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The Northern Youths are appealing to President Bola Tinubu to appoint Dada Olusegun as the Minister of Youths. The Northern Progressive Caucus is specifically appealing to the president, Bola Tinubu, and all APC governors to be united behind Segun Dada’s leadership skills for the office of the minister of youths. Speaking on behalf of the group, the forum spokesperson, Ismail Adam, said all the young men and women from the zones across this country have resolved to support his appointment as he has served in various capacities of the Buhari administration and now the Tinubu-led administration. I am currently serving…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has launched a manhunt for a notorious Lekki, Lagos-based drug dealer, Sowunmi Ayodeji Kayode, who is now on the run after driving over an NDLEA officer in his bid to evade arrest when operatives were on a search of his house last weekend. Chronicle NG reports that Femi Babafemi, NDLEA PRO, said this on Wednesday in a statement. Anti-narcotics officers of the agency stormed the residence of the wanted drug dealer located at 2/3 Adetola Ayeni Close, Lekki, Lagos, on Friday, August 18th, for a search and possible arrest following credible intelligence that…

The Abuja Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, arraigned one Abass Abdulkareem before Justice O. I. Adelaja of the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Kubwa on a one-count charge bordering on internet fraud. The charge read, “that you, Abass Aminu Abdulkareem, sometime in 2023 at Abuja within the jurisdiction of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, cheated by personation when you represented yourself on a Facebook profile page as Jeremiah Lincoln, a citizen of the United States of America, and under that name obtained the sum of two hundred and seventy United…

In a case that might have broader European repercussions, Norway’s data authority informed a court on Wednesday that Meta Platform is violating European data privacy standards. Since August 14, Meta has been fined one million crowns ($94,145) every day for violating users’ privacy by gathering user data and utilizing it to target advertising at them. Big Tech uses a business strategy known as behavioural advertising. The owners of Facebook and Instagram are seeking a temporary restraining order to prevent the ruling, which levies a daily fee for the next three months, from being implemented. The fine is legal since Meta…

Former Nigerian Head of State Abdulsalami Abubakar has stated that his delegation’s meeting with Niger Republic coup leaders over the weekend was fruitful. Diplomacy, according to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) special envoy, will not fail to restore the democratically elected administration of ousted President Mohamed Bazoum. On Tuesday, Abdulsalami informed the ECOWAS Chairperson and Nigerian President Bola Tinubu of the outcome of his delegation’s meeting with the coup leaders in the adjacent nation. Speaking to reporters following the meeting at Aso Villa in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, Abdulsalami emphasized that no one wants war and that diplomacy…

The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has pledged to commit 270 million dollars to strengthen and support Nigeria’s humanitarian response and poverty alleviation efforts. UNICEF Country Representative, Cristian Munduate, made this known when she met with the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu, in Abuja. According to a statement issued to newsmen by the Deputy Director, Information, of the Ministry, Mrs. Rhoda Iliya, on Tuesday in Abuja, “UNICEF also assured the minister of their commitment to provide technical support towards building the capacity of the ministry’s staff to achieve its mandate.” ”We will also…

The Managing Director and Chief Executive Office of the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), Mr. Aminu Umar-Sadiq, has disclosed that the Authority has committed $500 million to domestic infrastructure while also enabling third-party investments of over $1 billion. He said this at an investigative hearing held on Tuesday, August 22, 2023, by the ad hoc committee constituted by the House of Representatives to investigate the activities of the NSIA since its inception. He explained that the NSIA belongs to the three tiers of government consisting of the federal government, state government, and local government, including the FCT and its Area…

The Minister of Art, Culture, and Creative Economy, Barr. Hannatu Musa-Musawa, has officially assumed duty as the first female minister to hold the portfolio and to embark on a national theme song project for Nigeria’s image rebranding. She was received with a loud ovation by the permanent secretary, directors, and other senior officers, as well as members of the staff of the ministry. In a brief remark, Musa-Musawa, who expressed delight with the warm reception, especially appreciated President Bola Tinubu for considering her worthy to serve in such a capacity. She promised to give her best to the rebranding of…

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Engr. Bisoye Coker-Odusote to serve as the Acting Director-General/CEO of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) for a 90-day period with effect from August 24, 2023, after which a full term of four years will begin as the substantive DG/CEO, beginning on November 24, 2023. He also appointed Hon. Yusuf Yakub to serve as the Director and CEO of the Directorate of Technical Aid Corps (DTAC). Ajuri Ngelale, the spokesperson for President Tinubu, said this on Tuesday in a statement. President Bola Tinubu directs the commencement of 90-day pre-retirement leave for the Director-General/CEO of the…

Mary Nkeki, a 27-year-old Chibok girl who was recently rescued by the Nigerian Army, has asked to be reunited with her husband, a repentant Boko Haram member named Mallam Adamu. Nkeki was abducted alongside over 182 students from the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, by Boko Haram insurgents in 2014. She was rescued by troops of the 81st Nigerian Army Battalion in Dikwa, a border community with Cameroon. She was handed over to the Borno State Commissioner of Women Affairs, Zuwaira Gambo, at the Maimalari Cantonment, Maiduguri, on Monday, August 21. According to the Theatre Commander OPHK, Maj-Gen. Gold Chibuisi,…