The Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum on Tuesday charged stakeholders including himself to work together in developing an ambitious but realistic and achievable master plan for the stabilization and development of Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba, and Yobe States which make up the six States in the northeast geopolitical zone. Zulum who chairs the forum of northeast Governors spoke as a special guest of honour of a multi-stakeholder consultation forum with the theme: North East Stabilization and Development Master Plan (NESDMP) project, which was hosted by the Northeast...

...AS HE INAUGURATES RSM OFFICIAL RESIDENT   The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya has gifted the Regimental Sergeant Major (RSM) of 1 Division, Nigerian Army a new official residential building at the Daley Cantonment, Kawo, Kaduna State. In addition, several other quarters for Senior Non -commissioned Officers were also commissioned during an operational visit to Headquarters, 1 Division, Nigerian Army on Tuesday, January 25, 2022. In his remarks during the commissioning, General Yahaya averred that RSMs are very vital in the management of soldiers and play...

...OFFERS COURT DUTY POLICE OFFICER N300,000 BRIBE   A fake lawyer identified as Chukwuka Jude, a male aged 46 years old has been arrested by the Zamfara State Police Command for false presentation and Cheating by Impersonation. The Commissioner of Police, CP Ayuba N. Elkanah, stated on Monday that Fake Plastic Identity Card, Stamp and Letter headed carrying his Chamber Titled: J.N Monyei & Co. Chamber were recovered from him. Explaining how Chukwuka, the fake lawyer was nabbed, the CP added that "On the 18th January 2022 about 1630hrs, the...

Four Welders have been convicted to seven years imprisonment for conspiracy, stealing by conversion and forgery in Benin City, Edo State. The convicts include Isaac Ogundimu, John Odaro, Andrew Egharevba and Omorogbe Jacob. Justice Ohimai Ovbiagele of the Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City on Friday, January 21, 2022, convicted and sentenced the quartet to seven years imprisonment or a fine of N650,000 each. The defendants, executive members of Edo State Welders Association, ESWA, were arraigned in 2017 on a 15-count charge bordering on conspiracy, stealing by conversion,...

On a note that signals a momentous year for the Commission, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has already put two awards in its kitty, as it receives The REGULATOR OF THE YEAR Award for 2021. Its Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO), Prof. Umar Danbatta, also received the PUBLIC OFFICIAL OF THE DECADE Award. The combined awards, issued on the heels of a public lecture, titled, Public Sector Financing: The Oil Revenue, Challenges, Solutions and Prospects, eloquently expressed the significance of the telecom sector's contribution to Nigeria's economy....

... SAYS SCHEME GENERATED OVER N1BILLION TO FEDERATION ACCOUNT IN THE LAST FISCAL YEAR   The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Director-General, Major General Shuaibu Ibrahim has appealed to the Federal Government to grant approval for the establishment of the NYSC Trust Fund for the benefit of Corps Members. The bill on the proposed Trust Fund has passed the second reading at the House of Representatives, Abuja. The DG who stated this today in Abuja while on a live programme, "Journalists' Hangout", said the Trust Fund if actualised, would help...

The Oyo State government has distributed COVID-19 first aid kits to Non-Formal Learning Centers, under the Better Education Service Delivery for All (BESDA) programme, saying this is part of its efforts at ensuring rapid response to emergency situations at its learning centers. Distributing the customized kits to the beneficiaries in Ibadan, the Executive Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, Dr. Nureni Aderemi Adeniran, explained that the Board will not rest on its oars towards ensuring that centers are given required support within BESDA provisions. He added that the gesture was to guarantee necessary first aid treatment when...

...ADVISES PERSONNEL TO LEAVE INDELIBLE MARK By Okosun Dennis   The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 81 Division Nigerian Army, Maj Gen Lawrence Fejokwu on Friday admonishes officers to be prudent with the resources at their disposal and leave an indelible mark for others to learn from and emulate. The GOC who commissioned the newly renovated Officers' Mess at the 65 Battalion, Bonny Cantonment, Victoria Island, Lagos, expressed satisfaction with what the Commanding Officer, Lt Col Bartholomew Amayuoyi has achieved within a very short time he has been in command. It...

The new Director, Defence Information (DDI), Major General Ohwonigho Jimmy Akpor has called on the Nigerian media to play a noble role towards complementing the efforts of the Armed Forces and other security agencies in ensuring national security. Maj Gen Akpor who takes over from Air Commodore Wap Maigida has been acting since erstwhile DDI, Maj Gen Benjamin Olufemi Sawyerr was appointed Force Commander and Acting Head of Mission, United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA), in South Sudan. Speaking during the event, the new Defence Spokesman acknowledged the...

In a bid to ensure an effective crime-fighting mechanism, the Governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun has relaunched Operation MESA (OP MESA), a joint security outfit to make Ogun State unhabitable for criminals. Governor Abiodun while inaugurating the OP MESA at the Arcade Ground of the Governor’s Office Oke Mosan assured the people that the members of the outfit would be picked to ensure they have the right discipline as well as ensure that they are committed to their assignment. The Governor relaunched OP MESA outfit with 15 vehicles,...