Year: 2019

Real Reason ASUU is afraid of IPPIS—FG

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The ministry of education said the implementation of the Integrated Payroll Personnel Information System (IPPIS) will expose financial atrocities and irregularities among universities on the federal government’s payroll. TheCable earlier reported that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) “mobilized for a nationwide strike” over the federal government’s refusal to negotiate its enrolment on the compulsory payment scheme. According to ThisDay, Ben Bem Goong, a spokesperson of the ministry of education, said ASUU’s opposition to the scheme was due to the financial irregularities and corruption being perpetrated in the system…

Dabiri-Erewa Condemns Attack on Nigerian Traders In Ghana, Sues for Calm

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Chairman/CEO Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM),Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa has condemned the renewed attacks on Nigerian traders in Ghana, described it as uncalled for. In a statement by the Commission Head of Media and Public Relations, Abdur-Rahman Balogun said the reported cases of attacks on Nigerian shops and traders by Ghanaians was quite unfortunate. She said the attacks came when xenophobic attacks was becoming unpopular and thought such attacks had been put to the dustbin of history following interventions of Nigerian and Ghanaian leaders. The NIDCOM boss however appealed to Nigerians…

NYSC Reacts To Attack on FC Ifeanyi Ubah Bus By Armed Men In NYSC Uniforms

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The Management of the National Youth Service Corps Scheme has reacted to the attack on Ifeanyi Ubah Football Club by some daredevil gunmen dressed in NYSC uniform. The scheme in a statement signed by Mrs.Adenike Adeyemi,Director, Press and Public Relations commiserated with the notable football team over the attack which sadly resulted in severe bodily harm to the bus driver who was shot and some team members who also sustained injuries. The management however dissociated the National Youth Service Corps from the dastardly attack, stated that Corps Members neither bear…

Adopt Holistic Approach To End criminality, Gov Sani-Bello Charges Security Agencies

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Niger state Governor ,Abubakar Sani Bello has called on security agencies in the country to adopt holistic approach towards ensuring the safety of lives and property of citizens. Governor Sani Bello made the call when he received a Special Team from the Defense Headquarters, Abuja, at the Government House, Minna. The Governor, who said the adoption of a holistic approach by security agencies will provide a lasting solution to criminal activities in the country, urged the Special Team from the Nigerian Defense Headquarters, Abuja, to include in their operations other…

Kwara Assembly Loses Member

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A Honorable member representing Patigi constituency at the 9th Kwara state House of Assembly, Hon. Ahmed Saidu Rufai is dead. According to a statement made available to press by the Special Assistant, media to the Speaker, Kwara state House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Salihu Yakubu Danladi said “it is with heavy heart and total submission to the will of Almighty Allah that we announce the death of our colleague, Hon. Ahmed Saidu Rufai representing Patigi constituency”. “This is an unexpected situation that caught us in a rude shock, but unfortunately,…

Gov Wike Promises Timely Completion Of 5,000 Seater Auditorium In NYSC camp

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Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has reiterated the commitment of his administration to the timely completion of the on-going multi-purpose auditorium and drainage projects inside the NYSC Orientation Camp in Nonwa-Gbam in Tai Local Government Area of the State. He said the State has benefitted tremendously from the services of Corps Members’ intervention through health, agriculture, education, election, socio-economic and other sectors of the economy. Governor Wike stated this today while receiving NYSC Director-General, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim who paid him a courtesy visit in his office in Port-Harcourt. He…

Gov Sani-Bello Mourns House of Reps Member, Jafaru Auna

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Niger state Governor , Abunakar Sani Bello said he received with great shock the sudden, untimely death of Hon. Jafaru Iliyasu Auna, Member of House of Representatives, representing Magama/Rijau Federal Constituency. In a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mrs. Mary Noel Berje, the Governor described the death of the Federal Lawmaker as a great loss to people of his constituency, the state and country as a whole. He described the deceased as a vibrant individual and who was also an icon of hope to the citizens of his…

Returning Officer Goes Missing After LG Polls In Niger

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A returning officer has been declared missing days after the Local Government elections in Niger State. The Chairman of the State Independent Electoral Commission (SIEC), Aminu Baba, announced this during a briefing with reporters on Monday at the commission’s office in Minna, the state capital. He explained that the victim is a lecturer at one of the tertiary institutions in the state. Baba, however, refused to disclose the name of the returning officer and the institution where he works. According to him, the man in question was the returning officer…

Border Drill Has Reduced Violent Crimes in The North-West – FG

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The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the ongoing border drill in four of the country’s six geo-political zones has drastically reduced incidents of cattle rustling,kidnapping,armed banditry and other forms of insecurity in the North-West. The Minister disclosed this at the Customs Border Station in Magama Jibia, Katsina State, on Monday when he led a Federal Government delegation on a visit to Sector Four (North-West) of the Border Drill, code-named ‘Exercise Swift Response’. “The drill has drastically curtailed the inflow of arms and ammunition. Bandits and…

Aisha Buhari Would Be the First Victim of Social Media Law By Farooq Kperogi

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If the fascistic social media strangulation bill being sponsored by Senator Mohammed Sani Musa of Niger State ( BTW, why is Niger State the source of all the fascistic bills in the Senate?) becomes law, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, who fancies herself as “First Lady,” would be its first victim. Here’s why. Last week, Senator Musa said on national TV that the principal inspiration behind his sponsorship of the bill was to punish people behind the previously wildly trending social media rumor that Muhammadu Buhari was going to get married to…