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MUSTAFA CHIKE-OBI NOW CHAIRMAN OF ANSIPPA Tha Governor of Anambra State, Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo has reconstituted the Board of Anambra State Promotion and Protection Agency (ANSIPPA) with Mr. Mustafa Chike-Obi as the Chairman.  Currently the Chairman of Fidelity Bank Plc, Chike-Obi has held very top managerial and leadership positions in reputable global investment banking and management firms. He was the first Managing Director of Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON). Chike-Obi holds a Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics and Masters in Business Administration from Stanford School of Business.  The former Anambra State Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Mr. Mark Okoye is now the Managing Director of ANSIPPA. Other recently appointed members of the Board include Mr Christian Udechukwu, Dr Amechi Marcel Ofomata, Dr Emma Okeke and Mr Sam Chidoka. The statutory members of the Board from government's stable are, the Attorney General, Commissioners for...

Ember Months: Nobody Will Sleep On Anambra Roads This Year,  Says FRSC The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Anambra State Sector Command says it is fully prepared and geared up for the Ember Months traffic control in the state especially with the Walking cum Jogging exercise of her personnel to keep fit as well as position themselves for the onerous task ahead.  Sector Commander of the corps in Anambra state Mr. Adeoye Irelewuyi who spoke with journalists shortly after the road walk cum jogging exercise around Awka metropolis tagged ” Walking For A Safe, Healthy And Livable Anambra State,” said that the exercise was necessary for physical fitness and mental alertness of her officials for their expected assignments in the ember months.  Irelewuyi explained that the exercise was one of the ways to keep them physically fit in the line of duty. He said other agencies were equally invited to the body fitness activity so as to create awareness amongst other arms of government t...

LASG TO PARTNER WITH ZEE WORLD AFRICA The Lagos State Film and Video Censors Board (LSFVCB) has partnered with the Indian Satellite TV giant, Zee World, through Zee Entertainment Enterprises Africa and Indian Ocean Islands, to create more opportunities for Nigerian Film and Video practitioners in the State. The Executive Secretary of (LSFVCB), Mrs. Adebukola Agbaminoja, spoke about the development at a meeting organised by the Board for film and video practitioners as well as movie producers in Nigeria, expressing gratitude to Zee Africa and Indian Ocean Island team for the partnership. She informed the gathering about the enormous support of Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu for the sector through numerous policies and programmes, including the setting aside of a special Fund for the production of high-quality content that would appeal to the local and global audience, just as it adds value and growth to the industry.   

PRESS RELEASE AMEN ESTATE CASE: POLICE DID PERFECT INVESTIGATIONS, JUSTICE - FPRO Suspects only Crying Foul for Undue Sympathy, As Lagos Government Sets to Prosecute Suspects. The Nigeria Police Force wishes to make public the outcome of the concluded investigations into a petition against the owners of Harmony Gardens and Estate Development Limited and Amen Estate, one Saheed Abdullahi Mosadoluwa (aka Ibile) and Ms. Sade Balogun respectively. The result of the investigations shows clearly that the Police carried out a laudable investigation worthy of commendation in the absence of sentiments and the duo are to be prosecuted by the Lagos State Government contrary to the news making the rounds. The case commenced through a petition by one Adeyinka Igbinoba, dated 21st March, 2022, received at the office of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc(+), NPM, fdc, and endorsed to the IGP Monitoring Unit to investigate. In the petition, the petitioner claimed that her sist...

🤝 The Queen received Liz Truss at Balmoral Castle today.  Her Majesty asked her to form a new Administration. Ms. Truss accepted Her Majesty's offer and was appointed Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury.  

Court Grants Ogun Speaker N300m Bail For N2.5bn Fraud  The Ogun State House of Assembly Speaker, Olakunle Oluomo and two others were on Tuesday remanded in the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s custody by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos State over alleged N2.475 billion money laundering. Justice Daniel Osiagor ordered that they should be remanded for one week in the EFCC’s custody, adding that if they failed to meet up with the bail condition, they would be remanded at the Nigerian Correctional Service. The EFCC on Tuesday arraigned the Speaker over alleged N2.475bn money laundering. Oluomo was arraigned alongside three others who are Oladayo Samuel, Adeyemo Adedeji Taiwo and Adeyanju Amoke (now at large) on 11 counts of conspiracy, forgery, stealing and money laundering preferred against them by the EFCC.  

ASUU Rejects 35% Salary Increase For Professors; Wants 100% - Minister  The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu on Tuesday outlined the Federal Government’s efforts to resolve the industrial action embarked upon by Academic Staff Union of Universities on February 14. Speaking at a press conference in Abuja, Adamu said the government had offered the union a 23.5 percent salary increase “for all category of the workforce in Federal Universities, except for the professorial cadre which will enjoy a 35% upward review.” Adamu said the government had also promised that a sum of N150 billion “shall be provided for in the 2023 Budget as funds for the revitalization of Federal Universities, to be disbursed to the Institutions in the First Quarter of the year.” Also, the government pledged a sum of N50 billion that would be provided “for in the 2023 Budget for the payment of outstanding areas of earned academic allowances, to be paid in the First Quarter of the year.” However, ASUU and three ...