Speaking at the expanded executive meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Monday, Ortom said he’s still a member of the party. According to Ortom: “The rumours that I’m decamping to APC, I’m not going anywhere; this one that they are calling me the leader of the party in the state which comes with lots of responsibilities, I will not leave it for anybody. “APC has not invited me to join it. I am not a busybody who will be moving from one place to another, I am committed to my party (PDP). We must respect the party at…
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The NSCDC FCT commandant, Olusola Odumosu, said this while briefing newsmen on Monday at the command’s headquarters. Odumosu said that the three suspected vandals were apprehended by the command’s intelligence and undercover operatives following a security tip-off of the dismantling activity at Giri area of the FCT. According to him, before the decommissioning of a mast, an approval must be obtained from the NSCDC, being the lead agency in the protection of critical national assets and infrastructure. He disclosed that the suspects, during interrogation by the command’s anti-vandal unit, were unable to show any approval paper. “Neither do they have…
Police officers on fact-finding mission on Monday visited No 8, Boluke Lane, Zango-Kulende Quarters, Ilorin, where three siblings of the same parents reportedly died in the said car. However, they could not gain entrance into the building as the gate was under lock and key and nobody was around to welcome them. The police operatives then proceeded to the family house of the bereaved mother, Shade Silifat, at Ile Magaji, Taiwo Isale Road, where she is recuperating from the shock of the tragedy that befell her on Sunday. The media learnt that the police operatives queried her for not reporting…
The FEC also agreed to merge, subsume and relocate some of the agencies, commissions and parastatals in order to reduce the cost of governance. The Media brings you the complete list of the government agencies to be scrapped and those to be merged with others. Here are the agencies, commissions and parastatals affected Agencies to be scrapped 1. Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate to be scrapped and functions transferred to the Federal Ministry of Finance. 2. National Senior Secondary Education Commission (NSSEC) to be scrapped and functions transferred to the department of Basic and Secondary Education in Federal Ministry of Education.…
The latest GDP by the National Bureau of Statistics shows that Nigeria’s economy grew by 3.46 per cent year-on-year in real terms in Q4 2023, though the growth is lower than the 3.52 per cent recorded in Q4 2022 and higher than Q3 2023 growth of 2.54 per cent. The simple implication is that the monetary value of all finished goods and services made within Nigeria stood at N21.77 trillion in the reference period. The country’s soaring inflation has further reduced the purchasing power of Nigerians. This is why Nigerians in Niger, Kano, Kogi, Oyo, and Lagos states have hit…
The Commanding Officer of the base, Navy Capt. Uche Aneke, handed over the suspects, the boat and the petrol to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in Ibaka on Sunday. Aneke said a patrol team of the Navy arrested the suspects on February 22 after an intelligence report about suspected smuggling activities in the area. “Patrolling naval gunboats were deployed to intercept the wooden boat. “In the boat were the two suspected smugglers and 5,100 litres of petrol concealed under bags of yams, cartons of drinks, other beverages and several cartons of floor tiles, all covered with tarpaulin,’’…
The arrest was confirmed in a statement issued by the command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Ramhan Nansel, on Sunday. “On February 23, 2o24, at about 11:24 am, a complaint was lodged at Nasarawa Division by one Aisha Usman of Federal Polytechnic, Nasarawa, that she parked her vehicle, a red Toyota Corolla with registration number NSW 949 PJ, at the premises of Government Day Secondary, by Nasarawa main market and later discovered it had been taken away. “Upon receipt of the complaint, a manhunt was launched to arrest the suspect and recover the stolen vehicle. The effort paid off when one…
The group, in a statement signed by its National Coordinator Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi and made available to our correspondent in Abuja, said the security agencies should act without further delay owing to a viral video circulating in the social media space on the provocative utterances of the cleric, describing him as “one of the bad elements in Nigerian society and not a true scholar of Islam.” MMWG maintained that “at this trying period of the nation, some irresponsible, incorrigible, and unpatriotic elements must not be allowed to use religion to cause chaos in Nigeria.” Reflecting on the teachings of…
The property, located on No. 9, Justice Roseline Ukeji Close, in the upscale Asokoro area of Abuja, was reportedly razed completely by the inferno. Despite efforts to respond to the emergency, including the arrival of fire service personnel, nothing could be salvaged from the property. Mr. Austin Elemue, the Special Adviser on Media to the Minister, confirmed the incident, stating that the cause of the fire was not immediately known. He stated that relevant authorities have launched an investigation into the matter to determine the cause of the fire.
The Federal Government has said it is considering solutions that will ensure the disbursement of loans to Medium, Small, and Micro Enterprise within 14 days. It said the intended solution would reduce the mortality rate of businesses that fold up while waiting for loan approvals. The Senior Special Assistant to the President, Temitola Adekunle-Johnson, disclosed this at the Inaugural Job Creation and MSME Quarterly Communications Forum held on Friday in Abuja. According to Adekunle-Johnson, the endpoint is to achieve a single-digit loan for MSMEs and ensure a single-digit loan becomes the norm for small enterprises. He said, “We are trying…