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 Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum says:    " Recruitment into security agencies in Nigeria is politicised. These days, governors, ministers and other top government functionaries have slots. Nobody interviews them whether they are qualified or not.    " Admission into Nigerian Army, Police and others are now politicized.    "Unless we get it right, nothing will happen in this country. If we want to make progress, we must ensure that we pick the best, if not, we shall continue to recruit the dull ones."_ Governor Babagana Zullum of Borno state. Facebook:- Bello Lukman

The Lagos State Police Command has said it will not tolerate any form of protest at the tollgate in the Lekki area of the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the development in a statement on Friday. He said, “It has become imperative to reemphasise that no form of rally whatsoever will be allowed at the Lekki Toll gate on October 1, 2022. “This emphasis has become necessary to enlighten Nigerians that might be misled into converging at the toll gate. A court of competent jurisdiction has ruled that no person is allowed to converge at the Lekki Toll gate for whatever reason. “In conformity with its mandate to protect life and property, the Lagos State Police Command under the leadership of the Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alabi, will leave no stone unturned in ensuring total compliance with the court order and an emplacement of adequate security in the state.” Hundenyin said while the command was not averse to

The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC)’s first outrider, Dickson Dike has died in a ghastly accident, while performing a motorbike stunt in Abuja. According to reports, he was leading his boss’ convoy on Tuesday evening, September 27, when he ran into a culvert while driving at top speed and died on the spot. Until his death, Dickson was said to be the motorbike escort rider of the NSCDC Commandant-General, Ahmed Abubakar Audi. May his gentle soul rest in peace. R & B blog

  Former Super Eagles captain, John Obi Mikel, has retired from football.    He announced his retirement on Tuesday via his Instagram page.   He wrote, “There is a saying that 'All good things must come to an end,' and for my professional football career, that day is today.   “I look back at the past 20 years of my career, and I must say that I am very satisfied with all that I was able to achieve and more importantly the humanity it has helped shape.”   Credit: Instagram | mikel_john_obi --

ASUU defied the court order to go back to work. I must admit that ASUU has no equal whenever it comes to fearlessly facing the government with its demands. If they give in now it could mean that the long strike was for nothing and the worse part is that they would lose their six months pay. On the other hand, the government may be thinking that if they pay ASUU members now for the period of the strike they may be laying a foundation for future strikes as well. The arguments on both sides are plausible but then the loss encountered so far is unqualifiable. Now that is not what scares me the most. What scares me the most is when I look at the future of Nigerian universities vis-a-vis the dwindling resources of the country. I regret to say this, but as long as Nigeria continues to fund universities and as long as they keep establishing new universities to score political goals then we must expect more ASUU strikes in future.  Some of us only got to hear stories of Nigerian uni

JUST IN: Male secondary school students in Bauchi State are said to have come out in their numbers to stage a protest against the decision of the state government to separate male students from their female counterparts. This action by the male students is to restraint government from carrying out her intended plan of separating the two genders apart in all the secondary schools in the state.

The paramount ruler of Tal chiefdom,the Golong Tal, HRH Nanleng Yusuf Gotus in Pankshin Local Government Area of Plateau state has been kidnapped.    He was kidnapped around 1am yesterday when gunmen stormed his palace .   The kidnappers have called his family demanding 50 million naira ransom.   Kaiiiiiiiiii, May Almighty God expose perpetrators of this dastard act. Amen/ Ameen. Facebook: Sagacious Bello Lukman

Former Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo, on Monday, inaugurated the 29km Etinan-Ndon Eyo road in Akwa Ibom State. The project was done by the administration of Governor Emmanuel Udom.   The newly-constructed road has two cable bridges, road furniture and street lighting spanning over six communities. Credit: Facebook | Solomon Eyo

President Muhammadu Buhari and members of the Aso Rock cabal have called for the removal of Festus Keyamo as the spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress (APC)/Bola Ahmed Tinubu Presidential Campaign Council. According to a presidential source, Buhari and members of the cabal accused Keyamo of always de-marketing the current administration despite being a serving minister. “Buhari has asked for the removal of Festus Keyamo as the party’s campaign spokesperson. The President accused him of always de-marketing his regime, describing the government in which he is a minister as a failed regime. He has been described as a loose cannon who is daily demarketing his regime as a failed regime. The cabal members are not happy,” the source said. For instance, on Sunday, during an interview on Channels Television, Keyamo said Nigerians are hungry and can’t wait to have a new leader who would satisfy their hunger. When asked to discuss the APC’s campaign issues for the 2023 electi

Chief Executive Officer of Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, and his wife, Priscilla, are expecting a baby girl. Zuckerberg announced this on his verified Facebook page. He shared a picture of himself and his wife’s  saying, “Lots of love. Happy to share that Max and August are getting a new baby sister next year!” Credit: Facebook // Mark Zuckerberg

