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IGP Orders Posting, Redeployment Of Senior Police Officers

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Following the recent promotion of Commissioners of Police to the rank of Assistant Inspectors General of Police, the Inspector General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu today ordered the posting and redeployment of the following Senior Police Officers to Zones and Formations as follows: AIG Dan Bature,fdc – AIG DFA FHQ AIG Hyelasinda Kimo Musa – AIG PMF AIG Yunana Y. Babas, mni– AIG Zone 8 Lokoja AIG Dan Mallam Mohammed,fdc – AIG SPU AIG Mua’zu Zubairu Halilu – AIG CTU AIG Rabiu Yusuf – AIG ICT AIG Ahmed Iliyasu –…

BAYELSA ELECTION : INEC Boss, NYSC DG Read Riot Act To Corps Members

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The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu and the Director-General of National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim have warned Corps Members that would serve as ad hoc personnel in the forthcoming Gubernatorial Election in Bayelsa State to abide by the electoral laws.   Mahmood urged them to avoid actions that may undermine the integrity of the election. He stated this today in Yenagoa while addressing Corps Members during a sensitization forum. The INEC boss also disclosed that adequate security has been provided for all Corps Members…

Governor Bello Is A Stabilizer Of Peace, Proponent Of Harmonious Coexistence- JIBWIS

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As the cloud of victory is getting clearer for the APC governorship candidate and his running mate for the November 16 election in Kogi state, different groups, associations and religious bodies are lending their support and prayers for the re-election of the incumbent Governor,Yahaya Bello for sustained peace and development. The Governor, after receiving the leaders of Igbo community across the 21 local government areas of the state on Thursday also received members of the Jama’Atul Izalatul Bidia Wa’Ikamatul Sunnah (JIBWIS) who paid him a solidarity visit in Government House,…

FG Pays N157.35B P.A.Y.E Tax Arrears To States

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The Federal Government has paid the sum of N157.35 billion PAYE (Pay As You Earn) tax liabilities owed by Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs to states. Tunde Fowler, Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service and Chairman of the Joint Tax Board, JTB said this today in Awka. The amount, Fowler disclosed, represented outstanding liabilities of PAYE by federal MDAs to State Governments from 2002 to 2016. A total of N23.87 billion of the N157.35 billion went to States in the South-East Geopolitical Zone. Fowler who was speaking at the…

Dangote To Renovate Parts of MKO Abiola Stadium, says Dare

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Minister of youth and sports development,Mr. Sunday Dare said Aliko Dangote, billionaire businessmen, has agreed to renovate some parts of the MKO Abiola Stadium, Abuja. In June, TheCable reported how the 60,000 capacity stadium had morphed into a shadow of its former self, with dilapidated facilities, grass and refuse littering virtually at every spot. But on Thursday, Dare told journalists that the renovation will include just the football pitch, light and scoreboard. According to him, work will begin in the next two weeks. “Yes, Abuja is coming back up,” he said. “Already we…

BAYELSA GUBER: NYSC DG Seeks Adequate Security For Corps Members

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Residents of Bayelsa State have been urged to provide maximum security for Corps Members that would serve as ad hoc staff during the forthcoming gubernatorial election in the State.   NYSC DG, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim made this plea today in Yenagoa during a stakeholders’ meeting with the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, gubernatorial candidates, representatives of political parties, traditional rulers, security agents and others.   He said Corps Members were National assets that deserved maximum protection from all Nigetians. Ibrahim added that Corps…

Gov Sani-Bello Orders State Ministry To Fix Bad Portions of Suleja- Minna Road

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Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello has directed the State Ministry of Works and Infrastructural Development to carry out emergency repairs of all the three bad portions along Suleja -Minna.   The Governor gave this directive following the two weeks persistent gridlock along the route as well as Minna- Bida road.   The directive is contained in a statement signed and issued by the Chief Press Secretary,Mrs Mary Noel-Berje. The Governor urged the Federal Government to urgently intervene in Makera road to ease traffic on Suleja- Minna road.  …

Restructuring: Why 9th National Assembly can’t implement 2014 Confab Report – Zwingina

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Restructuring: Why 9th National Assembly can’t implement 2014 Confab Report – Zwingin Former Spokesman, Nigerian Senate, Dr. Jonathan Zwingina, said it would be very difficult for the current National Assembly to pass the reports of the 2014 National Conference held under former President Goodluck Jonathan. The Conference, amongst other things, recommended for the restructuring of the Nigerian federal system of government. But speaking in Abuja on Monday, at the second annual lecture of the ‘Legislative Digest’, a publication of the National Assembly, Dr. Zwingina said, the conference does not amount…

ADDRESS BY THE IGP MOHAMMED A. ADAMU NPM mni,THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE ON THE OCCASSION OF DEPLOYMENT OF THE K9 COMPONENT OF OPERATION PUFF ADDER TO NIGERIA RAILWAY STATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ON 25TH JUNE, 2019 AT THE FORCE HEADQUARTERS, ABUJA

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Protocols It is with a deep sense of professional commitment that I address you all on this occasion which marks the formal deployment of the K9 assets of the Nigeria Police to all our railway stations across the country. This initiative is within the context of Operation Puff Adder and it is planned to compliment the existing security measures emplaced for the security and safety of passengers and critical infrastructure of the Nigeria Railway Corporation across the country. 2. The deployment of special breed and exceptionally-trained police dogs for security duties…

HON. NNENNA ELENDU-UKEJE FAREWELL SPEECH AT VALEDICTORY SESSION OF THE 8TH HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

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I’d like to thank you Mr. Speaker for yielding to me the floor on this very auspicious day to deliver what is undoubtedly my last speech on the floor of this hollowed chambers; a place that has become my home for the past 12 years. I feel a deep sense of loss not because today I join the league that makes up the bleak statistics of unemployed Nigerians under the age of 50 but because I am walking away from relationships I’ve built over the last 12 years that have…