Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has presided over the swearing-in of 29 Special Advisers, 27 Local Government Chairpersons, and seven Permanent Secretaries to the Borno State Civil Service. The oath of office was administered at an event held at the Multipurpose Hall of the Government House by the Chief Judge of Borno, Kashim Zanna, represented by Hon. Justice Haruna Mshelia. The newly sworn-in 27 Chairpersons, including a lady from Jere Local Government, emerged as winners at the 2024 Local Council election held on the 20th of February. The 29 Special Advisers have a blend of Yoruba, Igbo, indigenous technocrats and…
Author: Khadijah Olowode
In what they described as a celebration of “eight years of unprecedented strides”, indigenes and residents of Okene in Kogi State, on Sunday, trooped out in their thousands to welcome the immediate past Governor of the state, Yahaya Bello, back home after two impactful tenures. They treated the White Lion, as he is fondly called, to a heroic homecoming ceremony at the ancient town, Okene, where Bello hails from. With loud cheers, pomp and pageantry, the jubilant residents heaped praises on the immediate past governor over his sterling performance in office, with different clans performing with their masquerades amid the…
Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in last year’s general election, Mr. Peter Obi, on Monday, 29 January, 2024, expressed his sympathies to the Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, over the recent explosion in Bodija, Ibadan. The former Anambra State Governor commended Governor Makinde for his prompt response and the way he handled the tragedy, stating that such response “gives assurances and confidence to people that there is a government and system that care for them.”Obi, who was received by Makinde at the Governor’s Office, Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan, also commiserated with the families who lost loved ones in the incident.…
France has financed the building of a French Language Laboratory at the Nigerian Defence Academy A statement from the French Embassy on Monday, 29 January, 2024, said the French Defence Attaché, Colonel G Dujon, and his deputy in charge of the development of the French language learning programme in the Nigerian military, Lieutenant-Colonel R Chauvancy, were received in Kaduna at the prestigious Nigerian Defence Academy by Major-General JO Ochai on 25 January 2024 during the inauguration of the laboratory. The statement read that: “The Defence Attaché inaugurated the Academy’s new French language laboratory, financed by the French Directorate for Cooperation…
The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu, SAN, has reiterated the commitment of the Commission under his watch to integrity, accountability, and excellence in building a Nigeria where corruption has no place, and the rule of law prevails. The ICPC Chairman made this comment on Monday, 29 January, 2024 at the Commission’s management and leadership retreat taking place in Kano. Addressing management staff as well as Resident Anti-Corruption Commissioners (RACCs) from the 21 state offices of the Commission, the Chairman noted that the retreat provided a unique opportunity to the…
ActionAid Nigeria has called for the immediate release of Nasarawa protesters, insisting that their continued detention and prosecution is an infringement on the right to peaceful assembly and expression. Police were said to have arrested some persons in Lafia, Nasarawa State who were alleged to have staged a public protest after the Supreme Court’s judgment upholding the election of Governor Abdullahi Sule. The statement by ActionAid Nigeria on Monday, which condemned the arrest and prosecution of protesters in Nasarawa State and called for their Immediate release, read that: “In light of recent events in Nasarawa State, where the Police Command…
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has facilitated the execution of eight projects including a school, orphanage, clinic, shops, staff quarters, sports ground, charity office and a Juma’at mosque by the Qatar Charity Foundation in Maiduguri. Laying the foundation for the construction of the projects cited in Bolori on Sunday, 28 January, 2024, Zulum said, “It gives me pleasure to stand here today to lay the foundation for the construction of an integrated school, orphanage, clinic, and many other projects by the Qatar Charity Foundation in Maiduguri. I have been working towards this since 2015, and today we have seen the…
By Temitope Ajayi For many decades, Nigeria’s move towards rapid development and economic growth was impaired by poor revenue despite the country’s abundant natural resources. The country’s unsavoury economic situation was also compounded by the almost crippling foreign exchange crisis of the last eight years, accentuated by insufficient supply of dollars into the economy. With demand outstripping supply, the fiscal and monetary authorities have been battling to control the declining value of the naira against the US dollars, which has now hit an all-time low of over N1400 to $1 at the parallel market. The local currency, at the official…
Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS Commission) has said it is yet to receive any formal letter from Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso withdrawal their membership for the subregional body. It however admitted that the announcement as to the effect that the three member countries presently under the country of the military has been monitored on television broadcast on Mali and Niger television stations. The statement issued on Sunday, 28 January, 2024, read: “The attention of the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS Commission) has been drawn to a statement broadcast on…
The attention of the Honourable Minister of Solid Minerals, Dr. Oladele Alake has been drawn to a poster that is circulating on social media and across WhatsApp groups where he is positioned as a gubernatorial aspirant in Ekiti State with the inscription ‘Take it Back’. The general public is hereby informed that Dr. Alake has no interest to run for governorship election in Ekiti State, either now or in the future. The poster in circulation does not have his approval as he does not know the people behind it. It is fake and should be discarded. It is unconscionable that…