Shettima donates to bomb blast victims in Maiduguri
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Vice President Kashim Shettima paid a condolence visit to the victims and families who lost their members in the suicide bombings in Gwoza, Borno State, on Saturday.
Hell was let loose on Saturday, as news filtered in that a female detonated bombs in a wedding ceremony and killed over 30 persons and injured many others.
Shettima, while on the condolence visit, described the incident as pathetic.
Speaking with journalists immediately after meeting and commiserating with victims of the attack at the State Specialist Hospital, Maiduguri,
the Number Two citizen conveyed the condolences of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to the Borno State government and the people of Gwoza.
Wike threatens to unseat lawmaker in 2027
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Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has threatened to unseat an unidentified lawmaker for criticising his successes as the FCT Minister.
Wike made the threat during the inauguration of the construction of Mabushi Bus Terminal, Phase I, in Abuja on Monday.
He said that he overheard somebody, a lawmaker in the National Assembly in Arise TV in the morning, castigating the successes being recorded in FCT.
The minister said that the lawmaker particularly criticised the rot in schools and the absence of quality hospitals in the territory.
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Nigeria needs an ethical, highly professional police system – Senate leader
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Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, has said that Nigeria needs an ethical and highly professional Police system that respects and protects civil rights,
adding that recruiting more officers will not solve the various problems facing the country presently.
Delivering the annual distinguished Personality Lecture organised by the University of Ilorin Department of Political Science on Monday, Bamidele said that the establishment of state police would,
however, go a long way to mitigate Nigeria’s current security challenges with the proper control mechanisms put in place.
In the lecture, ‘ Constitutional Amendment and Political Dynamics of State Policing in Nigeria,’ which was organized in conjunction with the Institute of Legislative Studies of the University, the senator said that security affairs should be decentralized in the country.
He said, “The numerous problems of the Nigerian Police are well known. However, simply recruiting more officers will not solve the problem.
Nigeria needs an ethical and highly professional Police system that respects and protects civil rights.
While this requires proper training, the Police needs to be adequately funded to achieve this and improve the living conditions of the members of the force.”
Oyebanji swears in new permanent secretaries
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The Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has charged civil servants in the state to be committed to probity, transparency, and prudence and also allow teamwork in their undertakings.
Oyebanji, who spoke in Ado Ekiti on Monday, while swearing in four new permanent secretaries,
urged them to embrace innovation and technology in their official duties and ensure they brought “creativity, compassion and vigour to bear on their job as permanent secretaries”.
The new permanent secretaries are Mrs Funke Ajibola, Mr Michael Boluade, Mr Foluso Akinwumi, and Mr Rotimi Akomolede.
The governor, who urged the permanent secretaries to justify their appointment by giving their best at all times, said, “You must see yourselves as both managers of human and material resources of government.