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The Ekiti State Government had set aside N1.9 billion for the construction of a new governors’ office and high court complex in Ado-Ekiti on Thursday. The Commissioner for Works and Transportation, Mrs Funmi Ogun, announce this during an open bidding for the two projects in Ado-Ekiti.  The Commissioner describe the projects as part of plans to the state a facelift in terms of infrastructure development. Ogun added that when completed, both projects would add to the existing legacy projects of the present administration in the state. According to her, the consultants’ proposed bill for the construction of the new governor’s office is N687, 028, 630.63 million while that of the High Court Complex is N1, 299, 613, 897.60. It was reported that the contractors that bid for the new governor’s office project at the session included Vyouad Construction Company Limited, Tianjin Yuyang Construction Company and Goodek Ventures Limited. For the construction of the proposed court complex, G...

Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has begun the enforcement action on Globacom for not adhere to the 10 per cent threshold for inter-connect traffic by telecom companies. Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Report made available to the News Agency of Nigeria.  It said the NCC monitored compliance of the telecommunication company with regards to the commission’s directive on routing of a minimum of 10 per cent of interconnect traffic through interconnect exchange licensees.  The report said pursuant to Section 53 (1) of the Nigerian Communications Act 2003, NCC issued a direction in April 2009.  According to the report, the directive mandated all operators to route a minimum of 10 per cent of their inter-operator traffic through licensed Interconnect Exchange Operators in locations where they have point of presence (POP) across the country.

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has strike on PDP for asking President Buhari to quit, calling the former ruling party a shameless irritant which is bent on distracting the government from its rescue mission and returning the country to ''Egypt''. ''We are on a rescue mission to resuscitate Nigeria after the PDP left it in a coma, and the noise from the same PDP seems designed to sabotage the rescue efforts. But we are not deterred,'' Lai Mohammed said in a statement released on Thursday via his Special Adviser, Segun Adeyemi According to Lai Mohammed, if the PDP had understood the meaning of shame, it would never have dared to even make a single comment on the same economy that it did everything to kill. ''While the PDP was emasculating Nigeria on all fronts, including social, economic and political, the rapacious party was deceiving Nigerians by giving them the illusion of growth and prosperity.  Instead of showing remor...

Kebbi State Governor Abubakar Bagudu has announced the removal of 17 Local Government Sole Administrators in the state. Governor told newsmen shortly after a meeting with the local councils’ officials on Thursday in Birnin Kebbi, that four sole administrators would however, retain their seats. He says that those who were removed had completed the one year tenure approved for them by the State House of Assembly. Abubakar Bagudu added that the sole administrators were initially appointed to serve for a period of three months, which was later extended by the Assembly after a request by the executive. Bagudu thanked the officials for serving the state and said the government would utilise their experiences as appropriate.

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to leave his office and allow competent party to steer the country away from the present economic recession. The spokesman of the PDP, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, on Wednesday said the crass ineptitude and lukewarm-attitude of the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration could no longer be tolerated. “Therefore, we are calling on President Buhari and his team to return Nigeria to its state of booming economy before they assumed office in May, 2015, and then quit immediately to allow other capable leaders recover our ailing economy”, he added. The party further expressed worry over the state of affairs in the country, particularly  a recent statement attributed to the Finance Minister, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, to the effect that “recession is just a word”, a statement the minister had since denied. “Is this statement as a result of ignorance, lack of patriotism or in-line with President Buhari’s comment that his...

15th successive win in La Liga, Since losing the derby at home to Atletico in late February, Real Madrid have won all of their fixtures in La Liga. The run of 12 wins at the end of last term saw Los Blancos push Barcelona to the wire - and this time they look likely to challenge again. Real have not won the Primera Division since 2011-12. Back then, Mourinho was in charge and the team accumulated a joint-record 100 points. But since that triumph, there have been three titles for Barca and one for Atletico. Los Blancos, with 32 championships in their history, are being made to wait for the 33rd. This season may see that wait end. "La Liga is our biggest priority," Zidane said on Friday. "Everything is important, but it's what we are working towards every day." And so it should be. Madrid have claimed the Champions League twice over the past three seasons and that remains the most prestigious prize in club football, but the club have gone without success in their...

Nigeria female pilgrim arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) Abuja has excreted eighty-two wraps of cocaine weighing nine hundred and thirty-one (931) programmes. Mrs Binuyo Busari Iyabo old was arrested during the outward screening of passengers on an Emirate flight to Dubai en-route Medina. The 55years old who hails from Irepodun local government area of Kwara State is married with three children and sells cosmetics at Dosumu market, Lagos. In her statement, she owned up to the crime and also provided investigators with useful information. Describing her action as shameful and discreditable. “It is a shameful and discreditable act for a 55 year old mother who is going on a holy pilgrimage to ingest narcotics. This is very shocking and a clear indication of her inability to effectively discharge parental responsibility. The Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Muhammad Mustapha Abdallah warned against trafficking in narcotic d...