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Motorists Warned Against Assaulting FRSC Personnel
The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has issued a stern warning to the motoring public to refrain from assaulting its operatives in the course of discharging their duties. The FRSC Sector Commander in Ogun, Mr Anthony Uga, gave the warning while speaking with newsmen in Sango-Ota on Monday. According to him, the warning was imperative as FRSC had zero tolerance for...
Buhari Jets Out To Senegal For IDA Summit
President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja today, Wednesday, to participate in the International Development Association (IDA) for Africa Summit in Dakar, Senegal. An institution of the World Bank Group, IDA is deepening its support to drive a resi...
Gunmen kidnap NDU lecturer’s wife in Bayelsa
By Joe Odje YENAGOA - SUSPECTED Gunmen on Sunday at Gbarantoru community in Yenagoa, abducted the wife of a lecturer with the Niger Delta University (NDU). Sources in the community told the News Agency of Nigeria that the incident occurred early on Sunday and that the gunmen fired sporadic shots to announce their arrival. The gunmen reportedly entered the community through River...
Over 500 Abians Benefit From Rep Onuigbo Entrepreneurship Development Program As First Batch Graduates (Photos, Video)
No fewer than 500 persons have benefitted from the federal government's empowerment scheme attracted by the member representing Ikwuano/Umuahia Federal Constituency, Rep. Sam Onuigbo. This comes as he urged the benefitting constituents to make effective use of the empowerment opportunity to enhance the lives of their family members and their communities. Speaking at the graduation ceremony at the end of a...
Nigerian Navy Declares 43 Personnel Wanted For Desertion
The Nigerian Navy has declared 43 personnel wanted for desertion. A circular containing the names and photographs of the deserters displayed at the Navy Headquarters in Abuja requested anyone with useful information that could lead to their arrest to report to the nearest Naval facility or police station. The circular also mandated all naval personnel with information on the whereabouts of...
Why Is Odunmbaku Baba Eto’s Name On Every Lip?
Cardinal James Omolaja Odunmbaku, the Celestial Church of Christ (CCC) cleric and political engineer, is one of a kind who stands in a unique class of his own. His types don't happen too commonly. Infact, in our clime, he is a rarity, to have one person clothed in celestial and terrestial robes so fittingly. Only few of his peers can honestly...
I’ve Never Received Bribe All My Life – Magu
Suspended Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu on Wednesday said he has never received bribe all his life. Magu was testifying before the Justice Ayo Salami panel probing allegations of corruption against him. The suspended EFCC boss said anyone who claims he had ever given him bribe should come forward before the panel to testify...
INTERPOL Reportedly Arrests Simon Ekpa, He Reacts
The leader of the autopilot faction of ESN, Simon Ekpa has been arrested by the International Police popularly called INTERPOL. According to Gistdigest, he was arrested at Finland International Airport whilst trying to escape to Israel. Simon Ekpa a separatist agitator in response to the report posted a video of himself driving on Friday, 16th December 2022, saying he was not...
20 Governors Under Fire For Delaying N70k Minimum Wage
Alhaji Haruna Kankara, the national president of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees, stated on Sunday that roughly 20 states have not yet enacted the new minimum wage of N70,000 for primary school teachers and local government employees. The states include Yobe, Gombe, Zamfara, Kaduna, Imo, Ebonyi, Cross River, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Borno and 11 others. The NULGE leader...
Information Minister to Inaugurate NIPR Governing Council Tuesday
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris Malagi will on Tuesday 16th January, 2024 inaugurate the Governing Council of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR). The Institute's President and Chairman of Council, Dr. Ike Neliaku disclosed this on Saturday in Abuja shortly after an event tagged, "Meet The President", his first major interface with the media...
