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20Jun By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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President Tinubu Dissolves All Boards Of Parastatals, Agencies, Institutions

President Bola Tinubu on Monday approved the dissolution of boards of Federal Government parastatals, agencies, institutions and government-owned companies. This was contained in a statement issued by the Director information on behalf of the secretary to the government of the Federation on Monday. The statement reads; "President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, has approved the immediate dissolution of the Governing Boards of all Federal Government Parastatals, Agencies, Institutions, and Government-Owned Companies in the exercise of its Constitutional Powers and in the Public interest." "The dissolution does not, however, affect Boards, Commissions and Councils listed in the Third Schedule, Part 1, Section 153 (i) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amende...

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20Jun By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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BREAKING; President Tinubu Retires All Service Chiefs, Advisers , Comptroller General of Customs, Appoints New ones

..names Nuhu Ribadu as new NSA President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has approved the immediate retirement of all Service Chiefs and the Inspector-General of Police, Advisers, Comptroller-General of Customs from Service as well as their replacements with immediate effect. This was announced by Willie BasseyDirector, InformationOn behalf of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation on Monday. The newly appointed Officers are: Mallam Nuhu Ribadu National Security Adviser, Maj. Gen. C.G Musa Chief of Defence Staff, Maj. T. A Lagbaja Chief of Army Staff, Rear Admirral E. A Ogalla Chief of Naval StaffAVM H.B Abubakar Chief of Air Staff. Others are DIG Kayode Egbetokun Acting Inspector-General of Police, Maj. Gen. EPA Undiandeye Chief of Defense Intelligence The president also ...

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19Jun By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Tinubu Sacks Service Chiefs, Others

President Bola Tinubu has retired the Chief of Defence Staff, all the nation’s Service Chiefs, the Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Baba Alkali, as well as the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Col. Hameed Ali. Secretary the the Government of the Federation SGF, Senator George Akume, disclosed this in a statement issued Monday in Abuja. He appointed Mallam Nuhu Ribadu as National Security Adviser; Maj. Gen. C.G Musa, Chief of Defence Staff; Maj. Gen. T. A Lagbaja, Chief of Army Staff; Rear Admirral E. A Ogalla, Chief of Naval Staff; AVM H.B Abubakar, Chief of Air Staff, DIG Kayode Egbetokun, Acting Inspector-General of Police and Maj. Gen. EPA Undiandeye as Chief of Defence Intelligence. President Tinubu also approved the following appointments: Col. Adebi...

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19Jun By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Kano Govt To Rebuild Historic Walls With Debris From Demolished Buildings

During an inspection of demolished sites in the Kano metropolis over the weekend, Governor Abba Yusuf unveiled plans to rebuild the old Kano walls. The governor stated that the debris from the demolished sites would be utilized for the reconstruction of the historic Kano walls. He assured the public of his commitment to the project. The governor emphasised the need for security at the demolition sites, stating, “People who have no business are not needed to be seen at the demolition sites, and the police and men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have been mandated to provide security and guard against intruders.” He further warned that appropriate actions would be taken against intruders and those who exhibited recalcitrant behavior. During the inspect...

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19Jun By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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NGO Partners Kaduna State Government on skill Acquisition of 200 Adolescent Married Girls

On Monday, the Society for Family Health (SFH), a non-governmental organization, revealed that it had partnered with the Kaduna State Government to train more than 200 adolescent married girls in various skill acquisitions to help improve their livelihood. SFH's Project Director, Roselyn Ode, stated that the training had been ongoing for a year and that the aim was to demonstrate the impact of the organization's work by presenting some of the girls who had been trained in batches. Ode added that SFH is open to partnerships with other agencies to extend the same support to more adolescent married-girls across Nigeria. She noted that their training was able to inculcate the spirit of ”I can do” to learn and initiate business skills with their clients to enable them to succeed. T...

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19Jun By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Fubara To Wike: Even If You Decamp To APC, Which We Wish, Don’t Be Far From Me

The Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, has urged his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, not to be far from him even if he dumps his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, for the All Progressives Congress. Wike was a two-term Governor on the platform of the PDP, but has been relating with the APC in recent times. Fubara, who said everybody wished Wike would cross over to the APC, spoke on Sunday at a thanksgiving reception for Wike at his private residence on Ada-George Road in his hometown, Rumueprikom, Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. The Governor said: “While we are seeing sign that it’s like you want to go over to the other side, with everybody wishing that, please don’t be too far from me because I know that the sharks, the tigers are really around looking fo...

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19Jun By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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NDLEA Arrests 31,675 Offenders, Seizes 6.3 Million kg Of Drugs

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested no fewer than 31,675 drug offenders, including 35 barons, in 29 months. NDLEA chairman, Buba Marwa, said this at a briefing to mark the 2023 United Nations Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Drug Trafficking on Monday in Abuja. In 29 months, we have arrested 31, 675 drug offenders, including 35 barons; successfully prosecuted and got convicted 5,147 of them,” said Mr Marwa, represented by the agency’s secretary, Shadrach Haruna. He added, “At least 6.3 million kilogrammes of various illicit substances have been recovered in response to our efforts to sweep up drugs and shut down the distribution channels.” Mr Marwa said over 11,000 pending cases and 23,725 offenders were counselled and rehabilitated. He added tha...

