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The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, says the Nigerian Army remains committed to upholding the tenets of the country’s Constitution. Lagbaja stated this on Monday in a speech at the Nigeria Army Combat Support Arms Training (COSAT) week taking place in Akure. He said that the army had already been fulfilling its duties by ensuring that Nigerians sleep with their two eyes closed. He said that the army was restrategising for a brainstorming session on contemporary security challenges, improve capability of various support elements to combat insurgency bedeviling the country. The COAS also said that the gathering would…
The Senate has commenced screening of 14 remaining ministerial nominees as earlier requested by President Bola Tinubu. Among those listed for the day’s screening are the former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El’ Rufai and Sen. David Umahi, former governor of Ebonyi who is also the Deputy Senate Leader. President Tinubu had on Thursday July 28, forwarded a list of 28 ministerial nominees to the upper chamber, asking it to confirm the nominees for appointment as ministers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Consequently, the senate commenced the exercise on Monday and screened 14 of the nominees, with 14 of…
By Kamil Opeyemi The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the disputed Nigerian election Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Tuesday was present in court to attend the adoption of addresses by parties in the disputed election. The former vice president of Nigeria arrived in company with many of his loyalists who expressed hopes that the victory of the winner of the election, Bola Tinubu would be upturned. The Justice Haruna Tsammani-led five-member panel of the court had on the last adjourned date directed parties to prepare their final briefs of argument and appear before it to adopt . The…
By Halimah Olamide The first woman to be the president of the Kwara Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (KWACCIMA) has emerged. She is Mrs. Ronke Adeyemi, a lawyer by profession and a farmer. She was elected the first female President in its over 50yrs of existence at the 53rd Annual General Meeting of the Chamber held in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital. The meeting was attended by heads of various companies and captains of industries in Kwara State including Alh Jani Ibrahim of Lubcon Industry and Chief Hezekiah Adediji, Chairman of Padson Industries Ltd. Apart from Adeyemi, others…
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide, has urged Igbos to discountenance the two weeks “Sit-at-home“ order by the factional leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Simon Ekpa. The organisation implored all the sons and daughters of Igboland to go about their lawful businesses. This is contained in a statement by the group’s President-General,Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, on Monday in Enugu. Iwuanyanwu, while condemning the incessant call for “Sit-at-home“ in the South-East by Ekpa, estimated that more than 250 poople in the region had lost their lives through the enforcement of the order. He said it was…
The new military rulers of Niger, who took over government in a coup last week, have detained at least l80 members of the ousted democratically elected administration, the previous ruling party said on Monday. Energy Minister Mahamane Sani Mahamadou, Mines Minister Ousseini Hadizatou and the president of the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS), Foumakoye Gado, were among those detained, PNDS spokesman Hamid N’Gadé said. He added that Interior Minister Hama Adamou Souley, Transport Minister Oumarou Malam Alma and his deputy, Kalla Moutari, were also detained by the coup plotters. The “abusive arrests” were evidence of “the repressive, dictatorial…
•Says Nothing is Being Done Over Wage Increase By Halimah Olamide The Nigerian Labour Congress on Monday dismissed the nationwide address by President Bola Tinubu, saying the speech was fraught with lies. The NLC said while the President told Nigerians that a new minimum wage is on its way, nothing has been done so far to suggest that declaration. The Labour also demanded why Tinubu could not name the fraudsters he said had benefited from the fuel subsidy scam Which he agreed had created untold hardship for Nigerians. Reacting to the speech by the President shortly after it was broadcast…
By Kamil Opeyemi Representatives of the labour comprising the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress have resumed their negotiations with the Federal Government over issues around subsidies. The meeting resumed Monday evening as part of the desperate efforts by the Bola Tinubu led administration to stop workers from embarking on an indefinite strike over the rising cost of living. It would be recalled that the organised Labour stormed out of the meeting on Friday last week, claiming that there was no top government officials to negotiate with them. The botched meeting was to take briefing from three subcommittees…
By Halimah Olamide President Bola Tinubu has appointed Ajuri Ngelale, as his special adviser on media and publicity. Ngelale served former President Muhammadu Buhari, as Senior Special Assistant. Willie Bassey, Director of Information in the office of the secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), announced the appointment in a statement on Monday. “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of chief Ajuri Ngelale as special adviser to the president on media and publicity,” the statement reads. “The appointment takes effect from 31st July 2023 and would terminate at the end of this administration unless otherwise decided by…