Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has relieved the state’s commissioner of health, Dr. Salihu Kwayabura, of his position. The Governor’s Special Adviser on Public Relations and Strategy, Malam Isa Gusau, who announced this on Tuesday in Maiduguri, noted that Governor Zulum’s directive was part of necessary measures to reposition the ministry. Gusau said…
Ogun state government has faulted claims of inviting popular Yoruba activist, Sunday Igboho to help curb insecurity in the state. Recall that the activist who arrived in Ogun state yesterday had hinted at being invited by Governor Dapo Abiodun. However reacting to this, Ogun state commissioner for information and strategy, Abdulwaheed Odusile affirmed that the state…
A notorious cultist/murder suspect Owolabi Oludipe a.k.a Somori was on Sunday 31st of January 2021 shot dead while he and his gang engaged police from the Odogbolu division in a gun battle. Oludipe who had been on the wanted list of the Command was sighted at Ita-Ado area of Odogbolu where he and his fellow…
The Federal Government has extended the deadline for the linkage of the National Identity Number (NIN) to Subscriber Identity Modules (SIM) by eight weeks. The Director, Public Affairs, Nigerian Communications Commission, Ikechukwu Adinde disclosed this in a statement released this morning February 2. According to the statement, Nigerians have till April 6 to link their SIMs…
FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo has thrown his weight behind the call for state police, saying the country is ripe for such a change. While insisting that there were different views on restructuring, he said there was the need for devolution of powers, responsibilities and resources to allow for healthy competition among states. Obasanjo spoke on…
Governor of Ebonyi State and Chairman Southeast Governors’ Forum, Engr. David Umahi, yesterday said the zone had before now banned open grazing of cattles within the region The governor announced this during an APC stakeholders meeting at the Christian Ecumenical Centre, Abakaliki. The governor who said the Southeast Governors’ Forum had also banned the movement…
The Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria has said that it is not embarking on any recruitment exercise at the moment. In a statement issued on Monday by the General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Henrietta Yakubu, FAAN warned the public to beware of persons parading themselves as recruitment agents of the Authority and consequently extorting money from…
Sunmade Akin-Olugbade, brother to Bolu Akin-Olugbade, late Nigerian billionaire businessman, had indicated that his brother must have contracted coronavirus through the numerous events he attended before he died. He also said N10 million was paid at Paelon Memorial Hospital in Lagos before the late billionaire could be admitted for COVID-19 treatment. The economist brought the…
A 16-year-old grade 10 pupil of Lunga Day Secondary School in Mwinilunga district of Northwestern Province, Zambia, has committed suicide after being accused of stealing three new underwears belonging to her mother. Agness Katenga is said to have sneaked out of the house around 8 pm on Saturday, January 30, after she was beaten by her…
Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has said he does not agree with those who claim Nigeria has “a new Buhari from Sudan” in Aso Rock. Obasanjo stated this while answering questions in a virtual interview with historian, Toyin Falola, on Sunday. He expressed his worry over the spate of insecurity in the North West of the…