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Mohammed Babangida, the son of former Military President, Ibrahim Babangida, narrowly escaped death Monday evening when his convoy ran into a trailer loaded with tomatoes along the Minna-Suleja highway. Three of the security guards, all soldiers, died in the accident after their black Prado jeep had a head-on collision with the trailer travelling in the opposite direction. Mohammed Babangida, who ...
Events
June, 2021
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2 June
Opinion : President issues impotent threat
I suspect that every time President speaks like a man who can get it up, violent criminals and their franchisees order bottles of wine, start chomping on cigars, put their feet up and let out mega-wattage laughter. The salad of impotent threats he’s issued in the last three months is rich. He gave bandits an ultimatum, warning that his government ...
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2 June
Buhari Sacked Somefun, Kemi Nelson, Over N3.4b Fraud
President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the suspended Managing Director of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Adebayo Somefun for spending N3.4 billion on “non-existent staff training.” The President also approved the appointment of Akabogu Michael as Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer to replace Somefun. Somefun and three other Executive members of the NSITF namely, the executive director, Finance and Investment, ...
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2 June
Plateau Sacks 532 Workers Over Forgery
Plateau Governor Simon Lalong has said that the state Government has sacked 532 workers, over falsified documents following findings of investigation of a committee, on the verification and audit of staff strength. The governor made the disclosure at the closing ceremony of Policy Retreat for the state Permanent Secetaries, on Tuesday at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies(NIPSS), ...
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2 June
Elumelu Unveils New Insurance Companies
The doors of Heirs Insurance Limited and Heirs Life Assurance Limited were yesterday officially opened for business in Lagos. The ceremony also saw the unveiling of the Heirs Towers, a new edifice by Heirs Holdings.The event had in attendance, the Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu; the Commissioner for Insurance, Mr. Sunday Thomas; Chairman of Heirs Holdings and Founder ...
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1 June
Buhari congratulates elected Guild of Editors Leadership
President Muhammadu Buhari congratulates Mustapha Isa, the President of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), who won a second-term of office in the just concluded convention of the Guild in Kano. This was made known byGarba Shehu,Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity, June 1, 2021. In expressing good wishes for his new tenure, President Buhari also ...
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1 June
Buhari talks tough : Enough is enough, It’s time to shock those behind insecurity
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday issued a stern warning to those bent on destroying the country through promoting insurrection, and burning down critical national assets: a rude shock awaits them, and very soon too. The President spoke after he received briefing from Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu, on series of attacks on facilities of the electoral ...
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1 June
Buhari promises INEC full support to avoid 3rd term
President Muhamadu Buhari has said he would do all he can to support the electoral body, so that third term issue would not arise. On the dangers posed to future elections by the burning of INEC facilities, President Buhari said he would give the electoral commission all it needed to operate, “so that no one would say we don’t want ...
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1 June
Opinion :Spilling Gulak’s blood senseless, barbaric
The killing of a former Special Adviser on politics to President Goodluck Jonathan , Ahmed Gulak, on his way to the airport in Imo State over the weekend by armed bandits is senseless and barbaric. The question I keep asking myself is how will the spilling of Gulak’s blood help the Biafra cause? Violence will only aggravate rather than ameliorate ...
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1 June
Imo Immigration Command Provost assassinated !
Provost of the Imo State Command of the Nigerian Immigration Service, Okiemute Mrere has been murdered It happened on Saturday night along the Owerri-Port Harcourt Expressway. Mrere’s corpse was, however, discovered in the bush on Sunday. Mrere was riding in a Hilux van belonging to NIS when he was allegedly ambushed and shot to death. His service pistol was found ...
