UPDATE – Lagos Okada Ban:  Government says Accident Rate Reduced ‘Massively’

The Lagos State Government has announced a reduction in the accident rate involving commercial motorcycles, also known as Okada. Citing data from The Lagos State Police Command, the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotosho, said in a statement that only one Okada related accident occurred between 1st and 20th February, compared to nineteen cases in January 2020. Detailing how the only accident that occurred since the enforcement of the Okada restriction, the Commissioner...

Nigeria: VAT Increase Means More Money for States Governments, but Do Governors Need More Money?

Following the 7.5 percent Value Added Tax increase and implementation by Nigeria, the country’s Accountant-General, Ahmed Idris, has announced that states and Local Governments would get more funds beginning from February. The announcement which was received by many, especially state governors and local government officials — who had before now, claimed that they were not getting enough funds from the federal government – as a welcome development was made during the Federal Account Allocation Committee...

Fierce War in Aso Rock: Why Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai May be Taking Sides

Confusion in Nigeria’s Presidency as Army Chief Withdraws Senior Personnel from Office of the National Security Adviser The fight between Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari and the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno , seem to be worsening as the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai is reported to have withdrawn Senior Army personnel from the office of the latter, a move many have described as the Army Chief taking sides with Abba Kyari – a...

Fight to finish: troubling bad blood trailing Monguno and Kyari’s supremacy war

Two senior officials – National Security Adviser (NSA), Maj Gen. Babagana Monguno (rtd) and the Chief of Staff (CoS), Mr. Abba Kyari — of President Muhammadu Buhari’s government seem to be at loggerheads over who coordinates national security effort. On December 9, 2019, the NSA sent a circular — titled: Disruption of National Framework by Unwarranted Meddlesomeness — and copied all Service, Intelligence and Security Chiefs, the Ministers of Defence, Foreign Affairs, Interior and Police...

Nigeria, ignored as the US Secretary of State visits African countries contributing to stability in the continent

A United States Department of State senior official, said the Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was visiting three African countries – Senegal, Angola and Ethiopia — because they contributed to the stability of their region and benefitted from dynamic leadership. The Department of State official disclosed this during a press conference by phone – whose transcript was seen by this newspaper — with some journalists, to preview the first official trip to sub-sahara Africa by...

Amotekun: Ekiti Becomes First State to Pass Bill to Law

By Adeola Oladipupo — Lawmakers in Ekiti State, on Friday, passed the Ekiti State Security Network Agency bill to law. The bill, sent by the executive arm, passed through the first and second reading after being debated by the lawmakers and presented for public hearing which was conducted by the committee on Security on special duties headed by Hon. Lateef Akanle, lawmaker representing Ekiti East Constituency II. During plenary on Friday, Honourable Akanle read the...

Your Partner’s Body Scent Could Help You Sleep Well – Study

The smell of your partner could help put an end to the struggle to sleep, a new study shows. The research conducted by the University of British Colombia, showed that participants who were exposed to the scent of their romantic partners over the night, had better sleep experience even though their partners were not present. Scientists arrived at the findings after examining sleep data of 155 people recruited for the study. Each participant was asked...

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