One of the President’s special advisers has assured Nigerians of a better country. Ms. Olu Verheijen,the Special Adviser to the President on Energy, said on Wednesday that the development of gas was a priority for Bola Tinubu’s administration. Verheijen said this at the opening of the “Decade of Gas” secretariat in Abuja. The “Decade of Gas” programme is a Federal Government project designed to ensure that Nigeria propagates the supply and distribution of gas as the main source of energy both to power- and gas-based industries on commercial bases. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that this project is…
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The Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Kazeem Alogba, on Thursday granted amnesty to 30 prisoners in the state and directed their re-integration into the society. The 30 are among 40 inmates slated for pardon by the chief judge. The other six of the remaining 10 inmates should be returned to prison. The lord said that the remaining four names had errors. The 30 inmates were pardoned during an open court session presided over by Alogba at the premises of Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, Ogba. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that those granted freedom include four juveniles at Borstal…
On Thursday, a Federal High Court in Abuja dismissed the fundamental rights enforcement suit brought forward by Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), against the Department of State Services (DSS). Justice James Omotosho, in a judgment, held that Kanu’s suit lacked merit and ought to be dismissed. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Kanu, in the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/482/2022 and filed by his lawyer, had sued the Director General of DSS, DSS, and the Attorney-General of the Federation as 1st to 3rd respondents respectively. In the suit, the IPOB leader alleged that the…
Peter Obi, the former Labour Party presidential candidate has described the insecurity in the South East region as ‘criminal activity’. He emphasized that while the activities were being attributed to the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), the proscribed group has consistently denied any involvement in these criminal acts. According to him, what is going on in the South-East therefore is essentially a criminal activity. “Also disturbing is the continued disruption of business and social activities in the South East region over the Sit-at-Home directive purported to be coming from the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, when the body has publicly…
Former President Buhari was observed on the streets of Daura subsequent to his recent trip to London. A resident, who encountered the former president and captured the incident on video, expressed surprise and admiration as he fervently prayed for Buhari, repeatedly uttering his name in awe. It should be noted that former President Buhari had embarked on a 13-day visit to London, during which he had a meeting with President Bola Tinubu. click here to see the video. https://youtube.com/shorts/HlLePg8F9Ls
Remember that the President, Bola Tinubu had written to the house , Wednesday to seek support of having N500bn palliative to cushion Fuel Subsidy removal and soften the hardships confronting workers. The Nigeria Labour congress and Trade Union congress have rebuffed the President proposal to the parliamentarian. The National Treasurer of the NLC, Hakeem Ambali, who spoke in an interview with newsmen in Abuja, questioned the extent to which the palliative would cover. The unions are instead demanding a 300 per cent salary increase to enable workers to cope with the challenges imposed by the deteriorating economic situation that came…
The draw back is that Java threads are mapped directly to the threads within the working system (OS). This locations a tough restrict on the scalability of concurrent Java purposes. Not solely does it indicate a one-to-one relationship between software threads and OS threads, but there is not a mechanism for organizing threads for optimum association. In traditional thread-based concurrency, each thread corresponds to a native thread, which could be resource-intensive to create and handle. Fibers, however, are managed by the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) itself and are much lighter in terms of resource consumption. This test is about observing…
Good news for Nigerians as President Tinubu made possible the country redeemed a 10 years $500 Million Eurobond on its due date on July 12, 2023. According to investopedia, a Eurobond is a debt instrument that’s denominated in a currency other than the home currency of the country or market in which it is issued. The announcement was on the Debt management office of Nigeria website. The press statement reads in parts “Nigeria had previously redeemed a USD500 million Eurobond in July 2018, another USD500 million Eurobond in January 2021, and a USD300 million Diaspora Bond in June 2022. These,…
One AbdulGafar Ayanrinde who paraded himself as a lawyer has been sentences to three years imprisonment by an Osogbo magistrate’s court. The 25-years-old man was sentenced on Wednesday in Osun state. According to a statement made by Kehinde Adeleke, the spokesperson of the Osun State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, it was reported on Wednesday that Ayanrinde had committed the offenses from the 18th to the 22nd of May 2023. Adeleke added that Ayanrinde was apprehended by NSCDC operatives on the 24th of May. Adeleke further disclosed that Ayanrinde, having presented himself as a barrister at…
The Federal Government on Wednesday, says it has taken steps to increase the production of wheat, rice, maize, sorghum and soyabean, through the provision of relevant farm inputs. News Agency of Nigeria reports Dr. Ernest, the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, made this statement during a stakeholders meeting held in Abuja to discuss the implementation of the National Agricultural Growth Scheme and Agro-pocket (NAGs-AP). Dr. Ernest Umakh highlighted that in addition to the National Agricultural Growth Scheme and Agro-pocket (NAGs-AP), other essential farm inputs such as fertilizers, seeds, agro-chemicals, and more will be provided…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has penned a letter to the House of Representatives, requesting an amendment to the 2022 supplementary appropriation act. The purpose of this amendment is to allocate N500 billion towards the provision of palliatives for Nigerians. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas read the president’s letter at plenary on Wednesday. In explaining the necessity of the request, he emphasized that it was crucial to enable the government to offer palliatives to Nigerians, aiming to alleviate the impacts resulting from the removal of fuel subsidy. “I write to request for the amendment of the 2022 supplementary…
The Senate, with a commitment to social services, has announced its plan to investigate the controversies surrounding fuel subsidy payments. The motion put forward was titled “Need to Investigate the controversial huge expenditure on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) under the subsidy/under recovery regime by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL).” The Senate recognized the importance of investigating the substantial expenses associated with PMS under the subsidy/under recovery regime and assigned it as a focal point for their investigation. The 10th assembly has decided to carry out the investigation by forming an ad hoc committee specifically dedicated to the downstream…