BY CHUKWUEMEKE IWELUNMO Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo has said the report of the Ministerial Taskforce on Illegal Air Charter Operations and Related Matters would be ready very soon. Speaking in Abuja, Keyamo said that the committee on illegal charter operators, in the course of their duties, unearthed several discrepancies in the […]
…orders payment of salaries, allowances of sacked Chairmen, Councillors ANDREW OROLUA, ABUJA. The Supreme Court on Friday declared the dissolution and sack of elected Local Government Chairmen and Councillors in Oyo State by Governor Seyi Makinde, as unconstitutional and illegal. The apex court, in a unanimous judgement by a five-man panel of Justices, held that […]
The national headquarters of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has queried its Yola Command over an illegal operation carried out by six of its staff against a patent medicine store located at No 10 Ibadan Street behind Jimeta Shopping Complex in Yola, the Adamawa State capital. The query followed a letter of petition […]
A legal luminary, Barrister Marc Enamhe has said that President Muhammadu Buhari lacked legal power to sack the Acting Director, Ministry of Interior, Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina, no matter the offence committed rather he should have been subjected to necessary rules and regulations as enshrined in the civil service rules. Barrister Enamhe told Daily Times on […]
Standing firm on its resolve to curtail illegal activities of Community Development Associations (CDAs), Edo State Government has ordered the arrest of the Odionwere of Ohonre, Mr. Victor Ugiagbe, over his refusal to honour invitations by the Taskforce on Private Property Protection. The Vice Chairman of the Taskforce on Private Property Protection, Chief Osaro Idah, […]
.Sets up task force prosecute offenders .More masts to go In order to halt the incessant building collapse and other structures in Lagos State, the State Infrastructure Maintenance and Regulatory Agency (LASIMIRA) has decommissioned over 95 telecommunications’ masts and towers across the state. The agency said it has also identified 20 others for decommissioning over […]
A pastor identified as Akintoye Joseph, has been arraigned before an Ado Ekiti Magistrate court alongside one Ogundipe Sunday and others at large on a three-count charge bordering on conspiracy, false pretence and conduct likely to breach public peace. The pastor, alongside others who were said to be specialist in fraudulent sale of property without […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission has called on the attention of the investing public to an illegal capital market operator known as RUBY GOLD VENTURES (CRYPTO CURRENCY INVESTMENT). The SEC in an official statement signed by its management issued a stern warning against dealing with the Company in any capital market related business. “RUBY GOLD VENTURES is not registered […]
Recently, the Nigerian Miners Association (NMA) raised alarm at the influx of unregistered Chinese companies into the mining sector. According to its President, Alhaji Sani Shehu these companies’ recruited Chinese labourers to do the jobs usually reserved for Nigeria’s lower and middle class workers. We call on the authorities to investigate this claim with a […]
After four-month pursuit, captain sinks Nigerian illegal fishing ship After one of the longest aquatic pursuits in history, a vessel wanted for illegal fishing lies wrecked nearly 4km beneath the water off West Africa. The vessel, Thunder, had been stalked by the Bob Barker, operated by the conservationist group Sea Shepherd, since 17 December. The two […]
The National University Commission (NUC) recently wielded its big stick on an illegally- operated university in Oyo State. The university, named Borough College, London, was situated in Ighoho, Oke Ogun area of Oyo State. The clampdown was due to information given to the commission about the operations of the illegal institution of learning. Leading the […]