By Friday Idachaba Philanthropists and development agencies have been urged to rechannel and scale up their support for public schools and education of the children of the poor and less privileged in the society. Miss Victory Samuel, Founder and President of “Tory’s Care Foundation” made the call when she led members of the foundation to donate writing materials to pupils of Sabongari I and II Nursery and Primary Schools in Lokoja. Samuel who is also a 400-level History and International Studies student of the Federal University, Lokoja (FUL) said quality of human infrastructure would continue to dwindle as long as…
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Governor, Samuel Ortom of Benue State has urged the Muslim faithful to pray for the restoration of peace, unity and security of the nation during this year’s Ramadan fasting and prayer.Chief Press Secretary to the governorNathaniel Ikyur in a statement issued on Monday quoted his principal in a goodwill message to the Nigerian Muslim faithful to have noted that the challenges facing Nigeria needs prayers for its survival more than ever before. Besides the intractable security challenges raging the country, the governor said “peace and security is imperative as we enter 2023 electioneering period”. He also craved for religious harmony…
For comparing Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State with late MKO Abiola, Tudun Abiola, popular Arise TV Presenter, has taken a swipe at her sister, Hafsat Abiola-Costello asking her not to throw their father under the Bus for her new employer After Abiola-Costello was appointed Director-General of Bello’s presidential campaign she had started the image laundering for her principal when she rated Bello’s Hope23 campaign slogan to be of same weight with Hope’93 slogan of Abiola, acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election.As she made effort to explain why she accepted to head Bello’s campaign when she appeared…
****Summon Chairman, Civil Service Commission, Head of Service of the Federation Some serving Permanent Secretaries, Directors and Assistant Directors in the State House and other Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of the Federal Government have been alleged to have falsified their age, date of birth and other vital credentials such as West African Examination Council (WAEC) and Tertiary Institutions resultsIn line with that the House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions has invited theChairman, Federal Civil Service Commission and Head of Service for the Federation to appear before it.The invitations were sent by the Chairman, House Committee on Public Petitions,…
***Commences Probe Thursday The House of Representatives panel on Public Accounts has summoned the Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited Mele Kyari, and accounting officers of 18 subsidiaries of NNPC over allegations bothering on the nonrendition of audited accounts between 2014 and 2019. According to the audit queries issued by the office of the Auditor General of the Federation, over N663.89 billion was not remitted by NNPC into the Federation Account in 2019. The report further showed that while NNPC Upstream arm of National Petroleum Investment Management Services (NAPIMS) claimed to transfer the sum of N1.27…
By Friday Idachaba The Board of Trustees of Participation Initiative for Behavioural Change in Development (PIBCID), a Kogi State based Non-Governmental Organisation, has appointed Mrs Rachael Remilekun Akande as acting Executive Director of the organisation. The Board, in a statement signed by its chairman, Dr Mohammed Usman and made available to newsmen on Thursday in Lokoja said the appointment takes immediate effect. The statement further said that Mrs Akande took over from Mrs Halima Oiza Sadiq who abruptly resigned her appointment and left the organisation. “We humbly request our partners, government agencies. Non governmental agencies, Various communities that we have…
***Says reluctance to allow Igbo Presidency in 2023 is against the spirit of “No Victor No Vanguished” Former Senatorial Candidate in Anambra South on the platform of United Patriots (UP) Party, Barrister Chukwudi Ezeobika has indicated that the calls for secession by a larger majority of Igbos in Nigeria are due to the resolve by the Nigerian State to unjustly and perpetually alienate the Igbos and deprive them of their rights and privileges. Ezeobika who is aBarrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria said the persistent deceit, distrust and hatred for the Igbo race by the Nigerian State…
A Pro-All Progressives Congress (APC) on the platform of the Emefiele Solidarity Vanguard (ESV) has warned against campaign of calumny against the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Dr. Godwin Emefiele.The APC group said the CBN governor will win presidential election and succeed President Muhammadu Buhari if he eventually declare his intention to run for the forthcoming election.Addressing a press conference Monday in Abuja, the group led by Patriot Daniel Enyi, said the CBN governor has nothing to do with hundreds of Sharan branded buses aimed at dragging him into the race for the exalted seat of the…
By Ehichioya Ezomon Many polity watchers, and party members, even across the political divide, hold President Muhammadu Buhari as lacking the requisites for politicking, simply on account of his not perceptively involved in “fixing” party members in elective positions.Save for his aspiration to be president, Buhari has been overly un-interfering, and noncommittal in party affairs, and the choice of candidates in the four political platforms he’s been involved in, viz: the All Peoples Party (APP), All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), Congress for Progressives Change (CPC) and the APC.But the Saturday, March 26, 2022, national convention of the APC has changed…
Nigeria will be taking part alongside other 71 Nations and territories in the 2022 Commonwealth Games billed to take place in Birmingham, United Kingdom from 28th July to 8th August, 2022.Director Press and Public Relations Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, Mohammed Manga in a statement issued on Sunday said, Nigeria will participating in the Games with Athletics, Boxing, Judo, Para Athletics, Para Powerlifting and Para Table Tennis.Others according to the statement are, Table Tennis, Weightlifting andWrestling “Having recently participated in the Chef de Mission Open Day Visit in Birmingham, the Ministry is taking strategic steps in ensuring that all…