Author: NPO Admin II
By Kamil Opeyemi A plastic manufacturing company located in the Ilupeju area of Lagos has been gutted by fire on Saturday. The early morning inferno was sending think black smoke into the air as workers ran for their lives. The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service had arrived the scene less than an hour after the fire started. Firefighters are seen battling to put out the raging fire which was said to have started at about 5 a.m. As of press time, there was no report of casualty. Details later…
By Kamil Opeyemi The management of the University of Abuja (UniAbuja) has debunked the claim that the institution is running some of its engineering programmes on an expired accreditation status. NPOReports had last week reported how the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) listed UniAbuja among some of the public universities found to be running engineering programmes on an expired accreditation status. COREN is the statutory body of the federal government that regulates and controls the education, training, and practice of engineering in Nigeria. The council said the chemical engineering and civil engineering accreditation at UniAbuja expired…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has approved the appointment of Mr. Bode Agoro as the 22nd Head of Civil Service of the state. This was disclosed in a statement by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Gboyega Akosile, via his handle on X (formerly Twitter) late Friday night. Agoro’s appointment is to take effect from September 30, 2023. According to Akosile, in reference to a circular by the outgoing HOS, Hakeem Muri-Okunola, he noted that Agoro joined the Lagos State Public Service on July 1, 2003, before being appointed as a Permanent Secretary, Lands Bureau, on August…
By Kamil Opeyemi Defence Headquarters says troops of the Nigerian armed forces have eliminated 52 terrorists, apprehended 60 and rescued 61 kidnapped hostages in different operations between Sept. 15 and Sept. 22. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, made this known in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Buba said a total of seven terrorists comprising of five adult males and two adult females surrendered to troops within the period under review. He said the troops recovered a total number of 77 weapons and 658 different types of ammunition. “The breakdown is as follows: 53 AK47 rifles, two…
By Hallimah Olamide Police in Borno have arrested one Musa Dauda, a repentant Boko Haram member who allegedly killed and buried his ex-wife, Hafsat Musa, at a farm at Muhammed Goni stadium, Maiduguri. Police spokesman in Borno, ASP Sani Kamilu, stated in Maiduguri on Friday that Dauda invited 45-year-old Hafsat to meet with him on her farm in the stadium premises, on Sept. 12. Hafsat was nowhere to be found after honouring the invitation, Kamilu stated. “The case was not reported to the police until a few days later when the decomposing body of Hafsat was discovered on the farm…
By Kamil Opeyemi Loyalists of former Governor Ibikunle Amosun from the 20 local government areas of Ogun State have rejoined the Governor Dapo Abiodun camp of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Receiving the returnees led by the factional Chairman of the Amosun-led party executive at the Presidential Lodge, Abeokuta, on Friday, the state governor, Dapo Abiodun commended them for their loyalty. “I want to congratulate your sense of loyalty to the leadership which I will say is not only commendable. It is enviable,” he said. “This is a culture that we must promote and entrench. It is a culture that…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, has reiterated the need to create a constitutional role for traditional rulers in the country. Fagbemi stated this while speaking at the turning-of-the-sod ceremony of the Bar building project of the Ibadan branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on Friday in Ibadan. He said this was necessary because traditional institutions remained the most accessible and closest to the citizens. “The traditional rulers play an important role in communicating government policies and programmes to members of the community, and also help in the provision of succour…
By Halimah Olamide The Presidency on Friday said it has found out that it was erroneous to have claimed that President Bola Tinubu was the first African leader to ring the closing bell at the NASDAQ in New York. In a statement released by the Presidency, it said it has found out that the claim was wrong. Issuing the corrigendum, the statement said, “We inadvertently referred to President Bola Tinubu as the first African leader to ring the bell at NASDAQ on Wednesday in New York, based on the information provided by a third-party event organiser. “We have since found…
By Halimah Olamide A renown Consultant Nephrologist, Dr. Olatise Olalekan Olayinka, has been appointed into the Board of the VENITE University, Iloro -Ekiti. In a statement issued by the Corporate Communications Directorate of the institution, it said Olayinka’s journey through the corridors of education and medicine has been nothing short of exceptional. The statement reads, “In the ever-evolving landscape of academia, the presence of remarkable individuals on the governing board of an institution can make all the difference. Venite University, Iloro Ekiti, has indeed struck academic gold with the appointment of Dr. Olatise Olalekan Olayinka to its esteemed board. ‘His…
Operatives of the Joint Task Force, Operation Hadarin-Daji, have rescued six female students of Federal University, Gusau, Zamfara, abducted in the early hours of Friday. Force Information Officer, Operation Hadarin-Daji, Cpt. Ibrahim Yahaya, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) via telephone on Friday in Gusau. NAN reports that the rescue operation followed the abduction of an unspecified number of female students from their rented hostels at Sabon-Gida which is few meters away from the university. Yahaya said that the troops pursued the abductors who took the students, mostly females, to the forest. He said that the troops…