Day: April 14, 2023

NYSC disowns ‘Youth Corper’ on trial for defrauding Police Officer,says he is an ex-corps member

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The NYSC Management in Oyo State has reacted to the information circulating on social media about a Corps Member sent to jail in Ibadan, Oyo State, for criminal offence. The Management in a statement by Odoba Abel,NYSC Oyo State Coordinator made the following clarifications; “The said Ukanwa Ikechuwuku is now an ex-Corps Member who passed out of National Service in February 2023. “Secondly, when he was serving, he collected a sum of Two Hundred and Thirty Five Thousand naira to purchase a physiotherapy machine for a woman at the police…

University of Ilesa has come to stay – Gov Adeleke

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Osun State Governor,Senator Ademola Adeleke has described the recent appointments of principal officers for the University of Ilesa as part of the fulfillment of his promise to nurture a sustainable tertiary institution for Ijeshaland.   In a statement issued today at Osogbo, Governor Adeleke reaffirmed his commitment to building a sound footed university which he said informed his approval of a leading academic of international repute, Prof Taiwo Asaolu as the Vice Chancellor of the university.     Commending the applause the new appointments elicited from Ijesha society, the State…

SUPPLEMENTARY POLLS: IGP orders restriction of movement , reiterates ban on VIP Aides, Escorts, State Security Outfits

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  Sequel to the forthcoming Supplementary Elections scheduled to hold on Saturday 15th of April, 2023, in twentwenty-three states of the Federation covering National Assembly, gubernatorial, and State Houses of Assembly elections in areas where they were not concluded during the previous General Elections, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, CFR, has ordered the restriction of all forms of vehicular movement on roads, waterways, and other forms of transportation, from 12 am to 5 pm in all affected states with the exception of those on essential services such…

PFAN is fully committed to NFF reconciliation process – Babangida

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The President of the Professional Footballers Association of Nigeria, PFAN, Comrade Tijani Babangida has reaffirmed the associations commitment to the reconciliation process set up by the current NFF president, Ibrahim Gusau. In a statement personally signed by the Nigeria former Super Eagles player, he denied a media report credited to their association where it was alledged that the NFF President had concluded plans to kill PFAN in preference for the unveiling of a new players union. He unequivocally denied such report coming from them, declaring further that it was the…

APC Diaspora Directorate returns N2.4m undisbursed allowance to PCC

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The Director of the Diaspora Directorate, Tinubu Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, Prince Ade Omole submitted earlier today, a 22-page campaign report and 8-page expenditure breakdown on behalf of the Diaspora Directorate to Honourable Christopher Tarka, Deputy Secretary, Presidential Campaign Council (PCC). The documentation detailed the activities of the Diaspora Directorate during the campaign season which contributed immensely to the victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the February 25th 2023 Presidential polls. Prince Omole also returned the total sum of N2.4 million Naira to the PCC, being undisbursed funds…

WHO WILL SAVE THE POLICE? By Olusegun Adeniyi

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Following a viral video in which police escorts attached to a prominent Kano-based musician, Dauda Adamu Kahutu Rarara were shooting bullets into the air like village hunters, authorities in Abuja have waded in. “The NPF has condemned the unprofessionalism and act of indiscipline displayed by the policemen caught in the video that is trending where some policemen were seen firing shots to rob the ego and hype a musician in Kano city”, according to a statement by the Force spokesman, Olumuyiwa Adejobi. “The police officers have been identified and arrested.…