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The Federal Road Safety Commission has said the violation of fire extinguishers, caution and light signs remain bookable offences. This is as a result of insinuations by some members of the public that a recent directives on booking for certain traffic offences including Fire Extinguishers, Light and Caution signs violations are no more effective. According to Head Media Relations and …

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of retired Major-Gen. Emmanuel Bassey and Mr Ado Ja’afar as Commissioners for the Civil Defence, Fire, Immigration and Prisons Services Board (CDFIPB). This is contained in a statement issued by the acting Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Alhaji Muhammadu Maccido in Abuja.‎ ‎ The statement said that their appointments take immediate effect. Bassey …

President Muhammadu Buhari has fired the Executive Secretary of the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria, Mr. Jim Obazee, and ordered the reconstitution of the FRC board. The decision comes two days after Pastor Enoch Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church of God stepped down as the General Overseer of RCCG Nigeria based on a law by the council, sparking outrage …

By Lisa Ferdinando – DoD News WASHINGTON — The United States needs a strong but balanced approach to Russia, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said yesterday on NBC’s Meet the Press. Carter also discussed the recent U.S. intelligence community assessment of alleged Russian activities and intentions in the November presidential election. The intelligence community did a “painstaking” and “careful” job in …

There are strong indications that the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr. Okechukwu Enelamah, and the Executive Secretary of the Financial Regulatory Council of Nigeria(FRCN), Mr. Jim Obazee, are currently engaged in a face-off over an FRCN regulation, which stipulates 20 years tenure for heads of religious groups and civil society groups in the country. We reliably gathered in …

Pastor Tunde Bakare, the Convener, Save Nigeria Group, SNG, yesterday joined other eminent Nigerians in the call for restructuring of Nigeria’s federal system. Bakare made the call in his “State of the Nation” broadcast at the Latter Rain Assembly, End-Time Church in Lagos. Theme of the broadcast was: “Looking into the Future with the Eyes of Faith.” He said the …

Presidency, last night, said the beneficiaries of the N5,000 stipend in the Social Investment Programmes, SIP, were selected through a credible process by non partisan approach. It stated that government workers, working with the state officials, identified the poorest local government areas, using an existing poverty map for the state. According to it, the local government officials were later contacted …

By Oladipo Airenakho Benin City – Edo state Commissioner of Police, Haliru Gwandu has vowed to enforce the implementation of the ban on collection of revenue by private individuals as recently pronounced by the State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki. Besides, Edo State Government has released emergency phone lines to the public, so as to report any violator of the ban …

By Oladipo Airenakho Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has set up a modality for the employment of 10,000 persons in the first phase of his 200,000 job creation in fulfillment of his electioneering campaigns promise, according to officials. Besides, the government says it would establish an electronic platform that will collect revenue by the means of Point of Service …

Clerics on Saturday described the appointment of a new Head for the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) in Nigeria by the General Overseer of the church, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, as a sign of humility and obedience to God. Pastor Joshua Obayemi was appointed the new Overseer for the church in Nigeria at the Annual Ministers Thanksgiving at Shimawa, Ogun …