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By Lateef Taiwo Taraba State Governor Dr Kefas Agbu has declared state of emergency on primary and secondary education in the state. Governor Agbu who made the declaration during an interaction with journalists in Jalingo on Saturday at the Exco Chambers of Government House Jalingo also vowed to set the ground running with execution of…

By Lateef Taiwo The Permanent Secretary, PS, redeployed to the Nigerian Ministry of Mines and Steel Development (MMSD), Dr Mary Ogbe, has committed to strengthening the ministry towards proffering solutions to the challenges facing the nation. While speaking at a valedictory session organised by the management of the ministry for her predecessor, Dr Oluwatoyin Akinlade,…

From Lateef Taiwo Enugu State Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmed Ammani, has ordered Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers, Commanders of PMF Squadron Bases, other Tactical and Operational Units of the Command, to deploy personnel and all the operational and intelligence resources at their disposal to ensure that citizens aren’t disturbed by miscreants. The CP gave…

Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin The dearth of tractors and other farm implements in Nigeria, particularly in Kwara state, would soon be a thing of the past as a community development enthusiast, Kayode Oyin-Zubair, disclosed to New Telegraph over the weekend in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, that efforts are at an advanced stage at manufacturing…

FROM Lateef Taiwo The Kaduna State Pilgrims Welfare Agency has begun airlifting of 6, 487 pilgrims expected to take part in the 2023 hajj exercise in Saudi Arabia. The Executive Secretary of the agency, Dr. Yusuf Arrigasiyyu, while speaking at the inauguration of the first flight yesterday at the Kaduna State Muslim Pilgrims Transit Camp,…

By Lateef Taiwo The Permanent Secretary, Federal Capital Territory Administration, Mr. Olusade Adesola has ordered for the continue enforcement of the law banning operation of commercial motorcycles popularly called okada within the Federal Capital City (FCC). He said anyone found breaking the law will be made to face the full wrath of the law. Adesola,…

By Lateef Taiwo Governor Babagana Umara Zulum, of Borno state, has paid a visit to Damboa town and Garjang community, both in Damboa Local Government Area in the southern part of Borno State. Zulum ordered the construction of a new General Hospital for Damboa township, because internally displaced persons (IDPs) currently occupy the existing hospital…

By Abdulateef Bamgbose *Ohanaeze Ndigbo, apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, has raised alarm about purported plot to discredit Mr. Ifeanyi Ugwanyi, by a group of politicians in the state . The apex Igbo Social Cultural group, Ohaneze raised the alarm in a statement made available to news men on Sunday saying those behind the said plan…

*Hails Gbajabiamila, Akume, Hadejia’s appointments by Tinubu By Abdulateef Bamgbose Former Leader of the Senate, Mohammed Ali Ndume, has called on the national leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), to call off the planned strike, expected to commence next Wednesday. Ndume in a statement made available to newsmen, urged Labour leaders to return to…

Uhuru Samuel Adaji Jalingo  Taraba State Governor Dr Kefas Agbu has declared state of emergency on primary and secondary education in the state.  Governor Agbu who  made the declaration during an interaction with journalists in Jalingo on Saturday at the Exco Chambers of Government House Jalingo  also vowed to set the ground running with execution…