The Deputy Governor of Benue state, Benson Abounu has asked Fulani leaders to speak against the attacks by herders on communities. According to the deputy governor, a word from President Muhammadu Buhari, Muhammadu Abubakar, Sultan of Sokoto, and Muhammadu Aliyu, Lamido of Adamawa will serve as an “effective response” that may put a…
Osun Government has suspended the management and coaches of Osun United Football Club of Osogbo over the club’s poor performance in the ongoing 2020/2021 Nigeria National League (NNL). Vincent Akinbami, the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to Osun’s Gov. Gboyega Oyetola on Sports Development, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Osogbo. He said the…
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has dissolved the State Executive Council with immediate effect. He has also sacked the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Bala Bello Maru, and the Chief of Staff, Colonel Bala Mande (rtd). Also affected are all chairmen and members of the state commissions and boards of various…
Oyetola reverses another Aregbesola education policy in Osun The Osun state Governor, Gboyega Oyetola has approved the reversal of Teachers’ Establishment and Pension Office (TEPO) to its original name, Teaching Service Commission. In a statement signed by the Ministry of Education’s Coordinating Director, Kehinde Olaniyan, the reversal takes immediate effect. Former Governor Rauf Aregbesola had…
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has refuted claims that its Registrar, Godswill Obioma, was assassinated. NECO in a statement by its Director of Human Resources, Abdul Mustapha, on Tuesday said Obioma died in his sleep as a result of heart failure. Mustapha stated that the son of the deceased had informed the management…
Operatives of the Ebonyi State Police Command have arrested six suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Police spokesperson in the state, DSP Loveth Odah, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday said five locally made pistols with 12 live ammunition were recovered from them. Odah said the suspects were…
The federal government has stated that it is working towards creating a minimum of one emergency communication centre (ECC) in each state next year. This was disclosed by the minister of communications and digital economy, Isa Pantami at the launching of the national policy on virtual engagements in federal public institutions and the…
Phony companies continue to take advantage of the harsh economic situation in the country to scam people looking to make extra income. Investors in Insha Allahu Asset Management and Investment Limited have been left stranded as the management of the company has closed shop while company CEO Abdulakeem Morendayo is on the run, Peoples Gazette…
Professor Godswill Obioma, a registrar of National Examination Council (NECO) has been killed. He was reportedly strangled to death by gunmen suspected to be assassins. His wife, Elizabeth Obioma, confirmed the incident on Tuesday morning saying “the assassins came in and killed him and left without taking anything.” She told an online newspaper, Peoples Gazette…
Leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has commended South-East governors except Hope Uzodinma of Imo state for taking some proactive actions in achieving a sit-at-home compliance in memory of Biafra Day celebration. VAM news recalls that Kanu had ordered a sit-at-home to mark this year’s Biafra Day and…
