FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

The Director of Education and Youth for the West African (ECOWAS) Youth Council, Amb. Peter Folajimi Buraimoh, has written an open letter to President Ahmed Tinubu on how the council and his administration can improve the standard of education in Nigeria. Amb. Buraimoh, in a letter he personally signed and made available to journalists, said, “I am profoundly inspired by …

The deployment of Senator John Enoh to the Ministry of Sports Development by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR, has been hailed by Engr. Ibrahim Shehu Gusau, insisting that the sector is poised for a “Renewed Transformation,” following the appointment of the Cross River-born politician to oversee the sports sector. Engr. Gusau in a thank you message to Tinubu on Friday, …

Edo state governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has said the federal government’s fuel subsidy removal policy has further improvised Nigerians and inflicted hardship and suffering on the people. Obaseki, who stated this in Benin City, said he was also shocked about government’s inability to plan and effectively respond to the fuel subsidy removal. The governor said he had raised the alarm …

The Directors of Paz Oil Nigeria Limited, Ibrahim Shehu Tenimu and Jemima Monosoko Shehu have slammed a N10 billion fundamental human rights enforcement suit against the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Nigerian Police Force (NPF), Kwara state police Commissioner and four others over alleged violation of their fundamental rights without following due process of the law. Cited as respondents in …

The Minister of Transportation, Saide Ahmed Alkali, has expressed disappointment at the slow pace of work along the Port Harcourt-Maiduguri narrow gauge undergoing reconstruction and rehabilitation. The minister doubted the capacity of the contractor to complete the project in record time, describing the company handling the job as unserious. Alkali spoke in Port Harcourt on Friday, when he visited the …

UN Women Regional Director for East Africa, West, and Central Africa, Maxime Houinato, has said that in order to bridge the multi-sectoral gender gaps in Nigeria and improve the standard of living for women and girls, there is need for the federal government to commit specific percent of national budgets and development funds to interventions that address gender disparity in …

A pro-Nigerian democracy group, The Natives has embarked on the slogan “All Eyes on Ministries and MDAs”, asking the recently inaugurated ministers to either perform to deliver on the Renewed Hope Agenda or resign from office. The Natives, which comprises of various ethnic, religions and cultural backgrounds with about 20 millions members across the country, vowed to focus on all …

September 22, 2023 Bode Olagoke News 0 ontrary to reports by some online media that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, under the leadership of Group Chief Executive Officer Mr. Mele Kyari is conducting secret recruitment without board approval, this medium reliably gathered that it’s false. The report had claimed that about 35 people were allegedly recruited secretly into the …

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Drugs and Narcotics, Senator Alhaji Dr. Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo, has extended his heartfelt congratulations to Senate President Godswill Akpabio for his remarkable achievement in breaking a 59-year-old jinx by being elected to the Global Executive Committee of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. Dankwambo, in a congratulatory message shared with journalists on Saturday, said, “This prestigious …

A global human rights group, the African Centre for Justice and Human Rights (ACJHR), has faulted what it called a campaign of calumny against a Nigerian oil magnate, Benedict Peters. Peters is the founder of the nation’s largest independent oil producer, Aiteo. The ACJHR, in a statement on Thursday by its Coordinator, Nduka Edede Chinomso, described the attacks as malicious …