Day: March 8, 2022

IGP orders evacuation of accidental vehicles,unregistered exhibits from police stations

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The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba ordered the immediate evacuation of all impounded, accidental and unregistered exhibit vehicles from Police Stations nationwide.   The order is predicated on the incessant embarrassing and unprofessional manner in which these vehicles are stacked within police facilities causing nuisance and disgusting sight at Police Stations.   The IGP frowned at the practice of stockpiling vehicles recovered from crime scenes or vehicles which their ownership is being contested or in doubt, in police premises with stringent requirements and cumbersome processes for the rightful…

APC adopts report of its zoning committee ….. set to hold NEC meeting next week

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All Progressives Congress APC has adopted report of the Zoning Committee of the Party. The Acting Chairman of the APC Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) Abubakar Sani Bello made this known to newsmen after a stakeholders meeting at the Party’s National Secretariat in Abuja. The Acting Chairman stated that the report would soon be made public. Responding on when the Party will hold its National Executive Committee NEC, meeting, Governor Sani Bello expressed the hope that the meeting would hold next week. Recall that barely 24 hours ago the APC…

American University to host JIFORM Continental Migration Summit In New York City

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The Medgar Evers College (MEC), City University, New York City (CUNY), United States from October 31 to November 14 will host the intercontinental migration summit being put together by the Journalists International Forum For Migration (JIFORM) and other partners across the globe.   Apart from attending the summit targeted at harnessing the potentials of migration and its benefits to humanity, some of the participants are also billed to undertake a certification course on migration and diaspora matters at the university according to the President/Executive Director of JIFORM, Dr Ajibola Abayomi.…

Allow eligible prison inmates to vote during elections, Senate urges INEC

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The Senate has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission to allow duly registered and eligible prison-electorates to exercise their franchise during all general elections in Nigeria. This was even as it called on the Electoral body to determine the status of the inmates that are constitutionally and legally qualified to be registered as eligible voters and should vote at elections. The chamber also urged the Commission and relevant agencies to carry out voter’s enlightenment in all prisons in Nigeria, to educate the inmates of their rights and necessity to exercise…

Tribute to my Gimbiya @50 By Ustaz Yunus Salahudeen

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Alamdulillahi ! Alamdulillahi!! Alamdulillah Robil Alamini!!! My thanksgiving to the creator for non of His blessings shall we deny . My Gimbiya @ 50 , Hameedah, Felicia, Khiola ,Rebecca Alias Kudende of Zokoriko Bint Michael Dunka Zaujat Ustaz Yunus Salahudeen, you are a wonderful Woman . My Wife , I Wish you get everything your heart desires on occasion of your Golden Age because that exactly what you deserve. My better half, day after day you have shown me what a blessing you are and how thankful I am for…

Judicial ruling won’t stop amendment of Electoral Act, says Lawan

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President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that the ruling by the Federal High Court in Abuja, won’t stop the National Assembly from amending the Electoral Act.   The court in a ruling delivered on Monday by Inyang Ekwo, on an ex-parte application by the People’s Democratic Party, barred the President Muhammadu Buhari, the Attorney General of the Federation and the Senate President from tampering with the newly amended Electoral Act 2022.   The Court maintained that the Electoral Act having become a valid law could not be altered…

DG tasks Corps Members on Security

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Corps Members have been advised to avoid risky engagements throughout the service year. NYSC Director-General, Major General Shuaibu Ibrahim, gave the advice today while addressing the 2022 Batch ‘A’ Stream One Corps Members deployed to Kogi State at the NYSC Orientation Camp in Asaya, Kabba. He urged them to avoid night travelling, lone movements and acceptance of ride from strangers, adding that they should report suspicious activities around them to the law enforcement agencies. Ibrahim also enjoined them to use the period of the Orientation Course to imbibe teamwork, build…

Gov Sani Bello,others call for Technical Committee to properly demarcate Boundaries of states sharing boarder with FCT

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Three out of the five States that share boundaries with the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja have called for the setting up of a technical committee to properly demarcate their boundaries. Governors of the three states which are Abubakar Sani Bello, Abdullahi Sule and Nasiru El-Rufai of Niger, Nasarawa and Kaduna states respectively, made the call in a meeting with the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola in Abuja. While Governor Sani Bello was physically present at the meeting, his counterparts in Nasarawa and Kaduna states joined virtually. In…

2022 IWD: Gov Sani Bello says men remain veritable ally in Women’s efforts to attain Gender Balanced Future

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Niger State Governor,Abubakar Sani Bello said promoting equal access of women to power, decision making and leadership at all levels is a necessary precondition for the proper functioning and survival of democracy in the country. The Governor, in a statement to mark the 2022 International Women’s Day (IWD) also said men remained a veritable ally in supporting the tremendous efforts by women, the world over, to achieve a gender-balanced future. Governor Sani Bello, opined that, for the growth of our nascent democracy and the obvious vulnerability of the womenfolk, there’s…