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FG Calls for Fair, Balanced Reportage on Labour Migration   ABUJA - (Federal Ministry of Labour & Employment Report) - The Federal Government has called for balanced and informed media coverage of labour migration in the country. The Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Yerima Tarfa (Dr) made the call when he flagged - off a workshop organised in Abuja for Labour Correspondents on “Effective Coverage of Labour Migration” lately.   Yerima Tarfa noted that to achieve balanced and informed reportage on labour migration, media practitioners need to equip themselves with the relevant background information on it, which include: international and national legal frameworks as well as the National Policy on Labour Migration, and their recognition of fundamental human rights. The Permanent Secretary, who was represented by the Director of Reform Coordination and Service Improvement in the Ministry, John Magbadelo (Dr) said that informed and responsible repor

FG Poised to Strategise 0.5% GDP Implementation on STI   ABUJA - (Federal Ministry of Science, Technology & Innovation Report) - The Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Ogbonnaya Onu (Dr) has said that the strategies to attain the implementation of 0.5% (GDP) will promote creativity and innovation as well as enhance the achievement of national socio-economic development. He said this during the Consultative Meeting on the Provision of the Minimum of 0.5% GDP to fund Science, Technology and Innovation sectors in the country on Tuesday January 17, 2022 in Abuja. "Recently the Federal Government declared at the 2021 edition of the Annual STI Expo that 0.5% of the country’s GDP will be channelled towards the development of STI to ensure continuous productivity and sustainability of the nation. Countries that have made giant strides in sustaining their economy, invest heavily in STI sectors and these have guaranteed their continuous growth as well as sustained their ind

There Was An Attempt To Bomb Me Near Kawo Bridge In Kaduna - Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari has in Kaduna on Thursday, recalled with nostalgia how he narrowly escaped being bombed near the Kawo bridge, while travelling to Katsina State in July 2014. Buhari who was at the newly constructed Kawo bridge executed by the El-Rufai administration, said ”there was an attempt to bomb me here…there was a market nearby .”….but his security escort were vigilant. The Kawo bridge was a project ,many said had became a cynosure, which had attracted many tourists to Kaduna since its completion. PRESS RELEASE   PRESIDENT BUHARI INAUGURATES KAWO FLYOVER, OTHER PROJECTS IN KADUNA, RECOUNTS NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE IN 2014     President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday inaugurated the 800-metre long flyover in Kawo, Kaduna State, recounting how he narrowly escaped a targeted bomb attack in the vicinity in 2014.   Reminiscing on the unfortunate incident, which claimed the lives of many innocent Nigerians, the P

Former Governor of Lagos State, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu has explained his reasons for visiting former Military President, Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, saying, he went to receive his blessings. Tinubu stated this after a closed-door meeting with the elder statesman in his Hilltop country home in Minna, Niger State. He stated, “if you restrict my visit to this house that is it. Generally, I came to Niger State to commiserate with the Governor and the people of Niger State. And so, I can’t stop by without paying a courtesy call to the enigma General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, Retired”. On whether he got his blessings, the presidential candidate replied, ” he gave me his prayers. You want to know the outcome of the consultation? We are running a democracy”. Speaking on his ambition, he stated,” I took my decision voluntarily and I am running for the Presidency of the country, we are running a democracy, thank you very much and God bless you”.    

  Like Father Like Son, Obasanjo Decorates Son As Brigadier General  Former President of Nigeria, General Olusegun Obasanjo (Rtd.) has decorated his son, Adeboye Obasanjo as Brigadier-General in the Nigerian Army, following his promotion. Obasanjo a former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, was accorded a rare privilege by the military authorities on Wednesday, 19th January, 2022, to decorate his son with his newly acquired rank of a Brigadier-General at the Nigerian Army Engineers Corps at the Bonny Camp, Lagos. The two term civilian President and former Military Head of State, who is also a retired Army General was accompanied by Towulade of Akinale Kingdom of Egbaland, Oba Olufemi Ogunleye to the occasion. Brigadier General OA Obasanjo, of the Engineers Corps who holds two Master Degrees and other professional qualifications has passed through the military mills both in Nigeria and in various foreign countries.  More photos below. 

