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Oyo clears air on Olubadan stool rumour

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Oyo clears air on Olubadan stool rumour

The Oyo State government has absolved itself from the rumoured plan to stop or scuttle the ambition of anyone to become the next Olubadan.

A statement issued by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Dotun Oyelade, said that the government believed that it was not only premature but also unfair and preemptive for anyone to start discussions on the next Olubadan when a new Olubadan has just been successfully installed.

The commissioner said, “It is embarrassing that a few days after the coronation and presentation of Staff of Office to the new Olubadan, HIM Oba Owolabi Olakulehin, Ige Olakulehin I, some citizens are already looking over the shoulders of the new Oba and ascribing the government gazette that implemented the recommendation of the Ibadan Chieftaincy Review Committee to a ploy to disqualify certain individuals.

“For the avoidance of doubt, the last Olubadan, Ọba Mohood Olalekan Balogun, Alli Okumade II, set up the Ibadan Chieftaincy Review Committee to review and deliberate on the needed reforms of the Ibadan Chieftaincy, the extant chieftaincy declaration and composition of the Ibadan land and local government traditional councils and make the necessary recommendations.

“After extensive review and deliberations, the committee recommended among others that the eleven (11) high chiefs who are members of the Olubadan-In-Council be elevated and approved as beaded crown-wearing Obas.”

The commissioner revealed that the late Oba Balogun, Alli Okumade II, in a signed letter to the Governor of Oyo State, dated February 5, 2023, proposed that this reform be incorporated into the Ibadan Chieftaincy Declaration of 1957.

“Few months later on July 14, 2023, precisely, the amendments were gazetted.

“The Governor did this not only because it was a legitimate prayer from His Imperial Majesty, Oba Dr (Sen.) Mohood Olalekan Balogun, Alli Okumade II, but also in deference to the tradition and culture of Ibadanland,” Oyelade said.

The state government therefore advised the people not to heat the polity as the government would continue to uphold what is right and the cherished tradition and culture of our people.

“Government wishes the Olubadan of Ibadanland, HIM Oba Owolabi Olakulehin, Ige Olakulehin I, good health and wisdom to pilot the affairs of Ibadanland,” Oyelade concluded.

CBN sells forex to BDCs at N1450/$

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CBN sells forex to BDCs at N1450/$

The Central Bank of Nigeria on Thursday sold dollars to eligible Bureau De Change operators at the rate of N1450/dollars.

This was disclosed in a statement signed by the acting director of the Trade and Exchange Department at the CBN, AA Mahdi, on Thursday.

This comes days after the apex bank sold $123m to authorised dealers.

The Association of Bureau De Change Operators of Nigeria claimed that they were excluded in that tranche of forex sales.

The President of the ABCON, Aminu Gwadebe, in an interview with The According, said only banks got the forex intervention.

In the latest move, the CBN said it has “approved the sales of FX to eligible Bureau De Change to meet the demand for invisible transactions. The sum of $20,000 is to be sold to each BDC at the rate of N1,450/$ (representing the lower band of the trading rate at NAFEM in the previous trading day).”

Premising the move on the ongoing reforms in the foreign exchange market, the CBN said it “Has observed the continued distortions in the retail end of the market, which is feeding into the Parallel market and further widening the exchange rate premium.”

It warned the BDCs to sell to eligible end-users at a margin not more than 1.5 per cent above the purchase rate from CBN.

