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The Lagos State House of Assembly is poised to ensure that the 2022 budget works in the interest of the residents of the State, Speaker Mudashiru Obasa has said. Obasa said this on Thursday at the opening of a 3-day budget retreat with the theme: Addressing the service delivery priorities of Lagosians in the post-COVID era: issues, opportunities and options’ held in the Lekki area of the State. The Speaker, who was represented by the Deputy Speaker of the House, Hon. Wasiu Eshinlokuni-Sanni, noted that Lagos had always been successful with budget performances because the State had always produced leaders…

Katsina State Commissioner for Science and Technology, Dr Rabe Nasir, was assassinated at his residence on Thursday by unknown gunmen suspected to be bandits. It was gathered that he was killed at his residence in Fatima Shema Estate in Katsina metropolis. A family friend of the deceased said, “Late Nasir was shot after Asr prayer in his residence here in Fatima Shema Estate.” “He was stabbed in the stomach in his sitting room while his body was dragged into a toilet where it was locked.” He was the Special Advisor to Governor Aminu Masari on Science and Technology before he…

President Muhammadu Buhari has described former governor of Osun state, Chief Bisi Akande, as a victim of former President, Olusegun Obasanjo’s diabolical double cross. President Buhari made this assertion on Thursday during the autobiography launch of Akande, a former interim national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking at the public presentation of “My Participations,” the autobiography of Chief Akande, the President said the author has retained his “inflexible integrity,” in and out of public office, never accepting or offering bribes. Reflecting on the political history of the author, particularly his bid to seek a second term as Governor…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Lagos described Chief Bisi Akande, a former interim Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) party, as a “perfect public officer”, and the type of person he could go into the jungle with. Speaking at the public presentation of “My Participations,” the autobiography of Chief Bisi Akande, the President said the author has retained his “inflexible integrity,” in and out of public office, never accepting or offering bribes. The President, who heaped praises on the former governor of Osun State, further described him as a decent, truthful, and friendly person as well as an…

Former President Goodluck Jonathan will be conferred with a special recognition award at the maiden edition of the national Freedom of Information (FOI) Awards ceremony scheduled to take place in Abuja on December 10, 2021 for his “patriotic and courageous” act of signing the FOI Bill into Law 10 years ago, according to the International Press Centre (IPC) and Media Rights Agenda (MRA), organisers of the event. In the joint statement in Lagos, signed by Mr. Lanre Arogundade, IPC’s Executive Director, and Mr. Edetaen Ojo, Executive Director of MRA, the organisations announced that Ekiti State Governor and Chairman of the…

Lagos State Government on Wednesday began the final 24-hour construction works on the Alaba Interchange Bridge linking the Lagos-Badagry Expressway to the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the construction team reports that about 400 metres already completed part of the bridge on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway is being extended by 600 metres. Heavy duty concrete pumps were seen transferring concrete into various formworks on about 600 metres stretch being constructed from the completed portion to link Apapa-Oshodi Expressway. Formworks are wooden frames that work like buckets or casings where freshly mixed concrete is stored…

Local hunters have arrested three suspected kidnappers at their hideout near Ossra-Irekpeni communities along Okene-Lokoja-Abuja highway. One of the local hunters who carried out the operation said there was an exchange of gunfire before the criminals were nabbed. He said the hunters alongside the chairman of Adavi Local Government Area of Kogi, Joseph Samuel Omuya, stormed the forest based on a tip-off, late Wednesday. The source said while combing the forest, the kidnappers opened fire and the hunters returned fire for fire. “We immediately engaged them in shootout and three of the kidnappers were arrested,” he told Daily Trust Newspaper.…

An official of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday said wealthy countries donating COVID-19 vaccines with a relatively short shelf life has been a “major problem” for the COVAX dose sharing programme. Kate O’Brien, the WHO’s vaccine director, said in a briefing the proportion of wasted doses is smaller in countries receiving doses through COVAX than in many high-income countries. Her comments come as concerns grow that many African countries are finding they do not have the capacity to get shots in arms before they expire. Reuters reported on Tuesday that up to 1 million vaccines are estimated to…

The Nigerian government has clarified the takeover of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) by United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc on Wednesday. The bank took over the electricity company following the failure of the majority owners, the KANN Consortium to service their debt. Upon taking over the company, UBA sacked the management and appointed interim managers after it assumed control, contrary to reports that President Muhammadu Buhari sacked the management. In a statement by the Ministry of Power, it said, “The attention of the Federal Ministry of Power has been drawn to publications in the print and electronic media relating to…

At least a dozen people were killed and scores wounded in the second day of inter-communal clashes in Kousseri, in the far northern region of Cameroon. The Wednesday clashes were between Arab Choas herders and Mosgoum farmers. Some of the Mosgoum farmers attacked Kousseri town and set on fire the market and some houses belonging to Choas businessmen. Six villages were reportedly burnt on Wednesday alone. Ambazonia Attack: Taraba Gov calls on military to secure Cameroon border The new round of clashes began on Sunday after a land dispute between the two communities over scarcity of water, which has been…