OSHODI CLEAN-UP: LAGESC, TASKFORCE EMBARK ON JOINT ENFORCEMENT OPERATION As part of concerted efforts towards achieving the T.H.E.M.E.S Agenda and eradicating environmental nuisance and miscreants around Oshodi market environs, a joint team of the Lagos Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC) and the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit (Taskforce) has embarked on a clean up of market areas in Oshodi. One more photo below  

LASG ANNOUNCES TRAFFIC DIVERSION AT APAPA DOCKYARD ROAD FOR LEVEL CROSSING MAINTENANCE The Lagos State Government has announced that traffic will be diverted at Apapa Dockyard Road from 6:00 pm on Sunday, 23rd of January till 6:00 am on Monday, 24th January, 2022 for maintenance works on the Level Crossing in continuation of the Nigerian Railway Modernisation Project (Lagos-Ibadan section). A statement signed by the Honourable Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde disclosed further that the maintenance works were vital to keeping the rail track in proper condition to ensure the safety of the commuting public. Explaining the traffic diversion plan, he stated that while a side of the road is being repaired, a counterflow will be created on the free lane to enable motorists plying the route to reach their desired destinations without much difficulty. Oladeinde urged road users to cooperate with the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) to minimise inconvenien

Gbajabiamila pledges to assist in lifting Igbobi College ...as school marks 90 years anniversary The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, has promised to join hands with other notable persons to lift the Igbobi College, Yaba, Lagos. Already, the speaker has attracted some infrastructural projects to the college. Gbajabiamila, who is an old boy of the college, said he would personally attend the events lined up for the 90th anniversary of the college, which comes up on February 2. Speaking during a courtesy call by the Igbobi College Old Boys Association (ICOBA) led by the 1st Vice President, Yomi Badejo, Gbajabiamila expressed delight that Igbobi College is already 90 years old. "On the 90 years, it's amazing. It sounds just like yesterday. A lot has changed, and we must try as much as possible to change with the times and maintain the nature and the feel of Igbobi College. "January 29th is a day that I've already marked. It's going to

INTER-SOCIETY ALLEGATION ON ATTACK OF IGBO COMMUNITIES BY TROOPS IN THE SOUTH EAST MISLEADING, AN ATTEMPT TO WHIP UP SENTIMENTS FOR IRRIDENTIST GROUPS The Nigerian Army(NA) has been notified of individuals and groups masquarading as civil rights organizations, whose activities have clearly endorsed the mindless criminalities of proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra(IPOB) and its armed affiliate, Eastern Security Network(ESN). This organization's latest report is an attempt to incite the public against the NA. The organization has tacitly encouraged anarchy in the region through spurious allegations.   Unmistakably, one of those so-called civil rights groups, International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, otherwise known as InterSociety, has an antecedent of making bogus and unsubstantiated claims, aimed at supporting the activities of outlawed groups in Southern Nigeria. The latest in their propaganda effort is the baseless report, where it alleged that in 14 month

 Anambra 2022 Transition Committee Inaugurated To enable the incoming administration take - off smoothly with a clear understanding of current state of governance, the Governor-Elect Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo has inaugurated the Anambra State 2022 Transition Committee. The committee being headed by the former World Bank executive and a one time Minister of Education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili has 80 members chosen from within and outside the state on the benchmark of knowledge, character, excellence, diversity, integrity, inclusiveness and professionalism. Inaugurating the committee at Golden Tulip Hotel Agulu, the Governor-Elect Professor Soludo outlined the terms of reference of the committee noting that he envisions an Anambra that will be more liveable and prosperous as the committee will see to a seamless transition and help the incoming administration take - off smoothly. The Governor-Elect emphasized that having a peaceful, progressive and prosperous Anambra Is the collective d

Two plots of land not enough for me and my cars — Pastor Ibiyeomie Founder, Salvation Ministries, Port Harcourt, Pastor David Ibiyeomie has said no two plots of land given to him anywhere in the world is enough for him and his fleets of cars and others. I made my first $1,000,000 in 2012 when I had no house, I won’t be talking about house now, I have landed properties that I don’t even know about, there is nowhere in the world where you give me 2 plots of land that I will use, I can’t use 2 plots because it isn’t enough for me. Even in the Riverine area where my parents came from, two plots isn’t enough for me, where will I park my cars, talk less of my entourages, riverine lands are very expensive, the lands are not even available yet two plots isn’t enough for me anywhere in the world, what will I do with two plots?,” he said.  

The  proprietor of a private school, Noble Kids School, has been arrested by the police for abducting and killing a 5-year-old pupil, Hanifa Abubakar. Family sources said he was among the first set of people who came to console her parents after the abduction. “He was full of tears when he visited the family to console them over the abduction,” said the uncle of the girl, Suraj Sulaiman. A statement by the police on Thursday said the school teacher, Abdulmalik Tanko, was the one who abducted her. The suspects led a combine Team of Operatives of DSS Kano State, Kano State Police Command’s Medical Team and Team of Operation Puff Adder to the scene. The body was exhumed and rushed to Mohammed Abdullahi Wase Specialist Hospital Kano, examined, confirmed dead by a Medical Doctor and release to the relatives for burial according to Islamic Rites. “Case will be charged to court upon completion of investigation.”