President Muhammadu Buhari accused governors of misappropriating the allocations of Local Government Areas (LGAs) in their states. According to him, the misappropriation by unnamed governors is behind the stunted rural development in some states. The president spoke with members of the Senior Executive Course 44 (2022) of the National Institute …
Read More »NITDA bags Best in Social Media Management award at Spokesperson Communication Award 2022
L-R: Hadiza Umar (Mrs), Head, Corporate Affairs and External Relations (NITDA) receiving the award presented by Major General Jimmy Akpor, Director Defence Information The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has been honoured with an Award and Certificate of Excellence at the Spokesperson Communication Award 2022. The Image Merchants Promotion …
Read More »Court orders arrest of Chief of Army Staff for contempt
Gen Farouq Yahaya, Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff A High Court Sitting in Minna, Niger State Capital, has issued a warrant of arrest on the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Faruk Yahaya for contempt. The court also ordered the arrest of the Commandant Training and Doctrine Command, Minna, Major …
Read More »Diezani gave some politicians $115m to compromise 2015 polls – EFCC
Diezani Allison Madueke The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has claimed that its investigation shows that Diezani Alison-Madueke, a former minister of petroleum resources, gave politicians $115 million to compromise the 2015 elections. Abdulrasheed Bawa, the EFCC chairperson, said this on Wednesday at an induction retreat for new resident …
Read More »Atiku can’t manage his household; preach unity in Nigeria – Oshiomole
Oshiomole and Atiku A former National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Adams Oshiomhole said the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar does not have the moral justification to preach unity in Nigeria. Oshiomole made this assertion while speaking in an interview with …
Read More »Do not allow governors frustrate opposition parties’ campaign: IGP orders CP
IGP Alkali Baba The Nigeria Police Force has cautioned state governors against stopping opposition political parties from holding their electioneering campaigns. Mr. Dandaura Mustapha, the Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG) Operations, said this at the 2022 political parties summit in Abuja. Mustapha, who represented the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Usman …
Read More »Adeleke gives Oyetola’s appointees 48 hours to return state properties
Gboyega Oyetola, Osun State governor Ademola Adeleke, governor of Osun state, has asked appointees of his predecessor, Gboyega Oyetola to return all government properties in their possession. The directive was issued on Wednesday in a statement by Olawale Rasheed, spokesperson to the governor. The directive comes hours after Adeleke revoked …
Read More »ASUU threatens ‘mother of all strikes’ if our withheld salaries are not paid
ASUU President and Ngige The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) University of Nigeria, Nsukka chapter, has vowed to commence the “mother of all strikes,” if the Federal Government refuses to pay its members withheld eight months salary arrears. Comrade Christian Opata, the ASUU-UNN Chairman, who addressed pressmen before members of …
Read More »Details emerge on how Police arrested student who criticized Aisha Buhari
Fresh details have also emerged on how Mr Aminu Adamu, a student of the Federal University, Dutse, was arrested for trolling the wife of the Nigerian President, Aisha Buhari, on Twitter. In the allegedly offending tweet, Mr Adamu, who is a final year student studying Environmental Management, posted a rotund …
Read More »NANS apologises to Aisha Buhari over student’s arrest
First Lady of Nigeria, Aisha Buhari …South-West zone disagrees, knocks First Lady The National Association of Nigerian Students has apologised to Aisha Buhari, wife of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), over the arrest of a student of the Federal University, Dutse Jigawa, Aminu Mohammed, by the Nigeria Police. …
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