President Muhammadu Buhari has lauded the recent successful operation of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) leading to the smashing of an international drug syndicate and recovery of 1,855kg of cocaine. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s spokesman, said in a statement on Monday in Abuja that the president made his feelings known when he originated a telephone call to Chairman of the NDLEA, retired Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa, from New York. The president is currently in New York, United States, where he is attending the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 77). Buhari said that the news…
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The Debt Management Office (DMO) said Nigeria’s total public debt stock, which was N41.60 trillion ($100.07 billion) in March rose to N42.84 trillion ($103.31 billion) by June. According to a statement obtained from DMO’s website o Tuesday, the total debt represents the domestic and external debt stocks of the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN), the 36 state governments and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). It, however, said that while the foreign component of the debt remained at the same level of N16.61 trillion ($39.96 billion), the local component increased to N26.23 trillion ($63.24 billion). The local component of the country’s borrowings…
With the knowledge of cosmos science and technology, Mission to Mars was made successfully. In the last six decades, twenty-five missions were launched, went to Mars, and came back to the earth with all the expected outputs successfully. These successful missions were achieved from 2011 to date. However, before achieving those successes, there were twenty-four failed missions to Mars from 1960 to 2011 according to NASA’s historical log. This means that for 60 consecutive years, scientists have been working tirelessly to send spacecraft to Mars and the series of encountered failures did not discourage them rather learned lessons from such…
The Force Headquarters of the Nigeria Police has reacted to trending video depicting a police officer being assaulted be some individuals, saying the Force does not condone in discipline and human rights violation. A statement by the Force spokesperson, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi made available to newsmen on Monday, said the Nigeria Police has been vanguard of sustainable democracy and protected the fundamental rights of the citizens. Read the statement below: It has become pertinent to emphasize that the Nigeria Police Force has been a vanguard of sustainable democracy in the country via the aggressive protection of the fundamental rights of…
Retirees under the Contributory Pension Scheme across the South-West zone have called for the payment of their pensions and other entitlements immediately after they disengaged from the public service. In separate interviews on Sunday in the zone, the retirees and other stakeholders said such payments would help in mitigating their hardship and also keep them active for more years before death. The Pension Reform Act, 2004 established the National Pension Commission (PenCom) as a body to regulate, supervise and ensure effective administration of pension matters in Nigeria. Its functions include: regulation and supervision of the scheme established under the Act.…
Last week, we stated that “a leader creates and nurtures others to be leaders. He must possess a clear vision and focus, know what he wants for his country, and should be courageous enough to follow his dream. Apart from possessing integrity and honesty, a good leader has humility, is fair and just with the capacity for self-sacrifice and perseverance. A leader is one whose national interest subsumes his.” We also saw how the late prime minister, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, made his Private Secretary, who became Nigeria’s President in the Second Republic, Alhaji Shehu Shagari, refund to the federal…
The House of Assembly candidate for the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Maniru Malami; leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Goronyo local government area of Sokoto state, have joined the All Progressives congress (APC). They were received along with 9,000 other members of the parties by the APC governorship candidate, Ahmad Aliyu Sokoto alongside his entourage were in Goronyo. The NNPP candidate defected along with his party chairman, all local government executives and chairmen of the 11 wards of the area. The executives that decamped to the APC include financial secretary of PDP in the local government, Hamza…
Borno state governor, Babagana Umara Zulum on Friday, visited Kwaya-Kusar, headquarters of Kwaya-Kusar local government area and laid foundation for the construction of a 48-classroom Higher Islamic College with staff quarters. Zulum visited Kwaya-Kusar from Biu where he had spent three days since Tuesday, commissioning projects. The governor in November 2021 had promised to fulfill the request of the community to build the college in Kwaya-Kusar. The Higher Islamic College, which will integrate Islamic and western education, is to admit students with vast Qur’anic knowledge from traditional Islamiyas to study and earn diplomas, after which they can qualify for admission into…
…PDP has failed in all sectors of developments As the 2023 general election draw closer, 7,000 supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from Wurno and Kware local government areas of Sokoto state on Thursaday, defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The APC governorship candidate, Ahmad Aliyu Sokoto who received 4,270 PDP supporters defectors in Wurno local government, expressed satisfaction over the large number of the PDP supporters that dumped the party for APC, saying, “there is light at the end of the tunnel.” According to him, the mass defection followed failure of the PDP in providing dividends of…
A time-tested saying goes “The reward for hard work is more work.” But over time scholars went further to say “Hard work from more work comes with progress and subtle rewards” Throughout history, awards, accolades and honours have served as motivation to give more in service to the advancement of humanity. The foregoing underscores the Democracy Heroes Africa “Man of the Year 2022 Award” clinched by the Niger state Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello. As a man of honour, Governor Sani Bello holds close to his chest, the burden of democracy, which he has overtly demonstrated in words and deeds. That’s…