Day: September 4, 2020

Hate speech destroys fabric of a Nation- Abu Mazeedatilkhayr

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By Maryam Kehinde Abdulazeez . An islamic scholar has urged the government to take a bold step by doing all in its capacity to end hate Speech by hate Speech mongers as it is a serious threat to the nation’s unity. This call was made while discussing the topic:- HIJRAH HIGHLIGHTS: The History & Achievement of The Islamic Golden Age, during an Islamic weekly program tagged “TALK ISLAM” on Jordan 93.9 FM Abuja. Abu Mazeedatilkhayr Bn Sa’eed, the CEO De Minaret International, Abuja said the Golden age of Islam was…

NiDCOM has no power to deport anyone —Dabiri-Erewa

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The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), through her Chairman/CEO, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has reacted to a report which the commission described as malicious, mischievous and fabricated, where the leader of the proscribed Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Uchenna Madu, falsely alleged that NIDCOM was the medium being used by the Federal government to forcefully deport and persecute some people described as “ Biafrans.” Dabiri-Erewa however stated ;/”In a statement entitled “Security agents killing our members secretly “, the group alleged that NIDCOM is being…

Gov AbdulRazaq felicitates with Kunle Sulaiman At 76

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Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Friday congratulated statesman and frontline Otoge leader Barrister Kunle Sulaiman on his 76th birthday anniversary, prayed to God to grant him long life and good health. In a congratulatory message, the Governor felicitated with the top chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State, “I congratulate statesman and a leading voice in the Otoge movement Barrister Kunle Suleiman on this day of his 76th birthday. Fearless, outspoken, and ever committed to whatever cause he believes in, Barrister Kunle Sulaiman is a…

Gov Sani-Bello greets SGF Boss Mustapha @ 64

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Niger State Governor and Chairman North Central Governors Forum Abubakar Sani Bello has described the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Boss Mustapha as visionary, passionate and selfless personality. This is contained in a congratulatory message signed by the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary Mary Noel-Berje to mark the 64th birthday of the SGF. Sani-Bello said the level of dedication and commitment to duties shown by the legal luminary can not be over looked but to be reckoned with adding that he has written his name in gold by…

Stakeholders support move to ban heavy duty vehicles on state-owned roads in Niger state

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Niger State Government and critical stakeholders in the state have agreed to the closure of all state-owned roads to heavy trucks to preserve the roads; allow for the speedy completion of those under repairs, like the Minna-Bida Road; and reduce carnage on the road. The position emerged after a meeting of critical stakeholders and the Niger State government presided over by the Chairman, Infrastructure Project Monitoring Committee and the Chief of Staff to Governor Abubakar Sani Bello, Ibrahim Balarabe held at the Government House Minna. Restriction of movement of articulated…

RAPE: Benue beauty Queen, Ene Daniels to train 100 girls for week

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Miss Idoma Ambassador, Queen Esther Ene Daniels, said she has perfected arrangements to empower 100 young ladies drawn from the 9 local government areas of Benue South. Addressing newsmen in Abuja on Friday, Miss Daniels said the move was a follow up to her campaign against rape. The beauty Queen had, in April this year, launched an online campaign tagged ‘Give Her Pen, Not Penis’, apparently suggesting that the male folks should rather invest in the education of the girl child and not to rape her. Since the federal government…

Kwara govt receives N148m looted funds from EFCC

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Kwara State Government has received a bank draft for another N148,049,580:81 looted funds which the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) recently recovered from some officials of the past administration. The money was received on Thursday on behalf of the state government by Commissioner for Finance and Planning Olasumbo Florence Oyeyemi, according to a statement from the ministry’s spokesperson Saad Hamdalat. She commended the EFCC for its patriotic efforts to stamp out corruption and abuse of public office, said the recovered funds would be duly appropriated and deployed to serve…

Retired Police Officers to benefit from National Health Insurance scheme …… as IGP directs nationwide capturing of Police retirees

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Sequel to the approval of the Federal Government of Nigeria for the enrolment of retired police officers on the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), the Inspector-General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, has directed the nationwide registration and capturing of all retired police officers with effect from 7th September to 23rd September, 2020. With this development, all retired police officers, irrespective of their rank on retirement, along with a spouse, will have full access to all NHIS services and benefits covered by the Police Health Maintenance Organization (Police-HMO) Code-073.   The exercise, which…

Trade Dispute : Ghana ‘ll consider Resolutions from Legislative Diplomacy – President Akufo-Addo assures Gbajabiamila

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The President of Ghana, Prof. Nana Akufo Ado has assured the Speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila of the readiness of the Ghanaian government to consider the resolutions reached at the ‘Legislative Diplomacy Bilateral Meeting’ between Nigeria and Ghana’s senior legislators on 2nd September 2020, at the Ghanaian Parliament House. The Ghanian President gave the assurance when the Speaker of Ghana’s parliament, Prof. Mike Oquaye, upon completion of the 2-day extensive dialogue, led his Nigerian counterpart on a courtesy visit to the President at the Jubilee House, Accra,…