Hyacinth Chinweuba Alhaji Ladan Baba, the Coordinator of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Kano has denied clash between soldiers and some corps members in the orientation camp at Karaye Local Government Area of the state. A statement by Aliyu Ahmed,the NYSC public relations officer in Kano denied the report. According to the Coordinator, there was also no any clash between the military, Paramilitary and the corps members as reported. “The attention of the Management of the NYSC has been drawn to news reports of skirmishes between a group of Corps members and the Camp…
Author: Orientalnews Staff
Hyacinth Chinweuba The Police in Ogun has arraigned 10 men before the Ota Magistrates ‘s Court for unlawful possession of firearms. The accused persons include Tajudeen Toyin (60), Segun Bello (48) ,Lateef Monsuru (31) and seven others. They are standing trial on two-count charge of threat to life and unlawful possession of firearms. The Prosecutor, Cpl. Abdulkareem Mustapha, told the court that the defendant and others now at large, committed the offences on November 9 at Kajola Village, Atan, Ota, Ogun. Abdulkareem said that the defendants were caught by the police with a locally made…
Hyacinth Chinweuba The Osun State Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old undergraduate student of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Ondo, Joseph Mark, for allegedly beheading his mother, Mrs. Christianah Mark. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Folashade Odoro, told journalists in Osogbo that the incident happened at 6:30 a.m. at No 25, Zone 5, Ajetomobi Street, Eko-Ende Road, Ikirun, Osun, on Sunday. According to Odoro, the father of the suspect, Mr. Adewale Mark, reported the incident to Ikirun Divisional Police station. She said the father explained that he left his house 5:30 a.m. to visit his friend at…
Hyacinth Chinweuba A 36-year-old man, Tunde Adewole, has been arraigned by the Police before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly posing as an officer of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). Adewole is also standing trial for alleged forgery and fraud. The Police prosecutor, Johnson Okunade, told the Court that the defendant and others at large committed the offence on June 20 at about 1000hrs at Egbewa Street, in Ado-Ekiti. He alleged that the accused and others at large committed felony to with impersonation by representing himself as a Customs officer, which he is not. Okunade also alleged…
Yemisi Izuora The Kano State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, says his administration spends N9 billion monthly on payment of workers’ salaries, saying the effort was commendable in a period where most state governments have not been able to pay salaries as a result of the economic situation in the country. He spoke in Kano state at the closing of a two-day workshop for financial journalists with theme: ‘The Role of Nigeria Banking Sector: Opportunities, Challenges and the Way forward’. It was organised by the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) in Kano recently. He stated that despite being the largest state in…
Hyacinth Chinweuba Claims of reduced rice importation by government is now in question as Growth and Employment in States (GEMS4), a UKAid DFID funded market development project in Nigeria, has revealed the huge vacuum in import substitution for rice in the country, placing the deficit at over 3,000,000 tonnes annually. The report which is the first of its kind by any development partner on the status of rice production in Nigeria, also highlighted the underlying systemic constraints to rice production in Nigeria. Speaking at an investment roundtable in Lagos, the Project Director of GEMS4, Mr. David Joiner, said the project’s…
Yemisi Izuora Forte Oil Plc, an Indigenous energy solution giant has commissioned alternative solar energy solution tagged ‘Green Energy’ solution. Speaking during the launch, the Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO), Forte Oil Group, Mr. Akin Akinfemiwa, stated that “we are foremost integrated energy provider with footprints u upstream, downstream and power generation. Today, that we are launching our solar system, we always look for formidable partners to bring our vision to live. “We sat with them and create a bespoke solutions and achieve a sustainable reliable and cost-effective effective solar solution. The solution is mobile, it is cost effective and…
Yemisi Izuora The Christian Welfare Initiative, WTI is holding a major rally in Lagos to draw attention of those in the vanguard of disintegration to have a rethink and dissipate energy in nations building than working against her unity. The group is not alone in the long march around major streets in the metropolis as it was joined by Poplife Youth Group in the initiative theme, “NIGERIA UNITY PRAYER MARCH”, which began from Yaba through Ojuelegba Down to the National Stadium in Surulere. His Grace, Archbishop Magnus Atilade, chairman Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, south west and president WTI, speaking…
Yemisi Izuora National President, National Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA), the umbrella organization of Chambers of Commerce in Nigeria, Iyalode Alaba Lawson, has advocated for re- awaking of Agribusiness opportunities and inter-dependence in Global and Nigerian markets. While making her presentation as guest speaker at the recently concluded US-Nigeria Agribusiness Summit, in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, Iyalode Alaba Lawson enumerated the evolving agricultural trends in Nigeria. She said: “Nigeria’s human and natural resource endowments despite the high potentials they hold, have not been fully explored owing to the shift from the thriving non-oil sector…
Yemisi Izuora The National Judicial Council has explained criteria for the appointment of 14 new judges to the Court of Appeal, which has generated criticism. Particularly of interest to commentators was the failure to appoint any person from the South East among the 14 elevated to the Court of Appeal. Offering explanation on the appointment, spokesperson of the NJC, Soji Oye, said there were various factors considered in reaching the decision, including the balancing of appointments vis-a-vis the number each geopolitical zone and State already has serving in the Court of Appeal. Oye said in the statement: “The attention of…