By Abimbola Ogunnaike In an effort to enhance human resource management, particularly on staff motivation and welfare, for efficiency and effectiveness in the achievement of organizational goals, the Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) has approved the promotion of 5,042 personnel. The promotional exercise saw two senior officers elevated to the rank of Deputy Commander General of Narcotics, DCGN; 22 as Assistant Commander General of Narcotics, ACGN, and 66 as Commander of Narcotics, CN. The promotion followed weeks of examination and interviews conducted for qualified candidates. The NDLEA’s Director of Media…
Author: Abimbola Ogunaike
The Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Uju Kennedy-Ohaneye, has been queried by the House of Representatives for allegedly spending unrelated expenditures, including N45 million for a new year party, N20 million for sanitary pads. The Chairman, House Committee on Women Affairs, Rep Kafilat Ogbara, led the interrogation of the Minister, over the non-payment of N1.5 billion to contractors in spite of the fund release in Abuja. According to Ogbara, the investigative hearing was aimed at uncovering the truth and not witch-hunting the Minister and the officials of the ministry. The committee also investigated the alleged diversion of funds meant for contractor’s…
Operatives of the Bayelsa State Police Command have arrested 80- yr- old man serial rapist named Pa. Stephen for allegedly defiling a 10-year-old pupil at Otuokpoti Community in Ogbia Local Government Area of the state. According to reports filed by some gender advocacy groups in the state, the man was fingered by indigenes of the community as a serial paedophile and sick with advanced piles and hernia. The gender advocacy groups, when alerted about the incident stormed the Otuokpoti community and ensured that the culprit was reported to the divisional police headquarters. The foster mother of the victim told newsmen…
In a significant move to enhance educational resources and promote free access to knowledge, the Yoruba Wikimedians User Group and Wikimedia User Group Nigeria have jointly donated educational audiovisual materials to Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba (AAUA). The donation is part of the group’s ongoing efforts to support education through high-quality, freely accessible audiovisual content. These materials are expected to serve as valuable teaching aids, enriching the learning experience for AAUA students. The materials were received on behalf of the university by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academics, Professor Felix Akinwunmi; the Registrar of the University, Mr. Raphael Arajulu; and the Director of…
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has emphasized that bureaucratic bootleneck stalled the reconstruction of the Lagos-Sango-Abeokuta Expressway. Abiodun also assured that the Agbara-Lusada-Atan road currently under construction would be completed in September. Speaking in an interview after inspecting the 20-kilometer Agbara -Lusada-Atan road in the Ado Odo/Ota Local Government Area on Wednesday, Governor Abiodun emphasized the importance of the roads not only to the economic wellbeing of the State, but that of the nation. While recalling the efforts by Ogun and Lagos state governments to take over and reconstruct the Lagos-Sango Abeokuta Expressway, Abiodun said he and his Lagos…
All things being equal, President Bola Tinubu will meet with the leaders of the Organised Labour on Thursday, 11 July, 2024. Tinubu will meet with labour leaders at the Presidential Villa in Abuja to further discuss the new national minimum wage for Nigerian workers. The meeting, said to be at the instance of the President, will have the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress, TUC, in attendance, Channels Television reports. Recall that the federal government and organized labour have been at loggerheads over the implementation of a new minimum wage for workers. While labour is demanding N250,00, the…
Canadian music legend, Drake has lost the $300,000 bet he placed on his country to defeat Argentina in the Copa America semifinal Played in the early hours of Wednesday, 10 July, 2024. Drake was expecting an estimated payout of $2,880,000.00 if Canada had gone through but they lost 2-0 to the reigning world champions at New York’s MetLife Stadium on Tuesday night. Goals by mercurial Lionel Messi and Manchester City’s Julián Álvarez ensured that the South Americans sailed through to the final of the football showpiece.Earlier on the afternoon of Tuesday, 9July, 2024, while sharing his bet slip on Instagram,…
The President of CONMEBOL, Alejandro Domínguez, has confirmed that Colombian pop star, Shakira will to perform at the 2024 Copa America final. Dominquez confirmed that the ‘Hips Don’t Lie’ crooner will perform during the halftime of the showpiece final at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, on Sunday, July 14.through a statement issued on Tuesday, 9 July, 2024. “Shakira is an extraordinary South American star who has dazzled the entire world. We are sure that her performance at the Copa América USA 2024 will enhance the message of healthy passion and unity through sport,” CONMEBOL boss said in the…
A 65-year-old cleric named Francis Ogu, was on Wednesday, 10 July, 2024 docked in the Children, Sexual and Gender-based Violence Offences Court in Awka, Anambra State capital for allegedly defiling his 10-year-old domestic worker. The police charged Ogu, who resides at Umuike village in Awka, with defilement. The Prosecution Counsel, Insp Chinyere Okechukwu, told the court that the accused committed the offence on June 27 at his residence. Okechukwu, who alleged that the accused sexually exploited the minor, said the offence contravened the provisions of Section 35(2) of the Child Right Law of Anambra State, 2004. The accused, however, pleaded…
By Mark Longyen Plateau State has been thrown into political panic mode following a subterranean move by Plateau South Senatorial District’s constituents to recall former Gov Simon Lalong, APC-Plateau South; from the Senate. Also penciled for recall by the aggrieved constituents are Lalong’s former Chief of Staff, John Dafaan, APC-Shendam, Quaan-Pan, Mikang; and Vincent Venman, APC-Langtang North/South Federal Constituencies. Impeccable sources disclosed that within the past week, over 500,000 constituents had already appended their signatures to initiate the recall of the trio from the National Assembly. It was learned that about a fortnight ago, the forms for the recall of…