Month: April 2023

Bauchi Made The Right Choice, The Next Four Years Will Be Golden By Ikenna Ellis-Ezenekwe

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With near certainty, the next four years will be existing. Bauchi will experience the greatest developmental advancement in the history of modern Bauchi State. The renewed mandate to the Governor of Bauchi State, Senator Bala Mohammed will open new opportunities for the people of Bauchi State and will create more employment opportunities in new areas to accentuate the enormous investment made into developing the farming and rural communities in the hinterlands. It will be a four-year fast-spaced marathon and/or a long sprint. The new mandate will build largely on commercialisation…

Nigerian Navy Reference Hospital not recruiting – Nigerian Navy

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The Nigerian Navy has urged general public to disregard a message circulating on social media groups which stated that Nigerian Navy Reference Hospital is conducting Recruitment for 2023 hence the message called interested and eligible candidates to submit their written application letter and other relevant credentials to Naval Headquarters, Abuja (Attention: The Director of Naval Medical Services). The message further advised applicants to include contact phone number and addresses of 3 referees one of whom must be from the applicant’s institution. The Nigerian Navy Director of Information,Commodore AO Ayo- Vaughan…

Senator Barau Jibril: A Legislator Par Excellence By Abu Mahmud

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The race to occupy the number three political position in Nigeria has started in earnest. Expectedly also, many senators-elect have thrown their hats in the ring; both the serious and otherwise.Those interested have revved up their campaign machinery to ensure they become the next Senate President. .Even though the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has not made any decision on the zoning of positions or offices of the 10th Assembly. APC won a majority in the Senate with 60 seats, while the PDP has 32 seats. The Labour Party has…

NPF rejuvenates Digitalized Central Motor Registry Information System …… Urges Nigerians, residents to utilize portal effectively

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Sequel to the earlier commissioning of the rejuvenated Central Motor Registry (CMR) Unit of the Nigeria Police Force and flag-off of the 1st Phase (Stolen Vehicle Report Portal), a module in the digitalized Central Motor Registry Information System (CMRIS), by the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba on the 7th of December, 2022, the mandatory registration of vehicle information by the Central Motor Registry since inception about 7 decades ago, which was done manually and therefore fraught with some challenges has now given way to the digitalized Central Motor…

2023 Census: Osun Govt inaugurates Inter-Ministerial Committee …. assures of full support for a successful exercise in the state

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The Osun State Government has today inaugurated an Inter-Ministerial Committee on Population and Housing Census with a focus on ensuring that facts and figures about the state are correctly compiled during the forthcoming National Population and Housing Census Governor Ademola Adeleke who was represented at the inauguration of the Inter-Ministerial Committee by the Secretary to the State Government, Hon Teslim Igbalaye assured the committee and the National Population Commission (NPC) of the full commitment of the state government in ensuring a successful 2023 census and addressing any challenges that might…

Of Ramadan, You Be Thief, and Pantami – a mix, by Hassan Gimba

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This is a repeat as it was first published two years ago, precisely on 19/04/2021. Has anything changed? The reader should say. Ramadan is a month synonymous with fasting in the Muslim world. In Islam, fasting is the practice of abstaining from food, drink, smoking, and sexual activity between dawn and nightfall. At present, the world over, adult Muslims of sound mental and physical health are observing it, being the fourth of the five pillars of Islam. Muslims observe it in the month of Ramadan, the ninth month of the Muslim…

2023 Census ‘ll count IDPs in Benue state ,other places

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The National Population Commission has reacted to reported statements in news media credited to the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom and the President of Middle Belt Forum, Dr. Bitrus Pogu calling on the Federal Government to postpone the 2023 Population and Housing Census slated to be conducted from 3rd to 7th May 2023 due to fear of exclusion of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the census exercise.   The two respected stakeholders asked the Federal Government to provide adequate security for the IDPs in Benue and elsewhere in the country…

DSS investigates attack on its staff in Adamawa

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The Department of State Services (DSS) has reacted to a trending video on the social media in which someone suspected to be its staff was allegedly manhandled by some political miscreants in Adamawa State. This followed developments arising from the supplementary governorship election in the State.   The Service in a statement signed by Peter Afunanya, Public Relations Officer stated that it has commenced a full investigation into the circumstances that led to the incident.   While calling for calm, the Service also implored concerned parties in Adamawa State to…

The Smart Alec called Achraf Hakimi By Festus Adedayo

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The divorce epidemic in the world and its attendant crises in divorce property sharing assumed a different colour last week in the matter of Moroccan, Achraf Hakimi Mouh and his erstwhile wife, Spanish actress, Hiba Abouk. Hakimi is reported to be Africa’s sixth highest-paid player whose extreme popularity has stuck to him like a lapel since he led his home country, Morocco to the semi-finals of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.   The French magazine, First Mag, had reported that in her claim upon the grant of the divorce by…

Dino Melaye wins Kogi PDP guber primary

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Former Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District in National Assembly,Senator Dino Melaye has won the governorship primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party in Kogi State. He was announced winner of the election by the returning Officer on Sunday.   According to the result, the former lawmaker polled 313 votes to defeat his rival, Idoko Ilonah, who polled 124 votes.   Mr Awoniyi Sunday score 77 votes, while Musa Wada polled 56 votes.   A total of 27 aspirants had declared interest to contest the primaries in the state, including…