By Miriam Humbe, Abuja Senators-elect of the 10th National Assembly cut across different political parties on Sunday, joining the All Progressives Party, (APC), endorsed its candidates for the positions of Senate President and Deputy Senate President to a consultative meeting. The aspiring candidates for the positions are Senator Godswill Akpabio, APC, Akwa Ibom North-West for Senate President and Barau Jibrin, APC, Kano North, for Deputy Senate President. National Chairman of the APC, Senator Abdullahi Adamu chaired the meeting attended by members of the party’s National Working Committee, (NWC). The ruling party divulged this information on its official Twitter handle, @OfficialAPCNg.…
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By Miriam Humbe 58 soldiers selected from various units of the Nigerian Army (NA) collected their prizes from the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 3 Division and Commander, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), Major General Abdulsalam Bagudu Ibrahim at Headquarters of 3 Division Auditorium in Jos. Information obtained from the official Twitter handle of the Nigerian Army, @HQNigerianArmy said the GOC said the presentation was in recognition of the hard work, dedication to duty and good conduct of the soldiers. Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations 3 Division Jos, Lieutenant Colonel Ishaku Takwa posted the statement on Tuesday. General Abdulsalami Bagudu presented…
By Miriam Humbe, Abuja Governor of Katsina State, Aminu Masari flagged off the construction of 75 Junior and Senior secondary schools across the 34 local government areas of the state on Tuesday. The construction was supported by the World Bank, through the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) and the State government. The governor said this was the first phase of the project. With barely two weeks to the end of his tenure, Masari said that another set of 75 schools would also be constructed later. He said that his administration targeted to construct 150 schools. The schools…
By Miriam Humbe, Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) has said that the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) has not suspended the former governor of Kaduna State, and acting National Chairman of the Party, Senator Ahmed Makarfi. The PDP on its Twitter handle, @OfficialPDP via a statement signed by National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Debo Ologunagba said that neither the Ward Executive of Tudun Wada Ward of Makarfi Local Government Area of Kaduna State had suspended the party’s acting National Chairman. The PDP urged all it’s members in Kaduna State to remain united as the Party leadership was working hard to…
In sustained operations to clear the North East of terrorism, the troops of 21 Special Armoured Brigade of 7 Division/Sector 1 Operation Hadin Kai with support from the Air Component Command and Nigerian Army Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Command conducted deep operations into the Sambisa forest. @HQNigerianArmy wrote this on its official Twitter handle on Monday. The troops made contact around Ukuba general areas, scores of terrorists were neutralized during the well planned and coordinated operation under the guidance of the Theatre Command. Huge cache of arms and ammunition believed to be the largest cache so far in the armoury of…
Nigeria joins the Bureau of the United Nations Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing (OEWGA) – occupying the African Chair, gains from National Senior Citizens Centre, (NSCC’s) high level advocacy to Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs and capacity enhancement of Permanent Mission 3rd Commitee personnel in New York. With Nigeria now occupying the African Group Chair, it is highly anticipated that the interest of African states would be activated to join like-minded member States and speed up process The Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing was established by the General Assembly, resolution 65/182 on 21 December 2010. The working group was to…
By Miriam Humbe, Abuja As evacuation of Nigerians who got stranded in the Sudan crisis ended, the National Emergency Management Agency, (NEMA) thanked the stakeholders who assisted in making the operation a huge success. Director General of the Agency, Mustapha Habib Ahmed gave out the appreciation at an interaction with the media during the weekend. President Muhammadu Buhari had approved the evacuation which was was undertaken by NEMA through the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development. The Director General said the evacuation was carried out in line with the mandate of the Agency to evacuate Nigerians in distress abroad…
By Miriam Humbe, Abuja The Nigerian Army has told SaharaReporters, an online publication to practice responsible journalism and refrain from subjective, inaccurate, and inappropriate reporting of matters currently (sub-judice). The Army said it was inappropriate and amounted to unlawful interference with the administration of justice to peddle inaccurate reports and comments on a matter currently under judicial adjudication sub-judice. In a press release signed on Sunday, and published on its official Twitter handle, @HQNigerianArmy, the Army said it would not comment on those statements to maintain the sanctity of the trial and its outcome. Recall that Sahara Reporters had reported…
By Miriam Humbe, Abuja Clerk of the House of the House of Representatives, Dr. Yahaya Danzaria, has announced a new date for the resumption of plenary. A statement signed by the Clerk on Sunday, said the new date for resumption is Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 11am and not Tuesday, May 16, 2023 as earlier announced. The Clerk told the Honorable Members and the public to disregard the earlier notice as it was made in error. The Clerk regretted all inconveniences caused by the change of date. Here’s a full text of the statement: “This is to inform all Hon Members and the…
By Miriam Humbe, Abuja The Police Service Commission on Sunday, condemned in strong terms, the assault of a Police Officer in uniform and on official duty in Lagos by one Seun Kuti. In a statement signed by the Commission’s Head, Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani, the Commission commended the Inspector General of Police, Baba Usman Ahmed for his prompt action in ordering the arrest and prosecution of Seun. The PSC said that Kuti had obviously diminished the sanctity of the symbol of authority of the Nigerian nation. The Commission demanded that the culprit must be arraigned immediately and that the Inspector…
By Miriam Humbe the Nigerian Army on 12 The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt Gen Faruk Yahaya on Friday, commissioned a remodelled Nursery/Primary School, renovated Skill Acquisition Centre and Primary Healthcare Centre at Buguma City in Asari -Toru LGA of Rivers State. Information gathered on the Twitter handle of the Nigerian Army, @HQNigerianArmy said this was in continuation with the CIMIC drive of the Nigerian Army, solidly supported by the vision and Command Philosophy of the COAS. The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), who was represented by the General Officer Commanding 6 Division Nigerian Army, Maj Gen JH Abdussalam…
By Miriam Humbe General Officer Commanding (GOC) 7 Division and Commander, Sector 1 Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), Major General Abdulsalam Abubakar has lauded the selfless service and concerted efforts of the National Park Services (NPS), Chad Basin in safeguarding human and wildlife within the North East region. This information was provided by the Nigerian Army on its Twitter handle, @HQNigerianArmy. The GOC gave the commendation when the Conservator of Park (CP) for NPS Chad Basin and his entourage paid him a courtesy visit in his office at Headquarters 7 Division Maimalari Military Cantonment, Maiduguri on Thursday. The CP, Mr JB…