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Agency deploys sanitation marshals for regulation of environmental standards in Akwa Ibom

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Agency deploys sanitation marshals for regulation of environmental standards in Akwa Ibom

Akwa Ibom State Environmental Protection and Waste Management Agency (AKSEPWMA) said it has deployed about 100 sanitation marshals to enforce environmental standards and apprehend those who engage in indiscriminate waste disposal in unauthorized places.
The chairman of the agency, Akpan Ikim, who disclosed this in Uyo on Thursday, said the successful marshals have been trained not only on environmental management best practices but also on basic character, discipline and public perception.
While presenting them to the senior magistrate, Amanda Effiom, the chairman said that in enforcing environmental standard as directed by the state governor, the role of the court could not be overemphasized.
He said, “The sanitation marshals will apprehend all defaulters of environmental standard including indiscriminate waste handling and disposal, waste disposal at unauthorized places/time.”
In his remarks, the magistrate said every apprehended culprit would immediately appear before the sanitation court for prosecution.
Effiom expressed optimism upon receiving the sanitation marshals, saying that environmental management in the state was poised for a positive transformation.
He noted that the development demonstrates the commitment of the state government to enhance environmental governance, promote sustainable practices and ensure accountability for environmental infractions.
Agency deploys sanitation marshals for regulation of environmental standards in Akwa Ibom

Nigerian Customs seizes N3.6bn worth of bulletproof jackets, drugs in Ogun

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Nigerian Customs seizes N3.6bn worth of bulletproof jackets, drugs in Ogun

The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone A Ikeja, has intercepted contraband goods valued at N3.6 billion, including 150 cartons of bulletproof jackets worth N1.687 billion.
Speaking to journalists in Ikeja on Thursday, Kola Oladeji, Customs Area Controller for the unit, revealed that the seizures were made along the Ijebu Ode-Sagamu Expressway in Ogun State. Each carton contained 10 packs of bulletproof jackets, which were seized in June.
Oladeji emphasized that the importation of military wares like bulletproof jackets by individuals is strictly prohibited under Schedule 4 of the Customs Common External Tariff. He noted that an end-user certificate from the Office of the National Security Adviser is mandatory for such imports.
“These seizures were unique because it was a breach of security, no end-user certificate,” Oladeji stated, highlighting the seriousness of the offense.
The Customs Area Controller also disclosed the interception of other illegal items during the same period, including 989 kilograms of cannabis sativa and 5,229 cartons of expired drugs across various locations in the South-Western States.
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In addition to these, the unit seized 343,750 liters of premium motor spirit, 7,150 bags of foreign parboiled rice, 32 units of used vehicles, 120 bags of sugar, and 3,560 cartons of poultry products.
Oladeji reported that four suspects were apprehended in connection with various offenses related to import/export guidelines, concealment, wrong classification, smuggling, and policy directive contraventions.
He emphasized that the cumulative duty paid value of the intercepted goods amounts to N3.6 billion. Furthermore, the unit recovered N62 million in revenue for June 2024 through documentary checks and demand notices issued on consignments that were underpaid.
Oladeji called on Nigerians to provide timely and useful information to aid in the arrest of individuals involved in illegal importation activities involving military wares, illicit drugs, and counterfeit goods. He also urged importers and licensed agents to comply with import and export guidelines to avoid losing their goods.
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Tinubu approves N70,000 minimum wage

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Tinubu approves N70,000 minimum wage

President Bola Tinubu has approved N70,000 as the new minimum wage for Nigerian workers with a promise to review the national minimum wage law every three years.

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High court grants bail to suspected killer of Koro monarch in Kwara

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High court grants bail to suspected killer of Koro monarch in Kwara

