Day: July 3, 2022

Nigeria Customs Service Equips Officers with Digital Communication Skills

Abibat Babalola

Dr. Ganiu Okunnu, Abayomi Adisa and others. Roll call of scholar, professionals who facilitated the training   The Nigeria Customs Service has organized a three-day training retreat with the theme “Upscaling PR Tools and Strategies for Optimum Performance” for its public relations officers across the nation. Platforms Africa reports that the training took place at Customs Training College, Ikeja, Lagos. The training according to the Service National Public Relations Officer, DC Timi Bomodi, was organized to equip the spokespersons with advanced skills on the use of social media for public…

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Why I Almost Turned A Commercial Tricycle Rider – Obasanjo

Abibat Babalola

The former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on Saturday, practically turned a commercial tricycle rider in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, in demonstration of safety of the means of transportation just as he urged youths to embrace every opportunity with hardwork and dedication. The ride, which took the former President from his Pent House residence at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential  Library (OOPL), through Kuto under bridge, was done amidst greetings and jubilation by shocked onlookers along the road. In a release by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi, the onlookers expressed…

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Slash State House, NASS BudgetsTo Meet ASUU’s Demands, SERAP To Buhari

Abibat Babalola

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “urgently recover missing N105.7bn of public funds from ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) to fund the country’s public tertiary institutions, improve the welfare of staff members, and ensure that the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) return to class without further delay.” SERAP said, “Pending the recovery of the missing public funds, we urge you to redirect some of the presidency’s budget of N3.6 billion on feeding and travels, and the N134 billion allocated to the National…

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Money Rain As CAF Hikes Rewards For WAFCON 2022 Winners To $2.4m

Ganiyu Amodu

Details of the 150 % increase here + list of who will get what   The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has increased by 150 per cent the prize money for the 12th Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), which gets underway in Morocco. In a statement on Saturday, CAF said the increase is in line with its new policy to make women’s football in Africa globally competitive. “The CAF President and the CAF Executive Committee have identified women’s football as amongst the confederation’s top priorities,” it said. READ ALSO…

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11 Persons Killed, Burnt beyond Recognition In Lagos-Ibadan Expressway Accident

Ganiyu Amodu

Eleven persons have been confirmed dead and burnt beyond recognition in an accident along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun State confirmed this in a statement on Sunday morning. The spokesperson of the command, Florence Okpe, disclosed that the multiple crashes occurred late Saturday night. Okpe said the accident involved three vehicles. READ ALSO: Why Peter Obi Should Be My Running Mate — Kwankwaso How Nigerian Popular Newspapers’ Publisher, Nda-Isaiah, died – Family Police Academy lecturer petitions ICPC, accuses professor of certificate forgery Police Academy…

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Internal Crisis Rocks Nigeria’s Hajj Commission Over Glitch, Job Racket

Aliyu Aliyu

NAHCON Board Member, Staff protest exclusion, intending pilgrims, private operators kick   The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has been rocked by internal crisis bouyed by alleged employment racket and glitch in the operations of 2022 exercise. This, a report by Daily Trust on Sunday read, came as the 2022 hajj operations continued to be dogged by challenges, with thousands of intended pilgrims projected to miss this year’s exercise. Already, the Association of Hajj and Umrah Operators of Nigeria (AHUON) said that at least 2,550 intending pilgrims belonging to 51 tour…

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Why Peter Obi Should Be My Running Mate — Kwankwaso

Aliyu Aliyu

“In politics they are at the bottom line,” Mr Kwankwaso, who hints at possible collapse of merger talk, says the South-East is good in business and talented but still needs to learn politics   Rabiu Kwankwaso, the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), on Saturday, advised a former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, to accept an offer of being his running mate for the forthcoming presidential election. Mr Kwankwaso said Mr Obi being on the ticket of the NNPP as a vice-presidential candidate in 2023 would…

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How Police Rescued 50 Children Hidden In Nigeria’s Church Underground Cell

Gbenga Adeoti

Pastor of the church says children, 22 others were locked up in preparation for rapture he was sure will happen in September   Men of the Ondo State police command have uncovered and freed not fewer than 50 children, who were hidden in the basement of a church in Ondo town, Southwest Nigeria. The children, according to eyewitnesses, were abducted and kept in an underground cell inside the place of worship. READ ALSO: My Life Is Destroyed, Nurse Narrates How She Lost both Legs in Owo Attack How Harira –…

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