Governor Obiano flags off Anambra-Abia State link road

 

 Anambra State government has flagged off the rehabilitation of 35-year-old Nawfija-Ufuma-Ogbanka-Abia State border road to ease transportation in the area.
Obiano acknowledging cheers from his supporters at a recent function in the state
Obiano
The ceremony took place at Ogbunka in Orumba South local government area.  

NDLEA Chairmanship Controversy: How DG NDLEA Self Imposes Self As Acting Chairman

Ajayi Bamidele
Ikeja,
Lagos, Nigeria
Following the purported  rumour making rounds that President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed the Director General of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Mrs.  Roli Bode-George as acting chairman of the agency, report from the out-gone chairman Alhaji Ahamadu Giade confirmed the true state of the scenario that play out.

Roli Bode George becomes Acting Chairman of NDLEA



MRS Roli Bode George has been appointed as the first woman acting Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, following the retirement of Alhaji Ahmadu Giade who has bowed out after serving 10 years in the agency.

Obiano Suspends November Sanitation Exercise To Honour Cardinal Arinze's 50th Episcopal Ordination

The Anambra State Government has suspended November environmental sanitation exercise  to enable well wishers of Francis Cardinal Arinze's celebrate his  fiftieth years of Episcopal Ordination unhindered..

FASHOLA MOVES TO FIX POWER SECTOR

Minister of Power, Babatunde Fashola, yesterday informed operators in the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry, NESI, that one of the primary targets of the present government is to fix the sector.
The minister, at a stakeholders’ forum organised by the Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency in Abuja, explained that the functions of NEMSA, as directed by the Federal Government, is to ensure stable systems that would deliver reliable, efficient and regular power supply and at the same time guarantee safety of lives and property in the industry.

End petrol scarcity in two weeks, Senate tells Kachikwu

The Senate on Thursday asked the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, to end the current scarcity of petrol within two weeks.

The upper chamber also directed the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Mrs. Jamila Soara, and heads of other agencies in the sector to ensure steady supply of the product in all filling stations across the country at the approved pump price.

Police budget can barely buy stationery – Arase

The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, said on Thursday that declining budgetary allocations lately had boxed the Nigeria Police into a corner where its annual recurrent budget could barely buy stationery for formations across the federation.

Kogi election: Declare me gov-elect, Faleke tells INEC

The running mate of the late Abubakar Audu, who was governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the November 21 poll in Kogi State, Mr. James Faleke, has opposed the proposed supplementary election by the Independent National Electoral Commission in the state on December 5.

Nigerians Should Consider Buhari For Another Tenure of Offfice – Senator Yerima

President Muhammadu Buhari must re-contest election in 2019 because a single term of four years would not be enough for him to adequately tackle the fight against corruption and insecurity in the country, former Governor of Zamfara State, Ahmad Sani Yarima said.
Senator Yarima, is representing Zamfara West constituency and chairman Senate Committee on Marine Transport.

I Dissociate Myself From Bola Tinubu's Tribute---Soyinka

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has distanced himself from a tribute he purportedly wrote in honour of the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
In a tribute which has gone viral on the social media, Soyinka was quoted as saying that he admired Tinubu because he saved Nigeria from becoming a one-party state.