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GOVERNOR LALONG CONGRATULATES WINNERS OF PANKSHIN SOUTH STATE CONSTITUENCY & BASSA/JOS NORTH FEDERAL CONSTITUENCY BYE-ELECTIONS  Plateau State Governor Simon Bako Lalong has congratulated winners of the just concluded bye-elections for Pankshin South State Constituency, and Jos North/Bassa Federal Constituency held on Saturday 26th February 2020.  Governor Lalong congratulated Chief Ezra Dakup of the APC who was declared winner of the Pankshin South State Constituency bye-election as well as Hon. Musa Agah of the PDP who was declared winner of the Bassa/Jos North Federal Constituency seat.  Lalong commended the electorate for coming out to vote for their candidates of choice and conducting themselves in a peaceful and orderly manner which ensured that there was no breakdown of law and order throughout the process.  He also appreciated the Independent National Electoral Commission for conducting the exercise in a transparent manner and ensuring that all parties and candi

Russia has assured the Federal Government that Nigerians are not targeted in the ongoing cr!sis between them and Ukraine. The Ambassador of Russia, Alexei Shebarshin, said this in Abuja, on Friday, February 26, at a meeting with Geoffrey Onyeama, Nigeria’s minister of foreign affairs. The minister had summoned Shebarshin and the envoy of Ukraine, Kirdoda Valerii, following the escalating vi#lence triggered by the invasion of Ukraine by Russia on Thursday. Addressing journalists shortly after the meeting, Onyeama said that during his parley with the Russian envoy, he expressed the displeasure of the Nigerian government over the vio#lation of the territorial integrity of Ukraine, a United Nations (UN) member state, and country with which Nigeria has diplomatic relations. According to Onyeama, the Russian envoy promised to communicate the concern of the Nigerian government to his home country, adding that Russia considers Nigeria a friendly nation and would do nothing to h#rm

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated that if Ukraine's military surrendered, Moscow would be willing to discuss, claiming that invading forces were seeking to liberate the nation from "oppression." Russian President Vladimir Putin “decided to conduct a special military operation to demilitarise and de-Nazify Ukraine so that, freed from oppression, Ukrainians themselves could freely determine their future”, Lavrov said at a press conference in Moscow. If the Ukrainian army surrenders, Lavrov added, Moscow is ready to negotiate to Kyiv. “We are ready for negotiations at any moment, as soon as the armed forces of Ukraine respond to our call and lay down their arms,” Lavrov said. He said the aim of Putin’s operation was “openly declared: demilitarisation and de-Nazification”. Lavrov said that “nobody intends to occupy Ukraine”. Despite abundant evidence of residential areas being damaged, he refuted Ukrainian assertions that Russian soldiers had struck ci

An early morning fire on Wednesday razed parts of a building at the Federal Ministry of Finance in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). However, it is not clear if the fire incident affected the main building of the Federal Ministry of Finance. At the time of filing this report, the fire was still raging with no men of the federal fire service on ground. The Federal Ministry of Finance building is located in the Central Business District of Abuja.

A South African family, The Tjales called off the funeral of their son, Mpho, after it was discovered that his penis was missing. According to Daily Sun SA, the parents of the deceased, Portia and Bellium Tjale had gone to wash his body when they discovered the missing part. The family from Daveyton, Ekurhuleni, refused to take the disfigured body. Portia said, "My son’s body was collected from home with every body part intact, but some parts are now missing. Why is that?”  She said her son's body was collected by a funeral home the day he died but they had no cold storage, thus transferring the body to another where the body part went missing.  Police has since opened an investigation into a case of violation of the corpse. Photo credit: Daily Sun

Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, has disclosed why China stopped giving Nigeria loans facility.  Speaking in an interview with DailyTrust on Monday, February 21, the minister said, “When we started, we found the Chinese government more willing and their terms were much more acceptable and the speed with which the loans were completed and the speed with which we started working. Unfortunately, along the line, I can remember the Minister of Transportation complaining that the entire world takes its cue from what Nigerians say about their government.  The issue of reports that the government will soon go bankrupt, I think made them stop. Yes, we’re not getting the loans again as we would have wanted.”

