Ibese community in Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State, was on Tuesday, thrown into confusion as Hausas and Yorubas motorcyclists engaged themselves in a clash. Nigerian Tribune learnt that the skirmishes which started on Monday snowballed into a crisis between them and was reported to have been bloody. The motorcyclists, said to be operating at Dangote Cement factory junction, were said to be fighting over an increase in daily ticket fees from N600 to N800. It was gathered that no fewer than seven persons were feared dead in the crisis said to have been turned to an ethnic…
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The Federal Government has rewarded Blessing Oborududu and Ese Brume with $10,000 and $7,500 respectively for their impressive outings at the Tokyo Games. Brume won Nigeria’s first medal in the competition on Tuesday after she finished third in the long jump event Oborududu while got silver in the 68kg women’s freestyle wrestling later on the same day. The Youths and Sports Ministry had earlier promised to reward the country’s athletes with $5,000 for gold, $3,000 for silver and $2,000 for bronze but increased the prize to $15,000 for gold $10,000 for silver and S7,500 for bronze. After Brume and Oborududu gave the…
The leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), led by Comrade Asefon Sunday has given a pass mark to the two-year-old administration of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State. The student’s body also commended the Lagos State Governor for his impressive achievements, especially in the educational sector since the inception of his administration. Asefon who spoke with newsmen said Lagos State had become a reference point of good governance for other states in the federation through the demonstrated exemplary leadership of Governor Sanwo-Olu. Comrade Asefon also asserted that there has been a massive overhaul and repositioning of the…
Stakeholders in the agricultural sector have asked the government and National Assembly to formulate policies and legislation that would regulate the sales and production of palm oil. The Chairman Board of Trustees (BoT) of the National Palm Produce Association of Nigeria, (NPPAN), Chief Abiodun Adejo, while interacting with journalists in Abuja, said there was the need for palm oil to be graded before being sold. He said the association was making plans to make a presentation before the National Assembly on the importance to gazette the product as an exportable commodity. He said states or local governments where that palm…
Nigeria has been allocated about $3.35 billion as part of a historic general allocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This is a result of the approval of a general allocation of about SDR456 billion – an equivalent of $650 billion – by the IMF Board of Governors on Monday. The allocation which was approved on Monday aims to boost global liquidity at a time when the world is grappling with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. “This is a historic decision – the largest SDR allocation in the history of the IMF and a shot in…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has urged the management of the Nigerian Exchange Limited to explore more avenues of growing the stock market by venturing into emerging frontiers. He said this on Monday at the State House in Abuja when he met with the company’s management led by its Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Temi Popoola. The Vice President also commended the completion of the demutualisation of the stock exchange, describing it as a welcome development, as Popoola made a presentation on the post-demutualisation of the company’s activities. This is the process of the transition of a stock exchange from a mutual…
Judicial and parliamentary workers in Delta State can now heave a sigh of relief as Governor Ifeanyi Okowa assented to the bills that will grant them financial autonomy. The governor had signed three other bills presented to him by the Speaker of the Assembly, Chief Sheriff Oborevwori, accompanied by principal officers of the house into law. The bills include the Delta State University (Amendment) bill 2021, Delta State Printing and Publishing Corporation (Amendment) bill, 2021, Delta State House of Assembly Service (Establishment etc.) bill, 2021; Delta State House of Assembly Fund Management (Financial Autonomy) bill, 2021 and Delta State Judiciary…
The leadership of the Senate Committee on Aviation, Senator Smart Adeyemi, has attributed the delay in the passage of the various aviation bills to the decision of the lawmakers to strike a balance between the 1999 constitution and what the aviation bills are seeking. Besides the aviation bills, Adeyemi said the lawmakers were equally looking at how to accommodate calls from the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and other aviation agencies to be exempted from the payment of the 25 per cent internally Generated Revenue (IGR) into the coffers of the federal government. Chairman, Senate Committee on Aviation, Smart…
The Ebonyi State Government, on Wednesday, returned one Miss Halimat to its Kogi State counterparts months after she was declared missing in the state after consuming a soft drink suspected to be drugged by a stranger in her home. It was gathered that Halimat who had lost her memory since the incident, was allegedly drugged after taking a popularly soft drink in her home town in Uhodo in the Okehi Local Government Area of the state. According to Halimat attestation, they added substance in the drink that made her lost consciousness and could not remember anything. When asked about how…
Justice Ladiran Akintola of the Oyo State High Court sitting at Ring Road in Ibadan, on Wednesday, granted an exparte motion restraining the Directorate of State Services (DSS) and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) from arresting, intimidating, harassing and blocking bank accounts of Chief Sunday Adeyemo (aka Sunday Igboho). The order was granted following an exparte motion moved by his lawyer Chief Yomi Alliyu (SAN) before the court The motion is an offshoot of the originating motion seeking N500 billion damages for invasion of his house in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital on July 1 earlier filed before…