The Bill seeking to involve the Nigerian Armed Forces to engage in agriculture production to enhance food security and foster economic diversification has passes a second reading at the plenary of House of Representatives yesterday. The bill was sponsored by Babajimi Benson (APC, Lagos), as it seeks to establish the “Armed Forces Farms and Ranches,” leveraging military resources to boost agricultural output.
Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, has insisted that there must be an enactment of a legislation to make vandalisation of electricity transmission installations a capital offence. He urged members of the National Assembly to speedily pass the bill seeking to criminalise the act. According to him, prescribing a capital punishment for the crime will reduce the incidents of vandalisation of the infrastructure.
The Pan-Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, has rejected President Bola Tinubu’s decision to scrap the Ministry of Niger Delta and replacing it with a Development Commission. PANDEF’s decision was contained in a communiqué made available at the end of its meeting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, yesterday.
The government of United Kingdom (UK) donated advanced counter-Improvised Explosives Devices to Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) Theatre Command Joint Task Force in Maiduguri on Friday.
The Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, yesterday, raised the alarm that just like New York City in the United States of America, USA, Lagos State is gradually sinking due to climate change. Speaking yesterday at a Strategic Management Meeting with MDAs and Stakeholders organized by the Lagos State Ministry of Justice, Hamzat noted that the state faces imminent danger of submersion if proper steps are not taken to address the threats of climate change in the country.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sworn in Dr Abdullahi Usman Bello as Chairman of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB). The brief swearing in ceremony preceded the Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The ongoing Council meeting has almost all members present with the exception of a few said to be out of the country for various national assignments.