Governor Abdillahi Ganduje of Kano State has said that the people of the Northern part of the country have no other presidential aspirant to support than the National leader of the All progressive congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Ganduje made the remark at the inauguration of an office for Northern Youth Professionals for Tinubu, (an organisation that Supports Tinubu’s presidential ambition) held along Hadeja Road in Kano on Monday. The Governor, who was represented at the occasion by the Managing Director of Kano Road Traffic Agency, Dr Baffa Babba Dan’agundi, said it has become necessary for Northerners to reciprocate the gesture done to them by the people of South-West in 2015 where they supported Retired General Muhammadu Buhari to become President. According to him, the North has no other presidential aspirant to support in the forthcoming presidential election come 2023 than the former Lagos State Governor, Tinubu. “Northern Nigeria has no option but to support the Yoruba

The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered the closure of all satellite units of the Intelligence Response Team and Special Tactical Squad across the country. The police chief gave the order hours after the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police and Head, Intelligence Response Team of the Nigeria Police Force, Abba Kyari, and others were arrested and presently in NDLEA custody over their alleged involvement in drug trafficking All serving officers in the satellite units have been asked to report to the Force Headquarters, Abuja for debriefing. Confirming this development to Channels TV, a police source said that authorities have directed that serving officers and men in the unit will be demobilized and posted to commands across the country. The Force management also directed that the IRT/STS Headquarters in Abuja should be fortified and organised for enhanced operational performance to combat emerging trends. In July 2020, the then-Inspector General of

Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, on Monday, lambasted his erstwhile political leaders and associates. The former governor spoke in the Ijebu Jesa area of Osun State while addressing members of the All Progressives Congress ahead of Saturday’s governorship primary election in the state. Aregbesola, who was governor of Osun State from 2010 to 2018, declared that enough is enough for the politics of godfatherism and enthronement by treacherous leaders who equated themselves to the status of a god. The 64-year-old minister said he trusted APC National Leader, Bola Tinubu, but the ex-governor of Lagos State repaid him with betrayal. Aregbesola accused Tinubu; a former APC interim chairman and ex-governor of Osun State, Bisi Akande, of foisting the current governor of the state, Gboyega Oyetola, on the people, against popular will. Aregbesola, who leads an APC faction in the state and who had been engaged in a feud with his successor, Oyetola, accused the incumbent gov

DOEMAK FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT SECURED BY DIVINE MANDATE TEAM The Divine Mandate Team led by Chief Isaac Kyale KWALLU FCIA, FCIPMA, the La Yit Mann Pan; has facilitated the award of a multi million naira contract for the construction of Flood Control Project at Doemak through the Federal Ministry of Environment, Abuja. Hon. Nath Doekoos KSM, FCIPMA took the team led by Engr. Francis Ahmadu (Deputy Director, Erosion, Flood & Coastal Zones Mgt.), Mr. Sekene Benson (Federal Controller), Engr. Luka Kwede & Mrs. Hannatu Dauda of Federal Ministry of Environment and Mr. Habila Dung representative of Plateau State Commissioner for Environment to Doemak to hand over the project site to the contractor Messrs Chiomex Investment Nig. Ltd., representated by Mr. Samson Ibiama. The team presented copies of the contract award letter to Long Doemak, HRH Cosmos Dakyap and representative of the Council Chairman, Hon. Chíndo Jafaru. The project site was inspected

Punch Newspapers More  Entertainment Politics Business Videos HealthWise Editorial Columns Opinion Home News Sports Metro Plus Subscribe Search the site Search for: punchng.com © 1971-2020 The Punch newspaper PunchNG Menu: Video Spice Special Features Education Sex & Relationship Interview Columns Opinion Privacy Settings BREAKING: NDLEA declares DCP Abba Kyari wanted over drug links Friday Olokor 14 February 2022 Kindly share this story: DCP Abba Kyari The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Monday declared suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, wanted over alleged links with an international drug cartel. The spokesperson for NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, made the announcement during a short press conference held at its Headquarters. The decision came amidst the Hushpuppi scandal. Kyari, until his suspension by the commission, was the officer-in-charge of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team. A report by the Federal Bureau of Investigati

