Gov. Sanwo-Olu to abolish pension for Tinubu, Fashola, Ambode, others

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Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu announced his intention to Tuesday to repeal the Public Office Holder (Payment of Pension Law 2007), which provides for payment of pension and other entitlements to former Governors and their Deputies. He made this known while presenting the 2021 budget to the Lagos State House of Assembly. In his word, he said: “Mr. Speaker and Honourable Members of the House, in light of keeping the costs of governance low and to signal selflessness in public service, we will be sending a draft executive bill…

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INEC: Yakubu hands over to Mu’azu pending Senate confirm as chairman

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Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, on Monday, handed over to Air Vice Marshall Ahmed Mu’azu (retired) to run the affairs of the commission. Mu’azu would oversee the INEC pending the confirmation of Yakubu by the Senate. Yakubu said, “You may recall that the current Commission was inaugurated in three batches. The Chairman and five Commissioners were sworn-in on 9th November 2015, followed by another six Commissioners on December 7, 2016, and one more Commissioner on July 21, 2018. “The commission is a constitutional body whose…

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Access Bank restates Commitment to technological Innovation

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Access Bank Plc, sponsors of the Nigerian Fintech week 2020 stated its commitment to advancing the frontiers of industry agnostic technological innovation across Africa with Nigeria in focus. According to a statement from the bank, the week-long event sought to highlight fintech as a solution to problems across different industries including health, agriculture and logistics. Speaking at the event, the Executive Director for Information Technology and Operations, at Access Bank Plc, Ade Bajomo said: “Access Bank is committed to positively impacting lives and building the economy through technology. For years,…

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#EndSARS: Modupe Odele’s passport released, free to travel

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One of the legal aides of the EndSARS protesters, Modupe Odele, today (Monday) announced that she has retrieved her international passport eight days after she was prevented from travelling out of Nigeria. In her tweet, she said: “Passport now picked up, No issues.” Odele, one of the backers to the protests against police brutality in Nigeria, was prevented from travelling out of the country on Sunday, November 2. Tagged #EndSARS protests, young Nigerians took to the streets for about two weeks to press home their demands for the scrapping of…

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FIRSTBANK HOSTS SME WEBINAR, ENLIGHTENS ENTREPRENEURS ON WAYS TO REBUILD THEIR BUSINESS

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First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider, will host an SME webinar themed “Rebuilding your Business” by 10am on Tuesday, 10 November 2020 via Zoom meetings. The event is organised in collaboration with FBN Insurance Brokers and FBN Quest with its discussants including: Tunde Owolabi, Group Executive, Retail Banking (Lagos & West), FirstBank; Olumide Ibidapo, MD/CEO FBNInsurance Brokers and Ijeoma Agboti, Managing Director, FBNQuest Funds. As a brand committed to putting its stakeholders first, the SME Webinar is designed to empower the participants and…

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US election: Joe Biden promises unity in victory speech

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America’s presidential election winner, Joe Biden has said it is “time to heal” the US in his first speech as president-elect, vowing not to divide but to unify the country. “Let’s give each other a chance,” he said at an event in Delaware addressing those who did not vote for him. Biden defeated incumbent President Donald Trump following a cliff-hanger vote count after Tuesday’s election. President Trump has yet to concede and has not spoken publicly since his defeat was announced while he was playing golf. The result makes Mr…

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Zamfara LG commission chairman slumps, dies after attending wedding

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Dr. Malami Aliyu Yandoto slumped and died after attending the wedding ceremony of the daughter of a former governor, Ahmed Sani in Sokoto. Until his death, Dr. Yandoto was the chairman, Zamfara State Local Governments Service Commission. According to reports, he was one of the guests at the wedding ceremony that took place at Yarima’s residence in Sokoto on Saturday and immediately after the wedding, the guests were invited to Sokoto Government House for a luncheon. The deceased who was in company of other guests left for the Government House…

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100 AK-47 rifles looted in Lagos police stations during EndSARS protests– Force committee

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About 100 AK-47 rifles and 2,600 pieces of ammunition are missing as a result of attacks on police formations in Lagos State by hoodlums who hijacked protests. This was made known by the Inspector-General of Police Committee on EndSARS Protest Damage Assessment. The committee stated that 37 police formations were attacked during the widespread violence in the state while 367 vehicles, including 10 Armoured Personnel Carrier, saloon cars and Hilux vans were burnt. The Chairman of the 10-man committee, CP Yaro Abutu, who disclosed this on Saturday, said the team…

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#EndSARS: Lagos Panel boycotted by youth representatives

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Retired Justice Doris Okuwobi, chairman of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry, has adjourned sitting to November 14 due to the inability to form quorum due to the absence of two youth representatives at the panel in protest of their bank accounts that were frozen by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). She stated that the adjournment is important because the youths who are also members of the #EndSARS protest are key members of the panel. Reason for the boycot, according to sources has to do with the Central…

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Ladoja to OBJ: “Your comment has absolute disregard for truth”

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The book launch of an autobiography of former Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala in Ibadan, Oyo State was well attended, but the controversies that trailed some comments by ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo and Akala’s predecessor, former Governor Rashidi Ladoja is not something to forget in a hurry. Obasanjo, who attended the book launch personally while making some comments from the book, had said that, Ladoja’s inability to manage the late Chief Lamidi Adedibu and Chief Yekini Adeojo were responsible for his impeachment. Barely 24-hours after Obasanjo’s comment, the former governor, Senator Ladoja, yesterday…

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