Ngelale, Special Adviser To President Tinubu On Media And Publicity Resigns

NewsNigeriaPoliticsNgelale, Special Adviser To President Tinubu On Media And Publicity Resigns

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)September 8, 2024

The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale has resigned from his position with immediate effect. The Presidency in a press statement on Saturday noted that Ngelale said he had submitted a memo to the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, informing him of his plan to proceed on indefinite leave. Ngelale added that he has also stepped down as the Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Action and...

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Northern Youths Urges Citizens to Protect Themselves against Insecurity

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaNorthern Youths Urges Citizens to Protect Themselves against Insecurity

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)September 6, 2024

The Northern Youths Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has demanded that Nigerians should be allowed to protect themselves since the government has failed in its responsibility to protect the citizens Comrade Isah Abubakar, National President, NYCN stated this in a press statement on Friday, stressing that it’s disheartening at the rate of mass killings in recent times in Northern Nigeria. According to him, from all indications the citizens have no choice but to stay with this...

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Gov Oyebanji Approves Work- From- Home For Ekiti Workers

NewsNigeriaPoliticsGov Oyebanji Approves Work- From- Home For Ekiti Workers

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)September 6, 2024

The Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji has approved a work-from-home arrangement for civil servants in the state. The arrangement is aimed at further cushioning the effect of the current economic situation on workers in the state. The Special Adviser on Media to the Governor, Mr Yinka Oyebode, in a press statement on Friday noted that under the new arrangement, officers on level 01- 07 will work from home three days a week. According to the statement,...

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Training, R&D Top Agenda At CAS Meeting With Egyptian Counterpart

National SecurityNewsNigeriaTraining, R&D Top Agenda At CAS Meeting With Egyptian Counterpart

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)September 6, 2024

Pilot Training, Research and Development (R&D) will form top agenda at the meeting of the Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, with his Egyptian counterpart, Lieutenant General Mahmoud Foaad Abd El-Gawad, They pledged to enhance cooperation and collaboration between their air forces, particularly in pilot training and Research and Development (R&D). The commitment was made yesterday, when General El-Gawad hosted Air Marshal Abubakar at his office in Cairo, Egypt. A press statement...

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Protest:  CSOs Give FG 7 Days Ultimatum To Address Pending Cases

National SecurityNewsNigeriaProtest:  CSOs Give FG 7 Days Ultimatum To Address Pending Cases

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)September 6, 2024

A Coalition of the organised Civil Society platforms, human rights organisations, faith-based organizations, women-led associations, indigenous bodies, youths movements and Labour Unions in Nigeria, the Labour and Civil Society Front, (LCSFront), has given a seven day ultimatum to the Federal Government to address all cases arising from the #EndBadGovernance nationwide protests, and ensure that no one is unduly criminalised or punished. A press statement on Thursday signed by Amb Nkoyo Toyo, the Chief Spokesperson, LCSFront,...

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Fuel Price Hike: We Stand By Our Statement, NLC Tells FG

NewsNigeriaPoliticsFuel Price Hike: We Stand By Our Statement, NLC Tells FG

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)September 4, 2024

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said that it is still maintaining its position on pump price of fuel hike, pointing out that Nigerians have a right to a decent life free from intimidation and starvation. The labour union in a press statement on Wednesday signed by its Head of Information and Public Affairs, Comrade Benson Upah, stated that its attention has been drawn to the denial credited to the Senior Special Assistant to Mr President...

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Fuel Price Hike: Afenifere Tells FG To Order NNPCL To Reverse Itself

NewsNigeriaPoliticsFuel Price Hike: Afenifere Tells FG To Order NNPCL To Reverse Itself

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)September 4, 2024

The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural and socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has told the Federal Government (FG) to order the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to reverse the fuel pump price. The organisation urged the government to stick to the claim by the Minister of State for Petroleum, Mr. Heineken Lokpobiri, that President Bola Tinubu administration didn’t instruct the NNPCL to increase the fuel pump price by ordering the company to reverse the announced increment. A press statement...

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Jonathan Urges African Leaders To Prioritise Innovation, Technology To Achieve Food Security

AfricaNewsPoliticsJonathan Urges African Leaders To Prioritise Innovation, Technology To Achieve Food Security

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)September 4, 2024

Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has urged African leaders to prioritise innovation and technology to achieve food security. According to the former President, African leaders should prioritise innovation and technology as a means of achieving the four pillars of food security and making considerable progress in the fight against hunger and malnutrition on the continent. The former President stated this on Wednesday in Kigali, Rwanda at the ongoing Africa Food Systems Forum 2024 while presenting...

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Ex-President Jonathan Mourns Hajia Dada Yar’Adua

NewsNigeriaEx-President Jonathan Mourns Hajia Dada Yar’Adua

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)September 4, 2024

Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has commiserated with the Yar’Adua family over the demise of  Hajiya Aya Dada Yar’Adua, mother of  late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and former Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters, late Shehu Musa Yar’adua, who died on Monday at the age of 102 years. The former President in a condolence message to the family of the deceased described the late matriarch of the Yar’Adua family as an epitome of motherhood who was...

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Kogi Gov Condoles With Yar’adua Family Over Matriarch’s Passing

NewsNigeriaKogi Gov Condoles With Yar’adua Family Over Matriarch’s Passing

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)September 4, 2024

Alh. Ahmed Usman Ododo, the Kogi State Governor has expressed his condolences to the Yar’adua family, the government and people of Katsina State over the passing of their matriarch, Hajia Dada at 102 The Governor, in a press statement on Tuesday, he personally signed, described the late matriarch as a “woman of history and a reservoir of knowledge”, saying “goddesses are irreplaceable”. “It is with mixed feelings that I send my condolences to the Yar’Adua...

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