The Chief of Army Staff (CAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, has assured President Bola Tinubu of the absolute loyalty of the Nigerian Army to him and the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Yahaya gave the assurance on Thursday during the inauguration of the newly-constructed ultra modern headquarters of the Nigerian Army School of Military Engineering (NASME) complex in Makurdi, Benue state. He assured that the Nigeria Army would at all times remain professional to enable the president achieved his vision of having a safe and secured Nigeria for economic and other social activities to thrive. “Be assured of our…
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The Defence Headquarters says troops of Operation Delta Safe (OPDS) have destroyed 57 illegal refining sites and apprehended 16 suspected oil thieves in the last two weeks. The Director, Defence Media Operation, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, said this on Thursday in Abuja at the bi-weekly news conference on the operations of the armed forces. Danmadami said the troops had sustained the tempo in the war against oil theft, illegal refineries and other criminal activities through aggressive raid, patrol and clearance operations amongst others. He said that 27 wooden boats, 158 storage tanks, 149 ovens and eight dugout pits were discovered and…
By Tony Obiechina, Abuja The Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG), Mr Laoye Jaiyeola, paid a condolence visit to the family of Senator Anyim Ude in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, over the death of their Patriarch, a renowned broadcaster. Mr Laoye Jaiyeola commiserated with Mr Nnanna Ude, the son of the late Senator and board director of the NESG, on their father’s death and thereafter signed the condolence register. Senator (Elder) Anyim Ude, MON, was born on the 1st of June, 1941, in Amuzu-Ubegu, Iyioji, Akaeze, in the Ivo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. He was…
By Tony Obiechina, Abuja Despite the recent increase in the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) to 18.5 per cent by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to curtail the rise in inflation, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) which measures inflation rose to 22.41 per cent in May 2023. This was disclosed by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in its Consumer Price Index (CPI) report released on Thursday indicating the fifth consecutive surge in 2023. According to the report, the figure showed an increase in 0.19 per cent points when compared to the 22.22 per cent recorded in April 2023. Similarly,…
By Adeboye Ado There was jubilation in Lagos on Thursday as leaders of over 150 Anti-Corruption Civil Society Organisations gathered with their supporters to celebrate what they termed the first step in the cleaning process for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. They hailed the President Bola Tinubu administration for showing a bold will to fix the wrongs in critical areas of the Nigerian system and doing the right things in seemingly complex circumstances. They noted that the suspension of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria,…
**Targets 1 million jobs By Harry Awurumibe, Editor Abuja Bureau The federal government will seek a leglegislative support for automative industries in Nigeria, targeting between 500,000 to a million jobs. Abia State Governor Alex Otti,.who was one of the five state governors who briefed State House Correspondents after the maiden NEC meeting on Thursday at Presidential Villa, Abuja, also revealed that federal government is seriously working out ways to mitigate the harsh economic effects of the removal of subsidy in petrol and foreign exchange. Said he: “As part of the inaugural National Economic Council (NEC) meeting today, major focus was…
By Harry Awurumibe, Editor Abuja Bureau The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) again Thursday 15th June, 2023 arraigned the former Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Dibu Ojerinde over allegations bordering on official corruption, abuse of office and forgery. According to a press statement made available to journalists in Abuja on Thursday by the ICPC Spokesperson, Mrs Azuka Ogugua Ojerinde was docked alongside his children, Mary Funmilola Ojerinde, Olumide Abiodun Ojerinde, Adebayo Ojerinde, Oluwaseun Adeniyi Ojerinde and six companies linked to him, namely: Doyin Ogbohi Petroleum Limited, Cheng Marbles Limited, Sapati International…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday appointed eight think tanks to assist in the realisation of his renewed hope agenda towards breathing a new life to the economy and security of the citizens. One of the astute men and women appointed is Mr. Zacch Adedeji, an industrious, brilliant, vibrant, result-oriented and an accomplished professional who was prior to the appointment, the Executive Secretary of the National Sugar Development Council. When Mr Zacch Adedeji was appointed as the fifth substantive Executive Secretary of the National Sugar Development Council in March 2021 by former President Muhammadu Buhari, stakeholders in the sugar sector…
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President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, held a closed-door meeting with the 14th Emir of Kano and former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, at the State House.Sanusi’s visit, which is the first since the President assumed office, comes barely one week after the President suspended Godwin Emefiele as the CBN Governor.The agenda of the meeting is unclear as of press time. Sanusi served as CBN chief from June 2009 to June 2014 when Emefiele took over from him. On Friday, the President suspended Emefiele as the apex bank’s chief and directed that the bank’s Deputy…