The Management of Npower official at the national level has on Monday written to all zonal Secretaries on the need for Batch A Npower Beneficiaries to upload their deployment letter on their verified personal portal. Read Also: Just In: Npower Officially Reacts To The News Of Sacking 500,000 Beneficiaries The statement added that failure to adhere to this directive might lead to the disengagement of the affected beneficiaries. The letter reads: ” To All Zonal Secretaries Sir / Ma, reference to the directive of the N-power Programme Office, Abuja directing the First Batch (Year 2016) N-Power Volunteers Corps to upload…
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Senator Dino Melaye once again was vindicated On Tuesday by FCT High Court in a criminal case involving the deputy Governor of Kogi State, Chief Edward Onoja filed by Attoney General of the Federation (AGF). Justice Goodluck in a judgement ruled that senator Dino Melaye is not guilty of the conspired allegation labeled against him therefore struck out the case. Senator Dino Melaye confirmed this development as he gave thanks to God in one of his facebook post on Tuesday which reads: “Again… to God alone be the Glory. The case Federal Republic of Nigeria v Senator Dino Melaye has…
Nigerian music legend and reggae king Majekodunmi Fasheke, popularly called Majek Fashek, is dead. His death was confirmed by his manager Omenka Uzoma, on the late singer’s official Instagram handle. “Today been having pressure calls, well it is true that the African No 1 Legendary ICON has gone to be with the LORD his Maker,” he said. “Let celebrate him, his achievements, and his family, whatever decisions made by his immediate family will be notified.” Majek was a native of Benin-City, Edo state. Until his death, he was one of Nigeria’s surviving Reggae music legend. Majek attracted international attention in…
The federal government FG, has lifted the ban on religious gatherings across the country. The government had imposed the ban two months ago to check the spread of coronavirus. But at the briefing of the presidential task force (PTF) on COVID-19 on Monday, Boss Mustapha, secretary to the government of the federation and chairman of the PTF, announced that President Muhammadu Buhari had approved the relaxation of the ban for four weeks. “The PTF submitted its recommendations and the PRESIDENT has approved the following for implementation over the next four weeks spanning 2nd – 29th June, 2020, subject to review-:…
The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency PPPRA has announced a new pump price band of N121.50 to N123.50 per litre for Premium Motor Spirit PMS, also known as petrol. The PPPRA, which is an agency of the Federal Government, disclosed this in a circular to fuel marketers dated May 31, 2020, which was obtained by our correspondent on Monday. The sharp drop in crude oil prices on the back of the spread of coronavirus saw the landing cost of petrol hitting a record low in March, wiping off subsidy on the product. The pump price of petrol, which is still…
Manchester United have agreed to extend Odion Ighalo’s loan spell from parent club Shanghai Shenhua for another seven months, reports mirror.co.uk. Ighalo seemed destined to return to the Chinese Super League at the expiry of his loan at the end of May – but a new deal until January 2021 was agreed at the 11th hour. Shanghai Shenhua were previously reluctant to let the former Watford man stay with his boyhood club and were holding out for their £20 million price tag to be met as part of a permanent deal. But United agreed to pay a revised loan fee…
The Former Commissioner for Culture and Tourism in Kogi State, Hon Ugbede Paul Ebije has condoled with All Progressive Congress, Kogi East,zonal chairman Hon Ahmedi Attah over the demise of his Dad, Mallam Attah. According to Hon Ugbede Paul Ebije, “death is an inevitable debt every living soul under the planet earth must taste when God Almighty dims it to happen” and that it is appointed unto a man to die once and which comes judgement. He added that Hon Ahmedi Attah should be consoled that his late Dad lived to have seen all his children grown to maturity. Hon…
It was an eyes to behold in the city of Benin, Edo State of Nigeria a week ago as 12 year old boy fought a stubborn Masquerade known for terrorising people and destroying valuable properties to a stand still. An eye witness recounts that trouble broke out when an innocent boy was passing along the major road in the heart of Benin when the said Masquerade as usual started beating the boy without any offense. The boy who was said to have been angered by this inhumane and barbaric act as the authority shows I don’t care attitude to the…
American Police on Sunday bowed to pressure as they publicly knelt down before angry protesters to beg for forgiveness on behalf of their colleagues over the gruesome murder of George Floyd. Many people protested in Denver and other states in the USA by lying down in the position late George Floyd was held and choked to death by the knees of Derek Chauvin. Although Derek has been arrested and charged with 3rd degree murder and manslaughter, the protesters want the other three officers involved to be apprehended also with reforms in the Police enacted to avoid future violence against blacks.…
The abuse of the privilege and the future of a child; the long distance away from the corridor of formal education; the ghostly misplaced of its destiny like that of a desert wanderer in no traceable path; the dashing of hope and loss of dignity in a pluralistic society like ours; the careless and no oriented nature of its character due to abject poverty; the deprivation of the opportunity to grow, develop and unleash its potentials, are part and parcel of the flurries of abnormalities and negativities that hinged on the sheer display of the Almajiri menace up north. The…