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Sanwo-Olu Swears-in New Permanent Secretaries

19Aug

By Debo OmilaniNo Comments

Lagos News, News, Nigeria

Sanwo-Olu Swears-in New Permanent Secretaries

The Lagos State governor on Monday swore in new permanent secretaries, saying the implementation of government policies and programmes depends on the orientation and qualitative service delivery of its Civil Servants. The governor disclosed this at the swearing-in ceremony of new nine Permanent Secretaries, at the Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja. He charged the newly appointed Permanent Secretaries to work ceaselessly to ensure that the State lives up to its expectations by residents, underscored the strategic importance of the civil service in nation building. According to him, there was need for the new leadership to implement necessary measures and initiatives to foster growth and development in all sectors of the State's economy. In his earlier remark, the Lagos State Head of Se...

Sanwo-Olu Swears In Commissioners. Will Swear in Special Advisers Tuesday

18Aug

By Debo OmilaniNo Comments

Lagos News, News, Nigeria

Sanwo-Olu Swears In Commissioners. Will Swear in Special Advisers Tuesday

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu will on Tuesday swear in Commissioners and Special Advisers that will work with him to deliver a greater Lagos. African News Today gathered that can the swearing in ceremony will take place at Adeyemi Bero Auditorium in Alausa by 10am prompt. The new cabinet members are to be sworn in having successfully been screened by the Lagos State House of Assembly. They are to work with Governor Sanwo-Olu and the Deputy Governor, Dr Obafemi Hamzat to deliver on the developmental agenda for the State as captured in T.H.E.M.E.S which stands for Traffic Management and Transportation; Health and Environment; Education and Technology; Making Lagos a 21st Century Economy; Entertainment and Tourism as well as Security and Governance. The new cabinet m...

Nigeria: Ike Ekweremadu Manhandled by IPOB Members in Germany

17Aug

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Biafra, News, Nigeria, Security

Nigeria: Ike Ekweremadu Manhandled by IPOB Members in Germany

Former deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu was shown in a video being manhandled by suspected IPOB members in Nuremburg Germany where he had gone to celebrate the Igbo new yam festival. As the video showed him being chased out of the venue of the event, voices could be heard in the background shouting "people are being killed on a daily basis, people are being arrested for no reason...." "we don't want them here.." This was clearly a show of disappointment and even anger at the Igbo ruling class who many IPOB members and indeed Igbos as a whole have seen as not being interested in the welfare of their people but only interested in their respective pockets. You can watch the video below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8rP1ZZCBCc

Sanwo-Olu appoints LASTMA Boss, Others Permanent Secretaries

16Aug

By Debo OmilaniNo Comments

Lagos News, News, Nigeria

Sanwo-Olu appoints LASTMA Boss, Others Permanent Secretaries

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has approved the appointment of the General Manager of Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Mr Wale Musa as a BabPermanent Secretary. This contained in a circular sighted by AFRICAN NEWS TODAY on Friday Others appointed as Permanent Secretaries by the state governor, are Mrs Sanyaolu Kikelomo Morenike, Engr Shodeinde Olalekan Nurudeen, Mrs Titilayo Shitta-Bey (Lagos State Director of Public Prosecution), Durosinmi-Etti Olorunkemi, Kalesanwo Oluyemi Yewande, Engr Agoro Moruf Olawale (Director Civil Engineering, LASURA) , Mrs Odeneye Belinda and Mr Olaide-Mesewaku Babatunde.

Lagos Emergency Workers Protests, Demand 5 Month Unpaid Salary

16Aug

By Debo OmilaniNo Comments

Employment, News, Nigeria, Safety

Lagos Emergency Workers Protests, Demand 5 Month Unpaid Salary

Some members of staff of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency Response Unit (LRU) on Friday protested demanding the payment of over five months' salary arrears owed by the Lagos State government. The protest which was staged at Alausa, Ikeja saw the staff with placard of various inscriptions The report gathered that the large number of workers who had reportedly stopped reporting for work, the number of agents at the LRU call centre had been depleted. One of the workers who pleaded anonymity said they have stopped the emergency management operations in Lagos and manned the Command and Control Centre at Alausa, Ikeja, where over 80,000 emergency calls were received on a daily. "Our salaries has stopped during former governor, Ambode's tenure. I have a child that is very s...

