Nigeria not yet ready to fight corruption — Senate •Slams poor funding of anti-graft agencies

Committee Chairman,
Senator Chukwuka Utazi

Senate has said that the perennial under-funding of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and other anti-graft agencies in each budget year is an indication that the country is not yet ready to fight corruption.

Chairman, Senate Committee on Anti-Corruption and Financial Crimes, Senator Chukwuka Utazi, who drew the conclusion during the 2018 budget defence by the Commission before the Committee, lamented that ICPC had been greatly incapacitated with poor funding.

He said: “The trouble of ICPC has always been poor funding.

Lagos Fixes Date To Commence Disbursement Of N635.5m Bursary, Scholarships

Lagos State Government on Friday said it would commence the disbursement of bursaries and scholarships totaling N635.576 million to 8,419 students in the State tertiary institutions on December 27, 2017.

In a statement by Special Adviser to the Governor on Education, Obafela Bank-Olemoh, the commencement of the disbursement followed the approval of the Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode.

FG declares Monday, Tuesday work-free for Christmas

Interior Minister
Abdulralman Dambazau

The Federal Government has declared Monday, December 25, Tuesday, December 26 and Monday, January 1, 2018 as public holidays for the Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year celebrations.

The Minister of Interior, Lt.-Gen. Abdulralman Dambazau (rtd), made the declaration on behalf of government through a statement issued on Wednesday by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Mr Abubakar Magaji.

Traffic offenders to pay N100,000 fine, says FRSC

Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, says plans are underway to compel traffic offenders to pay N100,000 as penalty for a traffic offence.

Oyeyemi said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sideline of the Technical Working Group on Nigeria Road Safety Strategy on Wednesday in Abuja.

“You cannot arrest somebody for using a phone while driving and he pays N4,000 as penalty. And almost immediately he goes back to commit same offence.

Never Depend On Your Academic Certificates Alone – Osinbajo Tells Students

Nigeria’s vice president, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has warned youths in the country never to rely on their academic certificates alone to survive.

Osinbajo said this in Ibadan Today Thursday, November 9, while speaking at the 10th convocation ceremony of the Lead City University, where 590 students were awarded first degree certificates.

Tinubu visits Afenirere leader, says no automatic ticket for Buhari

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday declared that the party would follow the normal democratic process in choosing its standard bearer for the 2019 presidential election.

He said the leadership of the party had not endorsed President Muhammadu Buhari as its sole candidate for the forthcoming presidential election.

His declaration was against the recent endorsement of President Muhammadu as the sole candidate of  the APC for the 2019 election by the APC governors.

Ten Good Reasons To Lie To Your Boss

I started my job three years ago. The company was a successful startup, and the culture is still in many ways a small-company culture although the company is much bigger now.

I interact with the VPs and the CEO almost every week. I started at this company reporting to the CTO and a year ago in a reorganization I was moved under the Director of Marketing, "Julie."

Julie is very smart and capable but she is very insecure. I have never had a problem with any manager I've reported to, but Julie is a challenging person to work for.