By Miriam Humbe Directed by the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba Alkali, the Commissioner of Police, Nasarawa State Command, CP Maiyaki Baba on Friday, presented cheques worth sixty one million, twenty two thousand and sixty three naira, sixty nine kobo to families of deceased Police officers/officers who sustained injuries in the course of discharging their duties. A statement signed by the Nasarawa Command’s PPRO, DSP Ramhan Nansel said that the IGP urged them to judiciously use the money to improve the lives of their families. The CP presented cheques worth sixty one million, twenty two thousand, sixty three naira,…
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By Miriam Humbe, Abuja Immediate past Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has thanked President Ahmed Tinubu for his appointment Chief of Staff to the President. On his Twitter handle @femigbaja on Friday, Gbajabiamila thanked President Tinubu for finding him worthy of being his Chief of Staff. The former lawmaker who is expected to resume office for his new appointment on June 14, 2023, promised to give his bestbin his new position. He said he would work with President Tinubu in discharging the enormous task ahead of him for the peace and progress of the Federal Republic of…
By Miriam Humbe, Abuja The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), is to embark on a nationwide industrial action and withdrawal of services in the 36 States of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Wednesday, June 7, 2023. A statement signed on Friday by the NLC General Secretary, Emmanuel Ugboaja said the decision followed the NLC’s National Executive Council meeting held on June 2, 2023. The NLC said the withdrawal of services was against the fraudulent increase in the price of fuel across the federation. The NLC therefore directed all State Chairpersons to fully effect compliance and abide by…
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…
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…