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The Federal Government has rejected the proposed increment of license fee for courier services by the Nigerian Postal Service, NIPOST. The minister of communication and digital economy, Isa Pantami, in a tweet Saturday morning, insisted that the increase was not part of the regulation he approved for the agency on Friday, July 24. “Our attention has been drawn to an increase of licence fee, which was not part of the regulation I earlier approved for you,” he stated. He added that NIPOST chairman and Post Master General “were yesterday (Friday) contacted to put the implementation on hold and send a report to our ministry by Monday.” NIPOST’s proposed increase as announced, has generated huge outrage in the public. The new charges introduced by NIPOST are expected to cause an increase in the cost of courier services and delivery goods. According to NIPOST, companies which provide international courier services like DHL, UPS and FEDEX, are expected to pay N20m for a new licenc

Ondo 2020:Ondo state  Deputy Governor Ajayi reacts to defeat in PDP primary The Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Agboola Ajayi, has reacted to the emergence of Eyitayo Jedege as the flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the October governorship election. Mr Ajayi said he “fought a good fight but had a lot of forces” that disturbed his emergence as the opposition party’s candidate.  Mr Jegede, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) from Ipele town, near Owo, defeated Mr Ajayi and six others in the election that held at Dome centre, Akure, the state capital. The former Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in the state had 888 votes while the deputy governor polled 657 votes. Mr Jegede also won the PDP primary in 2016, and flew the flag of the party in that year’s governorship election, a contest he lost to Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of the All Progressives Congress. Reacting to his defeat, Mr Ajayi, in a statement by his media adviser, Allen Sowore, said “th

MAGU OPENS UP ON RECOVERED ASSETS  The suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, says some of the vehicles recovered by the EFCC were auctioned to the Presidential Villa, the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development as well as the Federal Inland Revenue Services and other agencies. He further stated that some of these agencies had not paid for the vehicles but there was an arrangement that the money would be deducted from their financial allocation. Magu, in a letter addressed to the Justice Ayo Salami-led panel titled, ‘Re: Alleged Case of Conspiracy, Enrichment, Abuse of Public Office and Other Infractions,’ explained how some of the recovered vehicles were auctioned. The letter was in response to an earlier report by the Presidential Committee on Audit of Recovered Assets in which Magu was accused of being unable to account for the interest accrued to N550bn recovered funds as well as reco

HOW SUSPENDED NSITF MANAGEMENT MISAPPROPRIATED #48BN July 22, 2020 The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, on Tuesday, alleged that the suspended management of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), misappropriated N48 billion. Ngige made the allegation at an investigative hearing at the House of Representatives on the alleged illegal suspension of the management of the agency.  The minister claimed that the management withdrew the amount through fake contracts, proceeds of which were recycled into private pockets. According to him, there were also irregular payments of salaries and allowances of N10 million not in line with the condition of service of the organisation or any reference to the Office of the Minister. He also claimed that the suspended management went on leave abroad in first class with their spouses and paid themselves N9.8 million each without the approval of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation. Ngige further accused them of eng

AKEREDOLU DEFEATS SEVEN CONTENDERS TO BECOMES APC FLAG BEARER   The Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, has emerged the candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the October 10 governorship election in the state. In the result declared around 12.25am, Akeredolu won in all the local government areas of the state, defeating other seven contestants. In the result, Akeredolu polled 2,458 votes, while Chief Olusola Oke came second, having scored 262 votes. Mr Isaac Kekemeke came third after polling 19 votes. The primary of the APC was conducted with over 2,500 delegates from the 18 local government areas of the state who converged on the International Event Centre, Alagbaka, Akure, the state capital, to cast their votes. Scores of armed security men from the police, the Department of State Services, the National Security and Civil Defence Corps and men of the Federal Road Safety Corps, were deployed in the venue of the exercise. No fewer than eight aspirants finally c

LASG introduces mobile application to report abandoned and disused vehicles in the state. - News Angle Magazine News Angle Magazine Lagos State Ministry of Transportation introduces a mobile application to report abandoned vehicles in the state. According to the chairman, Committee on removal of abandoned vehicles Henry Babatunde Ige said, the committee has been able to identify over a million of disused vehicles in the state through thier ad-hoc staffs in all 57LCDAs and has moved over 1, 000 vehicles to pond that are yet to be claim. The new mobile application will ease reporting and aid giving accurate details of abandoned vehicles in the state. Abandoned vehicles has turn hideout for hoodlums in the street of Lagos, which has now become a security threat and also a major cause of traffic gridlock in the state. Henry Babatunde Ige said, lagosians can now report abandoned vehicle directly from thier phone, giving accurate information such as pictures and locat

POWER PLAY IN NIGERIA ANTI-CORRUPTION AGENCY   Presidential Anti-corruption Panel Reacts to Magu-Malami Saga By Femi Odekunle -Posted: 1 day ago4894 Justice Minister Abubakar Malami and Ibrahim Magu of EFCC Below is a statement from Professor Femi Odekunle, a member of Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC),  over the alleged arrest of Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu. PRESS RELEASE BY PROFESSOR FEMI ODEKUNLE, MEMBER,PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE AGAINST CORRUPTION (PACAC). This is a preliminary reaction of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) to the alleged ‘arrest’ of Ibrahim Magu, Acting Chairman the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Of course, the real information reaching us is that he was only invited to appear before a Panel set up not long ago concerning some alleged memo by Malami, Attorney General and Minister of justice, regarding some alleged malfeasanc