The managing Director of ECKLEEN INTEGRATED SERVICES the contractor that handled the Osusu Road Project in Aba, Engr. Uzoma Onuoha has threatened to sue the former Governor of the State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu for claiming that the road was done by the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC. Mr Onuoha who spoke to newsmen in Aba while reacting to the claims by Senator Orji Uzor Kalu described the claims as the Mother of all lies. He wondered how someone could wake up overnight to claim a job done by the state government under Governor Okezie Ikpeazu. While displaying documents issued…
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Protocols1. Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, it is my honour and privilege to be in your midst today on the occasion of the submission of the Report of the Committee for the Creation of Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in Ekiti State. 2. The creation of LCDAs is in furtherance of our commitment to justice and fair play for all sections of the state and to accommodate all genuine aspirations of our people. Through many of the consultative fora we had with Ekiti people during my first term in office, request for the creation of LCDAs top the list of our people’s demand. Surprisingly, in the…
The imminent submission of the report by a 13-Man committee inaugurated by Governor Fayemi over a year ago to critically examine and recommend to Government the viability and economic sustainability of the planned creation of Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs), was announced earlier today by His Excellency the governor himself. On his twitter handle, he wrote: ”In our efforts to bring government closer to the grassroots, I inaugurated a 13-person committee last year, to revisit the issue of Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) that were created from the existing Local Government Areas during my first term in office.I will shortly…
A retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Olabode Rhodes-Vivour, on Monday, maintained that many previous decisions of the apex court should be laid to rest and never followed. Justice Rhodes-Vivour, who clocked the 70 years mandatory retirement age on Monday, spoke at a valedictory session the Supreme Court held in his honour. He took his last opportunity on the bench to address key issues affecting both the judiciary and the nation. The retired jurist noted that the Supreme Court had on several occasions, held that it is absolutely bound by the doctrine of Precedent or stare decisis. He said the…
The Chief of Defence Staff, Maj.-Gen. Lucky Irabor, says the military has concluded arrangements to neutralise non-state-actors and other agents of violence in the country. While speaking at a one-day National Defence and Security Summit in Abuja, on Monday, he said illegal occupants of communities, forests and countryside will be targeted so as to stabilise the country. He said the military will ensure that the peace which eluded the country returns as soon as possible. According to him, it is no longer news that the nation experiences a wide range of national security threats including terrorism, insurgency, farmers/herders conflict, ethno-religious conflicts,…
BRITS face an official holiday ban in law from Monday – with the risk of a £5,000 fine for escaping. Under new Covid laws, which were published by ministers today, people across the country will be officially banned from leaving the country without a reasonable excuse. Holidays will specifically be outlawed with new laws coming in on Monday2Holidays will specifically be outlawed with new laws coming in on MondayCredit: AlamyPreviously the holiday ban was implied, as it was not one of the reasons people are allowed to leave their homes. The new laws come in on Monday as part of…
The Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, on Monday constituted a joint committee of the House to probe allegations brought against two local government council chairmen in the state.The joint committees on Public Account Committee (Local) and Local Government Administration and Community Affairs are to investigate allegations of unscrupulous activities against the chairmen of Isolo local government and Ikosi-Isheri LCDA respectively. They were accused of incursion into legislative activities in their respective councils and undermining the functionality of the legislative arms of the councils.Obasa, while constituting the joint committees, said: “Beyond the issue of the budget, there…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has reiterated the commitment of his government in ensuring safety of all National Youth Corps members posted to the state, in order for them to serve the people better. The Governor stated this when he received in audience the national governing board of the National Youths Service Corps led by its chairperson, Ambassador Fatima Ballah, in Ado Ekiti, on Monday. The NYSC board members were in the state to inspect facilities at the Ekiti State orientation camp and to seek support for the improvement and expansion of some of its facilities. Fayemi said the…
A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti on Monday ordered the remand of three suspects arrested in relation to last Saturday’s killings during the House of Assembly Constituency election in Ekiti East. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that those dragged before the court were Adenijo Olusola, 38, popularly called Solar; Paul Folorunso, 45; and Adebayo Serifat, 40, a female, arrested for the alleged killings in Omuo Ekiti. The three, facing three counts of conspiracy, murder and attempted murder, were ordered by the court to be remanded at the Federal Correctional Centre in Ado-Ekiti. They were accused of committing an…
Ekiti State government on Monday night, denied speculations in some quarters to the effect that it had issued quit notice to herdsmen who default in registering within a stipulated timeframe under its new scheme of facilitating peace between them and farmers in the state. Brig. Ebenezer Ogundana Rtd ,Special Adviser on Security Matters to Gov. Kayode Fayemi explained that the ” Herders/Farmer Registration Process” , embarked upon by government and coordinated by the State Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security was out to seek amicable resolution of the differences between the two sides and not to complicate issues. According to…
