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The Bauchi State Government has terminated the appointment of Mr Aminu Umar, the Chairman Interim Management Team of WIkki Tourists Football Club (FC), with immediate effect. This is contained in a statement signed by Muhammed Salis, the State Commissioner for Youth and Sport Development, and made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Bauchi. “It is with a heavy heart that I write to inform you of our decision to terminate your role as the Interim Chairman of Wikki Tourists Football Club, effective immediately (today). “Your appointment as interim chairman was a testament to our belief in your ability to steer…
Zamfara has recorded 1,188 cases of cholera and 50 of diphtheria across the 14 local government areas of the state since December 2022 when the diseases first broke out. The state’s Commissioner of Health, Dr. Aishatu Anka disclosed this while distributing medical consumables at the Shagari Cholera Treatment Centre in Gusau on Wednesday,. Anka stated that Cholera is prevalent in Gusau Anka, Bakura, and Bukkuyum local government areas of the state. According to the commissioner, the Governor of the state, Dauda Lawan has visited some the patients at Anka General Hospital and now “I am here at Shagari Cholera Treatment…
Prof. Isa Chiroma, SAN, the Director-General of the Nigerian Law School, said 1, 085 candidates (65.09 per cent) were successful at the school’s final examinations held in July. Chiroma made this known in Abuja on Wednesday at the presentation of the general performance of the candidates at the October 2023 Call to Bar ceremony in Abuja. He enjoined the candidates to make the best of the legal profession, and ensure strict adherence to its norms and ethics. The director-general said that a total of 1, 666 students participated in the July examination and 1, 085 were successful. Speaking further on…
By Halimah Olamide The Delta State Police command has said that it has arrested a man who raised false alarm over the disappearance of his manhood. The false alarm had led many residents to descend on the woman whom the man had accused of being responsible for the disappearance of his manhood. Police spokesman in Delta Bright Edafe, in a statement on Wednesday, said it took the intervention of men of the command to save the old woman from being killed. Condemning jungle justice, the command spokesman explained that the incident happened On Sunday 8th October 2023 at DBS Road…
Gov. Hyacinth Alia on Wednesday said over 400,000 pupils would benefit from the next phase of the National Home-grown School Feeding Programme ( NHGSFP) in Benue. Alia said this while declaring open the Annual Training of Master Cooks of the NHGSFP at Government Model Secondary School, High Level, Makurdi. The Governor represented by the Commissioner for Humanitarian and Disaster Management, Mr Anodowase Kunde, said the school vendors would be recruited from the wards in each Local Government Area. He said a total of 6,512 persons would be selected for the programme across the 23 LGAs. Alia said his administration would…
An Ikeja High Court on Wednesday convicted two pipeline vandals, Clement Ododomu and Tiwei Monday, charged with killing seven officers of the Department of State Security (DSS). The killings occurred on Sept. 14, 2015 at Ishawo Creek, Ikorodu, Lagos State. Justice Hakeem Oshodi found Ododomu and Monday guilty but deferred their sentencing until Nov. 14 following plea for mercy by their counsel. Oshodi found Ododomu guilty of conspiracy to commit murder, murders and possession of firearms. He found Monday guilty of conspiracy to commit murder. According to him, the claim of defence that the defendants were in Lagos for funeral…
By Kamil Opeyemi A member of the House of Representatives from Sokoto State, Abdulkadir Jelani Danbuga has died. Dang uba was said to have been admitted into a hospital on Tuesday only to give up in the early hours of Wednesday. The All Progressive Congress lawmaker will be buried at 11 a.m. in Sokoto State. Danbuga is survived by two wives, many children and grandchildren. The news of his death has thrown the National Assembly into mourning. Details later….
By Halimah Olamide President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday announced the appointment of new heads of agencies under the Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy. While there are fresh appointees, some are returning to their former positions. (1) EVC / CEO, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) — Aminu Maida (2) MD / CEO, Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NIGCOMSAT) — Nkechi Egerton-Idehen (3) DG / CEO, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) — Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi (4) National Commissioner / CEO, Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) — Dr. Vincent Olatunji (5) Postmaster General / CEO, Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) — Tola Odeyemi A…
By Kamil Opeyemi The ruling All Progressive Congress on Wednesday accused the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, of jumping on the bandwagon of the allegations of certificate forgery levelled against President Bola Tinubu by former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. NPO Reports that Obi, at a press conference on Wednesday in Abuja, berated Tinubu for allegedly dragging Nigeria’s name into international disrepute. Obi said Tinubu could have saved Nigerians the burden of being viewed all over the world as forgers. He had called the president out to come out clean over his real name, his academic…
By Halimah Olamide The presidential candidate of the Labour Party Mr. Peter Obi on Wednesday told President Bola Tinubu that the credibility and honour of Nigeria home and abroad are at stake in the ongoing controversies over his academic records. Peter Obi at a press conference in Abuja said Tinubu should do the right thing just as he said he has become distressed about the entire saga. Obi, who contested against Tinubu in the February 25 poll where Tinubu emerged the winner, said it has become a burden to him having to answer barrage of questions from many. ”Having followed…