Day: May 24, 2023

Wase Bombs Gbajabiamila As Crisis Over 10th NASS Worsens

Aliyu Aliyu

Members present at plenary chorused “Carried,” as Wase declared, “Mr. Speaker, the House is not about I, but us” in an unprecedented clash between a speaker of Nigerian House of Reps and his deputy   The simmering crisis over the leadership of the 10th House of Representatives boiled over on Wednesday when the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, openly clashed with his Deputy, Idris Wase, during plenary. The development is unprecedented. The clash was precipitated by the announcement by Gbajabiamila that the Order Paper for Thursday be made lighter to allow members…

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132 Microfinance Banks’ Licenses Revoked + NAMES

Aliyu Aliyu

“Why we did it,” CBN speaks on reason operations of the lenders became illegal     The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revoked the operating licenses of 132 microfinance banks in the country, alongside those of four primary mortgage banks and three finance companies. This was disclosed in the official gazette of the Federal Government, which was published on the website of the CBN on Tuesday. READ ALSO: Help, Naira Crisis Killing Our Business, Commercial Sex Workers Beg Buhari Japa: Youtuber Tiamiyu Apologises Over Comment On BBC Interview Dangote…

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Why We Upgraded SingleView Web Application for Customer – Ikeja Electric

ADEOLA YUSUF

  Ikeja Electric has said that it introduced Singleview 2.0 web application to enhance customer self-service package with consolidated account management features purposely designed and built for Ikeja Electric’s customers, including prepaid, postpaid, maximum demand, non-maximum demand and bilateral customers.  A statement from the company quoted Head, Business Innovation and Transformation, Paul Ehiagbonare to have said thst it became imperative to upgrade the Singleview platform in line with the company’s customer-first, technology-now mantra as this upgrade enables adequate support of wider range of customers while empowering them with features, functionalities…

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EKEDC Deepens HSE Culture, Launches Safety College

ADEOLA YUSUF

Eko Electricity Distribution Company has launched a Safety College scheme, which aims to raise employee awareness on the safe implementation of their tasks and improve the overall safety culture within the organization. Platforms Africa reports that this was made known by the EKEDC General Manager, Corporate Communications and Strategy, Babatunde Lasaki. READ ALSO: Minister Buhari Sacked For Inefficiency Arrested Over N22bn Fraud Passionate, Purposeful and Peerless: Dr. Sanda’s One Year in EKEDC Saddle How I ‘Accidentally’ Impregnated My Deputy – Education Minister I Am Angry With State of Nigeria’s Power…

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Japa: Youtuber Tiamiyu Apologises Over Comment On BBC Interview

Abibat Babalola

Nigerian Youtuber, Emdee Tiamiyu, has apologised over his comment about Nigerian students studying in the United Kingdom in an interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation. The Youtuber made the apology in a video he shared on his YouTube account on Wednesday, following the backlash he faced after the interview. Tiamiyu, who is known for advising Nigerians on studying in the United Kingdom, claimed that many of them were not looking for new qualifications, but to start a new life abroad. READ ALSO: Osun School Pupils Hospitalised After Inhaling Teargas Fired…

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Osun School Pupils Hospitalised After Inhaling Teargas Fired By Police

ADEOLA YUSUF

A secondary school in Osogbo, Osun State, Fakunle Unity High School, hurriedly shut down academic activities on Tuesday, after some pupils became unconscious after inhaling teargas fired by men of Mopol 39 Base, located directly opposite the school premises. A source in the school, who preferred not to be named over fears of harassment, told The PUNCH that pupils were already in their various classes when teargas fired by the riot policemen engaging in their morning drills filtered into the premises. As a result, some of the pupils lost consciousness,…

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Poly Lecturer Jailed Five Years For Diverting Study Grant 

Abibat Babalola

A former academic staff member of Waziri Umaru Federal Polytechnic, Kebbi State, Muhammed Sani Nuhu, has been sentenced to five years imprisonment for deviously allotting over N6 million belonging to the polytechnic to himself. This was after the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission had secured his conviction. According to a statement by the Commission Spokesperson, Azuka Ogugua, on Tuesday, in a 4-count brought before Hon. Justice Hassan Usman of the Kebbi State High Court, Birnin Kebbi Judicial Division, the Commission stated that Nuhu, conferred a corrupt advantage…

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