A Kwara State High Court has released one of the suspected killers of Onikoro of Koro, Oba Peter Aremu on bail on health condition.
The suspect, Olowofela Oyebanji, is the second defendant among others who were arraigned before Magistrate Monisola Kamson for the alleged offences of culpable homicide.
Oyebanji’s counsel, Udeh, during their arraignment at the magistrate court, disclosed that his client’s application for bail at the high court has been granted.
He said Oyebanji could not physically appear in court because he was on admission at a Lagos State hospital.
Udeh, however, promised to ensure his presence at the next adjourned date while Magistrate Monisola Kamson who presided over the matter adjourned till August 9th, 2024.
The prosecutor, Abdullah Sanni, had applied to substitute the police report to add another suspect, Saliu Murtala, who was just arrested, bringing the total number of suspects in connection with the case to 14.
Other suspects, Godwin Jacob, Adefalolu Ayodele, Tewasie Francis, Babatunde Samuel, Godwin Joseph, one Issa, Miracle Solomon, Abraham Kehinde, Muhammed Bello, Muhammed Muhammed, Ahmadu Umaru and Muhammed Dankai of different address in Ekiti State, have been remanded.
TVN recalls that one Aremu Simon Adeyemi reported the case at Eruku Police Division and the suspects were subsequently dragged to court for the alleged offences of criminal conspiracy, culpable homicide, kidnapping and giving false information.
Adeyemi, through the police report, narrated how the suspects pointed guns at him, ordering him to follow them when he challenged them after noticing their movement around his grandson.
He said his grandson escaped through the backdoor while the suspects proceeded to kill the monarch and kidnapped his wife and one other person identified as Mercy.
Adeyemi added that he was later released while the deceased wife and Mercy were held hostage.
High court grants bail to suspected killer of Koro monarch in Kwara

Ndume: Nigerian Senate becoming puppet in Tinubu’s administration – Atiku

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Ndume: Nigerian Senate becoming puppet in Tinubu’s administration – Atiku

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar says that Tinubu’s administration has turned the National Assembly, especially the Senate into a ‘Puppet’.
This is in light of the recent removal of Senator Ali Ndume as senate whip and his suspension from the All Progressives Congress, APC on Wednesday.
Atiku who condemned the action, in a statement via his Official X handle said members of the Senate should not be reprimanded for performing their statutory duty of calling the executive to order.
According to the former vice president, “the legislative arm of government was conceived as a means of protecting the people from the authoritarian tendencies of wielders of state powers, making sure that the executive does not go overboard in the application of its powers”.
He pointed out that the current administration of President Bola Tinubu has become an anathema to the general principle of democracy as providing primary protection for the people against executive excesses.
The statement reads in part, “Regrettably, however, the democracy in Nigeria in the current administration of President Bola Tinubu has become an anathema to that general principle of democracy as providing primary protection for the people against executive excesses.
“This ugly tendency is being manifested by the steady posturing of our National Assembly, especially the Senate, of taking a reverse course in its core function and becoming a puppet in the hands of the President.
“It is uncharitable that whenever members of the Senate stand on the floor of the red chamber to perform their statutory duty of calling the executive to order, they are immediately reprimanded for doing so”.
The PDP chieftain also recalled when Senator Abdul Ningi spoke about the incident of budget padding in the 2024 Appropriation bill, rather than calling for a thorough investigation into the observation, the reaction of the Senate was to hand him a suspension.
“When Senator Abdul Ningi called the attention of the country to the incident of budget padding in the 2024 Appropriation bill, rather than calling for a thorough investigation into the observation, the reaction of the Senate was to hand him a suspension. Today, the people of Nigeria are victims of an ambiguous budget framework upon which appropriations for the current fiscal year are hinged in the face of a multiplicity of appropriations.
”Only yesterday, Senator Ali Ndume called for the President to wake up to his responsibilities and provide succour to address the biting hunger and poverty in the country. Ironically, the response of the Senate to his patriotic warning is to relieve him of his principal office as the Chief Whip of the Senate”, he wrote.
“Also, despite persistent solicitations that the government put its priorities on cancelling the excruciating hardship in the land and suspend the idea of spending scarce resources on the purchase of new aircraft for the presidential fleet, the Senate took a stand against the people and ignored the voices of altruism by decorating the President with controversial purchases of an aircraft and a yacht amidst the worst material conditions of the average citizen in the history of our country”.
Atiku also called for an end to the unholy alliance between the executive and the legislature which may lead to a dictatorship that will worsen the lot of the people.
Ndume: Nigerian Senate becoming puppet in Tinubu’s administration – Atiku

NUC approves post-graduate programmes for Ajayi Crowther University

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NUC approves post-graduate programmes for Ajayi Crowther University

The National Universities Commission has approved the establishment of full-time mode for PhD, Post-Graduate and Masters programmes in Finance for Ajayi Crowther University.

