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By Aviashima Toom, Abuja The Minister of Special Duties and Inter-governmental Affairs, Sen.  George Akume, has said that he has willingly donated his N20 million paid for nomination forms to the party. Akume who was also one of the frontline national chairmanship aspirants at the just concluded national convention of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) said he believed others would do same Recalled that Sen. Akume, alongside six others were asked to step down for Senator Abdullahi Adamu as APC national chairman, to step down, but said that, after their dinner with President Mohammadu Buhari, appealed to them to build a consensus as much as they could.   The former Benue governor, also declared that APC in Benue state is waxing stronger in order to wrestle power from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).  Speaking to journalists when he led Benue delegation on a solidarity visit to the APC national chairman Abdullahi Adamu, at the party national secretariat, Tuesday, A

By Aviashima Toom, Abuja A former Governor of Imo State and a presidential aspirant under the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Sen. Rochas Okorocha has expressed confidence in the newly elected National Working Committee of the party led by the chairman, Sen. Abdulahi Adamu. Okorocha while reacting to questions from newsmen on Tuesday at the party's Secretariat in Abuja noted that, he showed up to encourage the new leadership led by Sen. Abdulahi Adamu and to also give his advice.  According to him, the party has limited time left to conduct party primaries, noting that the present National Working committee has a lot on their table to deal with and it requires faster and bigger steps to get it done.  He said " internal democracy is very key in this country and I believe that the present exco will ensure beautiful internal democracy where all will be happy and no one will feel deprive or cheated.  "They will do their best and I have confidence in them th

By Our Reporter Chief of Standard and Evaluation, Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Headquarters, AVM Aliyu Bello, said NAF has placed much emphasis on research and development as a way of building indigenous technological capacity. Bello disclosed this on Tuesday during the 2022 NAF Tactical Air Command (TAC) Intra-Command Research and Development Competition/Exhibition in Makurdi. The chief of standard and evaluation further disclosed that it was in line with the above that NAF had established Air Force Research and Development Centre to encourage research into aerospace and armament needs of NAF.  "The existing research and development cells in all NAF units are also  encouraged to intensify their research and development efforts. "NAF has continued to nurture its relationships with selected Nigerian universities and research institutes with which it has since signed Memorandum of Understanding. "All these are in consonance with the current Chief of the Air Staff (

3rd April, 2022. Senator Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, National Chairman,  Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Wadata Plaza, Abuja Dear Sir, KWANDE DESERVES BOTH GOVERNOR AND SENATOR IN 2023 We members of the Mata PDP Grassroots Chieftains from the Ushongo State Constituency send you fraternal greetings and respect which your person and office deserve. 2. As grassroots PDP members, we wish to express our appreciation to you, our great party, and its leader in Benue State, Governor Samuel Ortom, for the many democracy dividends that have come our way courtesy of his PDP administration. 3. We recall the appointment of several of our sons and daughters into the State Executive Council and other high positions in government. We have also been beneficiaries of several schools upgrade, health care, water and electricity projects as well as road construction by the PDP led administration in our Constituency. For all these, we remain grateful. 4. However, a recent development within the PDP has giv

.........,As CP Moronkeji Adesina takes charge in Ekiti State By Aviashima Toom, Abuja The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba has ordered the posting of Assistant Inspector-General of Police, AIG John Ogbonaya Amadi as Ag. DIG Department of Research and Planning, Force Headquarters, Abuja, and DIG representing South-East Geo-political zone.  The IGP equally ordered the posting of CP Moronkeji Olusegun Adesina as Commissioner of Police in charge of Ekiti State Police Command. This is contained in a statement signed by the Force Public Relations Officer CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi in abuja said that, tqhe new Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Research and Planning, Ag. DIG John Ogbonaya Amadi, who hails from Ebonyi State, is a versatile police officer, with a Bachelor’s degree in Education (Biology) and a Master’s Degree in Education both from the prestigious University of Lagos.  The statement also disclosed that, the officer has attended several professional cou

By Aviashima Toom, Abuja   The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, today patrolled the entire 163km stretch of the Abuja-Kaduna expressway for hands-on assessment of the security challenges and to personally supervise the operational deployment of officers drawn from the Police tactical squads to ensure the safety of travellers along the route.  The IGP also mapped out some salient and strategic points along the express which were immediately fortified with the deployment of operatives drawn from the Police Mobile Force (PMF), Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU), Special Forces (SF), Intelligence Response Team (IRT), the Special Tactical Squad (STS), as well as airwing operatives in charge of unmanned aerial vehicles of the Nigeria Police Force.  In a statement signed by the Force Public Relations Officer CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi noted that during the patrol, IGP Alkali equally visited personnel of the Armed Forces and Police deployed at Rijana

By Aviashima Toom, Abuja The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered the posting of DIG Johnson Babatunde Kokumo to Force Criminal Investigations Department (FCID) as the new Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of the Department. This is contained in a statement signed by the Force Public Relations Officer CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi in abuja said that, the DIG Johnson Babatunde Kokumo, was appointed to the Nigeria Police Force as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police in 1988. The statement added that DIG Babatunde Kokumo, holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology from the University of Maiduguri, Borno State, and a Master’s Degree in Sociology with a specialty in Criminology from the University of Lagos.  It disclosed that he has attended several specialized and strategic courses within and outside Nigeria including the Forensic Science and Application of Forensic and DNA Skills Course at the University of Benin. "He was equally a member o