The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, has urged candidates of the 2021 Senior Staff Course Qualifying Examination (SSCQE) to uphold the standard and promote competence, diligence and good conduct. Yahaya made the call while addressing 257 Mid-level cadre officers of the Nigerian Army between the ranks of Major and Captain on Wednesdays in Jaji, Kaduna State. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. The COAS said the exams would not only qualify the candidates for senior staff course, but would also have a long term effect on…
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Former vice president, Atiku Abubakar on Wednesday revealed why he met with Rivers governor, Nyesom Wike in Port Harcourt. Speculations are rife that Atiku’s recent meeting with Wike, actually fuelled calls for the removal of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, national chairman, Prince Uche Secondus. However, the former vice president, through a statement by his media aide, Paul Ibe on Wednesday, said he is only interested in peace and stability of the party and not what will endanger its interest. “It is a beer parlour talk, it is also mischievous. Why will a former Vice President be behind the plot…
The Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, has approved the promotion of 264 Deputy Route Commanders (DRC) to the rank of Route Commanders (RC) and 181 Assistant Route Commanders (ARC) to the rank of Deputy Route Commanders (DRC). A statement by the spokesperson of the commission, Mr Bisi Kazeem on Wednesday said the approval came at the end of the meeting of the Commission on 4 August, 2021, which ratified the resolution of the Establishment Committee of Commission on promotion of promoted officers, where the exercise was assiduously deliberated upon. According to the statement, the Chairman of the Commission, Barrister Bukhari…
A Dubai-based football club, Gulf United FC, and Committee Of Youth On Mobilisation and Sensitisation (CYMS) are set to offer both academic and football scholarship to 120 Nigerian Youths. This was disclosed during the arrival of the management team of the club led by its Director, Mr Jordi Shiel, to the country on Wednesday in Abuja. Shiels said that the club was a leading football academy in the UK and Middle East that had been committed to mentor young people in both football and academic career. He said the aim of the programme was to raise professional footballers that would…
Lagos state governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday, unveiled 102 locally assembled compactor trucks and 100 double dino waste bins, toward boosting waste management. Speaking during the unveiling at the Lagos House, Ikeja, Sanwo-Olu said the trucks and waste bins were unprecedented interventions put forward to address logistical and operational shortfalls in collection of waste across the state. He said the trucks and bins would help to reduce turn-around time in waste evacuation within the metropolis, thereby achieving cleaner and healthier environment. Sanwo-Olu said the assets comprised 30 units of 12-cubic meter trucks, 60 units of 24-cubic meter trucks and…
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the sum of $11.17 billion to link all Nigeria’s coastal cities by rail in six years. Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, briefed State House correspondents after the virtual FEC meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Mohammed said that the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi presented two memos which had to do with federal fovernment’s commitment to expanding and consolidating on the rail project. “The first one actually has to do with the Kano-Jibia rail and the other one has to do with…
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the acquisition of 20 per cent minority stakes by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in the Dangote Petroleum and Petro-Chemical Refinery. Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, briefed State House correspondents after the virtual FEC meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa. Sylva said the acquisition was in the sum of $2.76 billion. He said that council also approved contracts for the rehabilitation of Warri and Kaduna refineries. “The FEC, today, approved the award of contract for the rehabilitation of Warri and Kaduna…
The Gombe state government is to secure N5 billion loan from the Family Housing fund for the construction of 1,000 affordable housing units in the state. Mr Julius Ishaya, Commissioner for Information and Culture, said this at a news briefing shortly after the State Executive Council meeting in Gombe on Wednesday. “The loan is to be secured from the Family Housing Fund, famous for giving credit facility to States across the country to address their housing deficit,” he explained. He said Council equally deliberated on land administration and master plan of Gombe metropolis, where it noted the planned integration of…
Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, (UDUS) on Wednesday, inaugurated a 15-member governing council chaired by Sen. Ibrahim Ida as Pro-Chancellor and Chairman. The Vice Chancellor of UDUS, Prof. Lawal Bilbis, said the institution prides itself as the most peaceful university in the country. Bilbis said the university community shared brotherly love and values besides improved learning, research and other academic activities. “We are peaceful not only by name but by actions, the reason why parents struggle to get their children into our institution is because we mould people’s character as well,” Bilbis said. In his address, the inaugurated Pro-Chancellor and Council…
The National Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Uche Secondus has urged stakeholders to respect the party constitution and approach issues dispassionately in their quest to resolve current challenges. Secondus stated this in a statement on Wednesday by his Media Office, signed by Ike Abonyi, titled “Who is after Secondus and why is somebody in love of Caretaker?” He noted that the answers to the posers would help members of the public to decipher the recent disquiet in the PDP. “The answers will also help the public to know why few months to PDP national convention, somebody is routing for…