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Wife of Edo Deputy Governor, Mrs Maryann Shaibu, has said that Gov. Godwin Obaseki is running women- inclusive government in the state. Shaibu stated this during the All Progressives Congress (APC) women annual end-of-the-year party held in Jattu, Etsako West Local Government area of the state. According to her, Obaseki has given many women in the state the opportunity to serve in different capacities in his cabinet. She particularly noted that the governor had many women as commissioners, special advisers and senior special assistants in his cabinet. The wife of the deputy governor said that ever since the governor and…

The Curator, National Museum of Unity, Ibadan, Dr Amos Olorunnipa, has said that the museum, in 2019, impacted on its immediate environment through effective discharge of its statutory functions to the society and clientele. Olurunnipa made this known in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Ibadan. He said the museum’s functionality spread across the months in the year to follow and observe regular and special observances. Olorunnipa said that the museum held exhibition of arts and crafts, where art collectors and contemporary artists had the opportunity to display their wares. He added that the exhibition…

Tributes have been paid to a British man and his two children who drowned in a resort swimming pool on the Costa del Sol on Christmas Eve. Gabriel Diya, 52, his daughter Comfort Diya, 9, and his son Praise-Emmanuel Diya, 16, died in the pool at Club La Costa World, near Fuengirola. Diya was originally from Ile-Ife, Nigeria and a pastor at Open Heavens London in Charlton, South-east London, which is part of a network called the Redeemed Christian Church of God. Police say they are checking claims the young girl got into difficulties and the other two died trying…

ABUJA – As the first phase of the 2019 special end of year patrol ends, the Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dr Boboye Oyeyemi has undertaken a critical review of the exercise with a call on the motoring public to sustain their obedience to traffic rules and regulations, saying so far, the road has remained stable. The Corps Marshal also commended the personnel of the Corps across the country for demonstrating absolute commitment, professionalism, and innovativeness in managing the massive traffic movement recorded before the Christmas celebration. In the press release issued by the FRSC spokesman,…

The Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development has refuted the claim that the Minister, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, was reprimanded by the Presidency. Mrs Rhoda Ishaku Illiya, Assistant Director of Information in the ministry, said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja while reacting to online reports alleging that Farouq was reprimanded by the presidency. She stressed that at no time had the Presidency reprimanded the Minister for “excessive use of power and employment of staff beyond the financial capacity of the Ministry”. “The Minister has at no point employed any support staff, as employment in…

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) says it will investigate the Lagos State Internal Revenue Services (LIRS) and other data controllers for alleged breach of tax payers’ data in the state. Mr Kashifu Inuwa, the Director-General of NITDA, made this known on Friday in a statement he signed and issued in Abuja. According to Inuwa, LIRS published a web portal with address https://lagos.pay.ng/TaxPayer, where personal information of taxpayers in the state was exposed to the public. The director, however, said although the state government had taken steps to mitigate the glitch it was still against the Nigeria Data Protection…

The Senior Special Assistant to President Mohammadu Buhari on Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Sen. Ita Enang, said the Federal Government has requested for funding support from SuKuk bond to finance the completion of Calabar-Itu highway. Enang, who was fielding questions from newsmen in Uyo on Friday, said this would be through the Debt Management Office and other multilateral sources to enable it to finance the Calabar-Itu road project. The Presidential Aide said he had personally written to the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Works and Housing to assist the project with a loan from the SuKuk bond.…

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged young couples to seek advice from balanced and exemplary persons, while congratulating President of the Senate, Dr Ahmed Lawan, on his son’s marriage. Ibrahim, son of the Senate President, got married to Ammani in Kano. In a message to the event, held in Kano, Kano State, on Friday, Buhari advised the newly-wedded couple to emulate the life of the Senate President whom he described as balanced. A statement by the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja, quoted Buhari to have said: “If you’re looking for some advice on…

A former Governor of Cross River, Donald Duke, says local policing is the only way to ensure effective security in the country. Duke made the suggestion on Friday at a public lecture organised by the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star in Calabar, Cross River. The theme was: “Servant Leadership, the Might of Meekness.’’ He described policing as “a very local thing which requires a lot of intelligence and knowing the people who you work with.’’ According to him, anything that is central must be localised. “If you send someone from Edo to come and become the Commissioner of Police…

A Grade 1 Area Court in Dutse, Abuja on Friday sentenced Aliyu Musa, a 24-year-old student to six months imprisonment for stealing N40, 000 with a stolen ATM card. The Presiding Officer, Mr Suleiman Mohammed, who tried and found Musa guilty, however, gave him an option to pay N30, 000 as fine. Mohammed held that the convict failed to give the court a reasonable explanation of why he committed the crime. He also ordered that the money confiscated from the convict by the police be returned to its owner. The convict, who resides in the Ushafa area of Bwari was…