The President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has withdrawn the name of Maryam Shetty as a ministerial nominee. Shetty was on the list of the second batch of ministerial nominees submitted by the President to the Senate representing Kano State on the list. Shetty was replaced by Mairiga Mahmud and no reason was given for the withdrawal of the name of the Kano born politician. In the same vein, the President has also added the name of Festus Keyamo, SAN, to the ministerial list. Keyamo was a minister in the immediate past regime while also serving as official spokesperson of the…
Author: Khadijah Olowode
Following the unveiling of the revised Public Service Rules (PSR), by the Head of the Civil Service Folashade Yemi-Esan, more than 500 Directors across the Ministries, Departments and Agencies may be forced to proceed on compulsory retirement. Recall that at the public service lecture held at the Presidential villa in Abuja in commemoration of the civil service week, the Head of Civil Service the Federation, Folashade Yemi-Esan said the Implementation of the revised Public Service rules had commenced. According to a circular dated July 27 2023, Yemi-Esan, called on Permanent Secretaries, Accountant-General of the Federation, Auditor-General for the Federation, and…
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, on Thursday, 3 August, 2023 pleaded with his colleagues who expressed dissatisfaction with the list of commissioner-nominees sent recently by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for screening and confirmation. The lawmakers had lamented the exclusion of some parts of the State in the nomination. While some urged the House to take another look at the list, others urged that the nominees’ local government areas should be attached to the list. The House also set up a committee chaired by the Chief Whip, Hon. Fatai Mojeed, to screen the nominees and…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Tragedy occurred in Isa Local Government of Sokoto State as bandits Killed man ten days after his wedding. The gunmen also abducted the deceased’s father. One Mallam Jabir, who disclosed this sad development on Twitter handle, said the deceased was shot dead while working on his farm on Tuesday, 1 August, 2023.“This young man was shot dead 10 days after his marriage while working on his farm in Isa local gov’t area of Sokoto state. They killed him and also kidnapped his father. The incident happened today and yet nothing has been done by the relevant authorities. Sad,” he…
The First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu on Thursday, 3 August, 2023 paid a courtesy visit on the former President, Mohammadu Buhari at his Daura residence in Katsina Sate. The First Lady who was accompanied on the visit by the Wife of the Vice President, Hajia Nana Shettima; said the visit is to check on the former President and thank him for the fatherly support he gives always. She prayed for long life, good health and more support from him not only for the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu but Nigeria as a whole. …
The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Thursday, 3 August, 2023, elected former Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, as the National Chairman of the party. The party’s NEC also elected former Senate spokesman, Ajibola Basiru, as National Secretary. The two party officials were elected today at the 12th NEC meeting of the party held at the Congress Hall of Transcorp Hilton in Abuja. President Bola Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima, members of the Progressive Governors’ Forum, chieftains of the party in the National Assembly, amongst others were present were present at the NEC meeting. Addressing…
The Chairman of Olorunda Local Council Development Area of Lagos, Samson Folorunso Olatunde has announce a weekly two-day off for staff of the council area, reports thegazellenews.com According to Olatunde, popularly called Samola by his admirers, the gesture was in response to the significant challenges occasioned by the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government. According to the council boss, with effect from Monday, 7 August, 2023, staff of the council will be coming to work three days in a week. He thus directed the management staff, including the Council Manager, Treasurer, and all Heads of Departments (HODs), to devise…
Scientists have developed a groundbreaking cancer drug that kills all solid cancer tumors while leaving other cells unharmed. The new molecule, codenamed AOH1996 – targets a protein present in most cancers that helps tumors grow and multiply in the body. It is significant because this protein, the proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), was previously thought to be ‘undruggable’. According to Mail Online, the drug was tested on 70 different cancer cells in the lab – including those derived from breast, prostate, brain, ovarian, cervical, skin, and lung cancer – and was effective against them all. The drug is the culmination…
A concerned energy expert, Mr Tajudeen Suleiman has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to urgently wade into the induatrial impasse at the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC). It could be recalled that the aggrieved staff of the commission had on Wednesday, 2 August, 2023, picketed its headquarters in Abuja sequel to the expiration of the 24-hour ultimatum they had earlier issued to the management to address their demands. The staffers are demanding the immediate sack of the Chief Executive of the commission, Engr. Gbenga Komolafe over an alleged fraud and abuse of office. They are also alleging that…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Apapa Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has disclosed that it generated at least N450 billion between January to July this year. The Command also also that in the month of June, it raked in N119bn as revenue, the highest monthly collection it had recorded so far. The Command, which made this disclosure through a statement issued by its Public Relations Officer, Abubakar Usman, on Wednesday, 2 August, 2023. According to the statement, the outgoing Customs Area Comptroller of the command, Mohammed Auwal, in his farewell session with senior officers of the command, said…