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By Kamil Opeyemi The Federal Roads Safety Corps on Wednesday disclosed that it has produced a total of 73,740 drivers licenses within just two weeks. FRSC said these are some of the backlogs made possible as a result of a new strategic intervention mechanism to resolve the logjam. Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, Shehu Mohammed, while disclosing this, said he had promised on assumption of office that one of the most cardinal steps that would be taken would be to revamp the entire processes of the Corps was a working visit to the FRSC Print Farm. “You would recall…
By Halimah Olamide There is an impending flood that could overrun roads and bridges in the next one week in states like Osun, Ekiti, Plateau Benue and others. This is just as the Nigerian Meteorological Services list states where heavy rains are expected as from Thursday. A statement by NiMET on Wednesday showed that areas of low lands may be overrun by flood adding that such incidents may affect vehicular movements. It list 13 states where heavy rains will be experienced as Niger, Plateau, Benue, Kaduna, Taraba, Delta and Imo Others are Cross River, AkwIbomom Rivers, Bayelsa, Ekiti and Osun states.…
By Halimah Olamide “In these hard times, there’s no compulsory reason for a country to own Presidential jets. In fact, it is an overindulgence. ASIWAJU BOLA AHMED TINUBU owned private jets ever before he was declared President. Publisher of Ovation Magazine and media entrepreneur Chief Dele Momodu has on Wednesday taken on the Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy Bayo Onanuga over his defence of a presidential jet for President Bola Tinubu. Momodu was reacting to a statement by Onanuga, where he had equally taken on the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the last…
By Halimah Olamide President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday expressed grief over the death of Kaduna state’s longest reigning monarch, His Highness, Dr. Tagwai Sambo, OFR, the Chief of Moroa. The president also extended his condolences to the Asholyio people in Southern Kaduna, Kaduna State who was on the throne for 58 years and is regarded as one of the longest-reigning traditional rulers in northern Nigeria. He was said to have played a pivotal role in the establishment of Kaduna State University, serving as its pioneer Chancellor. A statement by Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media, he said…
By Kamil Opeyemi Governor Sim Fubara has on Wednesday sworn in 23 chairmen of caretaker committees for all the local government areas in the state. The swearing in came amidst crisis that had engulfed the state in the 48 hours over the lapsed tenure of the former council helmsmen. The state House of Assembly, led by factional Speaker, Victor Jumbo, had screened and confirmed the nominees. The House had earlier sent out a letter of invitation to all the nominees on Tuesday asking them to come for screening on Wednesday. The letter was signed by the Clerk of the House,…
By Halimah Olamide If your officers won’t protect their own dignity by respecting themselves, maybe you should step in. This is not just an embarrassment to the policeman, it’s an embarrassment to the entire police force There is a growing outrage over the viral video of a police personnel seen guarding a young man to a party where he sprayed money. The video had gone viral showing the young man who was escorted by a policeman, who opened the door of the jeep for him to enter. The same clip later showed the young man among others spraying new…
By Halimah Olamide The minister described the annual festival as a platform that fostered the unity of the country in diversity, as well as one of the country’s tourism potentials that could be tapped into to diversify the economy from oil. It was another day of radiance and colour Ijebu Ode, Ogun state on Tuesday as sons and daughters gathered to celebrate the 2024 edition of the annual Ojude Oba festival. The festival, usually marked 3rd day after Eid-il-Adha, the Muslim festival, was held amidst colourful display of rich Yoruba fabrics by men and women of varying age grades and…
By Halimah Olamide Amidst escalating crisis over the control of local government areas in Rivers state, Governor Sim Fubara on Wednesday announced the names of Chairmen of the 23 local government areas of the state. They are to serve in capacities of Caretaker Chairmen. The names of the nominees were sent to the State House of Assembly by the Governor. This is coming two days after the expiration of the tenure of the council chairmen on Monday. The expiration of the tenure had ignited a crisis across the entire state on Tuesday as forces loyal to Governor Fubara trooped to…
By Halimah Olamide Consequently, the police have taken over the 23 council secretariats and some critical government facilities to forestall further unrest and breakdown of law and order. Men of the Rivers command of the Nigeria Police have taken over all the 23 local government secretariat offices in River state. This was just as crisis over the expiration of tenure of the council chairmen lapsed on Monday. The police said the take over became necessary in all 23 Local Government Secretariats to avert vandalisation of some critical government infrastructure. Police also said this is to halt further bloodbath as well…
By Halimah Olamide Amidst cries of increasing poverty, the Labour Party on Tuesday told President Bola Tinubu that he was not elected into office to increase poverty. The opposition party said there is an unbearable level of hardship pushing citizens into very hard choices. The party in a statement released Tuesday evening, asked Tinubu to “uphold the constitution you swore to protect.” It added that the leadership of the Labour Party was disappointed but not surprised by the comments made by “President Ahmed Bola Tinubu about the excruciating poverty his administration’s policies have unleashed on Nigerians since he took office over…