The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has announced a reward of N10m for the overall best-graduating student of the 2021/2022 academic session, Aminat Yusuf. The beneficiary graduated with a Cumulative Grade Point Average of 5.0 from the varsity’s Faculty of Law. “As a token of her brilliance, I will be giving her a token donation of N5 million and the state government will give her an additional donation of N5 million,” Sanwo-Olu said while announcing the reward at the convocation ceremony in Ojo on Thursday. He congratulated the university on its 40th anniversary and 26th convocation while recounting its achievements…
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The Benue State House of Assembly Wednesday suspended the 23 local government chairmen over what it described as “outright disregard to procedure and crass mismanagement of local government funds since they took over office”. The state assembly also directed the chairmen to hand over the affairs of the local government areas and properties in their possession, including official vehicles to the DGSAs with immediate effect and proceed on suspension pending the completion of investigation into their books of accounts and other related matters. In a sitting held Wednesday presided over by the Speaker Aôndona Dajoh, the House urged the…
The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has justified its recommendation of an upward review of political office holders’ salaries in the country. The commission had recommended a 114 per cent increase in the salaries of elected public officials, including President Bola Tinubu, his deputy, Senator Kashim Shettima, federal and state legislators, governors, as well as judicial officers. This, however requires approval from the president and other cabinet members and thereafter it would be sent to the National Assembly through an executive bill for passage. While Nigerians expect the government to cut cost at a time of fuel subsidy…
Newly reinstated chairman of the Kano State Public Complaint and Anti Corruption Commission, Barrister Muhuyi Magajin Rimin-Gado, has pledged to reopen the investigation against former Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje on some controversial videos. Daily Nigerian, an online publication, had released some videos of Ganduje allegedly collecting kickbacks from contractors. The ex-Governor had denied the allegation, saying the videos were doctored. But speaking on Trust TV’s Daily Politics, monitored by Meridian Spy, Rimin-Gado, who was removed by Ganduje after some altercation, but was reinstated by Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, said the probe was necessary. Reminded of what he said on…
Director of Road Transport in the Ministry of Transportation, Ibrahim Musa, yesterday, disclosed that the Federal Government has approved the re-opening of the Seme border for the importation of vehicles. Speaking at the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, meeting, organised between officials of Nigeria and Benin, Musa said the development followed complaints by freight forwarders operating at the Seme border. The director, who spoke at the ECOWAS Monitoring Team’s visit to the Seme-Krake Joint Border Post, said: “I was here with the former Minister of State for Transportation when the Freight Forwarders pleaded that the border should be…
The oil Marketers on Wednesday have said compressed natural gas will be more than 400% less expensive than premium motor spirit, or gasoline, if completely implemented. After President Bola Tinubu stated during his inauguration address on May 29, 2023, that the payment of the PMS subsidy had ended, the gasoline subsidy was eliminated in less than two days. The pump price of petrol spiked from N198/litre to an average of over N540/litre across the country, a development that also led to an increase in the cost of goods and services nationwide. Since then, oil marketers have been making efforts to…
UEFA slams Four-match ban on Mourinho for Abusing Refere UEFA has handed Roma manager Jose Mourinho a four-match ban after he hurling abusive language at referee Anthony Taylor during the Europa League final. An enraged Mourinho after the match, could be seen on footage on social media accosting Taylor and his team in the car park and labelling their performance a “disgrace.” The former Manchester United and Chelsea boss would extend his criticism to the post-match conference, calling out the officials. Taylor and his family were also harassed by Roma supporters as they made their way home from the…
Justice Rahmon Oshsodi of Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, on Tuesday, sentenced a man, Eniola Ibrahim to life imprisonment for raping his girlfriend. Ibrahim was convicted of having sexual intercourse with his girlfriend without her consent, an offence which contravened the provisions of section 260 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2015. Oshodi held that the prosecution was able to demonstrate the application of force, intimidation, and threat when the defendant had sexual intercourse with the survivor and proved the necessary ingredients beyond doubt to establish the offence of rape. He said, “We have critically reviewed all…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, cautioned comedians, skit creators, content developers, and movie producers against using the agency’s logos, insignia, and jackets in unauthorized films and comedies. The EFCC brand may not be used in such images without permission, the Commission continued. This warning was issued by the EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren, on Wednesday and posted on the commission’s official Twitter page. “The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been drawn to the activities of content creators, movies and skit producers who use EFCC-branded Jackets, symbols, insignia and other accoutrements…
The Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has approved a 114 per cent increase in the salaries of elected politicians, including the President, vice president, governors, lawmakers as well as judicial and public office holders. RMAFC is saddled with the responsibility of determining the remuneration appropriate for political officeholders including the President, Vice President, Governors, Deputy Governors, Ministers, Commissioners, Special Advisers, Legislators and the holders of the offices as mentioned in Sections 84 and 124 of this Constitution. The commission urged the 36 states’ Houses of Assembly to hasten efforts on amendment of relevant laws to give room for…
Nigerians are still feeling the effects of the loss of gasoline subsidies as the cost of fuel per litre has now risen to N550. Reliable source told Meridian Spy that the price of gasoline at the ex-depot increased by 4.3% to N490 per litre. This is what caused some gas stations to start charging more than N500 per litre, or N12 more than the N488 per liter pricing in the Lagos region. Findings revealed that the Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited still sells the product to major marketers at N446.57 per litre. A visit to private depots in Lagos…
Imo State chapter of the People Democratic Party (PDP) has begun a probe into the activities of former executive members of the party who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) The seven former executive members had announced their resignation from the party on Sunday. Twenty four (24) hours later they met with Governor Hope Uzodimma and announced that they were joining the ruling party. However at a press conference at the party’s secretariat in Owerri on Tuesday, the the Financial Secretary of PDP in the state, Bedewell Ejimadu, said that the defected former members of the SWC of the…