Members of the Nigeria Governor’s Forum (NGF) have resolved to collaborate with the Ministry of Petroleum Resources to support the implementation of the National Gas Expansion Programme (NGEP) through a state-wide adoption of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). The governors also promised to evolve measures to ease gas pipeline right of way applications and encourage the micro stove assembly for small businesses, including facilitating training for gas operators. They gave the commitment at the NGF’s 12th COVID-19 teleconference held on Wednesday where Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva made a presentation on the NGEP. In a communique issued after the…
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The 36 state governors under the aegis of Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) unanimously resolved to engage with the Vice President and Chairman of the National Economic Council (NEC), Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, to facilitate states’ representation in the implementation committee of the Nigeria Economic Sustainability Plan (NESP). To this end, the governors advocated for the need to revitalise Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) to support the government’s ambitious housing programme and the importance of the N2trillion Nigeria Infrastructure Investment Fund to stimulate the economy. The NGF’s resolution was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of the 12thteleconference meeting…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Gombe Zonal Office has arraigned the trio of Jedua Ahmed Dawud, Oliver Wubon and Joseph Danladi John before Justice F. Agya of Taraba State High Court on a six-count charge bordering on conspiracy, criminal breach of trust and forgery. The offences run contrary to Sections 96, 315 and 366 of the Penal Code of Taraba State and punishable under Section 315 of the same law. The first defendant, Jedua Ahmed Dawud is currently a serving member of Taraba State House of Assembly, representing Sardauna Local Government Area of the state, while the second and…
There was panic in some areas of Lagos on Wednesday over the appearance of a snow-like substance. Some Twitter users who made videos on the popular Ikorodu Road described the substance as snow. On the back streets of Anthony Village, some residents were trapped inside their houses as the substance kept spreading. Some were even seen in a video obtained using ladders to come out of their homes as the substance had covered the entire gate and compound areas. However, top sources in the Lagos State Ministry of the Environment confirmed to that the substance was from the content of…
More facts have emerged on the ongoing probe of the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu. Two top retired Generals of the Nigerian Army: former Military Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar; and former Chief of Army Staff, General Theophilus Danjuma, had of recent reported Magu to President Muhammadu Buhari for ill-treating them. This was disclosed by former presidential spokesman and Chairman of the Editorial Board of THISDAY newspaper, Olusegun Adeniyi, in his weekly column in the highly celebrated newspaper. Adeniyi, who was spokesman of late President Umaru Yar’Adua, said part of Magu’s problem was…
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We, members of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), at our meeting held today, Wednesday, 8th July 2020 deliberated on issues affecting the country including the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. 1. The NGF Chairman provided an update on: a. The World Bank Regional Disease Surveillance Systems Enhancement (REDISSE) programme which is a US$100 million COVID-19 support from the federal government to fund health mitigation measures across states. The Fund comes at a critical time as the impact of COVID-19 prolongs and when State governments prepare for the reopening of the economy, and it will support broader mitigation measures required to…
The Gov. Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has asked stakeholders and other members of the party with grievances to withdraw their cases from the courts. The committee asked the aggrieved party members to explore the mechanisms for dispute resolution as set out in APC Constitution 2014 (as amended). The party gave the charge in a statement issued Wednesday in Abuja and signed by its Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Mr Yekini Nabena. According to the statement, the Buni-led committee “has recieved the formal letter from the Party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) Integrity…
Dr. Muhammad Murtala Aminu, a Trademarks and Intellectual Property Expert cum Law Lecturer at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, has been appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari, as secretary to the Nigerian Law Reform Commission. The Nigerian Law Reform Commission is an institution saddled with the responsibility to harmonise national legislation and also among the four parastatals under the Federal Ministry of Justice. The Secretary of the Commission is to be the accounting officer while also supporting the chairman in ensuring that all the rules and regulations relating to the management of the human, material and financial resources of the Commission are…
The presidential panel investigating graft allegations against embattled acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has given him two days to consult his lawyers. ACTING Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibrahim Magu was on Wednesday grilled for the third day over allegations levelled against him by Attorney-General and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami. He was quizzed for more than 10 hours, it was learnt, after which he was returned to the custody of the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) where he is being detained. According to TheNation the panel has expanded the scope…
