Civil Service Head Orders Government Agencies To Go Digital  By 2025

NewsNigeriaPoliticsCivil Service Head Orders Government Agencies To Go Digital  By 2025

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)June 19, 2024

The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HCSF), Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan has directed all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of the government to ensure that they are fully digitalised in their operations and services by 2025. The HCSF who gave the directive on Wednesday at a media parley to mark 2024 Civil Service Week in Abuja, said her office has been working closely with Galaxy Bone to ensure the provision of broadband services...

CONTINUE READING

NewsNigeriaPoliticsOyebanji Appoints Prof Olaleye Special Adviser On Land, eGIS And Survey

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)June 19, 2024

Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji has approved the appointment of Prof. James Bola Olaleye as Special Adviser on Land, eGIS and Survey. A press statement on Tuesday signed by the Special Adviser on Media to the Governor, Yinka Oyebode, noted that Prof Olaleye’s appointment takes effect from July1, 2024. Olaleye, a professor of Surveying Engineering bagged a First Class Bachelor’s degree in Surveying from University of Lagos, Akoka in 1981; and a Masters degree in...

CONTINUE READING
APC Tackles Kwankwaso Over Allegation Of FG Creating New Insurgency

NewsNigeriaPoliticsAPC Tackles Kwankwaso Over Allegation Of FG Creating New Insurgency

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)June 18, 2024

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has tackled Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in the 2023 general elections, over allegation that the Federal Government is attempting to create a new breed of Boko Haram terrorists and insurgents in Northern Nigeria. The APC in a press statement on Tuesday signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, Esq accused the former Kano State Governor of being insensitive. Morka said...

CONTINUE READING
How Involved Are Political Elites in the Southeast’s Unfolding Crisis?

ColumnsNigeriaOpinionPoliticsHow Involved Are Political Elites in the Southeast’s Unfolding Crisis?

PilotnewsJune 18, 2024

“The elites must provide direction on how Biafra must be remembered.” —Ebuka Onyekwelu On Monday, June 17th, 2024, some innocent people in Nnobi and Nnewi in Anambra state, lost their lives to the activities of armed gangs under the aegis of “unknown gunmen.” This Monday’s episode was only one of the series in the speedy deterioration of Southeast security since 2021. The week before, some soldiers, needless to add of Abia origin, were murdered in...

CONTINUE READING
Presidency Rejects New York Times’ ‘Jaundiced’ Economic Report on Nigeria

BusinessNewsNigeriaPoliticsPresidency Rejects New York Times’ ‘Jaundiced’ Economic Report on Nigeria

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)June 17, 2024

The Nigerian Presidency has rejected a recent report by the New York Times on the country’s economic situation, labelling it as misleading and jaundiced. The report, published on June 11, painted a dire picture of Nigeria’s economy, blaming the current administration’s policies for the country’s woes. “Nigeria is facing its worst economic crisis in decades, with skyrocketing inflation, a national currency in free-fall and millions of people struggling to buy food,” Ruth Maclean and Ismail...

CONTINUE READING
Tinubu Surrounds Self With Aides, Associates Who Want Him To Fail – Lukman

NewsNigeriaPoliticsTinubu Surrounds Self With Aides, Associates Who Want Him To Fail – Lukman

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)June 17, 2024

Salihu Lukman, former Vice National Chairman, North-West of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that President Bola Tinubu has surrounded himself with aides and associates who are setting him up to fail. The politician who just resigned his membership of the ruling party a few days ago noted that Tinubu has made himself inaccessible to even party members who supported him to win election. He said, “Under Asiwaju I was very confident that he...

CONTINUE READING
Police Reject 10,000 New Constables, Demand Cancellation Of Recruitment Exercise

NewsNigeriaPoliticsPolice Reject 10,000 New Constables, Demand Cancellation Of Recruitment Exercise

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 17, 2024

The 10,000 constables recruited in the 2022/23 recruitment exercise into the Nigeria Police Force have been rejected by the force. A statement by the force spokesman, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, on Saturday titled “Police confirms 2022 constable recruitment process marred with irregularities, alleged corruption,” calls for review as the recruitment list flooded with non-applicants. The police authorities said the exercise was marred by irregularities and corruption as names of unqualified candidates were smuggled into the final...

CONTINUE READING
Breaking Political Leadership Barriers in the S. East: A Need for Transformation

ColumnsNigeriaOpinionPoliticsBreaking Political Leadership Barriers in the S. East: A Need for Transformation

PilotnewsJune 16, 2024

“In the end, the Southeast would need to rethink not just its politics, but its leadership” —Ebuka Onyekwelu The Southeast has a peculiar problem of leadership challenge and this reflects on business succession, political succession, and general order across the zone. In business, for instance, most businesses owned by Southeast industrialists of high repute between the 1980s and early 2000s have shutdown upon the death of their founders. This is calamitous, but the zone has...

CONTINUE READING
Stool Tussle: Police Ban Eid-el-Kabir Durbar Activities In Kano

NewsNigeriaPoliticsStool Tussle: Police Ban Eid-el-Kabir Durbar Activities In Kano

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 14, 2024

To ensure peace and harmony in and around Kano State following the leadership tussle that engulfed the former government Emirate Council, the Police in the state have banned all activities associated with Durbar during the upcoming Eid-el-Kabir. There had been a crisis over the repeal of the Kano Emirate Council Law 2019 by the state Assembly, leading to the dethronement of the five emirs installed in 2020 by former-governor, Abdullahi Ganduje. The Assembly replaced the...

CONTINUE READING
Farmers/Herders Clash: Gov Ododo Inaugurates Conflict Prevention Committee In Kogi State 

NewsNigeriaPoliticsFarmers/Herders Clash: Gov Ododo Inaugurates Conflict Prevention Committee In Kogi State 

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 14, 2024

A 17-member Conflict Prevention and Resolution Committee has been inaugurated by Governor, Alhaji Usman Ahmed Ododo to ensure peaceful coexistence between farmers and herders in the state. Inaugurating the committee in Lokoja on Thursday at an event organized by the Kogi Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project, Kogi L-PRES, Governor Ododo charged them to check, regulate, and monitor the movement of herdsmen and their livestock along the stock routes to prevent farmer-herder clashes. The committee’s...

CONTINUE READING

Newer Posts

Older Posts

WP2Social Auto Publish Powered By : XYZScripts.com