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Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) and former military Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (rtd), as well as some serving governors have appealed to Nigerian leaders to always exhibit decorum and humility while presiding over the affairs of the people for national unity and cohesion. The prominent Nigerians said humility in governance elicits stability and removes friction between the leaders and the led for economic prosperity. They spoke in Ikere Ekiti on Friday, during the dedication and consecration of Saint Peters’ Anglican Church ultra modern auditorium donated to the Anglican Communion by a legal icon, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN). Speaking during the church service marking the dedication, Vice-President Osinbajo commended Olanipekun for dedicating his life to God through the donation. The number two man said: “David was the most favoured in the history of mankind despite not being a saint of any kind. “If you read your Bible, God described David as a man after his heart. Even w

The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has said natural resources such and oil, gas and minerals, including talents, mean little without creativity and value addition. According to Vice President Osinbajo, it is value addition and creativity that is the difference between poverty and wealth. Osinbajo said these when he delivered a lecture entitled “Facing the New Decade,” at the fifth convocation of Federal University of Dutse, Jigawa State. According to the Vice President, “the abundance of natural resources such as we have in Nigeria, oil and several minerals, even talents, mean little or nothing unless we are able to creatively and by using innovation and adding value, add to whatever it is that we have in terms of talent or resources. "Put it differently, the difference between poverty and wealth or mediocrity and high achievement is creativity, or the capacity and willingness to add value. “This is the reason why Apple, manufacturers of the iPhone

President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated Ahmed Kadi Amshi and 11 others as Chairman and commissioners of the National Assembly Service Commission. Engr Amshi and 11 commissioners took their oaths of office at the statehouse council chamber in Abuja which was presided over by President Buhari. The ceremony was witnessed by the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila. President Buhari had in December 2019, forwarded the names of the Chairman, Ahmed Kadi Amshi, and 11 commissioners to the National Assembly for confirmation. The National Assembly Service Commission is saddled with the responsibility of managing the workforce of the National Assembly. The ceremony kicked off at around 10:00 am, preceding the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting which started at around 11 am. CHANNELSTV

Anambra State government has donated land to the Federal Government for the establishment of an automotive industrial park in Nnewi, the second-biggest commercial town in the state. Nnewi, regarded as ‘Detroit of Nigeria’ is home to Innoson Motors, the first indigenous motor manufacturing firm in Nigeria, as well as a large number of small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) that are engaged in the manufacture of car and motorcycle spare parts. Chris Azubogu, member, representing, Nnewi North, Nnewi South and Ekwusigo Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, confirmed the development at the just concluded Nnewi Economic Summit organised by TBWA and C&F PorterNovelli with funding from Ford Foundation. He explained that the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, and Anambra State government had already sited the first out of the three approved automotive Industrial parks in the country in Nnewi. “I can reliably tell you that Governor Willie Obian

The Federal High Court in Abuja has found Mr Olisa Metuh guilty of money laundering in the sum of N400 million. The trial judge, Justice Okon Abang, found the former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) guilty on Tuesday while delivering judgement in the suit instituted against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The anti-graft agency charged Metuh, who is standing trial alongside his company, Destra investment, with seven counts bordering on criminal diversion of the money received from the office of the former National Security Adviser (NSA), Colonel Sambo Dasuki (rtd). Delivering judgement in the case, Justice Abang convicted the former PDP spokesman of count one of the charges. “It is my view that Metuh took possession of the N400 million from the office of the NSA without contractual agreement; he is guilty of money laundering and is hereby convicted on count one.” Shortly after he was convicted, the trial judged

Every citadel of learning derives its claim to greatness from the reputation and accomplishments of its students and staff: the great academics and scholars to whom has been given the enormous task of instructing, guiding and inspiring the minds and talents that are destined to define the future. Your task is possibly the noblest anyone could ask for, yet often without great reward or even gratitude. But we thank you today for your great and priceless service to this and coming generations. It is most pleasing to learn that the proverbial seed planted less than a decade ago, the Federal University, Dutse, has not only produced four sets of graduates already and tomorrow by the grace of God, a fifth set, but has also grown so bounteously to now have over 7,000 students spread across 6 faculties, including a College of Medicine and Health Sciences.  Yours is the first among the set of Universities set up by the Federal Government in 2011 to establish a College of Medicine and Hea

The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) has asked the Nigerian public to disregard the story that the federal government is to pay Kebbi State governor, Atiku Bagudu, $100m from the late Sani Abacha loot, describing the report as “unfounded and baseless.” In a statement over the weekend, Special Assistance on Media to the Minister, Umar Gwamdu, said the report is a fiction and figment of the imagination of the writer. According to an online portal, Premium Times, on Friday, Nigerian government is committed to a deal that would help Bagudu keep over $100m from funds stolen by Abacha. The paper said court documents reported by Bloomberg is likely to put cooperation with the United States over Abacha loot recovery at risk. The report titled, ‘Buhari wants to pay $100 million to Kebbi governor who helped Abacha loot Nigeria’, the  paper said:  “The deal was first negotiated in 2003 under the former President, Olu

President Muhammadu Buhari says the issue of partial closure of Nigeria’s land border to goods from neighbouring countries will be determined by report of tripartite committee made up of Nigeria, Benin and Niger Republic. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, said the Nigerian leader stated this when he received President Roch Marc Christian Kabore of Burkina Faso at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Friday. He explained that Nigeria’s decision to partially close the border was purely to safeguard national security. The President of Burkina Faso is the Chairman of the ECOWAS Committee mandated to resolve the issue of border closure.Buhari said: “Our major problem is security; the inflow of weapons, ammunition and drugs. “We have witnessed a decline in banditry using such weapons since the partial closure of the border.“Also, our farmers are now able to sell their rice since we stopped the inflow of foreign rice, usually dumped in

The Federal Government on Thursday announced that the two runways at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos have now been calibrated for CAT III ILS and safe for international flights landing. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed who made the announcement at a media briefing in Abuja said the Notice to Airmen (NOTAP) had been sent out to that effect. He recalled that in recent times, some international flights billed for the airport were being diverted to other airports within and outside the country due to adverse weather conditions at the airport. The minister apologised to Nigerians and other travelers who had to endure inconveniences resulting from the diversion of their flights. He, however, denied allegations by some commentators that the navigational equipment CAT III ILS was not bought or installed in the Lagos airport and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. Mohammed also said that the accusation of inepti