By Friday Idachaba The President and Founder of Enemona Josh Humanitarian Foundation, Ambassador Gabriel David Onoja was on Thursday morning abducted by unidentified gunmen from his house at Wada road Lokoja. Confirming the incident to newsmen Mr Williams Aya (SP) said the 35-year-old philanthropist was picked from his house at about 10:30 am Thursday by six gunmen dressed as security agents. Aya further indicated that the hoodlums were all armed with AK-47 and bullet proof vests adding that efforts were being made to launch into full scale investigation and search to rescue Onoja. “Although, we are not certain whether is…
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By Friday Idachaba Country Director of ActionAid Nigeria,Ene Obi has called on Kogi State Government to take over and continue with the various Community development intervention programmes supported by the international Non-Governmental Organisation under its Local Rights Programme (LRP). Obi who made the call at the Kogi LRP and Close Out Ceremony of the programme at Riverton Hotel, Lokoja, said the 14-year intervention programme in the state had addressed issues of poverty, women rights, access to facilities and livelihood support among others. The Country Director, represented by Mrs Funmilayo Oyefusi, Director Organisational Effectiveness, said ActionAid intervened in Adavi and Igalamela-Odolu…
The House of Representatives on Thursday, commenced legislative work on a bill for the establishment of a National Polytechnic Commission. When passed into law, the National Polytechnics Commission Bill (HB 1935) will be saddled with the responsibilities of supervising, regulating and coordinating Polytechnics education in the country. The bill, sponsored by Hon. Doctor Farah Dagogo, Member representing Degema/Bonny Federal Constituency from Rivers State, has already scaled First Reading on the floor of the House. As part of the functions of the proposed Commission, Section 4(1b) empowers it to ‘prepare, after consultation with all the state governments, the Polytechnics, the National…
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu has called on Nigerians to unite against terrorists and saboteurs. The former Nasarawa state governor and former Senator representing Nasarawa North spoke while reacting to the attack on the Kaduna bound train on Monday. In a statement issued on Wednesday, Senator Adamu said now is the time to unite against the enemies of the land. He condoled with the families of the deceased victims of the attack. “I strongly condemn this attack. It was brutal and barbaric and it further delineates the extent to which some enemies of…
***Aim to eliminate, diversion, scarcity of petroleum products In a bid to ameliorate the lingering crises in the Petroleum industry that has been bedeviled by scarcity of the products the two major players; The Association of Distributors and Transporters of Petroleum Products (ADITOP) and the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) have formed a synergy. The Nigerian populace have been suffering from the lack of Petroleum products leading to long queues at filling stations which had grounded economic activities for over two months now. It was alleged that the tanker drivers were in the habit of diverting the products…
From Naseer Mijinyawa, Minna A governorship aspirant in Niger State under the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Engr. Abdullahi Isah Jankara, has promised to invest in agriculture to create jobs as well as boost the internally generated revenue of the state.The Governorship hopeful while speaking with the National Update in Minna noted that Niger as an agrarian state with large land mass has an advantage as his administration will give agriculture the priority that will create job opportunities for the teaming unemployed youths and graduates. “This will improve the internally generated revenue (IGR) of the state that will…
The Senator representing Ogun West Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Sen. Tolu Odebiyi has applaudedPrince Raphael Akinyemi for his leading role in securing victory for his school at the basketball championship for the State of Maryland, United States of America.The media aide to the senator, Olubunmi Omo’ogun in a statement indicated that Prince Akinyemi is a son of the Eselu of Iselu land in Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State, His Royal Majesty, Oba Ebenezer Akintunde Akinyemi, Akaosu 1.In an official letter to His Royal Majesty, the Eselu of Iselu, the Ogun West Senator said, “On behalf…
Nigeria’s fundamental problems can be solved by good, pragmatic leadership. While this sounds cliché and quite repetitive, it does not in any way diminishes the absolute truth it holds. For the record, Nigeria has had 16 different leaders, some as military heads of state and some as democratically elected Presidents starting from Alh. Abubakar Tafawa Balewa in 1960 to President Muhammadu Buhari, elected in 2015. We are witnesses to what they promised to achieve and what happened after they had received the mantle of leadership. This opinion does not attempt to mask the fact that in the bulk of our…
A presidential hopeful under the platform of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) Barrister Adewole Adebayo has promised to make Nigeria a nation where justice shall reign more than anywhere in the world if he is elected president. He indicated that the legal infrastructure in the country has been barricading justice which he promised to fix if he emerged president. Adebayo gave the indication when he hosted a team from the Hague Institute for Innovation of Law, led by the country Director in Nigeria, Ijeoma Nwafor in Abuja.The aspirant said even though the society itself is not just, he will ensure…
Officials of the Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Service (FCT-IRS) and the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN) on Wednesday, commended the Senator representing Ogun West Senatorial District in the National Assembly Sen. Tolu Odebiyi for working with all relevant stakeholders in an attempt to strengthen the operations of the Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Service (FCT-IRS). A statement issued by his media aide Olubunmi Omo’ogun said the commendation came during a courtesy visit to the senator who is also Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Federal Capital Territory (FCT), by officials of the FCT-IRS and CITN on Taxpayers education…