Month: August 2021

IGP removes Abba Kyari ,appoints DCP Tunji Disu as Head,IRT

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The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba on Monday, 2nd August, 2021 approved the posting of DCP Tunji Disu as the new Head of the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT). NPF stated that posting of the officer was on the heels of Management’s decision to fill the leadership gap within the IRT and refocus the Unit for better service delivery.     The IGP has charged the new Head of the IRT to demonstrate his professional competence in his leadership of the Unit.   He also assured citizens that the…

Niger Govt. reaffirms commitment to enforce ban on commercial motorcycles

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Niger State Government has reiterated its commitment to enforce the ban on commercial motorcycles popularly known as okada in Minna metropolis. The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Ahmed Ibrahim Matane disclosed this at a Prestige FM radio phone-in programme tagged “Nigeria Today”. Ahmed Matane further revealed Government was unyielding on the ban on use of commercial motorcycles in Minna in order to improve the security situation in State and to curtail criminal activities often perpetrated using motorcycles. The SSG lamented that many okada operators have continued to flagrantly disobey…

DG sensitizes corps members on criteria for President’s NYSC Honours Award

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The NYSC Director – General ,Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim has advised Corps Members to acquaint themselves with the requirements for the conferment of the President’s NYSC Honours Award. He gave the advise today while addressing the 2021 Batch ‘B’ Stream One Corps Members at the NYSC Orientation Camp, Amada, Gombe. Ibrahim who said grading for the honours award starts from the Orientation Camp added that potential award winners must excel in all the four cardinal programmes of the Scheme, namely, Orientation Course, Primary Assignment, Community Development Service and Winding-up/Passing-Out programme.…

ISHAQ OLANREWAJU OLOYEDE, QUINTESSENTIAL, STEREOTYPICAL PATRIOT, ICON AND ENIGMA BOWS OUT? By Ishaq Kunle Sanni

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Willam Shakespeare the greatest literary legend of all times said on marble in his play ‘The Twelve Night ‘   SOME PEOPLE ARE BORN GREAT, SOME ACHIEVE GREATNESS, WHILE OTHERS HAVE GREATNESS THRUST UPON THEM I am sufficiently close to one of the most incorruptible public servants of our time Professor Oloyede to know that he was not born great. His late father was not a rich man by any yardstick of measurement. He was a pious Imam who enjoyed relative comfort before his death through the instrumentality of having…

Abba Kyari: Who, what shot the Sheriff? By Festus Adedayo

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In the Preface to my book entitled Ayinla Omowura: Life and Times of an Apala Legend, (2020) I equated stardom and zenith of social ladder with the purport of a Yoruba wise-saying which says, epo ni mo ru, oniyangi, ma ba t’emi je. This literally translates to mean, anyone who shoulders a heavy gallon of palm oil should avoid the destructive tendency of the stone-laced ground he walks upon.   I deployed the above to explain the premature death of Omowura, one of Yoruba’s most evocative traditional African musicians, who…

Saraki, EFCC and the Media By Olawale Olaleye

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In one of my posts last week, I addressed the penchant by some media organisations to colour events, stereotype characters and or misrepresent facts, often through their choice of language. The undiscerning could think it’s a function of their limitation in language use. But that’s not always the case. They know exactly what they’re doing in many instances. A relevant and topical example I cited was the report on the downing of a fighter jet by terrorists and practically all known news sources described the criminals as bandits. Bandits downed…

Ganduje, Okorocha, Fashola, others to discuss Nigeria’s sustainability in Abuja

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Following the recent agitations for separation by some groups and individuals, the calls to discuss he sustainability of Nigeria as a united nation has became imperative, hence some Nigerian leaders will gather in Abuja to discuss its reality or myth. At the one-day conference, Kano state governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, is billed to give a keynote address which thereafter be discussed by a five-man discussants which include; the former Governor of Imo state, Senator Rochas Okorocha, incubent Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Raji Fashola (SAN), Senator Peter Nwaboshi,…

Strive for Nigeria’s unity, DG charges Prospective Corps Members

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NYSC Director-General, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim has advised Prospective Corps Members to utilise the opportunities of the service year to uphold National Unity and preach peaceful co-existence among Nigerians. He said the NYSC Scheme was established for the promotion National Unity and integration. Ibrahim stated this today while addressing the 2021 Batch ‘B’ Stream One Prospective Corps Members during his visit to NYSC Plateau State Orientation Camp in Mangu. The Director-General also urged them to use the service year to build teamwork and preach against Nigeria’s break-up. “Take advantage of…

From JAMB to Better: Farewell Anecdotes of the Incorruptible ‘Alfa Isiaka’ By Mansur Ismaila

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Prof Is-haq ‘Isiaka’ Oloyede is indeed an enigma, a paradox of personalities. Equally loved, hated and feared by many, he is everything people in his social, academic and religious circle are not. As he bows out today after a vivaciously successful and highly kinetic (first) tenure as Chief Executive and Registrar of JAMB, it is only apt to write this funny tribute about him, from a fresh, different and honestly hilarious perspective. You see, I first met Professor Oloyede and his family when I was approximately 17, having just resumed…

FBI Indictment : Police commission suspends DCP Abba Kyari

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The Police Service Commission (PSC) has suspended Abba Kyari, deputy commissioner of police, following US court documents linking him to Ramon Abbas, self-confessed international fraudster better known as Hushpuppi. Usman Alkali, inspector-general of police (IGP), had recommended the suspension of Kyari to allow for an independent investigation of the allegations against the officer.   Hushpuppi alleged that he bribed Kyari to arrest one Vincent Chibuzo, a co-fraudster.   The Instagram celebrity said he gave the top cop money to arrest and jail “one of his rivals in Nigeria after a dispute over…