HON. AKINFOLARIN DONATES 500KVA TRANSFORMER TO ORITA ODIGBO COMMUNITY

Rt. Hon Mayowa Akinfolarin has continued with his laudable impressive strides in his constituency as he ensures the delivery of a 500KVA transformer to New Town/Orita community of Odigbo ward. This is part of the effort of Hon Akinfolarin Mayowa to ensure the complete electrification of his constituency, it would be recalled that the lawmaker […]

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Akeredolu Appoints First Female SSG, Advisers

PRESS STATEMENT Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu,SAN, has approved the appointment of Princess Catherine Oludunni Odu as Secretary to the State Government. Princess Odu, a legal practitioner, was the Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) before her appointment. She holds the following Degrees:• LLM (University of Lagos)•Bachelor Of Law(Nigerian Law School)•Bachelor […]

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AFENIFERE: Yoruba Youth Group congratulate Ayo Adebanjo.

Pan Yoruba Youth group, Igbimo Odo Yoruba has congratuled Chief Ayo Adebanjo over his emergence as the new leader of pan Yoruba socio cultural group, Afenifere. Chief Adebanjo becamethe new leader of our organization, Afenifere, after its former leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti stepped down due to old age. In a statement issued in Ibadan on […]

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Differential wage bill: Start with govs, political office holders, Labour tells National Assembly

Leke Baiyewu • El-Rufai, other governors behind wage bill, Labour alleges• Speaker defends sponsor, asks workers to articulate grievancesThe organised labour has again criticised political office holders over a bill which seeks remove minimum wage negotiations from the exclusive legislative list to the concurrent legislative list.The National President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Ayuba Wabba, […]

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Bankers must submit asset from June, says EFCC

Olalekan Adetayo The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, on Tuesday said the commission would from June 1 be demanding the asset declaration forms of bankers.He said the decision was in line with the provisions of the Bank, Employees Declaration of Asset Act. Bawa disclosed this in an interview with State […]

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Enugu Assembly bows to pressure, drops ex-govs, deputies’ life pensions

Raphael Ede THE Enugu State House of Assembly on Tuesday dropped the proposed New Pension Bill for former governors and their deputies.The bill, which scaled first reading during last week Thursday’s plenary soon generated condemnation from the general public.The PUNCH had reported that the bill when passed, the state would be spending over N1.1bn annually […]

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Despite video evidence, Deputy Speaker Wase denies blocking Diaspora’s petition

Eniola Akinkuotu 16 March 2021 Eniola Akinkuotu, AbujaDeputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Idris Wase, has denied blocking a petition from Nigerians abroad despite a viral video showing him doing so.Wase, who was sitting in for the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, had, last week, barred a federal lawmaker from Benue State, Mark Gbilla, from presenting […]

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Man who escaped prison during #EndSARS protest jailed 14 years

Matthew OcheiA 23-year-old man, Precious Azulule, who escaped from the Warri Custodial Centre, Delta State, during the #EndSARS protest, has been sentenced to 14 years’ imprisonment.The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe, disclosed this on Tuesday.He said, “Precious Azubule, who escaped from the Warri Correctional Centre during #EndSARS protest on October 22, 2020, […]

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