Snoop Dogg purchased the embattled record label that launched his rap career, according to a Wednesday press release from Berkshire Hathaway’s Business Wire. The 50-year-old rapper, whose given name is Calvin Broadus Jr, acquired the company from private equity controlled MNRK Music Group, the release said. “I am thrilled and appreciative of the opportunity to acquire the iconic and culturally significant Death Row Records brand, which has immense untapped future value,” Snoop Dogg said, according to the release. “It feels good to have ownership of the label I was part of at the beginning of my career and as one of the founding members. This is an extremely meaningful moment for me.” It wasn’t clear how much Snoop paid for the label, which filed for bankruptcy in 2006 and was sold six years later as founder Suge Knight battled legal and financial troubles.  The former CEO is now serving a 28-year prison sentence for running over and killing a man in 2015.

Police operatives in Ogun State have arrested one Kehinde Oladimeji, 43, and his 35-year-old wife, Adejumoke Raji, for allegedly being in possession of fresh different h#man parts. The suspects were arrested in Abeokuta area of the state, following a report lodged at Kemta Divisional Headquarters by one chief Moshood Ogunwolu, the Baale of Leme Community. The command’s spokesperson, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement on Saturday, February 12, said that the Baale, who reported that one Pastor Adisa Olarewaju who is a co-tenant with the suspects informed him of offensive odours coming out from the room of the suspects. According to him, “Upon the complaint, the DPO Kemta Division, CSP Adeniyi Adekunle, quickly led his detectives to the scene where search was conducted. On searching the room, a plastic bowl containing fresh different parts of h#man being was discovered in the room, and the couple were promptly arrested. On interrogation, the suspects confessed they were herb

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has said he is no more afraid to die and that even if he dies now, his family will have no cause to fight over his property because he has already written his will. The governor warned that prominent Nigerians who have been keeping quiet about the state of insecurity in the country should change their ways as it isn't in the best interest of the country. He told Sunnewsonline; This is a very sad thing. I feel so sad when I try to make public what is happening in Benue State and people castigate me and insult me. But I remain committed to serving my people. And of course, I was not elected to preside over IDPs and dead people. And if something is beyond me, at least, I can raise alarm for others to come and help me to solve this problem. The problem of insecurity in Nigeria today is man made. The present Federal Government is responsible because I took proactive steps right from 2016 when I came in and I saw this coming. And today I am

Actor Yul Edochie has responded to the House of Representatives claims that Nollywood is partly to be blamed for the increase in the rate of ritual killings across the country. During the plenary on Wednesday, the House of Representatives called for the declaration of a state of emergency on ritual killings in the country and partly blamed the menace on the Nollywood industry and tasked all stakeholders to begin a national campaign to change the orientation of the people towards the crime. Reacting to the House of Reps' indictment on Friday, the actor on his Instagram page said, “From when I was a kid in the eighties, I started hearing about ritual killing in Nigeria. Then, there was no Nollywood. Hunger and poverty make people to do crime. No, be Nollywood cause am. Nollywood is only showing what happens in society. Nigerians are wallowing in extreme poverty. A hungry man is an angry man.” “Fix the country and crime will go away. Don’t blame Nollywood,” he advised.

In our personal and professional lives, we are constantly hit with one adversity after the other, most of which we have no control over. But the four things we have total control over is how we react, how we adapt, how we breathe, and how we take action. The idea in most of our youths coming to the social media to insult our State Governor and other Elders of the state  on this successor thing ,is very very unhealthy. My fellow seafarers ,if you are in that league , please change your course. Choosing A Successor , is none of your business. And whoever might be  , is not your concern either. As a professional, your business and concerns should be the ACTUALISATION of Ibom deep seaport and as the case may be.  Yes ! This is democracy and we have freedom of speech but we are misusing these previlages. You are calling  someone who supposed to be your father,  ALBINO , and you feel so comfortable with it. Please let us not wash our dirty linen outside. How many Yoruba or Hausa

