Day: June 15, 2024

Director General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu has urged the Muslim faithfuls and all Nigerians to continue to pray for leaders at all levels in line with the lessons of Eid Kabir. In a Sallah message to Nigerians on the celebration of the 2024 Eid Al Adha, Issa-Onilu called on Nigerians and the Muslim ummah to use the opportunity to pray for good and Good fearing leaders at all levels at this period. The DG NOA also urged the Citizen to imbibe the virtues of sacrifice,…

The National Youth Service Corps in its bid to scale up more effective publication of the critical roles of the Scheme in the socio-economic development of Nigeria has secured Federal Government’s approval for the creation of Media Department.   It said the noble feat would facilitate effective administration and utilization of both NYSC radio and Television stations in the pursuit of the Scheme’s mandate. The Director General of National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General YD Ahmed announced this in his address at the 2024 Public Relations and Protocol Officers Workshop,…

A bill seeking to widen the operation of ICAN Act faced huddles and objection from different professional bodies, at the just concluded public hearing, Thursday, June 13, 2024 at National Assembly Complex. The Public Hearing was organized by the Senate Committee on Establishment & Public Service. Prof Michael Ayeni, FCCrFA, FCCFI, the Chairman, Professional Training and Standards Committee of the Chartered Institute of Forensics and Certified Fraud Investigators of Nigeria ( CIFCFIN) who presented the position paper of the Institute, noted that while the Institute is not particularly against the…

Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has hailed the appointment of two great Nigerians, Dr Umar Oseni , as the first Nigerian new Secretary-General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Arbitration Centre and Dr Akolisa Ufodike as the Deputy Minister of Trade , Immigration and Multiculturalism in Alberta.   In a statement by Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Director of Media, Public Relations and Protocols of the Commission described the two Nigerians as excellent personalities who had brought glory and fame to Nigeria.   Dabiri-Erewa said both appointments shown…

Nine Teenage Nigerian girls trafficked to Ghana have arrived the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, following a visit by the Chairman/CEO of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Hon. Abike Dabiri Erewa and the representatives of the Imo State Governor, Rt. Hon. Chyna Amara Iwuanyanwu (Deputy Speaker of the Imo State House) and Imo State Commissioner for Women Affairs, Mrs Nkechinyere Ugwu.   The girls who arrived about 9:55pm, were profiled and handed over to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons (NAPTIP).   Hon. Dabiri-Erewa stated that the…

President Bola Tinubu has fired Mr. Mamman Ahmadu as the Director-General/Chief Executive Officer of the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP). This was disclosed in a terse statement issued by the his spokesman, Chief Ajuri Ngelale. He said the decision is part of a larger reorganization effort in the public procurement system to reposition the agency for greater efficiency and transparency. President Tinubu appointed Ayodeji Ariyo Gbeleyi as his replacement with immediate effect. The statement reads, “Mr. Gbeleyi is a renowned financial expert and award-winning chartered accountant. He is a fellow…

Lagos based Lawyer, Ohemu Boni, has petitioned the National Assembly, over the mysterious death of Inspector Sunday Peter. Late Inspector Peter was a Police Officer, attached to the ‘Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos Police Command, before he was murdered. In a letter addressed to the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio and Speaker, House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas; Barr. Boni expressed the disappointment of the family over the role played by the colleagues of the Late Inspector, calling for thorough investigation, to ascertain the real cause of Peter’s…