Uganda’s health ministry on Tuesday announced the country’s first fatality from the highly contagious Ebola virus since 2019, declaring an outbreak in the central district of Mubende. “The confirmed case is a 24-year-old male… (who) presented with EVD symptoms and later succumbed,” the ministry said on Twitter, using an abbreviation for Ebola virus disease. In a statement released earlier on Tuesday, the World Health Organization said a 24-year-old man in Mubende had tested positive for “the relatively rare Sudan strain” of the virus. “This follows an investigation by the National Rapid Response team of six suspicious deaths that have occurred in the district this month,” WHO said. Eight other suspected patients were undergoing treatment, WHO said. “This is the first time in more than a decade that Uganda is recording the Ebola Sudan strain,” WHO Africa Director Matshidiso Moeti said. “We are working closely with the national health authorities to investigate the source of

The federal government says it is proposing legislation to ban the consumption of animal skin, locally known as ponmo, in the country to revive tanneries. Muhammad Yakubu, director-general, Nigerian Institute of Leather and Science Technology (NILEST), Zaria, said this in Abuja on Sunday. He said the litigation was necessary to revive the comatose leather industry in the country. He said the habit of eating animal skin, which has no nutritional value, should be stopped to save the industry and boost the nation’s economy. The director-general added that the institute, in collaboration with stakeholders in the industry, would approach the national assembly and state governments to bring out legislation banning “ponmo” consumption. “To the best of my knowledge, Nigerians are the only people in the world that overvalue skin as food, after all, Ponmo has no nutritional value. At one point, there was a motion before the two chambers of the national assembly, it was debated but I

The mode of transportation for African leaders to the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey on Monday, has been generating reactions on Twitter. Social media users have been comparing the privileges given to the US president, Joe Biden, to use his motorcade, while other leaders, not only African leaders had to arrive via buses. A tweep, Dere R Tesfa said, “African leaders including #WilliamsRuto, were lumped into a bus during Queen Elizabeth's burial. This is considered as an insult and disrespect for #Africa. #ShameOnUK YejeginaLij replied Tesfa, saying, “Shame on the African leaders who accepted such treatment.” Emmanuel Lumumba shared a video of the arrival of the US president, Joe Biden in his motorcade and that of African leaders on a bus and said, “Our leaders went to the UK and are being treated the way they treat us.” Kasera Achayo tweeted, “Why even bother to go? it's obvious their absence wouldn't have been noticed either way.

The Minister of State, Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Agba, has been made the Grand Patron of the Universal Reggae Fans Movement. His investiture took place on Saturday in Edo State and he shared photos via his official Twitter handle on Sunday. Agba captioned the photos, “As a lifelong lover of reggae music, I am humbled and honoured with my investiture as the Grand Patron of the Universal Reggae Fans Movement (URFAM), on Saturday, at the 2022 Naija Reggae Revival, in Benin City, Edo State. "I also took the opportunity to reaffirm the need to rediscover who we really are as Africans for us to take our pride of place in humanity.” Credit: Twitter | ClemAgba

The British royal family has released a new photo of the late monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. The new photo was released on Sunday and captioned, "Ahead of Her Majesty The Queen’s State Funeral, a new photograph has been released. "The photo was taken to mark Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee - the first British Monarch to reach this milestone." Credit: Twitter| RoyalFamily

The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has shared photos from his meeting with young creatives in Lagos. A former Big Brother Naija housemate, Cross, was one of the young persons who participated in the meeting. In photos and videos shared on his Twitter handle on Sunday, Atiku said the group consisted of successful content creators, entrepreneurs and social media stars. He said, “As a man who came from nothing and persevered in learning and achieving against all odds, these young powerhouses remind me of myself and our nation’s exceptional resilience to succeed.” Credit: Twitter  | atiku -- Follow us for more breaking news and videos

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Cross River State Governor Ben Ayade, this Wednesday, locked out some of his aides, including some staff of Government House, Calabar, for coming late to work. On arriving at the office as early as 7:58am, Ayade was said to have immediately ordered the opening of a register and asked the chief security officer to lock the gate at 8:30am against any late-coming worker thereafter. Those locked out include all levels of workers, including top-ranking officers of the state civil service as well as political appointees. On Tuesday, Christian Ita, the governor’s spokesperson, said Ayade had always expressed his displeasure for lateness, adding that he had rewarded those who are committed to their duties. He said if the governor can show up at the office as early as 8 am, the workers in the government house should not have an excuse for coming late. “The normal resumption time is 8am, and if a governor can be in office at that time, why can’t others be arou

The Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has blasted his predecessor, Rotimi Amaechi, over his comments at the burial of four-time federal minister, Alabo Tamunotenyim Omubo Graham-Douglas (TOG). Amaechi at the burial over the weekend knocked Wike for not taking responsibility for Alabo’s burial. He said, “Indeed going by the contributions he made to the state, I was thinking that the state would take responsibility for everything concerning Alabo. You don’t need to be Governor to be recognised.” Reacting to Amaechi, the Rivers governor said, “It’s unfortunate and I ask him, when Alabo was sick, where were you? This state government committed so much to make sure Alabo survived. I want to challenge anybody. We didn’t spend anything less than N50 million to make sure our elder statesman survived. It is the survival we want. We wanted him to be alive. “When his late son had an accident and was flown to London, this state government bore the cost.  Go and ask people. We don’t n

IMO 5: President Buhari with Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma and other dignitaries during the commissioning of the Newly refurbished Imo State House of Assembly Complex on 13th Sep 2022 IMO 7: President Buhari with Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma and his wife Chioma as he visits Imo to Commission Signature Projects by the Imo State Government on 13th Sep 2022 IMO 8: President Buhari with Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma, Former Governor Ikedi Ohakim, and South East Leader Chief Dr. Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu during his visit to commission projects in Imo State on 13th Sep 2022 IMO 10: President Buhari with R-L: Maj. Gen. Ike Nwachukwu, Imo Deputy Governor Placid Njoku, First Lady of Imo State Chioma Uzodinma, Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma, Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege, Deputy Speaker Ahmed Idris Wase, and other dignitaries during a meeting as part of his visit to commission projects in Imo State on 13th Sep 2022

DEAR YOUNG PEOPLE. I know you must have heard this but I am happy to remind you again; you were born to win but you should know that you can only win with passion, hard work and discipline (keyword: discipline), and not pride or arrogance.  In my experience  of working as a Bar man, Okada man, class teacher (precisely primary  2),  online and walk-in customer agent and now a Broadcaster I have learnt alot, being people-centric jobs that are stressful and require discipline and professionalism. I have seen, met, heard and experienced  a lot and I understand  that Rome wasn't built  in a day. It was a project of hardwork, dedication and passion.  Interestingly, when  you see young people these days, especially in this creative industry, one begins  to wonder what orientation is given to them in school. There is absence of discipline  and passion. As if that is not enough, you see high rate of illogical reasoning, desperate steps and self destructive ideologies that leave

Hours before the death of Queen Elizabeth was announced, a Carnegie Mellon professor blasted the United Kingdom as a “genocidal empire” and wished the 96-year-old monarch “excruciating” pain. Professor Uju Anya, who teaches linguistics and critical race studies at Carnegie Mellon University,” according to the website, sent out her maleficent remark via Twitter. At the time, the beloved queen’s death had not yet been announced. “I heard the chief monarch of a thieving raping genocidal empire is finally dying. May her pain be excruciating,” she tweeted. After the news broke of the queen’s death, Anya, who hails from Nigeria, doubled down with another nasty social media missive. “If anyone expects me to express anything but disdain for the monarch who supervised a government that sponsored the genocide that massacred and displaced half my family and the consequences of which those alive today are still trying to overcome, you can keep wishing upon a star,” she wrote. Anya was

Nigerian singer, Damini Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy, has revealed that he joined Nigeria’s music industry after he left Chelmsford HMP, a UK jail for young offenders. In now-deleted tweets, the Grammy-winning music star said he doesn’t care about being “named Nigeria’s biggest music star” as much as people think, but “Nigeria really doesn’t know me”. Burna Boy also revealed that he made his way into music after a brush with UK law enforcement. He wrote, “Nigeria real doesn’t know me. I don’t care to be the biggest Nigerian artist, I’m just happy I can do what I love and take care of my people from it. If you knew just half the sh*t I used to do for money, risking my freedom daily, you would be way happier for me. "I came into the music industry straight from CHELMSFORD HMP. I had no idea I would even live this long. So when people talk about me now, it’s all just funny. Of course I would perform with my injured leg or even no legs or no arms.” Credit: Twitter |

Crowd had gathered at the Buckingham Palace residence in London on Thursday as concern was growing over the Queen’s health. Around 100 people braved torrential rain to stand at the palace gates, according to AFP, as senior royals rushed to Balmoral in Scotland, where the queen was being treated.