*Who's running the World?* Biden, Putin and Xi were arguing on who’s in charge of the world.  . US, Russia or China?  . Without any conclusion, they turned to Modi (India President) and asked him "Who’s in charge of the world?"  Modi replied: All I know is: 1. Google CEO is an Indian  2. Microsoft CEO is an Indian  3. Citigroup CEO was an Indian  4. SoftBank Vision Fund CEO is an Indian  5. Adobe CEO is an Indian  6. NetApp CEO is an Indian  7. PepsiCo CEO was an Indian  8. Nokia CEO is an Indian  9. MasterCard CEO is an Indian  10. DBS CEO is an Indian  11. Cognizant CEO was an Indian  12. Novartis CEO is an Indian  13. Conduent CEO was an Indian  14. Diageo CEO is an Indian  15. SanDisk CEO was an Indian  16. Motorola CEO was an Indian  17. Harman CEO is an Indian  18. Micron CEO is an Indian  19. Palo Alto Networks CEO is an Indian  20. Reckitt Benckiser CEO is an Indian  21. Now IBM CEO is also an Indian origin guy  22. Britain’s Chancellor of the Excheque

On a sad note,  the 300 level Zoology student of university of Jos, Emmanuel Joshua, is officially known now to have been kidnapped. The kidnappers have officially reached out to his parents yestwrday, demanding N600k as ransome. The university of Jos Natural science department has called on all students and staff and well wishers to donate to his parents to help secure his release as the parents are not financially capable.

I know a retired police man, a devout Christian,  While in service, they nicknamed him "Pastor" , he suffered bad posting for about 34yrs... He rose from constable to DSP,  His popular name den was "HE NO DEY GIVE, HE NO DEY TAKE" .. Meaning he doesn't give bribe to get good posting neither does he takes bribe from civilians. Most people he worked with never liked him because they saw him as a spoiler. He was posted from one bad posting to another,  he was never posted anywhere there was any reasonable allowance. Anywhere genuine money dey, he will not be posted there because they disliked him generally for his stand. He stood for righteousness and never liked cheating innocent people. So some big men didn't like him If anyone did anything evil in his presence he would expose them and make them face the wrath of the law. From one State to another, he was transferred and he kept moving. This was how he moved about for 34yrs and 5months. For all of

UNIJOS RANT TV 08109940777 _________________________ JOSHUA EMMANUEL, UNIVERSITY OF JOS 300L STUDENT, DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY IS MISSING.  HE WAS LAST HEARD FROM WHEN HE POSTED ON HIS STATUS TO HAVE ENTERED A WRONG CAB (RED GOLF VOLKSWAGEN) YESTERDAY EVENING ON HIS WAY TO FARINGADA FOR  CHURCH ⛪ PROGRAMME . Anybody with useful information should contact the number above. 

Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, Executive Secretary of National Universities Commission has said that Nigeria lacks the right number of universities to meet its present demand for tertiary education.  Rasheed who said this while presenting operational licences for two new universities to Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, bringing the total number of universities in the country to 205, said Nigeria can only account for 5.06 per cent of students in the nation’s ivory towers, leaving the remaining 94 per cent in public universities. The NUC Executive Secretary further justified the commission's decision to approve the University of Education, Ijanikin/Epe and the Lagos State University of Science and Technology, by saying that Lagos government has been exceptional in the running of the Lagos State University for the past 39 years.

An air passenger has been arrested for allegedly raping a woman in business class. The British passenger was said to have forced the woman to have sex while others slept on the flight from Newark, New Jersey, to London. His alleged victim complained to United Airlines cabin staff during the flight and they called ahead to report the allegations to police. Met officers boarded the jet at Heathrow Terminal 2 at 6.30am on Monday, Jan 31. The 40-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of rape and led off the plane. He was taken into custody at Heathrow police station, where his dabs, mugshot and a DNA saliva sample were taken. Officers carried out a full forensic search of the luxury cabin. The man was later released under investigation pending further inquiries. The woman, also 40 and British, was taken to a rape counselling suite and interviewed by specialist officers. The Sun reports. A Met Police spokesman confirmed the arrest and investigation. It is understood the pair wer