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19Jun By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Ex Dutch Int’l, Quincy Promes sentenced to 18 months in prison for stabbing his cousin

Quincy Promes, a former Netherlands international and current forward for Russian club Spartak Moscow, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for stabbing his cousin in July 2020. While charges of assault were proven, the court found no evidence of attempted murder or manslaughter. Promes must pay €7,000 [£5,973] in compensation to the victim. He is also being prosecuted for alleged involvement in drug trafficking, specifically the smuggling of 1,360 kilograms of cocaine to the Netherlands or Belgium in 2020. Promes, formerly of Ajax, denied the charges but the court found there was enough evidence from two eyewitnesses and intercepted phone conversations to hand down a prison term.

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19Jun By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Comrade Austin tasks CAN to promote peace in Tinubu’s government

The CEO Emovworho logistics limited, Comrade Austin obule Emovworho, has called on the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) to understand, tolerate and accept one another’s differences to promote peace in President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's Administration. Emovworho, who made the call in a press statement to commemorate World Fathers Day celebration, said CAN is saddled with the responsibility of promoting innovative value-based approach to peace building in the country. He called on CAN to wake up to their responsibilities and regard themselves as an instrument of peace for the development of the country. Quoting from the scripture Romans 13:1 - Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that...

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19Jun By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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FUEL SUBSIDY REMOVAL: former Director of Health calls for Price Regulatory Board

Alh., Ibrahim Adeiza Ajanaku, a retired Director of Health has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s led Administration to set-up Price Regulatory Board to ensures a stable and sufficient supply of essential commodity chain to the door step of every Nigerian. Alh., Ibrahim, who made the call in a press statement issued to newsmen in Abuja on Monday, said Nigeria has a well defined and established resources which need to be harnessed and explored for appropriate dispensation for Nigeria economy recovery from fuel subsidy. He said if the right things are put in place,people can now afford to maintain at every stage of their development with the spirit of self-reliance in achieving the desire goals. "President Bola Ahmed Tinubu -A true luminary in nation building whose exceptional...

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19Jun By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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7 Exco Members of Imo state PDP Resigns , Dumps Party

On Sunday morning, seven members of the Imo State Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party announced their resignations from their positions and withdrawal of their memberships from the party. This was announced during a press conference at the party's secretariat in Owerri. Collins Opurozor, the former state publicity secretary, stated that Samuel Anyanwu, the party's candidate for the November 11 governorship election in the state, is not qualified to govern the state. Opurozor, the secretary of the party Ray Emeana, youth leader Greg Nwadike, deputy state chairman Martin Ejiogu, state woman leader Maria Mbakwe, Josiah Eze (State Treasurer), and Chibuisi Obido (State Vice Chairman, Orlu Zone) have all resigned. They did not disclose which party they were joining and...

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19Jun By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Subsidy: FG Must Meet Our Demands Or We Go to Strike – NLC

Ahead of the meeting with the Federal government today, the Nigeria Labour Congress has insisted that the Federal Government must meet its demands or they will be forced to resume the suspended strike. The union emphasized that the government must act fast to provide palliatives to cushion the effect of the fuel subsidy removal. The NLC threatened to call out workers for industrial action if its demands were not met, adding that the planned strike had only been suspended. The union emphasized that Nigerians are experiencing unbearable hardship due to the high cost of fuel, and it expects an increase in the minimum wage from N30,000 to N150,000. when contacted on Sunday to speak on the expectations of labour from the meeting scheduled to hold today (Monday), the Vice President,...

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19Jun By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Police: Five Suspected Bandits Killed In Katsina

The police command in Katsina says it killed five suspected terrorists, arrested one and recovered 143 animals in Jibia and Batsari LGAs. This was disclosed in a statement by the command’s spokesman, ASP Abubakar Aliyu, on Sunday. It said the team, in an intelligence-led operation, raided and cleared bandits’ camps in the two affected local governments, adding that the operation was conducted in collaboration with hunters and vigilantes. “The operation was led by the command’s officer in charge of the Anti-kidnapping Unit and that of the Special Investigations Bureau (SIB). The team succeeded in dislodging several notorious bandits’ camps at Marake, Garin Yara and Garin Labo villages, all in Batsari local government,” the police explained. The command’s statement added, “The t...

