Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has approved the appointment of Prof. Nimibofa Ayawei as Secretary to the State Government (SSG). He also named Dr. Peter Pereotubo Akpe as the Chief of Staff (CoS), Government House. A press release by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, also stated that Mr. Irorodamie Komonibo has…
Tinubu’s commitment to border security not a rhetoric, says Interior Minister Bunmi Tunji-Ojo Deploys 30 surveillance vans for border patrol. The Minister of Interior, Hon. (Dr) Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo says President Bola Tinubu’s commitment to total security of Nigeria’s borders is not a rhetoric. The minister added that the President has the firm belief that…
ANRPM Gets New Executives, Pledges to Eradicate Adulterated Petroleum Product The Association of Nigeria Refineries Petroleum Marketers (ANRPM) has elected new national executive to steer the canoe of the association for another two years. The election which took place in Abuja on Saturday during the association’s stakeholders’ meeting, had Hon. Iwalewa Olatubosun elected as the…
One of the executives from Binance detained in Nigeria on allegations of tax evasion and other criminal offenses, Nadeem Anjarwalla, has reportedly escaped from custody. The Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) confirmed this, in a statement made by Mr. Zakari Mijinyawa, Head, Strategic Communication, ONSA, on Monday, in Abuja. He said that Anjarwalla…
The operatives of Osun Amotekun have arrested a 26 year old man, Oyekola Taofeek, for allegedly kidnapping and luring a 15-year-old girl into his house for possible rituals The suspect was understood to have lure the minor simply identified as Mariam to his residence at Ita- Olokan Osogbo. The suspect was nabbed by men of…
Six suspected cultists have been arrested in Ipetu-Ijesa, Osun State, while travelling to the South-South part of the country Reports had it that some residents saw the suspects at a motor park contacted the police Police source confirmed that the suspects were in the process of boarding a vehicle in Ipetu-Ijesa going to…
This article is a repeat as it was first published on November 1, 2020. Palliative–this ten-letter word has taken over our national discourse displacing #EndSARS. Considering how the #EndSARS protests threatened the very fabric of our existence, no one will think anything will supplant it with such ease and in such record time. However, it…
Blueprint newspaper published the first part of this article three years ago on Thursday, January 14, 2021, in my weekly column of Deep Thought. Because of what was written in the article, I received a ton of threats to my life from the dark forces operating behind the scenes. Momentarily, the threats baptized me into…
Nigeria Institute of Surveyors, Ondo State, on Thursday, March 21, 2024, joined the rest of the world to celebrate the “World Surveyors’ Day”. To commemorate the occasion, a senior member of the institute, the Chairman/CEO of Geospatial Data and Associates Limited, Surveyor A.O. Yusuf FNIS, delivered a lecture titled: “Surveying and Globalization”. In his…
The Nigeria Police Force has confirmed the deaths of six officers killed while investigating the disappearance of three colleagues in Delta State. The Force’s Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday. Adejobi added that six other officers are still missing and five suspects have been arrested in connection with…
