Henceforth, fuel marketers would fix the pump price of petrol under the deregulation regime, the industry’s regulator, the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) has said.The agency stated yesterday that its roles would change from price-fixing to policing the downstream sector of the oil and gas industry.The deregulation policy also received a boost yesterday as the Organised Private Sector (OPS) rallied support for it. However, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has faulted the position of the federal government that the deregulation of the price of petrol is the reason the pump price of fuel was increased.PPPRA General Manager, Administration and…
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Judicial activities in Nigeria’s South South Cross River State, has been crippled for seven (7) days now because of the vacuum in the office of the Chief Judge of the State. Justice Maurice Eneji’s tenure as the acting Chief Judge of the State expired on Wednesday, September 2, 2020. Findings revealed that Justice Eneji cannot be reappointed having served for two conservative tenure of three months each. The National Judicial Council (NJC) headed by the Chief Justice of the Federation (CJN), as at press time is yet to act on the vacuum that has crippled the judiciary in Cross River…
BY TAIWO OGUNMOLA-OMILANI The Rector of the Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu, Mr. Olumide Olusola Metilelu has said that the institution resumption will be staggeredafter a long break caused by the outbreak of the dreaded COVID-19 Pandemic. “Our resumption will be staggered and the HND students will resume first. They will be receiving lectures on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, while the ND1 students would resume two weeks later and ND 2 would resume three weeks after to complete their exams,” he said. He said the institution is ready to receive students back on campus. Metilelu, who was addressing members of the Education Committee…
The Ekiti Commissioner for Justice, Olawale Fapohunda, on Wednesday sought the cooperation of traditional rulers in the state government’s effort to curb the activities of rapists and land grabbers. Fapohunda, made the call when he visited Ado, Irepodun/ Ifelodun and Ekiti West Local Government Areas, to begin a sensitization tour to educate the people on key public interest Laws including the Property Protection (Anti-Land Grabbing) and Gender-Based Violence (Prohibition) Laws. The Attorney-General visited the palaces of the Ewi of Ado-Ekiti, His Majesty Oba Adejugbe Aladesanmi; Onigede of Igede, His Majesty Oba Adelusi Aladesuru and Alara of Aramoko, His Majesty Oba Olu Adeyemi. He commended the…
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum yesteday, at Borno Liason Office in Abuja hosted officials of Mobile Telephone Network, MTN, and discussed modalities for restoration of telecommunication networks in some local government areas and other 57 sites hitherto destroyed by insurgents at various locations across the state. Boko Haram had since 2013 serially destroyed telecommunication masts/ equipment in a number of Council areas, as part of their techniques to prevent communities from making rescue calls and from tipping off security agencies on the movements of the insurgents before, during and after attacks. This was contained in a press statement signed and issued…
The Minister of State for Health, Dr. Olorunnimbe Mamora, says the Federal Government has paid up to N20bn in COVID-19 inducement allowance to doctors and health workers in the country. The minister, who applauded all front-line health workers in the country amid the fight against the pandemic, made this known on Wednesday morning while featuring on Channels Television‘s programme, Sunrise Daily. About 16,000 doctors have downed tool over the government’s inability to meet their demands including insurance package, payment of the outstanding COVID-19 inducement allowance as well as the payment of medical residency training funding. The PUNCH had earlier reported that the doctors…
Nigeria’s founding fathers bequeathed the country with a federalist system which has a number of positive features that can potentially support a development agenda. The fiscal reserve belongs to both the Federal and sub-national governments. States operate a high degree of decentralized autonomy which is essential for development and fiscal stability. The adoption of federal form of government was borne out of the reflection of a cultural heterogenity that characterised the regions of Nigeria. Although the evolution of intergovernment relationships between the federal and State governments has occurred in fits and starts partly due to the unitarist impulses of military…
The office of the Head of Service hereby announce that, following the release of the results of the examination on recruitment into the Ekiti State Board for Technical and Vocational Education, candidates/applicants for the underlisted junior posts who scored 30 marks and above are to appear for interview on Friday 11th September, 2020 at OLA OLUWA GRAMMAR SCHOOL, Ilawe Road, Ado-Ekiti at 10 am: WORKSHOP ASSISSTANTLABORATORY ASSISSTANTCLERICAL OFFICERCONFIDENTIAL SECRETARYApplicants for the posts of WATCHMAN and MESSENGER, who were exempted from the examination, are also expected to appear for screening on the same day at the venue. Applicants are to contact…
A 21-year-old British university student has landed a million-dollar book deal in the US for her first novel, a high-school thriller that tackles institutionalised racism. Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, from London, was 19 and studying English, Chinese and anthropology in Aberdeen when she began writing what would become Ace of Spades. The young adult novel, which follows two black students trying to find out who is spreading damaging rumours about them at their elite private school, was snapped up this week, along with a second novel, by Macmillan in the US for a seven-figure sum. It will be published next June. “I…
In its effort to ensure that the spread of the HIV virus is drastically reduced, the Federal Government has approved the inclusion of ”Wondfo” HIV I and II rapid test kits for use in the country. The National Coordinator, National AIDS/STI Control Programme, Dr Akudo Ikpeazu, made this known while presenting the evaluation report on the kit, on Tuesday in Abuja. “The Wondfo rapid test kit could be used as a confirmatory test because of its high specification of 99.4 per cent,” she said. The coordinator said that in 2019, the Federal Ministry of Health approved the conduct of the…