Kwara: ‘Judicial Solution’ Likely as Committee on Sales of Public Assets Submits Report

16Aug

By Debo OmilaniNo Comments

News, Nigeria

Kwara: ‘Judicial Solution’ Likely as Committee on Sales of Public Assets Submits Report

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Friday said recommendations of the committee on sales of public assets may be tested in the court in a bid to get justice for the people of the state. AbdulRazaq was speaking in Ilorin, the state capital, when the Committee on the Review of the Sales/Disposal of Government Properties submitted its final report to the Governor. "I thank you for your time and the efforts put into the work. I went through the interim report and I'm sure this final report would be an improvement on it," he said. "We would not discard the report because that would be a waste of your time and resources. We will definitely look at it. And we will find judicial solutions for the good of the state and Nigeria. In the interim report that you recently submitted...

Nigeria’s Impending Debt Default: A looming African Disaster

15Aug

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Economy, Finance, News, Nigeria

Nigeria’s Impending Debt Default: A looming African Disaster

In 2018, a BusinessDay editorial sounded the alarm about the prodigious growth of Nigeria’s debt profile at a time when government revenues were either flat or shrinking. In a response very typical of the present administration, the Debt Management Office fired off a dismissive rejoinder questioning BusinessDay’s financial knowledge and insisting that all is well because Nigeria’s 19 percent debt-to-GDP ratio is significantly lower than that of countries like the USA, which owes 104 percent of its GDP. What the shallow window dressing attempt failed to account for was that in a country like Nigeria whose economy is largely divorced from government revenues courtesy of oil receipts, it makes little sense to base any borrowing decision on the debt-to-GDP ratio. According to data from Heri...

University of Ghana Student Has Created the World’s First PedPaper

15Aug

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Africa, Ghana, Human Rights, Justice, News

University of Ghana Student Has Created the World’s First PedPaper

The non-profit startup Liars & Phonies is NOT a digital newspaper. Instead, it is a “pedpaper” that publishes op-eds, especially those focused on how democracy, human rights and freedoms have been violated in different countries or how political structures can be made more efficient. It is releasing daily op-eds on its website, a classic monthly digital pedpaper and a publication of the ranking of the world’s most powerful op-eds every year. All prominent newspapers in the world publish op-eds as part of their offerings. These op-eds have a very iconic history, and no they do not mean opinion editorials as most people think. Op-eds were first introduced as a way to solicit the opinions of the public on certain social and political issues that go on in their countries. These op-eds ...

Police Arrested a 24 Year Old Woman who appeared on a Viral Video detaining a Boy in a Dog Kennel in Lagos

15Aug

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Child Abuse, Crime, Human Rights, Justice, News, Nigeria

Police Arrested a 24 Year Old Woman who appeared on a Viral Video detaining a Boy in a Dog Kennel in Lagos

On 14th August, 2019, a team of detectives from the Gender Unit, Command’s Headquarters Ikeja, arrested one Onyinye Mbadike ‘f’ 24yrs of No 7 Trimnell Street, Aguda for assault and child abuse. This followed a viral video on the social media showing the suspect torturing one Chibike EziAmaka ‘m’ 10years old of same address. The video also showed the suspect locking the boy up in a dog’s kennel, sharing space with dogs. The video was widely condemned by well meaning Nigerians. The Commissioner of Police Lagos State, CP Zubairu Muazu mni ordered the Gender Unit of the Command to identify the Woman in the video, rescue the child and make the suspect face the full weight of the law. Domestic and Sexual Response Team (DSVRT), Alausa Ikeja also added its voice to the call for investigation...

Ogun Job Portal: Students’ Association Applauds Governor Abiodun

15Aug

By Debo OmilaniNo Comments

Employment, News, Nigeria, Youths

Ogun Job Portal: Students’ Association Applauds Governor Abiodun

The National Association of Ogun State Students (NAOSS) on Thursday has applauded the State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, for launching a portal to provide job opportunities for youths. This contained in a statement made made available to newsmen by Oluwagbemileke Ogunrombi, the National President, (NAOSS). Ogunrombi said the development marked the arrival of good tidings that job seekers in the state had long expected. “It is no longer news that the major problem facing the youths and middle aged Nigerians is unemployment. “Unemployment has, obviously opened the minds of youths to various forms of social vices, cumulating into agitations and insecurity in the country. “NAOSS hereby enjoins governors of other states to, as a matter of urgency, emulate this thoughtful approach of t...