West Ham and French footballer, Kurt Zouma could face up to four years in French prison for kicking his cat West Ham defender, Kurt Zouma could face up to four years in prison in his native France for kicking and slapping his cat in Britain. A legal complaint has been filed in Paris against the 27-year-old French footballer following widespread outrage at a video showing him attacking his pet at his home in Essex. The footage caused lawyers working for the 30 Million Friends Foundation (La Fondation 30 Millions d’Amis), the largest animal rights group in France, to contact French prosecutors.  A spokesman for the group said: ‘We condemn this heinous act, have asked that the player be suspended from the France team, and filed a legal complaint against him.’ Tough new animal protection laws were introduced in France in 2021, meaning that the ‘mistreatment of animals’ is now punishable by up to four years in prison and a fine equivalent to £50,000. According to Article 113-6 o

One hundred political and thought leaders including 14 current governors, 13 former governors as well as three former Senate Presidents have met in Lagos to ‘rescue Nigeria’ and map a new consensus for national rebirth. The leaders, under the aegis of ‘The 2022 Committee’, said Nigeria must be secured, peaceful and united before the nation can have candidates for political offices in 2023. This was made known in a statement released on Wednesday and co-signed on behalf of the conveners by  ThisDay Newspapers  Publisher, Nduka Obaigbena; as well as Borno-born politician and Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, Kashim Ibrahim-Imam. According to the statement, the leaders met from February 4 to 6, 2022. It, however, did not reveal the names of the 100 leaders who met in Lagos but  The PUNCH  gathered that top chieftains from both the ruling All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party attended the event. The participants

Joshua Danladi Adankala, President of Students Union Government, University of Jos have declared Wednesday 9th February 2022 a "Free Ride Day" for all students within the UniJos Campus. The Press Statement contains: The free ride offer by the President of the Students Union have been clearly categorized and printed on fliers which are being shared within the campus to give guides as to the type of vehicles to enter while plying a particular route. Below is the details. Adankala have proved to be an astute and competent leader in the campus since taking the office. He has always been a prominent voice for the students whenever the need arise. This time he shows an uncommon gesture by declaration of this free ride for all to join in his celebration.

Population control is conversation many Nigerians prefer not to engage in. However, any nation that desires strategic growth must first compare its population with its resources. In 1962, Nigeria's population was about 47 million, after the 1991 census the figure had grown up to 88 million and by 2006 there were over 140 million Nigerians. Speculatively, Nigeria's population is about 216 million at present but the forthcoming census exercise will determine the real figures. Of course, the figures might not be accurate, given the methods of data collection and the politics that permeates census in Nigeria, but in any case we must admit that we are having a threatening population; not just because of the numbers, but because of the resources which do not match the population. An unchecked population of unskilled, uneducated, and unhealthy people sets the backdrop for the rise in violent crimes, corruption, insecurity, and any other vice your can think of.  It might su

Amou Haji is an 87-year-old man and he hasn't taken a bath in 67 years. He resides in Dejgah which is a village in the Kermanshah province of Iran. He also looks like the Biblical Moses who fell down a chimney.  He is always covered in ash and dirt. He hasn't taken a bath for nearly seven decades because he is scared of water. He is of the belief that if he will bathe, he will fall ill. What is even more unusual is that his diet consists of rotten meat of dead animals, especially porcupines. He also enjoys smoking but it is not tobacco he prefers. He likes to smoke animal feces out of a rusty pipe.  According to Tehran Times, Haji decided to live an isolated life after he went through some emotional setbacks in his youth. He wears a war helmet not to fight off enemies but to keep him warm during winters. He finds unusual places to live, in like a hole in the ground resembling a grave, or an open brick shack built by people who felt bad for hi

The Executive Governor of Plateau State His Excellency Rt. Hon. Dr. Simon Bako Lalong has reiterated that his administration is determine to returned all displaced persons in the state back to their ancestral homes. He gave the assurance on Monday during the occasion of the commemoration of “forgiveness day” at the Peace and forgiveness garden, Jos the state capital. Lalong said it is in a bid to mitigate this situation that we set aside this day as a symbolic effort of using forgiveness which is a very powerful tool in pulling down the walls of differences that we may have against one another. The Governor explained, “While these processes are ongoing, I have also directed the Plateau Peace Building Agency to design and implement a project that will help foster social cohesion and ensure the reintegration of our segregated communities in the State. “They are expected to identify and map all conflict areas and especially communities that have been sacked due to attacks. Our