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Aregbesola is not concessioning Immigration facilities – NIS

NewsDeskNgFeb 6, 2023February 6, 20230

By Palma Ileye Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS, has dismissed reports that the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola was concessioning some facilities of the service a few months before the expiration of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. Reacting to the allegation, published in an online story of the Premium Times of...

Adigwe advocates use of artificial intelligence to boost healthcare delivery

NewsDeskNgFeb 5, 2023February 5, 20230

The Director General of the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD), Dr. Obi Adigwe, has disclosed that his institute has put in place strategies to ensure that scientists, policymakers and other stakeholders adopt Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) in conceptualising and implementing healthcare delivery reforms. He...

NSCDC, NEMA sign MOU on disaster management

NewsDeskNgFeb 4, 2023February 4, 20230

By Palma Ileye Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, pursuant to mutual support and collaboration for better service delivery. During a brief ceremony at the Corps National Headquarters, Abuja, the Director General of NEMA, Mustapha...

Kwara NPC commissioner warns against extortion of 2023 census functionaries

NewsDeskNgFeb 3, 2023February 3, 20230

The Federal Commissioner, National Population Commission, NPC, in Kwara state, Alhaji Abdulrazaq Folorunsho Gidado, on Friday, threatened to deal with staff alleged to have extorted members of the public desperate to participate in the ongoing training of functionaries for the census project this year. According to reports, his threat was...

Naira scarcity: Police, bank CSOs meet in Lagos

NewsDeskNgFeb 3, 2023February 3, 20230

The Lagos Police Command on Friday met with Chief Security Officers (CSOs) of banks in the state over the scarcity of naira notes. A statement by the Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin, announced that the meeting took place in Ikeja, where Commissioner of Police Abiodun Alabi advised financial institutions on...

Supreme Court dismisses APC’s suit against PDP on House of Reps ticket tussle

NewsDeskNgFeb 3, 2023February 3, 20230

The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal instituted by the All Progressives Congress (APC) against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ahiazu Mbaise Ezinihitte Federal Constituency of Imo State. The Apex Court on Friday threw out the appeal on the ground that APC has no legal right to dabble in...

Shut down tertiary institutions during elections – FixPolitics asks Buhari

NewsDeskNgFeb 3, 2023February 3, 20230

FixPolitics has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to order the closure of all tertiary institutions before the 2023 general elections. The organisation wants the President to direct the Ministry of Education to temporarily shut the schools from February 22nd to 27th. FixPolitics noted this would enable undergraduates to travel back to...

Intelligence-led policing depends on trust by residents – Police

NewsDeskNgFeb 3, 2023February 3, 20230

The Commissioner of Police (CP) in Plateau state, Bartholomew Onyeka, has said mutual trust between law enforcement officers and residents is essential for the effective policing of the state. Speaking while delivering a keynote address at a one-day retreat for human rights stakeholders organised by the Rule of Law and...

Bank gave one governor N500m new notes – El-Rufai makes shocking revelation

NewsDeskNgFeb 3, 2023February 3, 20230

Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has claimed that one of his fellow governors withdrew N500m in new Naira notes from an undisclosed bank despite the inability of Nigerians to get the cash. This is coming amid the cash crunch across the country birthed by the scarcity of the redesigned...

Kaduna PFN seeks God’s intervention over general election

NewsDeskNgFeb 2, 2023February 2, 20230

The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) Kaduna State Chapter has commenced a programme to seek God’s intervention towards ensuring a free, fair and creditable general election. The event, tagged “Oh land, hear the word of the Lord”, took place on Wednesday in Kaduna attracted ministers from across the state. The...