible and transformational leadership at every level if they wanted the desired good governance and…
Dr Efunbo Dosekun, a medical doctor with a specialty in pediatrics, is the brain behind Outreach Medical Services. She has been in the medical field for more than four decades. In this interview culled from Saturday Sun, she spoke on several health issues relating to women and children. Dr Dosekun stressed the need for both the states and the Federal Government to ensure good remuneration for health workers in the country so as to reduce the rate of migration of health workers (the Japa syndrome). She also advised the government on the need for partnership between federal and private hospitals…
Dr Emmanuel Ulayi “I have come into your midst to understand how you work and where you work. But what is key is to let you guys to know that we are here to achieve a purpose and that purpose is to drive the organisation further in a mutually beneficial arrangement where you guys that are doing the work are motivated and encouraged to do more for the success of the organisation because if an organisation is successful, it means that your stakeholders are happy and successful”. Mr Oluwaseun Mayomi FaleyeMD/CEO NSITF16th July, 2024. With this statement; the MD/CEO of…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday lamented that leadership remains the biggest challenge confronting Nigeria, saying if the country could get its leadership issue right at every level, every other thing will fall in place. Obasanjo expressed regret that the country is plagued at all levels by leadership that is self – centred, deficit of knowledge and understanding and leadership that does not see service as the centrepiece of what leadership is all about. The former president urged Nigerians to change, embrace and enthrone responsive, responsible and transformational leadership at every level if they wanted the desired good governance and…