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The Corps Marshall of the Federal Road Safety Commission, Mr. Boboye Oyeyemi, has said that the agency will no longer insist on any deadline for the enforcement of the new number plate. Oyeyemi, who stated this on Wednesday in an interview with journalists when he paid a courtesy visit on Governor Theodore Orji at the Government House in Umuahia, said …

SOKOTO– President Goodluck Jonathan says former President Shehu Shagari is a role model to Nigerian leaders especially the members of the National Council of state. ”He is a role model, always very calm and always want Nigeria to grow and be united,” Jonathan added. Jonathan spoke in Sokoto today (Wednesday) when he led four other former Heads of state to …

The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria in Osun State has said that the union will embark on three-day warning strike if its demands are not met by Thursday. The Chairman of the association, Akinyemi Olatunji, made this known in Osogbo on Wednesday. Olatunji said the warning strike would commence on Friday when the seven-day ultimatum it gave to …

WASHINGTON – United States Defense Department has expedited $17.9 million in equipment and supplies – some which have already been delivered – to the Iraqi government, Pentagon spokesman Army Col. Steve Warren told reporters today. Warren provided a general update on equipment and supplies authorized for delivery to the Iraqis. “This was a $17.9 million [Foreign Military Sales Program] case,” …

WASHINGTON – Defense Secretary Ash Carter telephoned Egyptian Minister of Defense Gen. Sedki Sobhy today and expressed his condolences to Egypt for victims of recent terrorist attacks and his desire to work closely with Sobhy as the U.S. and Egypt cooperate to meet security challenges, Pentagon spokesman Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby said in a statement. Sobhy thanked Carter for …

A motion on the alleged disrespectful conduct and utterances of the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone II Command, Joseph Mbu, on Tuesday divided members of the House of Representatives along party lines. An All Progressives Congress member, Alo Madaki, had moved a motion asking the House to “condemn” Mbu for alleged violations of the 1999 Constitution and showing “disrespect for …

Last Thursday, reports claiming that some residents of Lagos State stormed the state headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission in the Yaba area to demand the release of their Permanent Voter Cards drew my attention. The reports also said the protesters carried placards with inscriptions that accused the INEC of planning to deprive non-indigenes of the state of their …

The Kano State Governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso on Tuesday said Nigerians will not vote for President Jonathan in the coming elections irrespective of the of monetary inducement been used to woo electorate. Kwankwaso said this while reacting to reports that President Jonathan purportedly wooed traditional rulers and others with billions of naira so that they will mobilize their people and …

SENATORS yesterday took a swipe at the Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, accusing her of crippling the nation’s economy. Senators had met in a closed-door meeting and accused the minister of destroying the economy through some of her policies and her refusal to release funds for the execution of capital projects, while allocation …

The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Mr. Mohammed Sada, said on Tuesday that the Federal Government, through the Assets Management Company of Nigeria, has perfected necessary arrangements to sell the Delta steel company to an automobile firm. The minister stated this when he appeared before the senate committee on Power, Mines and Steel, to defend his ministry’s 2015 budget. …