President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed former Military Administrator of Lagos state, Brig.-Gen. Muhammed Buba Marwa (rtd), as the new Director General of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. Marwa was, until his appointment, the Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Drug Abuse. The appointment to replace Muhammad Abdullah was conveyed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Boss Mustapha.
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Twelve staff of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Edo Command, were on Saturday given cheques of N3 million to support their treatment for injuries sustained during the #EndSARS protest. The Controller of command, Mr Felix Lawrence, presented the cheques to the beneficiaries in Benin. He thanked the workers for their commitment to duty and resilience. According to Lawrence, the Controller-General of the service, Mr Ja’afaru Ahmed, gave approval for the issuance of the cheques. He said that the gesture was to provide succour for the injured workers. The controller called on officers and men in the command to be more dedicated…
A United Nations peacekeeper has died in northern Mali after his vehicle struck a mine, the UN Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) said on Saturday in a statement. The peacekeeping mission’s tanker truck, which was part of a logistics convoy, drove over the mine near the town of Tessalit in the Kidal region, on Friday, the MINUSMA Head, Mahamat Saleh Annadif, said. The second of the two peacekeepers in the vehicle was seriously injured, according to Annadif. While securing the site of the incident, peacekeepers detected a second explosive device and neutralised it, he added. Mali’s centre and north have experienced…
The National Orientation Agency (NOA) in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF) has embarked on community sensitisation on how to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 in Niger State. Since the onset of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the world has recorded 91,816,091 confirmed cases with 1,986,871 death, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). In Nigeria, the country has recorded 107, 345 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1413 death, the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) says. Speaking during the sensitisation on Saturday, Malam Bala Musa, Assistant Director in Charge of Public Education and Mass Moblisation Department…
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his condolence over the death of Alhaji Abdulkadir Jeli Abubakar, Dikkon Sokoto, the Commissioner of Home Affairs in Sokoto State. The deceased was the younger brother of the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, in a statement issued in Abuja, said Buhari conveyed his feelings in a condolence message to the Sultan on Friday. “I have received with great shock and profound sadness the death of your younger brother, Alhaji Jeli Abubakar. ”As he answered the call of his creator, may God forgive…
Heirs Holdings (HH) an affiliate of Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc (Transcorp) has acquired 45 per cent participating interest in Nigerian oil licence OML 17 from Shell Petroleum, Total and ENI. This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Chike Anikwe, Acting Group Company Secretary, Transcorp made available on Friday in Lagos. According to the statement, the transaction is one of the largest oil and gas financings in Africa in more than a decade, with a financing component of $1.1 billion, provided by a consortium of global and regional banks and investors. It said that the transaction was through…
A Don and Public Affairs Analyst, Dr Adetokunbo Pearse, has called on the Federal government to decentralise the security system in the country, to allow states adequately manage their own security affairs. Adetokunbo, a don at the University of Lagos, in a statement, in Lagos, on Saturday, said that the invasion of states was rapidly becoming a national trend, a frightening development. He said that while local security units like Amotekun were helpful, they cannot be the long term solution to security in the Country. “Every state must be empowered by the Constitution to have its own full fledged police…
By Abdulmumin Giwa The level of indispensability displayed by pace setters in various fields of endeavor in life results from the gargantua performances they exhibit. This draws people’s loyalty and hope to them bourn out of confidence and faith. Hon. Usman Bello Kumo, the Chairman House Committee on Police Affairs representing Akko Federal Constituency of Gombe State at the Federal House of Representative did not only attain this height but also established an indelible benchmark of performance. This is also bourn out of his personal political will and commitment to development and progress as it is on global scale. Why…
By Abdulmumin Giwa Supporters of the member representing Akko Constituency in Gombe state, who is also the Chairman House Committee on Police Affairs, Hon. Usman Kumo have condemned attempts by some individuals within the ruling party, APC to buy off their loyalty. Speaking to newsmen on Saturday in Gombe, the group of supporters complained that they were being offered money and opportunity to go for Hajj if they would withdraw support and loyalty for Hon Usman Kumo. They described the attempt as highly embarrassing while calling on the party leading member if the party in the state and Executive governor…
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has denied the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, bribe allegation and challenged those making the allegation to expose the culprits. The minister denied the allegation in a statement by his spokesperson, Dr Jibrin Gwandu and made available to ASHENEWS on Friday. Described as ‘fictitious and malicious publications alleged by mischief makers,’ the allegation claimed “that the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Mr. Godswill Akpabio offered him gratification in respect of the appointment of a Sole Administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission.” Malami said that the report was…