The Director General, Brigadier General YD Ahmed has presented the family of Corps Member Juliana Oreoluwa Aina, who died on a BRT bus that was struck by a railway in Lagos in March of this year, a check for insurance coverage. Speaking to the parents and siblings of the deceased at their home in Abuja, the Director General extended the sympathy of the entire Management, Staff and Corps members to the family. Ahmed prayed God to avert such an ugly incident from the family and other Corps Members’ families. He said, “All of us in the NYSC family received with…
Author: Victor Fola
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Femi Fani-Kayode has challenged Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi to clarify which of law he broke whether unknowingly or knowingly. Recall Obi was detained by the UK immigration at Heathrow Airport during the Easter period. The LP candidate, days after his detention and release, in a series of tweets, admitted to breaking the law unknowingly. Reacting, the former Minister of Aviation said that Obi remains untrustworthy, stressing that he has a case to answer on why he was detained. He wrote, “Peter’s Obi’s claim that he never “knowingly” broke the law speaks…
Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi on Tuesday finally opened up to having committed an offence in the wake of his detention in the United Kingdom. Obi, in a tweet, startled most of his followers when he openly admitted to breaking laws. The tweet has since shed more light on his arrest by the UK immigration office at the Heathrow airport in London after his Easter holiday despite attempts by the Labour Party to conceal and water down the now-apparent wrongdoing of the former Anambra state governor that has since seen the UK government go discreet on his detention. It…
President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has appealed to the Police to investigate the controversy that trailed the Adamawa Governorship rerun. The former Lagos governor said this in a statement he signed on Wednesday. He urged aggrieved candidates from the just concluded supplementary election to pursue legitimate means of addressing their grievances. Tinubu, however, congratulated the elected lawmakers for their victories in the election while charging them to brace themselves for the tasks of serving the Nigerian people. The president-elect said; “I also rejoice with those elected into the Senate, House of Representatives and State Houses of Assembly during the last round…
Days after being detained by the United Kingdom immigration office, Labour party presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi has denied knowingly breaking any law. Obi, however, admitted that sometimes mistakes can be made. The LP presidential candidate stated this in a tweet on Tuesday. Recall the Labour Party had in the wake of Obi’s release stated that the former Anambra state governor was detained by the UK immigration office on impersonation grounds. Letters written by concerned individuals and media houses to the UK immigration office to get an official statement from them on why Obi was detained got…
The Nigeria Football Federation has appealed to the Senior women’s national team, the Super Falcons to make the country proud at the FIFA Women’s World Cup. The Super Falcons are in Group B alongside; Canada, Ireland, and Australia at the FIFA Women’s World Cup. The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup will be co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand and held between July 20 and August 20. In a communique at the end of the executive committee meeting on Monday, the NFF said that they have prepared the team for the World Cup with high grade friendlies. According to NFF, “The…
The Federal Government has revealed that the Kaduna-Zaria-Kano highway will be completed before May 29. The FG through the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Raji-Fashola, revealed this on Monday while inspecting the highway before the inauguration. The 375.4 Kilometre Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano project, which was granted during the first term of the Buhari administration, includes the highway segment. Prior to President Muhammadu Buhari’s scheduled departure in May, he promised, the segment would be finished and officially opened. The reconstruction of Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano carriageway is divided into three sections. Fashola said while the second and third sections covering 210 kilometers was almost…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected the request to hear an ex-parte motion filed by the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa State, Senator Aisha Dahiru-Ahmed (Benani). Instead, Justice Inyang Ekwo ordered her lawyer, Mohammed Sheriff, to address the court on whether it possesses the jurisdiction hear the motion relating to the happenings in Adamawa State. Justice Ekwo, who ordered the lawyer to file a written address, adjourned till April 26 for the hearing of the ex-parte motion and the applicant’s address on jurisdiction.
The Ministry of Interior has announced a 5-year strategy that it expects would significantly contribute to the country’s fight against insecurity. At the unveiling on Tuesday, Minister Rauf Aregbesola stated that new data at the ministry’s disposal has underscored the significance of a robust approach in combating insecurity. “The required synergy to drive internal security has been absent hence the current level of gaps in security management in the country,” he said. Mr Aregbesola pointed out that the public does not completely comprehend the Ministry of Interior’s responsibility in facilitating internal security. “These are done through the four services of…
The Federal Government, has commenced the registration of unemployed persons in Lagos. The FG through the National Directorate of Employment, NDE, in the 20 local government areas of Lagos State on Sunday. The Lagos State NDE office, Coordinator Mrs. Serena Edward in a statement announced the development, said the exercise will hold between April 17 and April 28, 2023, at the directorate’s office at 7, Barikisu Iyede Street, Onike, Yaba, and the 20 local government areas in the state. She said “The Lagos State office of NDE has embarked on the registration of unemployed persons in the 20 local government…