JUST IN : Tinubu Approves Massive Fresh Appointments President Bola Tinubu has approved fresh appointments into three agencies under the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy. A statement signed by spokesman to the President, Ajuri Ngelale, on Thursday, listed the appointees and affected agencies as follows : “NIGERIAN COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (NCC) (1) Abraham Oshadami — Executive Commissioner, Technical Services (2) Rimini Makama — Executive Commissioner, Stakeholder Management (3) Opeyemi Dele-Ajayi — President/CEO, Digital Bridge Institute NIGERIAN COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE (NIGCOMSAT) LIMITED (1) Abiodun Attah — Executive Director, Technical Services (2) Aisha Abdullahi — Executive Director, Finance & Administration (3) Jaiyeola…
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Work-from-home, Nigerian Government Tells Workers Nigerian Government has approved Work-from-home The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, announced a 25 per cent rebate on fares for government-owned transport schemes. The governor spoke during a live media chat to intimate residents of steps being taken to reduce the economic burden on Lagosians. On Tuesday, the Lagos State House of Assembly resolved to summon the state commissioners for agriculture and transportation to brief lawmakers on what they were doing to make life more bearable for residents in view of the economic hardship confronting the country. Announcing measures the government was taking,…
Tinubu Sets To Create 100,000 Jobs By May 29 The federal government on Thursday revealed plans to create no fewer than 100,000 verifiable jobs by May 29. Temitola Adekunle-Johnson, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and Job Creation, Office of the Vice-President, announced this in Abuja. Mr Adekunle-Johnson spoke at the inaugural Job Creation and MSME Quarterly Communications Forum, organised by the Job Creation & MSME Secretariat, Office of the Vice President. The presidential aide said the federal government was focusing on job creation in partnership with the Federal Ministry of Labour…
Police Kill ‘Bandit While Picking Up Ransom’ Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Police Kill ‘Bandit While Picking Up Ransom’ The Niger police command says a suspected bandit has been killed while picking up N3 million ransom in Borgu LGA of the state. In a statement on Thursday, Wasiu Abiodun, police spokesperson in Niger state, said some bandits had threatened to kidnap a businessman at the Bako-Mission village. Abiodun said the bandits ordered the businessman to drop N3 million at a location in Tunga-Umoru village. He said the operatives deployed to the location engaged the bandits in a gun battle…
54 Years Old Woman With 175 Live Cartridges Arrested Information reaching Ibom Focus says that 54 Years Old Woman With 175 Live Cartridges The Delta State Commissioner of Police, CP Abaniwinda Olufemi has said operatives of the Eagle-Net’s Special Squad have arrested a fifty-four-year-old woman, Efe David with one hundred and seventy-five, 175 live cartridges. The Police boss disclosed this during a press briefing at Asaba. He said the suspect, an indigene of Oria-Abraka Community in Ethiope-East Local Government Area was arrested during a search in a commercial Sienna by the Police during a routine patrol along Asaba/Ibusa road after…
BREAKING: PDP Announces Winner Of Edo Governorship Primary The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has announced the winner of Thursday’s gubernatorial primary election in Edo State. Dauda Lawal, governor of Zamfara and returning officer of the election, declared Asue Ighodalo, as winner of the poll. Lawal said Ighodalo secured 577 votes to defeat other aspirants in the race. Earlier, Philip Shaibu, the deputy governor of Edo, won the parallel governorship primary organised by another faction of the party. More details to follow…
Few Days After 2Baba’s Killing, Police Inspector Shots Dead The Rivers State Police Command said an Inspector was killed by gunmen who ambushed and attacked its men on a stop and search duty at the Eliozu Flyover in Obio/Akpo Local Government Area of the state on Wednesday night. The spokesperson of the command, Grace Iringe-Koko, disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday. Iringe-Koko said the gunmen who were spotted in a carton-colored Sienna bus with fully tinted glasses drove in from the Rumuodumaya axis, near Port Harcourt where they launched the offensive which claimed the officer’s life. She, however,…
Angry Man ‘Machetes’ Lady For Failing To Show Up On Valentine’s Day After Collecting N7,000 The police command in Cross River on Thursday paraded a 30-year-old man who allegedly macheted his lover for failing to show up in his house on Valentine’s Day. The police alleged that Amber Ubung carried out the act when his lover, Blessing Onawu, 25, reneged on her promise to spend the Valentine night with him after collecting N7,000 from him to dress her hair. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Gyogon Grimah, told newsmen in Calabar that the incident happened at Okuni in Ikom Local…
JUST IN: Nigerian Civil Servants To Work 3 Days Per Week As Nigerians lament the high cost of living crisis in the country, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said that Lagos State civil servants from Level 1 to 14 will come to work physically three times a week and work virtually for the two other days to ease economic pressure in the state. The governor, who stated this during a media chat on Thursday, also announced a 25% reduction on all public transportation in the state. Sanwo-Olu said, “The first thing that we will be doing in the state going forward…
JUST IN: 18 Terrorists Arrested In Abuja Information reaching Ibom Focus says that 18 Terrorists Arrested In Abuja The Nigerian Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has said that soldiers of the Nigerian military arrested no fewer than 18 suspected terrorists in the Abuja Municipal Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory. The Defence Headquarters which made this known on Thursday stated that the suspected terrorists were arrested during operations conducted on February 14 in the nation’s capital. Abuja Municipal Area Council serves as the central hub of Nigeria’s capital, hosting the seat of power – Presidential Villa, embassies and various prominent government,…