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LASG SET TO ADDRESS DEMANDS OF JOINT DRIVERS WELFARE ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA The Lagos State Government is looking into the demands of the Joint Drivers Welfare Association of Nigeria (JDWAN), with a view to finding permanent solutions to the issues raised by the Association. A release signed by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, Hon. Sola Giwa, said the move became necessary following the planned seven-day job boycott by the drivers over alleged harassment and extortion by motor parks and garages management personnel across the state. He explained that sequel to the announcement by JDWAN to embark on a seven-day strike starting from 31st October, 2022, the State Government, through the Ministry of Transportation, had invited its leadership to a meeting on Friday, 28th October, 2022, despite its non-affiliation to any of the transport unions, such as NURTW and RTEAN, known to the State. According to him, Most of the union members at the meeting were from the Badagry ...

Two Internet Fraudsters Bag Six Years Jail Term in Benin Justice M. Itsueli of Edo State High Court, Benin City, on Friday October 28, 2022 convicted and sentenced the duo of Monye Emeka Divine and Onyema Okuose to two years imprisonment each. They were arraigned on one count charge bordering on retention of proceeds of crime and unlawful possession of fraudulent documents  More photos below. 

  Despite Security Challenges, We Attracted $1.6bn Investment In One Year Kaduna ― KADIPA The Executive Secretary, Kaduna Investment Promotion Agency(KADIPA), Malam Khalil Nur Khalil has said that despite insecurity bedeviling the State, it has attracted $1.6bn investments within one year since it came on board. This was even as it said investors are still trooping to the state. According to him, investors love for Kaduna was based on the fact of government’s policy on ease of doing business in the state, and the state’s capacity to curtail security challenges. He said the mission of the Board and management is to make it a world class investment promotion agency that attracts investors across the globe. Speaking at a press briefing on Thursday to mark his one year in office, the Executive Secretary said that some of the initiatives of the Board and Management have been fruitful. “When we talk of challenges facing investors, it is the issue of insecurity, power supply, infrastructu...

Wike To Ayu: I Dare You To Stop Any PDP Candidate From Contesting In 2023 Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has dared the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Iyorchia Ayu, to stop any of the party’s candidates from contesting the 2023 general election. Wike, who gave the challenge yesterday while speaking with newsmen at his private residence in Port Harcourt, was reacting to a statement credited to Ayu, where he said he would have stopped Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, from contesting a senatorial seat. The governor said: “I dare the National Chairman of PDP to stop any contestant for the election. I dare Ayu to stop any PDP candidate from contesting the election. He doesn’t have the power. “I heard he said he would have stopped Governor Samuel Ortom from running. You see how ungrateful some people are? It is this same Ortom who pleaded that this man should be given a chance. That he wants his people to come to up to the position of National ...

STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE CBN HAS MY BACKING IN REPLACING NAIRA NOTES, SAYS PRESIDENT BUHARI  President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday said that the decision of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to launch new designs and replace high value Naira notes had his support and is convinced that the nation will gain a lot by doing so. Speaking in an Hausa radio interview with the famous journalist Halilu Ahmed Getso, and Kamaluddeen Sani Shawai to be aired Wednesday Morning on Tambari TV on Nilesat, President Buhari said reasons given to him by the CBN convinced him that the economy stood to benefit from reduction in inflation, currency counterfeiting and the excess cash in circulation. He said he did not consider the period of three months for the change to the new notes as being short. ''People with illicit money buried under the soil will have a challenge with this but workers, businesses with legitimate incomes will face no difficulties at all.'' In the interview, the Presiden...

El-Rufai Turns Lecturer On Governance, Economy  Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai has taught the Kashim Ibrahim Fellowship participants key concepts of governance and economy. For nine hours during the week, the governor held a workshop that took the Fellows through a discourse on McKinsey’s 7-S Framework, a powerful tool and model for Organizational Planning, Analysis, and Diagnosis. Kashim Ibrahim Fellowship (KIF) is a one-year non-partisan leadership training programme for young Nigerians between the age of 25-35 years. The one-year Fellowship aims to create a network of high-potential young Nigerians who are expected to rise to top leadership positions in the public and private sectors of the country. Below are pictures of El-Rufai with the fellows: More photos below.   

South East Governors To Start Joint Security Patrol In Major Highways Before December. South East Governors have concluded arrangements to commence joint twenty-four hour security patrol in all major highways in the zone before December first this year, as a way of beefing up the security network and restore normalcy in the area. This was contained in a communiqué issued by the South East Governors' Forum after their emergency meeting at Enugu state Government House. The meeting had in attendance five Governors in the zone, Governor of Ebonyi state, Engineer David Umahi, his Enugu counterpart, Right Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, that of Abia, Dr Okezie Ikoeazu, Anambra state Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, represented by his Deputy, Dr Onyekachukwu Ibezim, and that of Imo state, Senator Hope Uzodinma, represented by his Deputy, Professor Placid Njoku. Reading out the communique, the Forum Chairman, Engineer Umahi, said the Governors decried the rate of insecurity in the region, regre...