Ganduje sacks NNPC/AKK project chair over poor performance
Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano has sacked the Chairman, state NNPC/AKK Gas Pipeline Project and Gas Industrialisation Committee (KNSG-PDIC), Engr. Mu’azu Magaji Dansarauniya. His sack, according to Ganduje, was informed by his inability to measure up with the challenging job, poor performance and insubordination. Commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba, in a statement made available to The Star, said Magaji...
MasterCard Foundation, EDC to create 200,000 jobs for Nigerian youths
Mastercard Foundation in partnership with Enterprise Development Centre (EDC) have commenced training of Nigerian youths as part of efforts to bridge the unemployment gap by creating 200,000 jobs in the next five years. The director, EDC, Pan-Atlantic University, Mr. Peter Bankole, on Monday said that the programme is to train 200,000 youths over a period of five years. “As we train...
2023: Don’t pitch Osinbajo against Tinubu, Presidency tells media
The Presidency has called on the media to desist from pitching Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo against National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, in the build up to the 2023 presidential race. Senator Babafemi Ojudu, Special Adviser on Political Matters to the President, Office of the Vice President, in a statement made available to The Star on...
I’ve no confidence in your ability to dispense justice, lawmaker tells CJ
The crisis rocking the Ondo State House of Assembly over the controversial impeachment of Iroju Ogundeji as Deputy Speaker worsened on Monday as the embattled lawmaker asked the Chief Judge of the state, Justice William Akintoroye to hands off his case. Ogundeji has filed a suit before the court to challenge what he called unlawful removal from office of the...
Pandora Papers: CISLAC, TI, PTCIJ seek probe of exposed persons
The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), the National Chapter of Transparency International (TI) in Nigeria, and Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism (PTCIJ) on Monday urged President Muhammed Buhari to take steps in investigating every person exposed and implicated in the Pandora Papers. The Pandora Papers is one of the biggest ever corruption leaks led by the International Consortium...
Ekiti Guber: I’m in race to cater for the forgotten – Segun Oni
Former Governor of Ekiti State, Chief Segun Oni, on Monday said he was in the state governorship race to work with all stakeholders and cater for the forgotten. Oni stated this while speaking at the PDP National Secretariat during the submission of his nomination and expression of interest forms for the Ekiti State Governorship election, scheduled for June 18, 2022. Oni...
NGX opens new week in red, down by N80bn
The Nigerian stock market resumed trading on Monday in red to halt the seven consecutive days gaining sessions due to profit taking. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the market capitalisation dipped N80 billion or 0.38 per cent to close at N21.215 trillion from N21.295 trillion achieved. Also, the All-Share Index which opened at 40,868.36 lost 154.36 points or...
Girl-Child Day: Bauchi Gov vacates seat for 14-year-old Aisha
As a mark of honour to the girl-child, Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed on Monday vacated his seat for a 14-year-old girl, Aisha Katagum of the Government Junior Secondary School, Katagum as part of the activities for the celebration of the 2021 International Day Of The Girl-Child in the state. Speaking after vacating his seat for Aisha Katagum and...
El-Rufai reshuffles cabinet, returns Chief of Staff as Budget Commissioner
Malam Nasir El-Rufai has assigned new portfolios to some commissioners and senior officials of the Kaduna State Government. The governor said that the reshuffle is designed to help harness fresh energy for the government’s final lap, bring new insights and enable the commissioners to have more rounded experience of the government. A statement from Sir Kashim Ibrahim House disclosed that eight...
We’ll sanitise banks with asset declaration for executives — EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday explained that its directive to bankers to declare their assets was not a “witch hunt” but aimed sanitizing the banking sector. EFCC Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, made the clarification in Abeokuta at the opening of a two-day capacity building workshop for security agencies organised by the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC). “The theme...