Nollywood actress, Eniola Badmus, has written an open letter to herself as she celebrates her birthday on Wednesday. Badmus, on her Instagram page, shared photos of herself with the caption, “AN OPEN LETTER TO MYSELF. You are beautiful. You’ve inspired my present self and I’m so thankful for your persistence, your courage, your devotion, and your never ending belief in me. “Eniola Badmus I am so thankful to God for all you have accomplished within these couple of years and I can’t wait to see what else God has in store for you. You are compassionate. “ You wholeheartedly wear your heart on your sleeve. You have a passion for life and love. A passion you so kindly share all year. You know how to lift spirits, and fill lives with endless cheer.  “ Eniola, you light up my world.. I am so thankful to be YOU. May your journey continue in peace, love, happiness, more wealth, success and EVERLASTING blessings. “I know today comes with a new feeling.. maybe it’s because

The Independent National Electoral Commission on Tuesday said the estimated three million Internally Displaced Persons would participate in the 2023 general elections. The commission added that it will display voter register across the country once it completes the ongoing Automated Biometric Identification System to weed out all double/multiple as well as ineligible registrants. The commission’s Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, stated these in Abuja at a stakeholders’ meeting on the 2022 Revised Framework and Regulations for Voting by IDPs. Yakubu explained that the revised framework had taken into consideration several developments since the last review and validation in 2018. He said, “The policy was to ensure that no eligible Nigerian is left out of the electoral process on account of displacement, disability or other circumstances that may limit citizens’ participation in the electoral process. “One of such developments is the increased number of IDPs as a result of wid

The 2001 Jos riots were riots involving Christians and Muslims in Jos, Nigeria, over the appointment of a Muslim politician, Alhaji Muktar Mohammed, as local coordinator of the federal poverty alleviation program. The clashes started on 7 September and lasted nearly two weeks, ending on 17 September. CAUSES Religious and ethnic conflicts have repeatedly occurred in Jos due to the city's geographical placement in Nigeria. Jos, the capital of Plateau State, is located in the middle of the country, which lies between the predominantly Muslim north and the predominantly Christian south. Jos was also known for its job opportunities leading people from around Nigeria to move there for employment. The influx of people led to tensions between members of "indigene" (indigenous) ethnic groups and non-indigene ethnic groups (often referred to as "settlers"). In June 2001 the federal government appointed a Hausa Muslim politician, Alhaji Muktar Mohammed, as loca

Chelsea Football Club have on Wednesday parted company with Head Coach Thomas Tuchel. This was revealed in a statement issued by the club on its website. In the meantime, the Chelsea’s coaching staff will take charge of the team for training and "the preparation of our upcoming matches as the Club moves swiftly to appoint a new head coach."

PREAMBLE: The clamour for war and crisis is a call that must always be seen as step back in any society, bar the cause, motive or any driving force behind such conflict, peace is always better. In one of Ronald Keagan's famous quotes, he said; "Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means."  Could it be that the rumour which attempts to escalate but luckily dies off at its latent stage on 27th August, 2022 in Shendam town be an indication of a long standing injustice? This is a topic for another day. We marvel that the timely intervention of security agencies was enough to avert the perceived danger. Civilly, irrespective of our difference in choices, interest and perceptions, we must peacefully handle such dividing opinions using dialogue or any other acceptable conflict resolution procedure. BRIEF HISTORY OF YELWA-NSHAR  Yelwa is a commercial town in Shendam LGA, about 20km away from the town of Shendam - Southern

There is heavy presence of security personnel currently at the premises of the Plateau State High in Jos, the state capital. The fierce looking armed security personnel mainly from the Nigeria Police Force and the Department of State Security were said to have cordoned off all the four entrances leading to the court as early as 6am on Friday. The security beef-up, it was learnt, may not be unconnected with a judgement involving a former governor of the state, Jonah Jang, over an alleged N6.3bn fraud which the court is expected to deliver today at 9am. Our correspondent, who arrived at the court premises around 8am, observed that those driving into the court premises as well as those walking to the area were stopped and questioned by security officers before they were allowed in, while others were refused entry. One of the security personnel who spoke with our correspondent said, “Today is not an ordinary day for us. We are here on a special duty at the court and that is

For 74-year-old Mallam Muhammad Awal, it was destined that he would be married to his now wife, 45-year-old divorcee, Mallama Rahmat Muhammad this late and that no one can overcome what the Almighty has designed in their lives. Little wonder a mammoth crowd comprising the young and the old, male and female attended the wedding solemnization which took place on Sunday in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital. The crowd braved the early morning downpour to be at the occasion which Islamic clerics in the State officiated. Speaking to TheNewsaguru on why he had stayed this late before getting married, the septuagenarian said he had given up on marriage before he found Malama Rahmat. To him, despite encouragement from family, friends and even some Islamic teachers that he should be brave and approach a lady he liked for marriage, he said his lack of financial capacity had held him back several times. “I have always been afraid I might fail in my duty of care to a spouse if

Natural disaster yesterday, 31st August, 2022 night at unguwan Gagar kurgwi. It was a serious flood that destroyed about 20 houses including new govt phc. Compound flooded with water Below: PHC Clinic and facilities Destroyed Below:Some neighbouring compounds destroyed Below: Box Culvert and drainage destroyed Below: Business site overflowed, houses destroyed Jos360plusTv