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By Kamil Opeyemi The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCOS), Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), the Federal Fire Service (FSS) and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Board has approved 2022 promotion examinations of senior officers. A statement by the Secretary to the Board, Mr Ja’afaru Ahmed, on Sunday in Abuja, said the board approved 8,365 officers of NCOS; 3,472 officers of NIS; 327 officers of FSS; and 5,167 officers of NSCDC. The Chairman of the board, the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, made this known after the board’s 03-23 meeting held on May 23, in Abuja. He said the…
By Kamil Opeyemi President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the conferment of Special National Honours Award on 339 Nigerians, including Garba Shehu, his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity. A statement by Mr Abiodun Oladunjoye, Director, Information, State House, on Sunday in Abuja, said Shehu and Laolu Akande, the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity (Office of the Vice President) were conferred with the Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON). The Permanent Secretary, State House, Tijjani Umar also received the National Honour of OON. The President’s Personal Photographers for the eight years of his administration, Bayo Omoboriowo…
By Kamil Opeyemi President Muhammadu Buhari and President-Elect Bola Tinubu on Sunday eulogised the maturing and uninterrupted democratic journey of Nigeria since 1999. Buhari was speaking while addressing African heads of state, members of the diplomat corps and other participants in a Gala Night to mark the 2023 Presidential Inauguration at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The event also marked Nigeria`s seventh consecutive Democratic Transition. He said that the 2023 general elections was a testimony of Nigerians’ resolve towards deepening their democratic experience. “Something spectacular happened in our political development where ten serving Governors failed to make…
By Kamil Opeyemi President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of outgoing Member of the House of Representatives for Kano Municipal, Sha’aban Sharada as Executive Secretary of the newly established National Commission for Almajiri. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s spokesman confirmed this on Sunday night in Abuja. According to Shehu, Sharada’s appointment followed the president’s assent to the National Commission for Almajiri and Out of School Children Education Bill 2023. Sharada has a Bachelor’s Degree in Mass Communication from Bayero University, Kano and a Master of Business Administration from University of Chichester, United Kingdom.
Paris St-Germain goalkeeper Sergio Rico is in a “serious” condition in intensive care after a horse riding accident, his club says. Rico, 29, was riding in the El Rocio region of Huelva in Spain when he was in a collision with a runaway horse and fell, local media reported. The Spaniard was flown by helicopter to a hospital in Seville. Rico was on the bench as PSG won a record 11th league title with a 1-1 draw at Strasbourg on Saturday. He had returned to his native Spain after the squad were given time off following their win. “He is in a…
By Kamil Opeyemi A leader of the Yoruba group, Ilana Omo Oodua Worldwide, Prof Banji Akitoye has described as criminal and unacceptable the invasion of a radio station in Ibadan by a Yoruba separatist group in the early hours of Sunday. In a statement by Olatunde Amusat, Akintoye’s Assistant Director of Programmes Mr Akintoye disowned the group, describing their action as lawless and criminal. NPO Reported earlier that the separatist group on Sunday, invaded the premises of Amuludun 99.1 FM in Moniya, a community radio of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), around 6.00 am. Security personnel later rounded…
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is claiming victory in the Turkish election With counting ongoing, official results have him on around 52% of the vote His secular rival, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, is due to speak soon Erdogan’s supporters are celebrating, and some foreign leaders have sent congratulations No candidate managed to secure 50% of votes in the first round, with Erdogan on 49.52% and Kilicdaroglu on 45%. Kemal Kilicdaroglu has just taken the stage at opposition headquarters in Ankara. Latest unofficial results suggest he’s four points behind Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the presidential run-off with most votes counted. Erdogan’s challenger has launched…
By Kamil Opeyemi The wife of the President-elect, Mrs. Oluremi Tinubu, has said that her family doesn’t need the wealth of Nigeria to survive. According to Mrs. Tinubu, God has already blessed the family with what is needed to survive. She made the assertion on Sunday during a speech at the presidential inauguration interdenominational church service at the National Christian Centre in Abuja. The wife of the President-elect went on to say that the country’s path would be restored with the help of God and Nigerians. “Nigeria’s wealth is the common wealth of all. It belongs to everyone. “God…
Nigeria’s advocacy group, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) on Sunday, asked the incoming President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu to make an open declaration of his assets. The group said this action would help Tinubu to make a clean start. SERAP, in a letter addressed to Tinubu and signed by its Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, said the declaration should include details of his assets, income, investments, liabilities, and interests. The group said Tinubu should ask his vice, Kashim Shettima to do same. SERAP also urged him to “immediately prioritise the full and effective respect for human rights, media freedom, the…
By abiodun KOMOLAFE On July 29, 1966, Adekunle Fajuyi, a Lieutenant Colonel, and Military Governor of Western Nigeria, staked his life, when some revenge-seeking counter-coupists came for the head of Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, Nigeria’s military ruler. Aguiyi-Ironsi was on a visit to the region; and the governor told the coupists that they’d not kill his guest in Ibadan, the regional capital. But the soldiers insisted. Ultimately, they killed the guest and his host. But there was no compensation, either for Fajuyi’s family or the Yoruba race, for the supreme price he paid to keep the country together. Instead,…