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BUA Group Donates 25 Vehicles To NDLEA
The Abdul Samad Rabiu Africa Initiative (ASR Africa) yesterday in Abuja donated 25 operational vehicles to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency to boost its operations across Nigeria.
The donation was drawn from the ASR Africa Security Sector Support Grant, a security intervention initiative targeted at providing critical support to the NDLEA to boost its operational reach and capacity.
Managing Director, ASR Africa, Ubon Udoh, who presented documents and keys of the vehicles to the NDLEA’s chairman, Mohammed Buba Marwa, said Abdul Samad Rabiu, founder and Chairman of BUA Group, had created the initiative to uplift and restore the dignity and lives of Africans.
FG withdraws contempt suit against labour, NLC may suspend strike
The Federal Government on Monday backtracked and withdrew its contempt suit filed against leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress for organising a nationwide anti-subsidy protests on August 2, 2023.
The development came barely five days after the Federal Ministry of Justice sued the organised labour leaders for allegedly disobeying a court order barring them from leading the nationwide protest.
The National Industry Court had stopped the organised labour from going on strike but human rights lawyer and counsel to the organised labour, Femi Falana, insisted the union could proceed on the protest.
On Wednesday evening, the organised labour met with President Bola Tinubu and reached an agreement to end the one-day protest.
Inflation, high interest rates spike sales, rents by 40% in major cities
Nigeria’s housing market has recorded a spike by about 40 per cent in cost of leases and sales in the first half of 2023, according to findings by The Guardian.
Amid inflation headwind, rising interest rates and attendant dip in new investments, the cost of lease or purchase of residential properties in major cities like Lagos, Abuja, Enugu, Port Harcourt and Kano has increased, and beyond reach of many.
Though the development is partly dynamic and demands still resilient, stakeholders have complained about the lack of standards and price control, thereby giving opportunities for operators to exploit the weaknesses of the system in terms of indiscriminate increase in prices of materials.
Ministers: Senate stops El-Rufai, Okotete, Danladi
AFTER seven days of screening, the Senate has confirmed 45 of the 48 ministerial nominees presented by President Bola Tinubu.
Those who were denied confirmation, yesterday, over security report or pending security checks are immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir el-Rufai; former Deputy Governor of Taraba State, Senator Abubakar Danladi; and Stella Okotete, from Delta State.
The trio had petitions against their nominations. Specifically, Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, said the Senate did not clear them because of security reports that must be cleared.
However, the senators confirmed immediate past governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike; Deputy Majority Senate Leader and former Governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi; former Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo SAN; Lateef Fagbemi, SAN; Mr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, Simon Bako Lalong and Mr. Dele Alake as Ministers-designate.
ECOWAS Threat: Niger Junta Shuts Airspace, Mali, Burkina Faso Affirm Support
The military junta in Niger Republic has closed the country’s airspace following the threat of military intervention by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) as the ultimatum issued by the regional bloc to restore toppled President Mohamed Bazoum to power ended on Sunday.
ECOWAS, a regional political and economic union of 15 countries located in West Africa, had threatened to restore order in Niger by force.
ECOWAS had issued its ultimatum a week ago, and threatened the use of force if the coup plotters led by General Abdourahmane Tchiani failed to relinquish power by midnight of Sunday (2300 GMT) and reinstall Bazoum, who they toppled on July 26 when members of his own guard detained him at the presidency.
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