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On December 29, it will be exactly four years that you have been re-arrested by the operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS). Since that disheartening day in 2015, you have been clamped in illegal detention, in utter disregard for the rule of law and unconcealed contempt for court orders directing your release from unlawful custody. (https://cutt.ly/dasukibails) It is no longer news that the government of President Muhammadu Buhari has blatantly and consistently disobeyed the several bails granted for your release by High Courts, the Appeal Court and the ECOWAS Court of Justice. More worrisome is the fact that the…
President Muhammadu Buhari Saturday in Abuja said instability in the State of Libya is a recurring threat to the Sahel and Sub-Saharan Africa, expressing concern over the growing effect of the crisis on many lives. Speaking at a bilateral meeting with the President of Cote d’Ivoire, Dr Alhassan Quattara, on the margins of the 56th Ordinary session of the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS), President Buhari noted that the crisis in Libya had perpetuated instability in the West Coast, with many of the trained fighters in the country now surviving on violent crimes and terrorism. The 56th Ordinary session…
Lagos State University (LASU) is set to become a residential tertiary institution, 36 years after it was established. The State Government, at the weekend, signed a Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) agreement with six private property developers to deliver 8,272 units of hostel on the school campus in the next 18 months. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu officially approved the BOT agreement at a short ceremony held at Lagos House in Marina on Friday evening. The deal, which will lead to the construction of six blocks of Hall of Residence, was wrapped under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) policy of the State. The…
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has graduated 509 officers of the 3rd Conversion and Upgrading Course at the Immigration Training School, Kano, Kano State. The Comptroller General, Mr Muhammad Babandede, disclosed this in a statement by the Service Public Relation Officer, NIS, Mr Sunday James, on Saturday in Abuja. Babandede urged the officers to cherish their new ranks by aligning with the commitment and dedication to the duty of the superintendent cadre. He reiterated the need for the officers to put what they learned into action, noting that the service had invested so much into training and capacity development. He…
The Police Command in Edo has assured residents of the state of adequate security and protection during and after the yuletide. This was contained in a statement by DSP Chidi Nwabuzor, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Benin on Saturday. According to Nwabuzor, the State Commissioner for Police, CP Mr Lawan Jimeta, has ordered the massive deployment of officers to various sensitive locations; churches, prayer grounds, and recreational centers to beef up security in the state. He said the units deployed are: men of the Command’s tactical teams, State Intelligence Bureau (SIB), Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD), Police Mobile Force…
No fewer than 801 marshals of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) have been deployed for the ongoing Special Yuletide operation in Enugu. The FRSC Sector Commander for Enugu State, Mr Ogbonnaya Kalu, who disclosed this to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday said the operation was tagged: “Operation Zero Tolerance to Road Traffic Crashes’’ He explained that the deployment was made up of 600 Regular Marshals and 201 Special Marshals. According to him, we have already deployed 22 vehicles, which included two tow trucks, ambulances, and patrol vehicles. The sector commander added that the command would also receive…
Brig.-Gen. Greg Omorogbe, the Brigade Commander, 4 Brigade, Benin says the Nigerian Army Staff is committed to ensuring a well and healthy civil populace in the country. Omorogbe said this while speaking with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) during a free medical outreach by the brigade at Uhiele community near Ekpoma in Esan South West Local Government Area of Edo. Explaining that the free medical outreach was the brainchild of the COAS, he said that it was part of activities for the exercise crocodile smile IV presently ongoing in the state. He stressed that the Nigerian Army, apart from ensuring…
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has approved the redeployment of Permanent Secretaries in the state civil service for a more robust and result-oriented public service. This is contained in a statement by Abba Anwar, the Chief Press Secretary to Ganduje, in Kano on Saturday. He said that Lawan Ahmed moves from Ministry of Commerce to Office of the Head of Service; Saleh Ado Minjibir from Government House to Ministry for Local Governments; and Dr Binta Umar Bala from Ministry for Higher Education to Ministry of Health. Others are Abba Kailani, from Ministry for Local Governments to Establishment; Abba Ibrahim…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday said that his administration was depending on universities to assist it in the execution of its laudable projects through research and innovation. Buhari, who was represented by Dr Suleiman Yusuf, the Deputy Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), stated this at the 31st convocation of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA). “Naturally, we rely on our universities to play a more active part especially through their research and innovation endeavors. ”We also rely on them to proffer solutions and elucidate road maps and the trajectories through which government can achieve its laudable…
President Muhammadu Buhari has stressed the need for an enduring security partnership among member countries of the ECOWAS to confront and defeat the evil of cross-border terrorism. The Nigerian leader made the call at the 56th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority Heads of State and Government in Abuja on Saturday. He stated that the call had become imperative in view of the fact that terrorism had remained the major threat to the peace and progress of the sub-region. Buhari observed that the recurring attempts by terrorist groups had reminded the ECOWAS leaders and all peace-loving citizens of the urgency…