The commission also approved PhD programme in Accounting, Masters and PhD programmes in Architecture, Post-Graduate Diploma in Education, as well as Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology.

The approval was contained in two separate letters from the commission which were made available by the university’s management.

The letters were signed by Acting Director, Academic Planning, NUC, Abubakar Girei, on behalf of the Acting Executive Secretary of the commission.

The letter stated that the approval was given after a resource verification team of experts visited the University to assess the human and material resources available for the establishment of the programmes.

It also said that the approval was given with effect from the 2023/2024 academic session.

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Reps to cut salaries by 50% for 6 months to fight hardship

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Reps to cut salaries by 50% for 6 months to fight hardship

The House of Representatives has resolved to slash their salaries by 50% as a way to support the Federal Government addressing the economic hardship in the country.
The House reached this resolution sequel to the adoption of a motion moved on the floor of the House by Hon. Ibrahim Isiaka (APC– Ogun State) during plenary in Abuja.
The salary cut is to last for six months and will amount to N648 million
The lawmakers, however, appealed to Nigerians to exercise more patience with President Bola Tinubu’s led administration in addressing challenges and hardships faced by citizens.
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The House further mandated its Committee on Appropriation, Humanitarian Affairs, Finance and Budget to ensure compliance.
High cost of foodstuffs and other commodities in the markets, across the country, have been on the rise, causing frustration among the citizenry.
The situation has already prompted calls for the youths to embark on a nation-wide protest.
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Ex-Niger Delta agitators mobilise protest against East-West road neglect

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Ex-Niger Delta agitators mobilise protest against East-West road neglect

Ex-agitators in the Niger Delta region are gearing up for a massive protest against the Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, for allegedly abandoning the East-West road project.
One of the leaders of ex-agitators in the Niger Delta, Osaanya B. Osaanya, said in a statement he issued on Thursday, that all was set to storm the road for what he described as the mother-of-all protest.
Osaanya said hundreds of youths had agreed to partake in the protest, which he said would last for days to call the Federal Government’s attention to the urgency of fixing the road.
He described the road as a death trap saying that commuters and drivers spend days at a particular deplorable section of the road before getting to their destination.
Osaanya said trucks and other vehicles were trapped on the road between Bayelsa and Rivers State and wondered why Umahi would maintain deaf ears despite the outcries of the people.
He blamed the development on the minister saying he engaged inexperienced contractors to work on the road.
He said: “The problem we are facing on the East-West Road is caused by Dave Umahi, the Minister of Works. How on earth will he carve out the most disturbing spot that needs more urgent attention to a sub-standard contractor?
“Or is the Minister intentionally suffering the people of the Niger Delta? We will bring the protest to the doorstep of the Minister and the President so that President Tinubu will know what we are going through”.
Osaanya called on all the relevant groups and leaders of the Niger Delta such as the Ijaw National Congress, INC, Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, the Movement for the Survival of Ijaw Ethnic Nationality, MOSIEND, the Ijaw Elders Forum, Dr Goodluck Jonathan and others to join the protest.
He further urged E.K Clark, the Governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri, whom he said had started the protest as well as former Governor Seriake Dickson and Rivers State Governor, Siminialayi Fubara, to identify with the demonstration.
He said: “We can’t continue to live like this as a people. This is the major road connecting all of us in the Niger Delta, where the bulk of the resources used in constructing mega roads in other parts of the country come from.
“Why should we always be on our knees to go for what we rightly deserve. This coming protest is another sad reminder of how we have been marginalized and neglected as a people”.
Ex-Niger Delta agitators mobilise protest against East-West road neglect

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