Author: NPO Admin II
By Kamil Opeyemi Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Kwara Command have arrested three persons for allegedly dealing in prohibited substance suspected to be Cannabis sativa. The state Commander of the agency, Mr Muhammed Ibrahim, disclosed this at a news briefing held at the agency’s office in Ilorin on Tuesday. Ibrahim identified the suspects as Solomon Sonowo, 24, Abubakar Tijani, 33 and one Chidiebere Nwanko, 46. He further said that the operatives of the command intercepted psychotropic drugs but did not provide their street value. According to him, the command’s operatives intercepted 4kg cannabis, three grammes of…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Federal Government says it has no plans to increase taxes or add to the burdens of the country’s tax paying citizens. The Chairperson, Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Mr Taiwo Oyedele, said this on Tuesday while reacting to unconfirmed reports of government’s plans to increase taxes. The tax expert revealed that what government proposed was to reduce the country’s over 60 official taxes down to a single digit tax number. According to him, the plan is to be able to reduce the number to single digit so that across all levels of government,…
By Hallimah Olamide The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Nigeria’s headline inflation rate increased to 24.08 per cent in July 2023. The NBS disclosed this in its Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Inflation Report for July, which was released in Abuja on Tuesday. According to the report, the figure is 1.29 per cent points higher compared to the 22.79 per cent recorded in June. It said on a year-on-year basis, the headline inflation rate in July was 4.44 per cent higher than the rate recorded in July 2022 at 19.64 per cent. “This shows that the headline inflation rate…
By Kamil Opeyemi Following the viral videos showing soldiers and officers of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) engaged in brawls in Lagos State, the traffic agency has said that no love lost between the two sisters agencies. The General Manager of LASTMA, Mr Bolaji Oreagba, disclosed this on Tuesday during a working visit by officials of the 9 Brigade Command, Nigerian Army, led by Brigadier-General Adegoke Moses Adetuyi, to the LASTMA headquarters. According to the statement by LASTMA’s Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department, Adebayo Taofiq quoted the General Manager of the agency to have said that such…
By Kamil Opeyemi Alhaji Manman Alakai, commissioner, representing Nasarawa State in the Federal Character Commission (FCC), on Tuesday denied receiving money to secure employment for in job seekers. Alakai, who appeared before the House of Representatives ad hoc committee probing job racketeering in Federal Government agencies in Abuja denied collecting money to secure jobs for anyone in any Ministry, Department or Agency (MDA) . Recall that Mr Musa Ibrahim one of the victims of job racketeering while appearing before the committee on Aug. 14, claimed he alongside nine others paid million into Mr Abdullahi Ibrahim’s account. He said Ibrahim acted…
By Halimah Olamide The Nigerian Bar Association on Tuesday said it is closely monitoring developments in the festering crisis at the University of Calabar, where the Dean of the Faculty of Law, Prof Cyril Idifon, has been accused of sexually harassing female students of the Faculty. The NBA is the umbrella body of Nigerian lawyers. Responding to an inquiry by the NPO Reports on Tuesday, Habeeb Akorede, NBA’s National Publicity Secretary, said the NBA is interested in the matter and watching developments. “We are taking note and rest assured, as a Bar, we will do the right thing even as…
A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Kingsley Moghalu and his wife have been rescued from a faulty elevator. A video seen by the NPO Reports showed that rescue and emergency artisans were seen making frantic efforts to open the elevator and get to the floor where Moghalu and his wife had been stuck. It was learnt that the situation persisted for about 30 minutes before help came. “This morning, @MoghaluKingsley and I were stuck in an elevator for over 30 minutes! The elevator stopped in between floors. I thank God it ended well. This is why…
By Kamil Opeyemi Revelations by Document Women, a organisation, has revealed how allegedly habitual it has become for the Dean of the Faculty of Law of the University of Calabar, Prof Cyril Ndifon to sexually abuse his female students. According to Document Women, the Law teacher had reportedly on 29th August 2015 assaulted a student in his office. “It was alleged that the student, a minor, was retaking a test in his office,” when the incident happened. “Ndifon was indicted and suspended in September 2015 after a petition was filed to the office of the Vice Chancellor. 21st September 2016:…
By Gboyega Akosile “My husband did not want me admitted initially because of the cost. But we were told the care is completely free. We didn’t believe it until I started getting treatment without anyone asking us to pay a dime,” were the words of a 37-year-old expectant mother, Omowunmi Odeyemi, to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State when he paid a surprise visit to Island Maternity Hospital, Lagos Island on Sunday. Governor Sanwo-Olu, who had earlier rolled out a health palliative, along with other relief measures such as 50% reduction in the cost of public transportation, to cushion the…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, has approved the appointment of Mr. Lekan Adeniran as his Chief Press Secretary. The appointment was announced in a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mr. Tokunbo Talabi on Tuesday. Adeniran has over 30 years of experience in the newsroom starting his career at The Guardian in 1992 where he covered the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Lagos State House of Assembly and Governor’s Office, Alausa. He left The Guardian in 2001 to join the newly established Daily Independent. The new CPS also worked with the Compass,…