The Police Service Commission (PSC) has expressed concern over social media messages inciting police officers against the public. A statement by the spokesperson of the commission, Mr Ikechukwu Ani on Thursday in Abuja said that this followed a social media report that reads, “every Police that dies for civilian again, he is on his own … Do the needful police work and remain alive for your children and families”. Ani said the incitement was not necessary for the country at the moment and called for a complete renewal of faith in the Nigerian project. According to him, the Police are…
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Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) said its third edition of Nigeria Diaspora Investment Summit (NDIS) would hold on Nov. 20 and Nov. 21. The Coordinator of the Summit, Dr Badewa Adejugbe-Williams, disclosed this in a statement by Mr AbdulRahman Balogun, Head of NiDCOM Media and Public Relation on Thursday in Abuja. The two-day event had the theme: Post COVID-19 Economic Resurgence: Targeting Diaspora Investment. Adejugbe-Williams added that that this year’s event would be held via webinar due to the global pandemic. She said that it was expected to attract diaspora investors from the Healthcare, Education, Agric-business, Creative, Sport and Entertainment, Telecom,…
The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has decried the diversion of the 13 percent oil derivation funds by oil producing states. Specifically, he made a case for 100 percent utilisation of the funds for oil-bearing communities, as against the practice where states release only 50 percent of the money to development commissions in their states. The Delta Central lawmaker noted that since host communities bear the burden of environmental degradation from the oil industry, it is only fair that all funds be channeled into the development of the affected areas. He made the remarks when he hosted…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has earmarked the sum of N12.9 million as total prize money for its 42nd Senior Open Tennis Championship. This was made known at a press briefing by CBN in collaboration with the Nigeria Tennis Federation (NTF) at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja on Thursday. Ifedayo Akindoju, President of the NTF, said the winners in both the male and female singles would grab N700,000 each. “We are expecting a minimum of 250 athletes. Today is the arrival of athletes but the qualifying series starts tomorrow. “We have up to 128 entries in the male…
The International Human Rights Commission, based in Geneva, Switzerland, has approved the appointment of Dr Kenneth Anozie, as its new president for Nigeria. Anozie, a seasoned Human Rights Activists and a Political Strategist, was appointed as the new Envoy and President of the International Human Rights Commission in Nigeria Committee. This is containing in a letter signed and addressed to Dr Anozie by the African Envoy, and President of EVIDAP, Chief Clement Mbgechi, approved by the International Headquarters. Mbgechi said that Anozie’s appointment was approved based on his many years of fighting for the rights of the common man and…
The governor Mai Mala Buni-led All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker and Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) has taken delivery of the party’s membership registration materials. The Chairman of the committee, Gov. Mai Mala Buni, said on Thursday in Abuja that the delivery of the materials was the beginning of the efforts at repositioning APC as a viable, consistent, cohesive and coordinated political party in the country. “We just took delivery of the first consignment of the registration materials. The membership registration will commence soon and we have more than 119,973 polling units across the country,” he said. Buni, who is…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called for improved welfare for journalists in the country. The Chairman, University of Jos chapter of ASUU, Dr Lazarus Maigoro, made the call on Thursday in Jos, during an inaugural lecture organised by the Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Plateau council. According to Maigoro, a good welfare package for media professionals would breed professionalism and reportage that would lead to the nation’s growth and development. The ASUU chairman, who decried poor remuneration for media professionals in the country, called for urgent review of their welfare package. “A better…
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Silva, says the Nigerian National Petroleum Coorporation (NNPC) will soon resume oil exploration and drilling in the Lake Chad Basin. Silva disclosed this while speaking to newsmen after an operational meeting on Chad Basin with the Chief of Army Staff and top officers and commanders of Nigerian Army on Thursday in Maiduguri. The oil search in the Chad Basin was suspended after a team of NNPC Frontier Exploration Services and their consultants from the University of Maiduguri were attacked and some of them abducted on July 25, 2017. He said the…
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on Thursday wrote to the Ekiti state government to apologise over for the delay in the release of the 2020 results of its candidates. In the letter, the Council also clarified that the two-day delay in the release of the results on Thursday was not because the state government was indebted to it as was being insinuated in some quarters. It said the delay resulted from a technical malfunction. In the letter dated November 5 and signed by WAEC’s Branch Controller in the state, Alhaji Olajide Hakeem, for the Head of National Office, the Council…
The Police Command in Yobe on Thursday said it had arrested three suspects for allegedly raping two 13-year-old girls in Damaturu and Potiskum local government areas of the state. The spokesperson of the Command, DSP Dungus Abdulkarim while presenting the suspects in Damaturu on Thursday said the names of the three suspects are as follows: Musa Ibrahim, Adamu Abdulllahi and Usman Goni. He said Ibrahim and Abdullahi, both tricycle operators, allegedly lured one of the minors with money and gang-raped her near Danchuwa village in Potiskum. “Investigation revealed that the girl boarded Ibrahim’s Keke Napep. He now invited Abdullahi and…