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I’ll Purchase 3,000 CNG-run Buses To Ease Your Transport Burden, Tinubu Assures Nigerians
President Bola Tinubu has promised to roll out buses across the states and local governments for mass transit at a much more affordable rate. He said his government has made provision to invest N100 billion between now and March 2024 for the purchase of 3,000 units of 20-seater buses running on compressed natural gas (CNG). This is part of some palliatives...
Ikpeazu’s Probe: Hold It There, Court Tells Abia Govt As Otti Kicks
A Federal High Court sitting in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja has granted an exparte order restraining the Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Recovery of Government Properties and Funds set up by Governor Alex Otti of Abia State from investigating former Governor Okezie Ikpeazu and officials who served under his administration. Justice E. Okpe granted the injunction after an...
Tinubu Appoints Buhari’s Ex-Aide As Alake’s Replacement
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of Ajuri Ngelale as Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity. Ngelale, who was Senior Special Assistant for Public Affairs in the Presidency in the immediate past government, worked in the office of ex-Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo. Willie Bassey, Director, Information in the Office of Secretary to the Government of the Federation,...
Salary Increase On The Way, President Tinubu Assures Workers
As part of his administration’s general plans to ease the pains of inflation on the Nigerian worker, President Bola Tinubu said talks were on with the Organised Labour on the upwards review of salaries. President Tinubu made the disclosure while addressing a national broadcast at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, saying once the terms were agreed on a new minimum wage, budget...
Stop Obeying Sit-At-Home Order, Obey Nnamdi Kanu – IPOB Urges
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has once again enjoined the people of Southeast Nigeria to stop listening to Finland-based Biafra agitator Simon Ekpa. Emma Powerful, the spokesman for IPOB, said in a statement: “Every Biafran must understand the importance of this letter. If you are a lover of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, you must listen to him.” Powerful, who wondered why...
President Tinubu Decorates Service Chiefs With New Ranks (PHOTOS)
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is currently decorating the Chief of Defense Staff, Maj Gen Christopher Musa, and the service chiefs with their new ranks. President Tinubu appointed the new set of military security chiefs on June 19, 2023, ending the time of those appointed by his predecessor, former President Muhammadu Buhari. Those being decorated are Maj Gen Taoreed Lagbaja, Chief of...
Northern Youth Group Insists On Sack Of DSS DG, Bichi
Arewa Youth Federation (AYF) has said it will join hands with other Nigerians to demand for the resignation of the director-general of the Department of State Services (DSS), Yusuf Bichi. This is just as the group dissociated itself from a statement purportedly denying the call for the removal of Bichi, stressing that the DSS DG must respect court orders and...
PenCom Says Its DG, Dahir-Umar, Not Involved In Any Fraud
The National Pension Commission has dismissed documents in circulation purporting that its Director-General, Mrs. Aisha Dahir-Umar, spent millions of dollars on travel during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement, PenCom described said the accusation against the director-general was a figment of the imagination of its promoters. It maintained that Dahir-Umar could not get the ‘humongous estacodes’ even if she spent two...
Over 2,000 Nigerian Girls Stranded In Mali – NAPTIP
According to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), they have received information indicating that more than 2,000 trafficked Nigerian girls are currently stuck in Mali. NAPTIP’s Benin Zone Commander, Nduka Nwanwene, revealed this during the 2023 World Day Against Trafficking in Persons event in Benin. Additionally, the agency has intelligence suggesting that girls from Mali are being...
Insecurity: Police Set Up Special Protection Squad For Schools
To ensure the security of lives and properties in schools across the nation, the Acting Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has announced the establishment of the Schools Protection Squad (SPS). Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, said the initiative was geared towards ensuring the safety of schools and students. In furtherance of the safety drives, Adejobi maintained that the IGP had...
