The Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, has said that every government needs a vibrant workforce that will push its policies and programmes for the overall development of the society. Governor Bello made the remark in Minna on Friday in a statement released to mark this year’s Workers Day. In the statement signed by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mary Noel Berje, Bello noted that civil servants are also “pivotal to the success of policy implementation of any administration”. “Every government needs a vibrant workforce, therefore priority attention must be accorded to the critical role the civil service plays…
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Lagos State Head of Service, Mr. Hakeem Muri-Okunola, has announced the reopening of the State Secretariat, Alausa as well as other government establishments. Muri-Okunola in a state on Friday said the offices would be reopened from Monday. He said Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu approved the reopening as part of the gradual easing of the existing lockdown in Lagos State. The HoS said the approval was contained in a circular with the Reference Number CIR/HOS/’20/Vol.1/046. The re-opening of the Secretariat, Muri-Okunola said, “would be subject not only to the conditions earlier specified prior to the announcement of the lockdown, vide Circulars Ref.…
The Rt. Rev’d Timothy Yahaya, Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Kaduna has stated that the greatest expression of God’s love to mankind is the blood of Jesus. According to him, the blood of Jesus covers every guilt that man has ever had and would ever have. Bishop Yahaya made this known while he delivered his online message at the 2020 Easter Mega Rally of the Diocese of Kaduna, Anglican Communion. Speaking on the theme, “Power in the blood of Jesus”, the Bishop explained that the blood of Jesus Christ has provided everything a believer needs to live a life…
The Primate of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), the Most Rev’d Henry C. Ndukuba has implored on Christians to always be disposed and ready to render themselves and their resources for the welfare of others, saying that “ministering to the needs of God’s people, especially the indigents and those in trouble has been part and parcel of the ministry of the church.” The Primate, who was speaking at the Church of Nigeria’s National Secretariat (St Matthias House) Waziri Crescent, Apo, Gudu District Abuja, while inaugurating an 18-man national Committee for Relief for the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), noted…
Leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Shaikh Ibraheem Zakzaky has sent foodstuffs worth millions of Naira to the needy across Kaduna state. He said it was his age long family practice to identify with the underprivileged and life in prison wouldn’t change his principle Zakzaky described Ramadan as a blessed month, saying the items he distributed were to enable the beneficiary mark the beginning of this year’s Ramadan. The food items included among others, bags of sugar, rice, maize and millet. Zakzaky’s surviving son, Muhammad Ibraheem Zakzaky, stood for his father during the distribution exercise. Muhammad said his detained…
Tension, Thursday morning, enveloped Bomadi town, headquarters of Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State following the death of a soldier who was shot dead on Thursday morning by a policeman attached to the Eagle Net police formation in the area. Though details on what led to the incident were still sketchy at the time of this report, soldiers from the 222 battalions in Agbarha-Otor stationed in the area, have gone on a rampage in protest of the incident. A senior police officer from the Bomadi police station who confirmed the incident to Vanguard on condition of anonymity, said: “We…
National Coordinator, Presidential Task Force, PTF On COVID-19, Dr Sani Aliyu has lost his Father, Alhaji Aliyu Daneji to death.He died at the age of 96 on Wednesday night in Kano A son of the deceased, Mahmud Daneji, who confirmed the death, said Alhaji Aliyu Daneji died after a protracted illness. However, the funeral prayers were observed early on Thursday at his residence at Sabuwar Kofar, close to Kwalli Primary School, in Kano Municipal after which he was buried according to Islamic rites. Late Alhaji Aliyu Daneji was a former Permanent Secretary, Kano State, Ministry of Finance from 1972 –…
The Chief Medical Director of Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba, Lagos, Dr Bowale Abimbola, has reportedly tested positive for Coronavirus. SaharaReporters reports Dr Abimbola is presently being treated in one of the wards in the hospital. “Yes, he is positive, that’s why you haven’t seen him in public unlike before. It was even Dr Nifemi Bella Oloniniyi that received honourable members of Lagos State House of Assembly during their visit to our facility. I was told he had a meeting with someone who later showed symptoms of COVID-19, so his samples were immediately taken for test and his results returned…
A Nigerian man is facing a “significant” prison sentence after he spat blood in a police officer’s eye. Temisan Oritsejafor, 41, attacked PC Napier who was arresting him after he assaulted his neighbour. Police were called to his flat in Wyken, Coventry, on April 18 after he became abusive towards neighbour Alison Osborne. During the incident, Oritsejafor suffered a bloody nose and while he was being arrested he spat in PC Napier’s face. A court heard Oritsejafor was on bail at the time for a previous assault on a police officer. Oritsejafor admitted common assault and two charges of common…
Paris Saint-Germain are set to be named champions of France after the Ligue 1 top flight was brought to a premature end due to the Coronavirus pandemic. This comes days after French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced that 2019-20 seasons would not be able to finish and that professional sport would not be returning to French life until September. Speaking at a press conference, Philippe said: “The big sporting affairs cannot occur before September. The 2019/20 football season cannot return.” The announcement left a question on how the Ligue 1 season was going to be resolved with…