Boss Mustapha, secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), has asked Nigerians to stop saying the country is not working for them. Speaking during an event to celebrate its 65th birthday on Saturday, Mustapha said there is power in the tongue, adding that what people say about the country is what they get. The SGF encouraged Nigerians to renew their commitment towards the growth and development of the country, adding that they have the unique strength of overcoming challenges collectively. “Nigeria is known for its human and material resources. We are not where we want to be as a…
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Governor of Delta State, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has described the phase one of infrastructure projects donated to the Nigerian Maritime University in Okerenkoko, Delta State by The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) and its joint venture partners as a great enhancer of learning and research. Okowa spoke last week at the opening of a 220-capacity set of auditoriums, eight lecture rooms, one e-classroom and 14 staff offices forming part of the many projects that the SPDC JV planned for the three-year-old specialised institution set up in response to the information and technology revolution in the global maritime industry, an…
The Federal Government will recover millions of naira wrongly paid to 588 Medical Doctors across the country. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, stated this when he spoke with newsmen in Abuja over the weekend. Ngige, who fielded questions from State House Correspondents, explained that affected doctors wrongly benefitted from Medical Residency Training Fund meant for particular category of doctors. He said the names of the doctors were uncovered after a thorough scrutinisation of the 8,000 names submitted by Chief Medical Directors of Federal Government health institutions for the training programme. The Minister, however, revealed that a…
Where the cat is a kitten, the court is wretched… No man there would rest at night because of rodents, for we mice would destroy many men’s malt, and you rats would tear men’s clothes were it not for the cat of the court who can pounce on you. If you rats had your way, you could not rule yourselves – William Langland,‘TheParliament of Rats and Mice’. There is this bitterly hostile rivalry between cats, mice and rats that is as old as antiquity. Unable to find a solution to this constant rodents/cats squabble, Odolaye Aremu, Kwara State, Ilorin’s dadakuada music exponent, retrieving…
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have kidnapped the district head of Wawa community in Borgu Kingdom, Dr. Mahmud Ahmed Aliyu. It was gathered that the district head was kidnapped in his palace around 9:30pm of Saturday by some gunmen. According to a source, the abductors stormed his palace in their numbers, carrying guns and cutlasses; and went straight to his apartment where he had already retired. Aliyu is said to be the 16th Dodo of Wawa and a PhD holder in Environmental Science from a Malaysian university . He is in the 12th year of his reign. It was also…
Gunmen suspected to be bandits, on Saturday night, attacked the country home of a member of Katsina State House of Assembly representing Bakori Constituency, Dr. Ibrahim Kurami. The country house is located at the lawmaker’s village, Kurami, Bakori Local Government Area of the state. Resdents noted that the gunmen stormed the house at 9 p.m , shortly after Muslims night prayers and shot at a member of the First Aid Group of Islam met at the main gate. The victim sustained injuries from the gunshots and was later rushed to a hospital for treatment. The gunmen thereafter abducted two of…
That’s because – to start with at least – the new WhatsApp feature is only available on Samsung Galaxy devices. The feature was announced during Samsung’s most recent Unpacked event, with the WhatsApp feature available at first on the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Z Flip 3. And it is now available on all Samsung Galaxy devices running Android 10 or higher. If you have an Android phone not made by Samsung, you’ll either have to fork out and purchase a shiny new Galaxy device – or wait for the feature to wing its way to your handset. The WhatsApp…
Senator Nicholas Tofowomo, representing Ondo South Senatorial District, has refuted an allegation of administering oath to some youths in his constituency to prove their loyalty. The senator reacted to the development in a statement by his media aide, Olumide Akinrinlola, on Friday in Okitipupa. Tofowomo said the allegation was untrue and mischievous. He described the allegation as a fiction concocted to bring down his personality and set him against his constituents ahead of the 2023 general election. An Ondo State-based lawyer, Akin Sowore, had reportedly written a petition to the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, seeking arrest of the senator…
Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs and one of the prominent APC chairmanship aspirants, Senator George Akume has just set up an ultra modern campaign office in Maitama, Abuja. Being the first to take such step, this move sets him apart from the crowd and shows a level of seriousness and determination on George Akume’s part. Daily Metro News NG gathered that the new campaign office set up by Akume housed the office used by the National Committee of Buhari Support Groups during the 2019 general elections. Report have it that, already the office is currently a beehive of…
The All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in the upcoming November 6 election, Senator Andy Uba, escaped death by a whisker after an accidental discharge by a policeman missed him by a hair’s breadth. Uba was addressing a rally at the Ekwulobia Township Stadium in the Aguata Local Government Area of the state on Friday when the incident happened. The gunshot which was just about a foot off the position of Uba shocked the crowd who turned out to receive the governorship candidate. A stunned Uba was heard saying in confusion: “My friend what is it? What is it?” A television…
