The duo of Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai (rtd), former Chief of Army Staff and Nigeria’s Ambassador to the Benin Republic and Lieutenant General Lamidi Adeosun (rtd) were on Friday, conferred with traditional titles by Oba Khalid Oyeniyi Olabisi Oyedepo III, Okere of Saki Kingdom. Buratai and Adeosun were conferred with the titles of Jagunmolu of Saki Kingdom (the Benevolent Warrior) and Akinrogun of Saki Kingdom (Unique Warrior Lover), respectively, at the conferment that took place at the palace of Okere of Saki, shortly after Jumma’at Prayer at Saki Central mosque. Shortly after conferment ceremony, which involved the traditional decoration…
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By Tina George, Minna The Nigeria Midstream Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has warned the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) and the Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN) in Niger state over sales of petroleum products above regulatory price. He handed the warning in a meeting with officials of the state chapters of IPMAN and MOMAN), the NMDPRA Coordinator, Ahmed Emimaru on Thursday. According to him, the exploitation of consumers of petroleum products will no longer be accepted. Emimaru stated that intensive and frequent monitoring and surveillance would be done to ensure that the order is followed…
President Muhammadu Buhari has insisted that the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu must defend himself in court. The president said this while responding to appeals for the release of detained IPOB leader. South East traditional, religious and political leaders made the appeal during a town hall meeting with Buhari in Abakaliki, on Friday. The meeting was the last official engagement of the president who was on a two-day working visit to Ebonyi. “I have listened carefully to the various appeals from the elders to the traditional leaders regarding wide range of options. “As I…
By Dr Chinedu Declan Ugwu With keen interest, I watch the way the chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Igbo-Eze North LGA, Mr. Alexander Urama muddle things up because of his partisan interest in a particular candidate gunning for the House of Representatives. It is preposterous that a party chairman who is supposed to be open and fair to all the aspirants for different political offices has decided to throw caution to the winds because in his petty nature he has mortgaged his conscience by indiscriminate endorsement of aspirants without recourse to his office as a supposed umpire…
By Babagana Wakil, Maiduguri Borno state governor, Professor Babagana Zulum has dissolved the state executive council. The dissolution, which is with immediate effect, was contained in a statement by the permanent secretary, administration and general services, Danjuma Ali on behalf of Secretary to the State Government and made available to journalists Thursday evening. The members were directed to handover the affairs of their various ministries to the permanent Secretaries. The statement explained that the dissolution is to create enabling environment for interested members of the EXCO to legally participate in the forthcoming primaries and congresses of the All Progressive Congress…
A Team from the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) has won the 2022 edition of a digital based competition for undergraduates students sponsored by Wema Bank. The competition, Hackaholics, hosted by ALAT under the aegis of Wema Bank allows start-ups to pitch their unique business solutions using digital configurations developed by them for a grand cash prize of N5 million and other business support (including technical). The Team FUTA made up of Ige Shalom Oluwaseun, Otobo Nemi Richard, Abisuwa Oluwadunsin Timothy, Agunbiade Temitope Comfort and Jumbo Tamarapreye Toluwanimi all year four students, studying Industrial and Production Engineering and Mechanical…
By Lizzy Carr, Bauchi The Chairman, Infectious Prevention, Control and Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH) Bauchi, Professor Sambo Zailani has noted that proper hand hygiene among workers in health facilities is key to preventing hospital acquired infections. He was speaking at a rally and presentation on hand hygiene by the committee at the Trauma centre and ANC clinic of the hospital to commemorate this year’s World Hand Hygiene Day. Zailani said hand hygiene is important in health care facilities as it protects not only the health worker but also the patient and visitors against…
The Vice Chancellor of Sokoto state University (SSU), Professor Sani Mohammed Dangoggo, has handed over to the newly appointed Professor Bashir Garba after the expiry of his five-year tenure on May 5, 2022. Sokoto state governor and Visitor to the University, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal appointed Prof. Garba as the new Vice Chancellor on Tuesday, 26th April, 2022, following the recommendation of the University Governing Council. At the handing over ceremony, which took place on Thursday, at the Umaru Ali Shinkafi Senate Building of the University, the outgoing Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Dangoggo reeled out some of the achievements recorded during his tenure.…
The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has reconfirmed its decision for upward adjustment of the monthly overall production by 0.432 million barrels per day (mb/d) for the month of June 2022. The OPEC said this in its statement following the conclusion of the 28th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting, held via videoconference on Thursday. The meeting reconfirmed the production adjustment plan and the monthly production adjustment mechanism approved at the 19th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting. The meeting reiterated the critical importance of adhering to full conformity and to the compensation mechanism, taking advantage of the extension of…
University students took to the streets for the second straight day on Thursday in protest against the strike embarked by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Tagging themselves ‘The University of Streets’, the protesters walked along the Ugbowo-Lagos expressway in Benin-City. The walk was expected to terminate at the Ring-Road area of the city. Other students and concerned Nigerians were scheduled to join the students in protest at Ring Road. On Wednesday, the students had taken their protest to the King Square area of the city, demanding an end to the strike. They said they are tired of staying at…