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By Halimah Olamide The Minister of Information, Alhaji Mohammed Malagi Idris, has called on media practitioners to collaborate with his Ministry and the government for the betterment of the society. He spoke in Abuja when he received members of the Executive Committee of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers. The GOCOP team was led to the meeting on Tuesday by its President and Publisher of Realnews magazine, Maureen Chigbo. The Minister also urged online publishers to always endeavour to cross-check information before publishing. He urged journalists to take pride in the fact that they have their representative as part of…
At least, two people have been killed after a two-storey plaza located on Lagos Street, Garki Village in the Garki District of the nation’s capital, Abuja, collapsed. The Director General of the FCT Emergency Management Agency, Dr. Abbas Idriss, confirmed the collapse late on Wednesday. It was gathered that the plaza collapsed due to heavy downpour. They said rescue operations had been slow over the night as there was no immediate access to an excavator and rescue efforts were purely manual. Idriss said: “Thirty-Seven persons have so far been rescued and evacuated to hospital, others reportedly still trapped. Rescue team…
A CIA Chief, Williams Burns, warned of terrible revenge against the leader of the Wagner Group by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Burns had, in the wake of the Wagner group’s mutiny in July this year, said Putin was merely buying time to perfect his moves against Yevgeny Prighozin. “What we are seeing is a very complicated dance,” the CIA chief had been quoted in BBC report in July. Burns went further to say at the time that Putin was saying little of the mutiny, there was a grand plan to take the leader of the group out even if the…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Federal Capital Territory Administration has labelled reports that the FCT Minister planned to demolish 6000 houses in 30 communities as “false” and “sensationalist”. This was contained in a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary of the FCT, Anthony Ogunleye, on Wednesday. Ogunleye, dismissed claims by some media outfits that Wike plans to demolish 6,000 houses across 30 settlements in Abuja, including Wadata Plaza. The statement also denied reports that the FCT Minister owned an armoured N300m Lexus LX 600, stating that the vehicle was only a “regular SUV.” “We would like to categorically state that…
By Kamil Opeyemi The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced the names of officers to fill vacant NWC and zonal positions of the party. The National Secretary of the party, Ajibola Basiru, announced this on Wednesday evening during a media briefing on the outcome of the NWC meeting held at the APC National Secretariat. The outgoing National Deputy Chairman for North, Abubakar Kyari, was replaced by Borno party chairman, Ali Dalori; while the outgoing National Women Leader, Betta Edu, was replaced by Mary Alile Idele, from Edo State. Both Kyari and Edu were recently…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Police Command in Adamawa has apprehended 94-year-old man for allegedly defiling a 13-year-old girl in Tappare ward, Ganye Local Government Area. SP Suleiman Nguroje, the command spokeperson, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen in Yola on Wednesday. He said the suspect, who is a herbalist, was believed to be in the habit of deceiving young girls to defile them. “It happens that on Aug. 12, while the victim was passing by the suspect’s house, he called her into the house and took advantage of her by having an unlawful carnal knowledge of her. “Investigation,…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike has refuted claims of purchasing a N300 million Armoured Lexus LX600 SUV on assumption to office. Wike made the rebuttal while speaking with newsmen shortly after a visit to Metro Train Station, Abuja on Wednesday to inspect ongoing rehabilitation of Abuja Rail Mass Transport System. Some sections of the media had published a picture of an Armored Lexus SUV model LX 600, fitted with ‘FCT – 01’ plate. The reports claimed that the SUV, which cost more than N300 million, belonged to the new FCT Minister,…
BY TIJJANI MOHAMMAD, FEDERAL MINISTRY OF INFORMATION, ABUJA A core mandate of the Civil Service Commission, as an agency of Government, is the recruitment and deployment of officers with requisite qualifications into the civil service. A major plank on which the commission seeks to realize its vision of building a core of highly focused, disciplined, committed and patriotic civil service is the advertisement of vacancies for the ultimate and equitable recruitment of the best applicants into the service. This process ensures that recruitment is advertised for equity, competitiveness and that only the best are recruited and deployed accordingly, based on…
Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was on the passenger list of a jet which crashed killing all on board, Russia’s civil aviation authority has said. Earlier, Wagner-linked Telegram channel Grey Zone reported the Embraer aircraft was shot down by air defences in the Tver region, north of Moscow. The private jet, which was flying from Moscow to St Petersburg, was carrying seven passengers and three crew. Prigozhin led a failed mutiny against the Russian armed forces in June. Grey Zone said local residents heard two bangs before the crash and saw two vapour trails. Tass news agency said the plane, an…
By Halimah Olamide The Lagos State House of Assembly on Wednesday confirmed 22 out of the 39 cabinet nominees forwarded by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for screening. Speaker of the House, Mudashiru Obasa, while presiding over the House proceedings said the confirmation followed rigorous and detailed screening of the nominees by an ad-hoc committee led by the Chief Whip of the House, Hon. Fatai Mojeed. Commending the committee for its effectiveness, he urged the confirmed nominees to always remember that they are in office to serve the people of the State and not individuals. He also promised that the House would…