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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has appointed Assistant Corps Marshal (ACM), Jonas Agwu, as the new Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO). Agu who has vast experience in the public education department of the corps, was the ACM in charge of Command Administration and Strategies. He takes over from Bisi Kazeem, who was promoted to Deputy Corps Marshal (DCM) recently. A statement by the Deputy Corps Public Education Officer, Charles Edem, on Tuesday in Abuja, said Kazeem now takes charge of the Department of Training. Edem said Kazeem would take over from DCM Shehu Zaki, who was moved to head…
Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, says the private sector has a leading role in actualising the Federal Government initiative on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). Idris gave the charge at the inauguration of ABG CNG Plant and graduation of 40 CNG Conversion Technicians. This is contained in a statement issued by the Special Assistant on Media to the Minister, Mr Rabiu Ibrahim, on Tuesday in Abuja. Idris, who described the effort of the ABG Group as noble and timely, said the CNG has come to stay as a more cost-effective means in the transportation sector. The Minister…
By Safiu Kehinde The suspended Chief Executive Officer of the National Social Investment Programme Agency Halimah Shehu has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Shehu was earlier suspended on Tuesday on the order of President Bola Tinubu over allegations of financial improprieties. She is being detained over the ongoing probe into the N37,170,855,753.44 allegedly laundered in the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, under former Minister, Sadiya Umar-Farouk. It was learnt that as of the time of filling this report on Tuesday night, she was still being detained and interrogated. A source at the…
The Police Command in Kaduna State, said its operatives arrested two suspects with 600 bags of fertilizer suspected to be stolen. The Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the development in a statement issued on Tuesday in Kaduna. Hassan said the command received an intelligent information on Dec. 8, 2023, that one suspected truck was sighted along Kaduna/Zaria Road. “Upon the receipt of the information, the Commissioner of Police( CP), Ali Dabigi, directed a team of operatives under his supervision (CP Monitoring Unit), to promptly respond to the distress call. According to him, the monitoring unit mobilised…
By Halimah Olamide Afrobeat star David Adeleke popularly called Davido, and his wife Chioma have been seen walking around with their twins in the United States In the short video which has gone viral, Davido and Chioma were seen sharing a kiss even as they walked down the pathway with each holding a baby Carrier. The couple had welcome the twins in October last year. It was the first time they we’re having babies after the death of their son, David jnr in 2021.
Mr Safiyanu Isah-Andaha, Chairman, Akwanga Local Area of Nasarawa State, who was abducted by gunmen on Monday has regained freedom. DSP Ramhan Nansel, spokesperson of the Nasarawa State Police Command confirmed the release of the chairman and three other victims to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lafia. The local government chairman and three others were abducted by gunmen at about 8:30 p.m., in Ningo village, Akwanga LGA. Nansel said that the chairman and three others were released at about 8:45 p.m., on Tuesday in Andaha village, Akwnaga as a result of sustained pressure from the combined…
By Halimah Olamide The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has commended the Federal Government (FG) for suspending the evaluation and accreditation of degree certificates obtained from institutions in Benin Republic and Togo. NANS also called on the government to extend its sanction to Nigerian tertiary institutions offering courses without accreditation from relevant authorities. The Association made the call in a statement in Abeokuta on Tuesday by its National Senate President, Elvis Ekundina. The Federal Ministry of Education had on Tuesday raised concern over the utilization of deceptive methods by some Nigerians to acquire degrees from Benin Republic and Togo,…
First came the shock, as the Airbus A350 carrying 379 people collided with a second plane while landing in Tokyo. Then came heat and smoke as the jet sped along the runway in flames. Then survival instinct kicked in, as people scrambled to flee a cabin filling with fumes, knowing that lives depended on the next few seconds. That all on Japan Airlines flight 516 escaped is extraordinary. Experts say a flawless evacuation and new technology played a large part in their survival. Those on board the second plane, a smaller coastguard aircraft due to deliver aid to quake victims,…
By Halimah Olamide Tragedy struck late Tuesday night as armed robbers killed four shoppers inside the Wisdom Supermarket in Karu near Abuja the Federal Capital Territory. It was gathered that the criminals made their way into the crowded shopping hall at exactly 8:30pm demanding money and ransacking everywhere. Before the armed robbers exited the supermarket, four persons were on the floor Lifeless as the entire area was thrown into confusion. The supermarket is located in One Man Village, Karu Mararaba which is actually in Nasarawa state. Most residents of this satellite area work in the Federal Capital Territory. As at…
As an undergraduate student who (un)fortunately finds himself in the field of history, I have heard and read quite much about Professor Toyin Falola and his works. He, undoubtedly, was part of the reasons I thought I had entered “one chance” during my early undergraduate studies. The mantra “No first class in history” and the many books I had to read to survive as a history student—a course I had no elementary knowledge about—were my greatest concerns. Falola’s books represent about 20% of those voluminous books I see on the history shelves in my university library; his books account for…