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19Jun By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Aigbefoh receives Honorary Doctorate Degree, GSSS Tunga-Maje Library named after him

Chief Dr. Ebosetale David Aigbefoh Esq, a community chief (IDON GARI) in Tunga-Maje, Gwagwalada Area Council of FCT has received Honorary Doctorate Degree in Public Administration (PH.D) with award of excellent leadership from the Corner Stone University, Jerusalem Israel. The Country Representative of the Cornerstone University and Theological Seminary Jerusalem Israel, Amb Dr Godwin Thomas Nyitse, during the conferment of the degree to Aigbefoh on Friday, said it was also in recognition of his reputable performance and scorecard of excellent leadership in various sectors and the Community. According to him , it is the organisation’s hope that the award shall be exemplary to other community chiefs for encouragement to do more for the benefit of humanity and to the glory of God. ...

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18Jun By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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DSS Recovers 18 “Ghana Must Go” Bags containing Cash and Documents During Raid on Emefiele’s Lagos Residence

The Department of State Services (DSS) has reportedly taken 18 Ghana-must-go bags containing money and documents from the Lagos residence of Godwin Emefiele, the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). According to the Nigerian Tribune, This occurred following a day-long search of his property, and Emefiele, who has been in custody for eight days since his arrest on June 10, may spend more time in DSS custody as investigations into his activities are far from being concluded. The DSS obtained a court order on Thursday to detain Emefiele for three weeks. However, another source hinted that he might be held for a longer time. It appears that Emefiele has been flown to Lagos from DSS custody in Abuja for the search. The DSS is said to also have launched a manhunt...

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18Jun By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Group urges AEPB to provide receptacles in parks

The Centre for Peace Advocacy and Sustainable Development (CEPASD) has called on Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) to provide waste disposable bins in FCT motor parks and other public spaces to ensure healthy environment. The Operation Officer, Mr Olabode Afurewaju, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that such facility would ensure protection and improvement of air, water, land, forest and wildlife of FCT ecology. According to him, AEPB is saddled with the responsibility of preserving and restoring all ecological processes to impact status for the preservation of biodiversity. Afurewaju said municipal liquid and solid waste collections and disposal/sanitation management services, including connections of plots to the central sewer line, are among the service...

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18Jun By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Lagos To Assist Immigration In Easing Passport Processing

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has restated its administration’s commitment to supporting the Nigeria Immigration Service in its efforts to ease passport processing, visa issuance and ensure proper documentation of migrants. Sanwo-Olu said the Lagos State Government would collaborate with the NIS to address issues confronting the NIS. These, he said, included the provision of land for staff residence and passport offices, furniture for offices and a good working environment for staff, to make the federal agency more effective in meeting the needs of Lagosians and Nigerians. Governor Sanwo-Olu spoke on Friday when the leadership of the Nigeria Immigration Service, led by its Acting Comptroller General, Caroline Adepoju, paid him a courtesy visit at the Lagos House, I...

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18Jun By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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DSS Uncovers Plot By Loyalists Of Emefiele To Embark On ‘Campaign Of Calumny’ Against Tinubu’s Govt.

The Department of State Services (DSS) has identified persons and groups planning to stage campaigns of calumny against it and the Government over the suspension and investigation of Mr Godwin Emefiele. According to it, such groups intend to gather at different points in Abuja and Lagos in the coming week with placards depicting the Service and Government in bad light as well as calling for the immediate release of Emefiele. "The Service is, therefore, aware of a cheap propaganda aimed at demotivating and distracting it from professionally executing the onerous responsibilities assigned to it." "It has also noted the misleading commentaries, speculative narratives, storylines and videos being circulated in the social media by uninformed parties, critics and/or desperadoes. It is ...

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17Jun By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Suspected Human Trafficking Syndicate Busted In Abuja Sting Operation

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons (NAPTIP) has arrested two suspects in Abuja over alleged human trafficking. The suspects are Awulonu Franklin and Joseph Ukaluo. The agency’s director-general, Fatima Waziri-Azi, disclosed on Friday that officers of the agency busted the trafficking syndicate on June 9 at about 11:00 a.m. She said the suspects are part of a syndicate that specialises in moving young female Nigerians between 16 to 26 to India for sexual exploitation and possible organ harvesting. Ms Waziri-Azi said a sting operation was conducted after several days of undercover activity by operatives of the agency. She said two female victims between 16 and 22 were rescued just as they were taken to the embassy. The DG disclosed that the s...

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17Jun By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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NANTS set to inaugurate modern abattoir in Abuja

By Ikenna Uwadileke The National Association of Nigerian Traders (NANTS), has concluded arrangements to inaugurate its modern small scale abattoir in Giri, Gwagwalada Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The National President of NANTS, Dr Ken Ukaoha said this on Friday at a capacity building programme on Integrated Modern Abattoir Practices, Standards and Meat Health Safety Regulations organised by the association. Ukaoha said that the two-day training for 40 prospective workers at the facility was to ensure best practices on meat hygiene, handling, processing, preservation, package and logistics. According to him, the need to modernise the traditional method of meat slaughtering and processing by subjecting the entire process under hygienic conditions had hit...

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