Month: September 2024

DG to Corps Members – Accept postings in Good Faith

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The Director General, National Youth Service Corps NYSC, Brigadier General Yusha’u Dogara Ahmed has implored Corps Members to accept postings to the different communities and various places of primary assignments in good faith and quickly settle down to the task of nation building and development in their respective places of primary Assignment.   General Ahmed stated this today at the Closing Ceremony of the 2024 Batch ‘B’ Stream II Orientation Course at the Magaji Dan Yamusa NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp in Keffi, Nasarawa State.   In his words”Accept your postings…

Earth tremor rocks Abuja again, as residents panic

Emporium Reporters

Residents of Mpape, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), located in Bwari Area Council, Abuja, were jolted up by a tremor that shook buildings and sent shock waves across the axis.   Diaspora Digital Media (DDM) learnt that the “scary” incident started over the weekend and continued till the early hours of Tuesday.   The tremor reportedly left residents in a panic as the incident had been witnessed in the region just once before.   The first Abuja tremor incident, reports News Band, an online media, happened on…

Akpabio applauds President Tinubu’s swift response to Borno flood disaster

Lukman Laleye Babalola

President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his timely intervention in the deadly floods that affected Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State and other states as a result of devastating rainfall that occasioned the over flow from the Alau Dam.   Akpabio gave the commendation in Government House, Maiduguri during the President’s condolence visit to Borno State and the Shehu of Borno, Abubakar Ibn Umar Garba Al Amin El-Kanemi in Maiduguri.   Recall that President Tinubu, made a detour from a trip to…

Joe Ajaero, DSS and petrol price hike – Tunde Rahman

Emporium Reporters

By the time the Department of State Services released Nigeria Labour Congress President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, last Monday evening September 9, he had become contrite, remorseful and perhaps ashamed of his uninformed action. The labour leader was invited twice by the secret police and twice he failed to honour the invitation.   As I learnt, during the second invitation, Ajaero even told the new DSS boss who telephoned him that he was travelling out of the country and could only honour the invitation on his return. What an insufferable arrogance!…

DSP Barau receives Kano Governor’s top aide, Sani Dambo, into APC from NNPP

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau I Jibrin, has received a top aide of the Kano State Governor, Alhaji Sani Abdulkadir Dambo, to the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP).   Dambo, a two-time chairman of the Kano State Board of Internal Revenue, announced his exit from the NNPP, the ruling party in Kano State, to the APC during a visit to the Deputy President of the Senate at his Abuja residence on Monday. Dambo was appointed Special Adviser on Investment by the…

Flood: Tinubu visits Borno State, pledges more support for citizens, creation of Disaster Relief Fund

Lukman Laleye Babalola

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has announced creation of Disaster Relief fund on Monday in Maiduguri, Borno State, to assist Nigerian citizens impacted by floods and other disasters. He said the relief fund is already expedient as the climate is becoming more unpredictable and many places in the country are vulnerable to its vagaries. President Tinubu announced this at the Borno Government House when he visited the state to sympathise with the government and people over the recent flooding from Alau Dam. He urged the private sector to contribute to the…

EID-EL-MAULUD: APC felicitates with Muslims

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has rejoiced with Nigerians, especially Muslim Ummah, on the joyous occasion of Eid-el-Maulud.   Eid-el-Maulud, marking the birthday of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), is a significant ceremony in commemoration of the birth and life of the great Prophet of Allah.   The party in a release signed by Felix Morka, Esq.,National Publicity Secretary said ; “As we celebrate this important occasion, we urge our Muslim compatriots to reflect on the exemplary virtues of the Holy Prophet, particularly empathy, love, peaceful-coexistence, selfless service to humanity, among others.…

David Mark mourns General Tete ……Describes him as dependable, faithful ally

Abubakar Yusuf

Former President of the Senate, Senator David Mark has lamented over the death of former Defence attaché to Nigeria Embassy in China, Brigadier General B.B. Tete .   General Tete was Senator Mark’s Adviser on Special Duties during his tenure as President of the Senate of Nigeria.   Gen Tete reportedly died after a brief illness at Nigerian Army Hospital in Kaduna last week.   Senator Mark in a condolence message to the family of Tete described him as a detribalised , dependable and faithful ally who promoted peace and…

NNPC announces prices of Dangote petrol for different states in Nigeria (Full List)

Emporium Reporters

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has announced prices of Dangote petrol for its retail stations across different states in Nigeria In a social media post on Monday, the NNPC said the estimated pump price is based on prices set by the Dangote refinery for its petroleum products.   According to the price map shared by the NNPC, residents in the northern part of Nigeria will pay more for the product while those in Lagos will pay less.   – The company reassured Nigerians that in the event of…

Dangote’s Translucent Beginning, By Abubakar Yusuf

Emporium Reporters

It appears the over two decades of suffering by Nigerians to access petroleum products which the country is one of the major producers have just started with Dangote’s monopoly of all facets of our national life,w and the pretences of bringing to an end many years of scarcity and energy crisis in the country.   Nigeria should not contemplate cutting off importation of the products inspite of the shady deals surrounding the exercise and favouritism prevalent in the system over the decades.   The lack of transparency displayed by Dangote…