Month: June 2022

Brigade Commander applauds Corps Members for supporting Army

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The Brigade Commander, 63 Brigade Nigerian Army Asaba, Brigadier General MLD Saraso has paid glowing commendations on the Corps Members posted to the formation for their invaluable services.   He stated this when the Director General of National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General Muhammad Kaku Fadah visited him in his office in Asaba as part of his engagement with critical stakeholders of the Scheme. General Saraso specifically hailed the Corps Doctors, Nurses and other para-medics from NYSC Delta State Secretariat for their untiring disposition to duty.   “I commend the…

Gov Sani Bello swears in new Commissioner … charges him to do his best

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Niger state Governor ,Abubakar Sani Bello has sworn in Hon. Danladi Mamud Liman Doko as a Commissioner in his cabinet.   The swearing-in was conducted at Government House, Minna, Niger state, by Justice Abdullahi Mikhail on behalf of the Chief Judge, Justice Halima Abdulmalik. While congratulating and expressing confidence in the ability of the new Commissioner, the Governor said he has no doubt that he will carry out his mandate to the best of his ability adding that he should seek guidance from his predecessors.   “I congratulate you on…

CVR: Niger Governor declares two-day Public Holiday for Public Servants,Residents to obtain PVC

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Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello has declared Thursday, 30th June, 2022 and Friday, 1st July, 2022 as state-wide Public holidays.   A statement issued by Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Ahmed Ibrahim Matane explained that the holiday was to enable Civil Servants, Public Office Holders, and citizens of the State who have attained the age of 18 years or lost their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) or even changed their locations to take advantage of the ongoing INEC Continuous Voters Registration Exercise and obtain their Permanent Voters Card…

Ekweremadu: Senate sends high profile delegation to UK

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The Senate on Wednesday says, it will send a delegation of lawmakers to the United Kingdom to meet the former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, who is currently facing an organ harvesting charge in the European country.   Ahmad Lawan, the Senate president disclosed this on after the Red Chamber emerged from a closed-door session, which lasted for about an hour.     Lawan said the delegation, which comprised of members of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, will leave for London on Friday.     The Senate President also…

How will Tinubu, Atiku, Peter Obi address insecurity? — By Frederick Nwabufo

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Nigeria is caught in a maelstrom. Ravagers roam across the land unchallenged, extracting tolls in tears and blood from citizens. They expropriate land and govern according to their lust for violence. There is hopelessness in the streets as the country sinks deeper and deeper into a bloodfest. Insecurity will be the toughest trial of the next administration.   Insurgency, banditry and kidnapping have become a quotidian aspect of the Nigerian life. Killings and kidnappings have persisted with each incident surpassing the previous in gruesomeness, audacity and ruthlessness.   Over 5,067…

Osun Guber: Oyetola receives British High Commission team, says APC remains the party to beat … warns opposition parties against inflammatory comments

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Barely 17 days to the gubernatorial election in Osun, Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, has reiterated that his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, remains the party to beat anytime, any day. He said his outstanding performance across sectors of the economy had earned him the people’s support and soared his popularity and acceptability as manifested in the unfolding events in the last three and a half years he has been paddling the ship of the State. He warned members of the opposition parties to desist from politics of acrimony, inflammatory commentaries…

Why I did not implement report of 2014 National Conference — Jonathan

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Former president Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday said he did not have enough time to implement the report of the 2014 national conference.   He made the comment at the public presentation of a book ‘The National Question’ authored by Akpandem James and Sam Akpe.   Jonathan was represented at the event by former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim.   “Whenever people say that I should have implemented its recommendations, my feeling is either those people did not understand the political environment at that time, the…

NOUN gets New Registrar, Bursar, Librarian

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The authority of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) has approved the appointment of Mr. Oladipo Adetayo Ajayi as the new Registrar of the institution.   Also appointed are Mr. Nasir Gusau Marafa as Bursar and Dr. Angela Ebele Okpala as the University Librarian.   EMPORIUM REPORTERS gathered that the appointment is for a single term of five years.   The appointments were conveyed to the appointees in separate letters dated June 27, 2022 and signed by the out-going Registrar, Mr. Felix I. Edoka.   Mr. Edoka said the three…

Nigeria, major cannabis-cultivating, consuming country – NDLEA

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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has said Nigeria was a major cannabis cultivating and consuming country.   Chairman of the anti-narcotic agency, Buba Marwa, said this in Abuja yesterday at the opening of a drug prevention, treatment and care training for governors’ wives. He said the drug problem had become one of the world’s greatest challenges threatening the well-being of human society. “Consequences of drug abuse, including chronic health conditions and untimely death, are existential threats that cannot be ignored by any responsible government. “Sadly, Nigeria is not insulated…

5 Apps Fraudsters Use To Send You Fake Banks Alert How To Detect Them

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Losing money, especially to fraud, hurts. It hits differently when they lose their money through fake bank alerts. That means someone played on their intelligence and stole from them. That hurts. Here are a few pointers to note to avoid being a victim of fake bank alerts. The advent of a cashless policy is a good one. Cash-less Nigeria, according to Wikipedia, is a policy established in the year 2012 by the Central Bank of Nigeria to curb excesses in the handling of cash in the Nigerian federation. It prescribed…