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The Lagos State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) will soon clamp down on illegal sales and consumption of nitrous oxide substance popularly called ‘laughing gas’. Mr Umar Adoro, the state commander of the agency, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos. Adoro said this was in line with the directive by the Chairman and the Chief Executive Officer of the agency, Brig.- Gen. Buba Marwa, to all commands and formations to start an immediate clampdown on illegal sale of the substance. He said the substance is commonly…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday, disowned a lawyer, Ibrahim Mohammed, who filed a fresh charge bordering on perjury and document falsification against Sen. Stella Oduah in the name of the anti-graft agency. EFCC’s counsel, H. A Okonofua, told Justice James Omotosho of a Federal High Court, Abuja, that the commission did not send Mohammed to prosecute Oduah, the sole defendant in the matter. Upon resumed hearing, though Mohammed and Oduah were not in court, Okonofua informed that the report of the investigation carried out by the anti-corruption agency was out. While informing the court about the…
The price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise called fuel, has risen from between ₦630 to ₦640 per litre in Awka, the capital of Anambra. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Correspondent who monitored the situation in Awka on Tuesday reports that independent marketers adjusted their pumps on Tuesday morning. The increase was against the price range of between ₦530 to ₦540 which prevailed until Tuesday. NAN reports that the NNPC in the town was not selling as it was closed to customers. However, RainOil outlets in Awka were still selling at N600 per litre as at press time. Some…
•Says Whether Court’s Decision Favours Tinubu, Obi or Atiku, There Will Be Chaos By Halimah Olamide Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Chief Bode George has demanded from the Federal Government how the palliative being proposed will be distributed. George also said whether the current cases before the election petition tribunal favours President Bola Tinubu, the candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, or PDP’s Atiku Abubakar, there will be chaos. The former Military Governor of Ondo state was speaking at the annual lecture organised by Freedom Online held at the Sheraton Hotel Lagos on Tuesday. George…
By Kamil Opeyemi Motorists have woken up to a new rise in prices of petrol on Tuesday. NPO Reports correspondent observed that many filling stations in Lagos adjusted their meter to N560 per litre in the early hours of the day. Initially, there was confusion as many outlets of the NNPCL were shut to customers while they were forced to patronise other marketers who had adjusted their prices. As at 9;30am on Tuesday, many NNPCL stations remained shut. However, words went round that the NNPCL was about to announce an increase in the price of petrol. In Abuja, many have…
The Ugwumba Leadership Centre for Africa has urged the Federal Government to publish the names of expected beneficiaries of the subsidy removal palliatives before disbursing funds. Mr Uche Nwosu, the President of the centre, made the call during a virtual news conference on Tuesday in Abuja. Nwosu said that there was the need for the government to publish the names of the expected beneficiaries of the palliatives before the disbursements for transparency and accountability. “There are a lot of things that will not be acceptable by majority of Nigerians as it was during the COVID-19 palliatives disbursements. “What the president…
*As State Rests Flag, “State of Osun” By Halimah Olamide The Osun anthem on Monday escaped the hammer of the state House of Assembly as the state finally rested the use of the flag and “State of Osun” with its “State of the Virtuous” appellation. NPO Reports that the anthem was inaugurated in 2011 by the administration of then Governor Rauf Aregbesola who said the anthem was not original to his government but an adoption of the old Western Region anthem under the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo. The state had used the anthem in schools, state functions and in some…
The Gombe State Government has paid about N33billion from the N100bn debt inherited from the administration of former governor Ibrahim Dankwambo. The Chairman of the Gombe State Transition Management Committee, Dr Ibrahim Daudu, made this known while submitting the 2023 transition report to Gov. Inuwa Yahaya on Monday. Daudu said that Gov. Yahaya also paid N6 billion to settle four years backlog of gratuities owed retirees from 2014 to 2017. According to him, the payment to retirees is the largest payment of gratuity made by any government in Gombe State. “During the course of our work, we were able to…
The United Nations on Monday paid tribute to the victims of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 nine years after the tragic plane crash occurred in eastern Ukraine. Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17/MAS17) was a scheduled passenger flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur that was shot down by Russian-controlled forces on July 17, 2014, while flying over eastern Ukraine. All 283 passengers and 15 crew were killed. Contact with the aircraft, a Boeing 777-200ER, was lost when it was about 50 km from the Ukraine-Russia border, and wreckage from the aircraft fell Hrabove on Donestk Oblast, Ukraine, 40 kilometres from the border.…
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has urged the Federal Government to consider merging the payment platforms developed by the different unions in the University System to address peculiarities. Mr Mohammed Ibrahim, SSANU National President, made the call in a communique issued on Monday in Abuja at the end the union’s 44th National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held at Michael Okpara University, Abia. Ibrahim said NEC in session noted that the merger had become necessary due to the recent fraud in the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). It would also be recalled that the university workers…