By Editor Governor Ahmadu Umar Fintiri of Adamawa State, in his second term in office has prioritized having women and youths in his government with the aim to take Adamawa to greater heights. Governor Fintiri said this when he held a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stakeholders meeting at the banquet hall of the Government House in Yola on Thursday. Fintiri said the meeting was to discuss the Party’s successes at the polls as a PDP-led government. He therefore encouraged stakeholders to “submit 11 CVs of only credible individuals from their respective local governments for appointments, emphasizing our commitment to hiring…
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By Editor The General Officer Commanding 2 Division Nigerian Army, Maj Gen Mohammed Usman has awarded scholarships to four outstanding students of Command Secondary School Mokola Ibadan and Command Secondary School Ede Osun State. The students performed excellently in the Armed Forces Mathematics Olympiad Competition 2023 organised by Ministry of Defence for Armed Forces Schools recently in Abuja. The four beneficiaries of the scholarship are: 1.Sofiat Lawal – CDSS Ede 2.Adesewa Ojediran – CDSS Ede 3.Okeke Christopher – CDSS Mokola 4.Showunmi Abdul Somad – CDSS Mokola The GOC said that the event was to reward the students and their teachers…
The Directorate of Defence Media Operations on Thursday, briefed the press on the Armed Forces of Nigeria’s military operations across the six geographical zones of the country. Chief Of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor gave the Army’s fortnightly briefing on troops activities and operational successes through Director Defence Media Operations, Major General, Musa Danmadami. The Army said that its troops had neutralised Boko Haram Terrorist/Islamic State of West Africa Province terrorists, kidnappers, and recovered weapons and ammunition and rescued victims. Here’s a full text of the speech: On behalf of the Chief of Defence Staff, I welcome you all once…
Pega & Friends Foundation is a non-profit non-governmental organization that reaches out to the forgotten people in the society (women, youths and children especially) so as to give them hope and make life worth living. The joy of pupils and teachers of some selected schools across in some geopolitical regions of Nigeria knew no bound as Pega and friends Foundation celebrated the Children’s Day with them. Among the beneficiary schools are: LEA Primary School Jahi, Kadokuchi, Abuja, Saint Peters Anglican Primary School, Ologorin, Ogun State, African Church School, Yobo and Christ African Church Primary School Igbore, Abeokuta. Director, Pega and…
Nigeria’s Tax-to-GDP ratio which, in the last 12 years, hovered between 5% to 6% rose to 10.86% by the end of 2021. The new ratio was communicated to the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), via a letter signed by the Statistician-General of the Federation, Prince Adeyemi Adeniran, on the 25th of May 2023. This was following a joint review by the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS), in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Finance and the FIRS, using data from 2010 to 2021. The revision took into account revenue items hitherto not previously included in the computations; particularly, relevant revenue…
Former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai is finally happy to have his days to himself, and to spend the free time as he’d deem fit. @elrufai was among other political leaders who handed over to elected officials on May 29, 2023. The Kaduna politician took to the social media platform, Twitter to share his experience and advices both the young and older persons to give their best when service beckons. @elrufai wrote: “Today is my first day since leaving office of Governor of Kaduna State. “It has been the easiest day I can recall in nearly ten years -…
Sokoto State Gov, Ahmad Aliyu By Editor Governance is said to be a continuous process. But the Governor of Sokoto State, Dr. Ahmad Aliyu has chosen to operate differently. Shortly after swearing in and assumption of office in the Caliphate State, the governor ordered the immediate reversal of the projects implemented by hi successor, Aminu Tambuwal. A circular sited by Humsimedia showed Gov Aliyu’s dissolution of boards of parastatals emplaced by Tambuwal’s administration and revocation of land allocations among others. Understandably Dr. Ahmad Aliyu was elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as against the past administration…
The Managing DIrector/Chief Executive Officer of Nonicoms Telecommunications, Alhaji Umar Abdullahi, has congratulated Bola Tinubu and his Vice, Kashim Shettima, on their inauguration as the 16th President and Vice President of Nigeria. In a message on Tuesday in Abuja, Abdullahi called on the President to introduce favourable policies that would be beneficial to all especially the telecommunications industry as it was the most vital engine of development. He said a lot was expected from the President expressed optimism that Nigeria would experience a new turn under his leadership. Abdullahi said: “The President’s wealth of experience garnered so far both in…
Director-General, Standards Organization of Nigeria, Faruk Salim By Miriam Humbe The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has unveiled the National winners to participate in the 10th edition of the African Organization for Standardization’s (ARSO) annual continental essay competition. A statement from the office of the Director General/ Chief Executive, Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Mallam Farouk Salim named the winner as Chisom Bartholomew Chukwuma of University of Ibadan, Oyo State. Chisom emerged as the overall winner, having scored 74.8%, Babalola Segun Samson of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile – Ife, Osun State came second with 74.4% and David Abosede Iyiola of…
FCCPC’s Executive Vice Chairman/CEO, Babatunde Irukera By Miriam Humbe The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, (FCCPC) has warned petroleum product marketers that in the consumer’s interest, the Commission would not tolerate any infringement which distorts the market or enables others to exploit consumers and perpetuate inconvenience as this would attract severe penalties where there was evidence of violation. FCCPC’s Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Babatunde Irukera said this in a statement signed on Tuesday. Humsimedia recalled that following the announcement by President Bola Tinubu to remove subsidy on petroleum products, queues resurfaced at most gas stations across the country.…
By Miriam Humbe, Abuja The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, (NMDPRA) has allayed fears of possible shortages of the Premium Motor Spirit, (PMS) regarding the announcement of the removal of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit, (PMS) by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. NMDPRA’s General Manager, Corporate Communications, Kimchi Apollo said this in a statement signed on Tuesday. NMDPRA therefore issued the statement to address concerns. The NMDPRA said that contrary to speculations and concerns, the announced was in line with the Petroleum Industry Act, (2021) which provided for total deregulation of the petroleum downstream sector to drive Investment and…
THE NIGERIAN IDEAL My Fellow Citizens, I stand before you honoured to assume the sacred mandate you have given me. My love for this nation is abiding. My confidence in its people, unwavering. And my faith in God Almighty, absolute. I know that His hand shall provide the needed moral strength and clarity of purpose in those instances when we seem to have reached the limits of our human capacity. This day is bold and majestic yet bright and full of spirit, as is our precious nation. As a nation, we have long ago decided to march beyond the dimness…