Kano State Civil Service Uncovers High Scale Salary, BVN Fraud

240 Workers Receiving Double Salaries 217 Share Same BVN Govt Vows to Clean Up Civil Service The Kano State Government has uncovered major fraud in its civil service payroll, involving hundreds of questionable payments, officials announced on Sunday. At a press briefing in Kano, Sulaiman Sani, the special adviser to the Governor on civil service matters and chairman of the state’s coordinating committee, revealed that 240 employees were found receiving double salaries. At the same...

Kalu Urges South East to Back Tinubu for Second Term

Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has called on the South East to rally behind President Bola Tinubu in 2027, urging the people to give him their full support at the polls. Kalu made the appeal on Saturday when he hosted the Abia State chapter of the Tinubu Mandate Support Group and Club 17 Initiative. His remarks were conveyed through a statement by his media aide, Udora Orizu. “We should invest our...

Jonathan Urges African Leaders To Prioritise Competent Economic Teams

Former President Goodluck Jonathan, has urged African leaders to prioritise competent economic teams, tech-driven education,  charging them not to politicise appointments into key economic positions. According to the former President, only top-class professionals and technocrats must be selected to be members of the economic management team. Jonathan noted that some African leaders select their cabinet based on relationship or patronage. According to him, hiring competent hands to man major departments in Government is critical to the kind of service...

YPP Governorship Candidate, Sir Paul Chukwuma, Picks Uzu Okagbue as Running Mate

The governorship candidate of the Young Progressive Party – YPP, for the November 8, 2025 Anambra State Governorship Election, has picked Uzu Okagbue, as his running mate. The announcement was made on Friday by Chukwuma. During the unveiling of his running mate at the YPP State secretariat in Awka, Sir Paul Chukwuma said that his decision was arrived at after intense consultations across all strata of the society in Anambra. Speaking on the character of...

“Enough is Enough,” Tinubu Orders Swift Action in Troubled States

President Bola Tinubu has told security chiefs in no unambiguous terms that he wants an end to the bloodshed in parts of the country—and fast. During a lengthy meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, Tinubu made it clear that the killings in Plateau, Benue, Borno, and Kwara states have gone on for too long. “Enough is enough,” he said, his voice stern as he addressed the disturbing spate of attacks in communities across these...

FG Announces Schedule Of Activities For Youth Empowerment

The Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Youth Development (FMYD) has announced the schedule of activities for Youth Economic Intervention and De-Radicalization Programme (YEIDEP). A press release by the ministry indicated that the programme is aimed at supporting youth farmers, food, and agro-allied entrepreneurs in Nigeria. According to the ministry, the application period for the programme will end on May 31, 2025. It noted that following the application deadline, the ministry will undertake the...

Niger Delta Youths Laud Kyari’s Leadership, Condemn Calls For His Probe  

The Niger Delta Youth Congress (NDYC) has lauded the exceptional leadership of the immediate past Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari and condemned calls for his probe. In a press statement on Thursday by the group’s National Coordinator, Comrade Israel Uwejeyan,  NDYC stated that the call for his probe is ill-advised and an orchestrated campaign of calumny aimed at discrediting Kyari’s legacy of reforms in the oil...

PDP Laments Over Oborevwori’s Defection To APC

… Promises To Take Over Delta Structure Immediately The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has lamented over the defection of the Delta State governor, Sheriff Oborevwori to the All Progressives Congress (APC), describing it as very sad and unfortunate. Reacting on the defection while presenting a certificate of return to Chief Jude Ezenwafor, the PDP candidate for Anambra State governorship election scheduled for November 8, the Acting National Chairman of PDP, Amb. Umar Damagum, explained why...

Lawmakers Frustrated, As Rivers Sole Administrator Shuns House Invitation 

House of Representatives members expressed frustration over the failure of the Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas to honour another scheduled meeting. Recall that the House Committee on Rivers State Oversight had invited Ibas to discuss important matters regarding the state’s governance, but once again, he failed to attend. It was reported that Ibas had originally been scheduled to meet with the committee on April 17, 2025. However, he sent a request...

IGP Orders Withdrawal Of Mobile Police Officers From VIPS

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered the withdrawal of mobile police officers from VIPs. In a statement by the spokesman of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), Muyiwa Adejobi, said the move is part of the reorganization of the Police Mobile Force (PMF). The statement read in part: “He expressed concern over the diversion of PMF personnel to non-core roles, including escort and guard duties for private individuals and VIPs, a trend which...

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