Year: 2019

SERVICE DELIVERY: Niger Govt To Partner Federal Lawmakers

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Niger State Governor Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello has said that the state would partner Lawmakers from Niger State in the National Assembly with the aim of fulfilling the yearnings and aspirations of the people especially in providing them with basic social amenities. Governor Sani Bello stated this when he received the Niger state Caucus of the Ninth Assembly in his office in Minna, the state capital. He described the support of the National Assembly members as crucial in actualizing the goals of the state, Governor Sani Bello then called on…

DEATH OF NIGERIAN: Nigerian Embassy Petitions Ukrainian Police,Foreign Affairs

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The Nigerian Embassy in Ukraine has formally petitioned the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Police Department in Kharkiv and demanded full investigation into the circumstances surrounding the stabbing to death of a Nigerian medical doctor, Bolade Ibukun Ejemai, by a lady identified as Victoria Popravko, with the connivance of her dad in Ukraine. This was confirmed by Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO of Nigerians in the Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), who has been in touch with both the family of the deceased and Nigeria Embassy in Ukraine. In a statement…

Police Re-arrest Notorious Kidnap Kingpin, Hamisu Wadume

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The operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have re-arrested the notorious kidnap kingpin, Alhaji Hamisu Bala Wadume. He was re-arrested in the late hours of yesterday, 19th August, 2019 in his hideout at Layin Mai Allo Hotoro area of Kano State. It would be recalled that the Police had been on the massive manhunt for the suspect, Alhaji Hamisu Bala Wadume since 6th August, 2019 following the unfortunate incident in Ibi, Taraba State which resulted in the brutal murder of three (3) Police Officers and two (2) civilians, and injury to five…

Gov Sani-Bello Pledges Sustenance of Judicial Autonomy ,Training of Judges.

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Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State said his administration will sustain judicial authonomy while training and retraining of judges and magistrates would be accorded priority .This he said is aimed at ensuring quick dispensation of Justice across the state. Governor Sani-Bello was speaking at the opening ceremony of a 5-day training for Magistrates and district court Judges in Niger State holding in minna ,the state capital. “We are indeed honoured to be partnering with the Department For International Development-DFID, the Rule of Law Expertise – ROLE-UK, and the Judicial…

Niger Govt Advocates for Attitudinal Change To Check Environmental Challenges

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The Niger state Governor ,Abubakar Sani Bello has called for attitudinal change as a panacea to the perennial flooding experienced across the State. Governor Sani-Bello stated this while interacting with the flood victims in parts of Minna the State Capital. The Governor explained that significant attitudinal change will facilitate effective environmental management. Added that indiscriminate dumping of refuse and building along waterways will not do anyone good and emphasised the need for people to change their environmental behaviour. Governor Abubakar Sani Bello also called for prompt action by government officials in finding a lasting solution…

EXCLUSIVE: Winifred Oyo-Ita sends Retirement letter to Buhari

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Winifred Oyo-Ita, the head of service of the federation, has offered to immediately proceed on retirement in a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, TheCable understands. The widow had been under pressure from her immediate family to retire after news reports emerged that she was being probed over an alleged N3 billion contract scam. Although she has vehemently denied involvement in any scam, she bowed to family pressures and sent in a letter at the weekend offering to proceed on retirement, TheCable can report Buhari is yet to take a final decision…

KATSINA ACCIDENT: DG Visits Injured Corps Members

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The Director-General, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim today paid a condolence visit to Katsina state to commiserate with the victims of yesterday’s road crash that claimed the lives of three serving Corps Members who were traveling from Katsina to Funtua for a religious programme. While sympathising with the injured Corps Members who were on admission at General Amadi Rimi Orthopedic and Specialist Hospital, Federal Medical Centre and General Hospital, Katsina, Brig Gen.Ibrahim expressed shock over the unfortunate incident. DG prayed for quick recovery for the injured and also the repose of…

A GLANCE AT PRINCE MUSTAPHA MONA AUDU (PMMA)

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Prince Mustapha Mona Audu is the son of the Late Executive Governor of Kogi State, Prince Abubakar Audu & Late First Lady of Kogi State, Habibat Audu. He is an Igala by tribe and originates from Ogbonicha Ward of Ofu LGA of Kogi State. He was the organizer of 2011 (ACN) and 2015 (APC) Grassroots and Door-to-Door Campaign for the Prince Abubakar Audu Campaign. A shrewd investor and a successful entrepreneur with business expertise in con￾struction and infrastructural development, hospitality, information technology, mining, and agriculture. Prince Mustapha Mona Audu is…

Buhari Queries FIRS Chairman Over Suspected Non-remittance Of Tax

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President Muhammadu Buhari has issued a letter to Babatunde Fowler, Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, asking him to respond to discrepancies in tax collected by the agency. Fowler, whose tenure expired on Saturday, was asked to explain why there exist obvious differences between the budgeted collections and actual collections for the period 2015 to 2018. The letter to Fowler signed by Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, reads, “Your attached letter (FIRS/EC/CWP/0249/19/027 dated 26 July 2019) on the above subject matter, refers. “We observed significant…

Deputy Senate President Condemns Attack on Ekweremadu

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Nigeria Deputy Senate President,Sen.Ovie Omo- Agege has condemned violent attack on former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu by persons said to be members of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) in Nuremberg, Germany. Senator Omo-Agege said the attack was not only a dastardly exportation of irrationality but an aggressive international affront against the image of Igbos and Nigeria. In a press release issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Yomi Odunuga on Sunday, Senator Omo-Agege expressed shock over the undeserved assault and called on law…