Month: January 2024

FG to investigate corruption allegations against Chief of Naval Staff

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The Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Matawalle, has pledged to investigation the corrupt allegations against the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla. This is contained in a statement by Henshaw Ogubike, Director, Information, Press and Public Relations of the ministry. According to Mr Ogubike, Dr. Matawalle said this while responding to the allegation against the Naval Chief. Matawalle noted that the administration of President Bola Tinubu had a zero tolerance for corruption in the public service. “Though these allegations might be mischievous, the Ministry of Defence…

Confusion as Teacher flogs student to death in Lagos

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Confusion broke out at Araromi Ilogbo Secondary School in Oko Afo, Lagos State, as students of the school staged a protest over the death of one of their classmates, who was reportedly flogged to death by a teacher.   The incident was said to have occurred on Thursday when the deceased, identified as master David Babadipo, was allegedly flogged by the teacher, Mr Oluwale.   Following the incident, the victim was rushed to the hospital where he was confirmed dead.   In a viral video, many pupils of the school…

Yahoo Boy stabs parents as black magic soap fails to yield fortune

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Daniel Bamidele, a 20-year-old man suspected to be a Yahoo Boy, has been arrested in Oyo State. The he was nabbed after stabbing his parents on Thursday, January 25. The Nation reported that Daniel’s mother, Titilayo, reportedly ran out of their home in Apabielesin area of Ibadan, Oyo State with serious injury, calling for help as her son sneaked into their home and attacked her and his father with a machete. This attracted bystanders who hurriedly rushed into the house, held Daniel down and dispossessed him of the machete he…

Bribery allegations against CNS are baseless,untrue – Nigerian Navy

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The Nigerian Navy has said allegations against Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla are untenable, baseless, and untrue The Peoples Gazette had accused Ogalla of facilitating an unorganized bunkering of Nigerian crude and a multimillion-naira contract-splitting fraud. Also releasing several oil tankers impounded for transporting stolen crude oil off Nigerian shores after receiving kickbacks in millions of dollars. The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, had said that the allegations would be investigated. However, the Nigerian Navy, in a statement by the Director of Information, Rear Admiral…

Finance Minister visits CAC,lauds Registrar-General achievements within 100 Days in Office

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The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun has applauded the Registrar General, Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) Hussaini Ishaq Magaji for taking the Commission to the next level. He commended the Registrar General for launching online premium services for same day registration, same day update application, same day status report application, same day search, from 24hours incorporation he met on assumption of office 100 days ago. The Minister who was at CAC on Friday to show support and encouragement, admonished the Commission to imbibe artificial…

My mummy is getting married, by Funke Egbemode

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Lola is 59 and getting married again. She has been single for 27 years and had, with the grace and help of God, raised four children all by herself. She made the announcement at New Year dinner with her children in Canada and all four of them dropped their cutleries. Their eyebrows simultaneously shot up. That was followed by what felt like an hour-long silence. Then, somehow, they all found their voices at the same time. ‘No Mum, Haba!’   Tell us you are joking!’   What do you mean?’…

A JOURNEY TO MAKING HISTORY By Mousa Ubandawaki

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When the new NAHCON helmsman, Malam Jalal Ahmad Arabi assumed office on the 18″ of October, 2023, he made a solemn pledge to pursue the acronym mantra of T.S.A (Trust, Sacrifice and Allah sees everything) in the administration of Hajj. According to him, he has not come to overturn everything achleved by the former Board of the Commission but to tinker with areas that needed improvement and build on the achievement in other aspects of the exercise. Now, four months down the line, Malam Jalal Arabi – a tested bureaucrat…

Niger CP presents Cheques of over N44m to 69 families of deceased personnel

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The Commissioner of Police, Niger State Command, CP Shawulu Ebenezer Danmamman today 26th January, 2024 on behalf of the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun presented cheques amounting to forty-four million, five hundred and fifty-one thousand, five hundred and thirty-one naira, eleven kobo (N44,551,531.11k) to sixty-nine next of kins and families of Police personnel who lost their lives in the line of duty recently. The presentation took place at the Police Officers’ Mess, Minna, Niger state capital. In his remarks, the CP welcomed the families to the venue…

DigitalForAllChallenge: DG NITDA lauds Initiative, unravels plan to create Tech Clubs across Nigeria

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Sequel to the National Information Technology Development Agency’s quest of achieving 70% digital literacy by 2027, and the Renewed Hope Agenda of the present administration, in transforming the economy and empowering Nigerians through technology, the Director-General of NITDA, Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi has commended the DigitalForAllChallenge 2.0 initiated by Tech4Dev and unraveled plans by the Agency to use the vehicle to create ‘Tech Clubs’ across the country.     Dr. Inuwa disclosed this while delivering a Keynote Address at the Launch of the skilling competition initiative.     He said, “our…

NAHCON meets Tour Operators’ Service Provider

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In response to recent developments emerging from the Private Tour Operators sector of Nigerian Hajj industry, the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) today Friday 26th January,2024 held a crucial meeting with Private Tour Operators at Hajj House Headquarters in Abuja. Participants at the meeting were drawn from operators under the aegis of Association of Hajj and Umrah Operators in Nigeria (AHUON) inclusive of the 40 Hajj travel agencies approved by the Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah to operate in the coming pilgrimage. The backdrop of the meeting was…