Category: News
Tinubu Dismissed FAAN, NAMA, NSIB, NIMET DGs
Several Director Generals (DGs) of the Federal Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development were dismissed by President Bola Tinubu yesterday, December 13, 2023. The President also stated their replacements. Ajuri Ngelale, the President’s Special Advisor on Media and Publicity, revealed the information in a statement yesterday, December 13, 2023, in Abuja. According to the statement,…
FG Removes Tertiary Institutions From IPPIS
On Wednesday, December 13, 2023, the Federal Executive Council (FEC), approved the country’s universities and other higher institutions’ exemption from the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information Systems (IPPIS), enabling the institutions to handle staff salary concerns internally. Prof. Mamman Tahir, the Minister of Education, revealed this to State House reporters during President Bola Tinubu’s council…
Governor Orders the Scout of Bank Robbery Perpetrators
The Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has ordered security agencies to find the perpetrators of the bank robbery in Ikere-Ekiti on Wednesday, December 13, 2023. The Governor, in a statement signed by his spokesperson, Yinka Oyebode, said the robbers must also be made to face the full wrath of the law. The statement made it…
Stepmother to be Prosecuted over Alleged Assault
Following the suspected assault of a 12-year-old stepdaughter, the Zamfara State Government will prosecute the stepmother in Tsafe Local Government Area (LGA). The State Commissioner for Women Affairs, Children, and Social Development, Dr Nafisa Maradun, made this known when she visited the victim in Tsafe on Wednesday, December 13, 2023. The Commissioner said the woman,…
Unions Commend FG Over IPPIS Action
Recall that the Federal Government of Nigeria, yesterday, Wednesday, December 13, 2023, exempted Universities, Polytechnics, Colleges of Education, and other tertiary institutions from the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). This is coming after a long-term clamour for exemption by the members of institutions as they laid claims that the system is not favourable…
Ogun: Police Arrest Three For Allegedly Snatching Car and Motorcycle
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested three people suspected to have stolen a car and motorcycle in the Mowe and Ifo areas of the State. The source made this known on Thursday, December 14, 2023. The source mentioned that a suspect identified as Matthew Segun hit the head of a motorcyclist with a hammer…
NAFDAC’s Control Lab Gets Pre-qualification Approval
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has announced her pre-qualification approval for the Yaba laboratory, Lagos State, as a Central Drug Control Laboratory. The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, disclosed this at a news conference in Abuja on Thursday, December 14, 2023. Dr. Adeyeye informed that the World Health…
Gunmen Kill Woman, Abduct Others on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
Along the Fidiwo section of the Lagos-Ibadan Motorway on Monday, 11th December 2023, some Gunmen allegedly wearing military uniforms abducted seven people while one person was shot and killed trying to flee the scene. According to an anonymous source, the car carrying the victims was ambushed by armed men brandishing guns. The assailants snatched seven…
Tenant Suspected to Have Kidnapped Landlord’s, Neighbour’s Children
In the Sango Ota neighbourhood of Ogun State, an unidentified woman has been accused of kidnapping two minors who are the children of her landlord and her neighbour. Three days after moving into the apartment, the woman and the two children were reported to have gone missing. This was made known to News Agencies on…
New Commissioner of Police Assigned to Lagos State
Lagos State has a newly appointed Commissioner of Police (CP). Reports says that Idowu Owohunwa’s former position as Commissioner of Police will be replaced by Fayoade Adegoke. Idowu, himself, was recently elevated to the position of Assistant Inspector-General of Police. This development was made known on Tuesday, December 12, 2023, through a police wireless message…
