Paramilitary Personnel for Deployment in Liberated Towns- Dambazau

The Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen. Abdulrahaman Dambazau has confirmed the planned redeployment of Police and Paramilitary personnel to liberated towns in the North-East.

Dambazza who led some heads of the security agencies on assessment visit to Maiduguri said the government is desirous of ensuring adequate security protections of liberated towns for safety of the citizens.

EFCC to Arraign Tompolo, Akpobolokemi, Others

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, will on Thursday January 14, arraign Government Ekpemupolo (aka Tompolo), and Patrick Akpobolokemi, former director general of Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA  before a Federal High Court,Lagos on a 40 count charge of alleged money laundering , conspiracy, stealing and diversion of funds.

‘NOLLYWOODNEWSNOW ON RADIO’ WFM 91.7

Lovers of Nollywood, Nigeria’s fast-growing film industry can now interact with their favourite artistes, producers and directors on NollywoodNewsNowOnRadio.


NollywoodNewsNow.com, currently an on-line news platform reporting Nigeria’s film industry news, celebrations and happen stances, goes live on Nigeria’s first women radio, WFM 91.7 with effect from Saturday, January 16, 2016.

OPC HOLDS 2016 THANKSGIVING SERVICE

The National Coordinator of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) and Chief Promoter of Olokun Festival Foundation (OFF), Otunba Gani Adams, has urged members of the organisation to rely more on the power and support God, emphasising that God's power is the ultimate.
Adams made the call yesterday during the annual Thanksgiving service for the organisation, held at the prestigious Ettal Hotel and Suit, Oregon, Lagos.

Fayose:Court remands fake NSA officers for alleged attempt to dupe Ekiti Governor

 An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court on Monday remanded three men Abdulsalam Hassan, 30, Ola Benedict, 33 and Edwin Ote, 33, for alleged attempt to defraud Ekiti governor, Ayodele Fayose.
The accused persons were alleged to have unlawfully presented themselves as officers of the office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) with intent to defraud the governor.

NIGERIAN ARMY BOARD OF INQUIRY ON THE REVIEW OF ALLEGATIONS OF UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCTS BY SOME OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS DURING THE 2015 ELECTIONS SUBMITS REPORT

It will be recalled that based on petitions and allegations of unprofessional and partisan conducts of some officers and soldiers of the Nigerian Army during the 2015 General elections, Ekiti and Osun States Gubernatorial elections last year, the Nigerian Army set up a high powered Board of Inquiry. The Board after a thorough job had today, Monday 11th January 2016, submitted its report to the Chief of Army Staff at the Army Headquarters, Abuja.

ONE LAGOS:LAGOS TOURISM,ARTS AND CULTURE COMMISSIONER THANKS LAGOSIANS

I write to thank all who made the One Lagos Fiesta happen. The primary reason behind the fiesta was to expand on the existent annual crossover celebration, known as the Countdown.

Ekiti LG to cultivate 20,000 hectares of maize, cassava

 

The Ikole Local Government Council in Ekiti state says it has concluded plans to cultivate about 20,000 hectares of maize and cassava during the forthcoming farming season.

The council’s Vice-Chairman, Alhaji Azeez Olasoji, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ikole-Ekiti on Monday.

Fashola unfolds 13-point agenda to revive power sector.

 The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, on Monday unfolded a 13-point agenda to drive efforts towards enhancing power supply in the country.

Fashola said in Abuja during his maiden meeting with power generation, distribution and transmission companies, and other stakeholders that the agenda was drawn up to ensure effective monitoring of the sector.

The minister said the agenda involves continuous public engagement on tariff collection, debts, power generation, maintenance, ancillary services, dispatch orders and discipline.

Others areas include gas requirement and constraints, transmission constraints, 33KV load offtake, imbalances-locations of excess, overload safety, service quality, new captive and embedded generation, franchising and other issues relevant to the growth of the sector.

According to Fashola, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved that all stakeholders in the sector should hold monthly meetings on issues concerning the industry. 

He said that the meeting would be rotated among the various GENCOs, DISCOs, TCN and other stakeholders across the country.

Fashola said that all decisions reached in such meetings would be binding on all the stakeholders.

In this respect, the minister stated that the various companies and stakeholders would each be represented by a management member with authority to take decision on behalf of their companies.

He explained that in order to minimise the cost of hosting the meetings, the companies were advised to jointly pull up resources required to hold the meetings. 

The minister further said the meetings would also involve lawyers, engineers, planners and other stakeholders, adding that
the ministry would issue a communiqué at the end of each meeting on steps taken to address challenges in the sector.

Bayelsa: Accept defeat, political parties tell Sylva

 Some of the political parties that contested the Bayelsa governorship election have urged for Bayelsa Gov. Timipre Sylva, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate to accept defeat.

Mr Prince Elema, the Chairman of the political parties, gave the advice during a news conference organised by the parties in Yenagoa on Monday.

The political parties include Kowa Party, All Progressives Ground Alliance (APGA), United Peoples Party (UPP), and ID Party, among others.