Day: April 26, 2025

Nigerian Navy Provost and Regulating School graduates 45 Personnel

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The Nigerian Navy Provost and Regulating School, Makurdi, has successfully graduated 45 personnel after completing various professional courses aimed at enhancing discipline and leadership within the service.   The graduation ceremony, held on Friday, 25 April 2025, was conducted under the leadership of the Commandant, Captain Henry Ebute Ejeh. The graduating students completed the Master at Arms Refresher Course, Master at Arms Qualifying Course, Petty Officer Regulator Qualifying Course, and Leading Regulator Qualifying Course.   The 16-week training was designed to refresh the knowledge of Master Warrant Officers and prepare…

NYSC DG celebrates birthday with Corps Members, as FCT swears in 4,070

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Olakunle Oluseye Nafiu, today celebrated his birthday alongside some Corps Members at the NYSC FCT Orientation Camp, Kubwa, Abuja.   The celebrants, who share the same birth period with the DG, included Onoja Dorcas (FC/25A/1642), Enugu Judith (FC/25A/1299), Egba Kingsley Nnamdi (FC/25A/1140), Achunmwande Brandy (FC/25A/2507), Boluwatife Oladapo Ogedengbe (FC/25A/1088), Kwayama D. Sharon (FC/25A/3461), and Agbo Ojobo Ambrose (FC/25A/1338).   General Nafiu, who was also part of the dignitaries that witnessed the swearing-in ceremony of the 4,070 Corps Members…

NAHCON Chairman commends Tinubu, Shettima on BTA resolution, announces advance Medical Team departure for Hajj

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Professor Abdullahi Saleh Usman Pakistan, has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima for their swift intervention in resolving the Basic Travel Allowance (BTA) payment concerns facing intending pilgrims.   Speaking in an interview with Freedom Radio, Kaduna, Professor Abdullahi said the intervention prompted the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to rescind its earlier decision to issue BTA via Automated Teller Machines (ATM) instead of cash.   While acknowledging that innovation is inevitable in a rapidly evolving…

Niger Police denies involvement in alleged assault, extortion at Pogo

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The Niger State Police Command has distanced itself from allegations circulating on social media, claiming that its personnel were involved in the assault, forced shaving, and extortion of young men with dreadlocks in the Pogo area of the state.   A video that surfaced online on 24th April, 2025, featured a young man alleging that policemen accosted them based on their hairstyle, beat them, shaved their hair, and demanded a payment of two thousand naira.   However, in a statement issued on Saturday, 26th April, 2025, by the Police Public…

FG receives 231 Trafficked Nigerian Youths rescued from Ghana

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The Federal Government has received 231 Nigerian youths who were trafficked to Ghana and recently rescued through a coordinated multi-agency effort, facilitated by the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM).   The victims, a mix of boys and girls aged between 15 and 38 years, were lured with promises of lucrative jobs but were instead forced into internet fraud activities after being handed laptops. They were rescued during a raid carried out by Ghana’s Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO).   According to Dominic Mensah, Head of Human Trafficking at EOCO,…

SDGs: Driving Global Program through Film Challenges, BY ABUBAKAR YUSUF

Abubakar Yusuf

With preparation towards 2020-2030 Agenda popularly known as decade of action at hand, the concept of transmitting SDGs program through short film challenges cannot be overemphasized.   Therefore, the determination of Sustainable Development Goals SDGs under the leadership of Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire and the United Nations UN to move beyond infrastructural, socio-economic and political awareness as well as empowerment by deploying the global program to achieving its stated objectives.   The inculcation of short films and other related art work towards achieving the 17 SDGs goals, starting from first to…

As Pope Francis goes home today By abiodun KOMOLAFE

Emporium Reporters

As the world pays its respects, the ‘exequies’, or papal funeral rites, for Pope Francis are underway at the Vatican. The Pope continued the humility of his earthly journey by insisting he not be buried in the pomp and grandiosity of Saint Peter’s Basilica where many of his predecessors lie. Instead, he had expressed a desire to be buried in Santa Maria Maggiore. This choice reflects his devotion to Mary and the Church. It emphasizes his commitment to simplicity and service. The late Pope’s wishes extended beyond his burial location.…