Day: May 12, 2020

COVID19: SERG Hails Enugu Council Chairmen, Wants South East Governors To Erect Barricades at Boundaries

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Amid increasing allegations of violation of interstate travel restriction by the federal government, the South East Revival Group (SERG) has commended all the 17 local government chairmen in Enugu State over their commitment to measures aimed at curtaining the spread of Coronavirus disease in the state.   The group particularly gave a passed mark to efforts by the council chairmen at the state boundaries for enforcing the directive by Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi that they mobilise to man their land borders, urging governors in the region to construct lockable barriers manned…

GAMBARI: Emir of Ilorin thanked President Buhari

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The Emir of Ilorin and Chairman, Kwara State Council of Chiefs, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, has thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for appointing Professor Ibrahim Gambari as his new Chief of Staff. Alhaji Sulu-Gambari in a statement signed by his Media Aide, Mallam Abdulazeez Arowona described the appointment as great honour to the entire people of Ilorin Emirate and Kwarans at large. He noted that the choice of the former diplomat would be justified by outstanding contributions,administrative experience, scholarship and excellence which he would inject into the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government towards…

Banditry: Implement report of Ad-hoc C’ttee on Security Challenges, Senate tells FG

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The Senate has urged the Federal Government to, as a matter of urgency, implement the recommendations contained in the report of the Ad-Hoc Committee on Nigeria Security Challenges to address the spate of killings arising of the activities of bandits in the country. The call was made on Tuesday by the upper chamber against the backdrop of two motions considered on the need to stem banditry attacks in Niger and Katsina States, respectively. Sponsor of one of the motions, Senator Bello Mandiya (APC – Katsina South), lamented what he described…

Meet President Buhari’s new Chief of Staff, Prof. Ibrahim Agboola Gambari

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Ambassador Gambari, a Nigerian scholar-diplomat, was the first Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Africa (1999-2005). In that capacity, he worked closely with heads of government, key policy makers as well as institutions on the continent to develop the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD). During this period, he was concurrently the Resident Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Mission to Angola (2002-2003). He has been a delegate to the Assembly of the African Union as a national delegate (1984-1985) and as a…

Group asks Imams ,Alfas in Oyo to shun Makinde’s iftar invitation

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The Joint Action Committee for the Preservation of the Rights and Honours of Imams has urged Muslim leaders especially Islamic clerics in Oyo state to shun iftar invitation extended to them by the Oyo state Governor, Engr.Seyi Makinde.   Read the full statement:   Our attention has been drawn to a letter of your invitation to a Ramadan IFTAR by the Governor of Oyo State, Engr Seyi Makinde which will hold on Wednesday 20 Ramadan 1441 AH from 5pm till dawn of 21st Ramadan 1441 AH. We have sought jurisprudential…

COVID-19: Oyo govt vows to secure boundaries to halt interstate movement

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Oyo State government, on Tuesday, expressed its readiness to halt the influx of people into the state from other states of the federation to further prevent the spread COVID-19. The Information and Risk Communication Sub-committee of the Oyo State COVID-19 Task Force stated this during a sensitization campaign in border towns within the five local governments in Ogbomoso land.   The state’s Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Dr. Wasiu Olatubosun, who led the campaign team told border town residents that the government was determined to stop the influx defiant…

Burglars invade N’Assembly, vandalise Reps’ Spokesman’s office

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Despite the presence of security personnel manning the premises of National Assembly, suspected hoodlums reportedly burgled the office of Hon. Benjamin Kalu, Spokesman of the House Of Representatives. The Reps member office is located at suite 1.53, House of Representatives (New Wing), National Assembly Complex, Three Arms Zone, Abuja. Aside Sergeant-At-Arm which formed the internal security architecture of the National Assembly; there are over 300 other personnel, comprising of the Police, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, the Federal Road Safety Corps and the Department of State Service (DSS); with…

JUST IN : President Buhari appoints Ibrahim Gambari as new Chief of Staff

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Ibrahim Gambari, a professor of political science and Nigeria’s former permanent representative to the United Nations (UN), has been appointed as the new chief of staff to President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, several Mainstream Newspapers are reporting. Gambari, a former Minister of Foreign Affairs, replaces Mallam Abba Kyari, who died last month of COVID-19. According to Thisday Newspaper, Gambari, who was Buhari’s Foreign Minister and confidant as military Head of State in the 1980s, met with the President at about 8am on Tuesday at the State House, Abuja. The new…

Senate probe of NDDC to complement FG’s forensic audit – Lawan

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President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan said on Tuesday that the investigation being carried out by the Senate into the finances of the Niger Delta Development Commission(NDDC) was to complement the ongoing forensic audit which was ordered by the Federal government. Lawan stated this while inaugurating a seven-man adhoc committee on alleged financial recklessness in the NDDC. “We are in total support of the President’s directive for the forensic audit of the finances of the NDDC, and this is, in some way, complimentary to that directive,” he said. The investigation,…

COVID-19: Senate considers bill to boost advanced healthcare in Nigeria

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The Senate on Tuesday considered a critical bill which seeks to boost advanced healthcare service delivery in Nigeria to act as safeguard and response to medical emergency in the future. The piece of legislation sponsored by Senator Sandy Onor (PDP – Cross River Central), seeks to establish the Advanced Healthcare Development Fund. Leading debate on the bill during plenary, the lawmaker who bemoaned the healthcare system in the country, said same was inadequate to meet the needs of Nigerians. According to him, “the current state of tertiary healthcare in Nigeria…