Tinubu appoints new DGs for NTA, NAN, VON, and others

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Salihu Abdulhamid Dembos as the director general, DG, of the Nigerian Television Authority, NTA. Dembo’s appointment, which is with immediate effect, was announced by presidential spokesperson Ajuri Ngelale late Thursday. Ngelale said President Tinubu also made an additional seven appointments for other agencies under the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation. The National Orientation Agency, NOA, and the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN, will be headed by Lanre...

Bode George, Olanrewaju, Dallas, mourn foremost economist, Bode Agusto

Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George and chairman Omo Eko Pataki Forum, General Tajudeen Olarewaju and Gbadebo Dallas, members of Omo Eko Pataki have mourned the death of Bode Agusto. A press statement on Thursday signed by them on behalf of Omo Eko Pataki, stated, “We were shocked this afternoon when we heard that a foremost economist, chartered accountant, philanthropist, businessman and a Lagosian, Bode Agusto is dead....

Defection To APC: YPP Discloses plans to take Ifeanyi Uba to court

…Warns Uba against using party as political pawn The Young Progressives Party (YPP) has disclosed plans to take Senator Ifeanyi Uba to court for dumping the party for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) when there is no crisis in the party. The party also warned the senator who represents Anambra South in the Red Chamber of the National Assembly that it wouldn’t tolerate a situation where the party would be used as a pawn...

NAF boss reminds personnel of their responsibility to Nigerians

..Says they can’t afford to let Nigerians down Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), has reminded Nigeria Air Force (NAF) personnel of the huge responsibility placed on them by Nigerians in ensuring their safety and wellbeing. The NAF boss also told his men that they cannot afford to let Nigerians down. The disclosure was done in a gathering of NAF commanders comprising branch heads, directors, commandants, commanders as well as...

Cervical Cancer: About 6 Million Girls To Receive HPV Vaccines

About 6 million girls aged 9-14 years will receive vaccination with over 6 million doses of Gardasil HPV vaccine and essential supplies under the first phase of HPV vaccination in the country. According to experts, Nigeria alone contributes an estimated 12,000 new cases of global cervical cancer and 8 thousand deaths annually. Faisal Shuaib, Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) who stated this in Abuja, at a joint briefing with...

Borno State Resist Relocation Of Railway Coaches, Rolling Stocks

Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno state says the Government will resist attempts to move any infrastructure meant for the state to other places through legal means. The Governor stated this on Tuesday during a visit to the railway terminus in Maiduguri following an attempt by some people claiming to be staff of Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) to move railway infrastructures including coaches and rolling stocks. He described the attempt to relocate railway coaches from...

Senate names Oyelola Ashiru as Deputy Senate Leader

The Nigerian Senate has announced Oyelola Yisa Ashiru, the senator representing Kwara South, as its new deputy leader. Senate President Godswill Akpabio made the announcement on Wednesday during plenary. Ashiru, who was hitherto the deputy chief whip, replaces Dave Umahi, former governor of Ebonyi State, as the deputy leader. Umahi resigned as a senator in August following his appointment as the minister of works by President Bola Tinubu. Following Ashiru’s new appointment, Peter Nwebonyi Onyeka,...

Senate approves appointment of Ola Olukoyede as EFCC chair

The Senate has approved the appointment of Ola Olukoyede and Mohammed Hamajoda as the chairman and secretary of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, respectively. Olukayode and Hammajoda were screened on Wednesday alongside Halima Shehu who was appointed to head the National Social Investment Programme Agency, NSIPA. Shehu was confirmed too. Pilot News reported that President Bola Tinubu appointed Olukoyede and Hammajoda as EFCC chairperson and secretary respectively on October 12. Olukoyede, who served...

Men of Rapid Response Squad, Awkuzu of Anambra State Police Command on Monday 16th October, 2023 foiled a planned robbery operation along Ebenebe-Achalla Road in Awka North LGA of the State. The Operatives while on Anti Kidnapping Patrol were tipped off by a public spirited citizen who saw two gun men being conveyed on a motorcycle along the road. According to the Police Public Relations Officer in Anambra, DSP Tochi Ikenga, the Operatives went in...

Kidnapper Confesses: I Bought Clothes Worth N470,000 From My Share Of Ransom

One of the notorious kidnappers in Adamawa State, Gaiya Mallam Usman, 25 years old who was on the Police wanted list has been apprehended. The suspect, who hails from Tambo in Girei LGA, along with 4 others now at large have kidnapped 3 people in the community on separate occasions and collected N8 million ransom. According to the Command spokesman, SP Suleiman Yahya Nguroje, the suspect who admitted to the crime said he was given...

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