Dr Boboye Olayemi Oyeyemi has approved the promotion of 685 Marshal Inspectors and 942 Road Marshal Assistants , imploring them to re -dedicate themselves to duty. The Corps Public Education Officer, Mr Bisi Kazeem , made this known in Abuja on Saturday. The Education officer said the Secretary to the Government of the Federation , Mr Boss Gida Mustapha had also approved promotion of the Zonal Commanding Officer of the Corps in Charge of Zone RS 3 HQ, Abubakar Ringim to the rank of the Deputy Corps Marshal (DCM ). However, Mustapha equally approved the promotion of 298 officers of…
Author: David Folami
Senator Ahmed Makarfi has asked the APC-led Federal government to work the talk because “the suffering in the land is too much.” About how far the APC government has fulfilled its promises, he responded: “The APC government should walk the talk. They came with policies that sounded sweet on the face of it but no implementation. The suffering in the land is too much.” He added that “the division in the land is alarming”, with “high level of insecurity and unprecedented kidnapping” Speaking about micro-zoning, he said it was “unfortunate”, but members were only “exercising their fundamental right to aspire…
Bukola Saraki has shared his heart felt good wishes to all Nigerians in the New Year, asking them to pray for a full recovery of the economy in 2018. He said that most of the problems now threatening the unity, progress and peace of the country were rooted in the poor state of the economy and that there was need for the government and Nigerians to work together in 2018 to ensure the success of policies initiated to rebuild the economy, create employment, attract investment opportunities and make the nation self- sufficient. He also asked for the co-operation of the…
Femi Adesina has listed 17 Achievements of the Buhari-led administration on his facebook page. Some of them are, 1. Nigeria exited its worst recession in decades. After five quarters of negative growth, the economy bounced back into positive territory. Agriculture was one of the stars of 2017, posting consistent growth levels even throughout the recession. Also, Inflation fell for ten consecutive months during 2017 (February to November). 2. The Naira stabilised against the dollar, after the Central Bank introduced a new forex window for Investors and Exporters. The stability has attracted billions of dollars in portfolio investments since April 2017.…
Antonio Conte hailed his rotated Chelsea team for ensuring the perfect end to 2017 with a 5-0 thrashing of Stoke City at Stamford Bridge. “I think our performance was very positive,” Conte said. “We started the game very well with great desire to score early. In this type of game, if you are able to score early the game can become easy because your opponent has to change their plan and give more space for you to attack with your striker. “We wanted this. I’m very pleased for the performance of all my players and I’m pleased with another clean…
Kingsley Fanwo has praised the emergence of Confluence Rice as “a huge success by the Governor Bello Administration”. He said said the release of rice to the market is a “fulfillment of the promise by government to produce quality home grown rice that can compete with the market leaders”. He said “Governor Yahaya Bello promised to ensure Confluence Rice hits the market in 2017. That promise has been fulfilled. “Kogi has enough rice to feed the nation. We have just shown that this administration is fully committed to the agricultural revolution it promised the people of the state. Confluence Rice…
Jurgen Klopp is sure Mohamed Salah will be able to maintain his excellent form for the entirety of the 2017-18 season, even if he is a doubt for Liverpool’s next game on Monday. “Yes, he can keep that standard for sure,” Klopp told a news conference. “He’s still a young player, he can improve. It’s not only about scoring, it’s about other situations as well. He’s so important for us. “But he knows and I know he couldn’t score if he did not have the fantastic support of the other boys.” “I think he can keep this standard, but that’s…
Antonio Conte has said that he wants Eden Hazard and Thibaut Courtois to stay at Chelsea, warning that a club cannot sell their best players if they have serious ambitions to compete for major trophies. “My answer is always the same: this is a private conversation between the club and the player, and the agent of the player,” Conte said when asked about Hazard. “I’m proud to have him in my team, in my squad, and I’m very happy to work with him. He’s a really good guy and has a lot of space for improvement, to become one of…
Ashley Young has been banned for three games by the Football Association after admitted a charge of violent conduct and will serve a three-match ban. The Manchester United defender appeared to elbow Dusan Tadic during the 0-0 draw with Southampton at Old Trafford on Saturday. Young will be suspended for the games against Everton in Monday, Derby County (in the FA Cup) and Stoke. It will be another blow to manager Jose Mourinho, who saw his injury list grow during the stalemate with Southampton. Romelu Lukaku is set to miss the next two games after suffering a head injury, while…
Arsene Wenger blasted the Premier League for poor refereeing and scheduling after Arsenal’s 1-1 draw at West Brom on Sunday, where Mike Dean awarded the hosts a controversial late penalty. “It’s disappointing to see that [penalty decision]. But what can you do? We can talk and talk and talk, it doesn’t change anything,” Wenger told Sky Sports. “And anyway, the Premier League doesn’t face the problem. “Not of the schedule, nor with the referees. I just would like to remind you that I did fight very hard with [former Arsenal vice-chairman] David Dean many years ago that the referees become…
Jurgen Klopp has said he will make “more than one” change to Liverpool’s starting XI for the trip to Burnley on New Year’s Day following the quick switch from the Leicester City match, having not made sweeping alterations in a similar situation last season. “It was a strange game,” recalled Klopp at a news conference. “To be honest, the last game we played in the old year, City, was fantastic, very intense. “I’m sure there were a few players on the bench who were not used but we played absolutely OK or more than OK in Sunderland. They had two…
Paul Pogba has urged on Manchester United to “wake up” after a third consecutive draw saw them slip behind Chelsea and down to third in the Premier League table. “We didn’t lose but we have to wake up, bounce back and get back to winning,” he told MUTV. “We drew again. Three draws we have to win, something has to change and we have to change to win. “It’s only one day and then we have to play against Everton — that’s football. Tomorrow’s another day and we have to go out there and win.” On the mid-match injury to…
Massimiliano Allegri has said Paulo Dybala regained some confidence after ending his goal drought in Saturday’s win, but warned him not to “get swept up” in trying to meet expectations. “It’s important that Paulo found the net again. After the goal, he started to play better, as he was in a delicate moment where things weren’t quite going his way. He’s started taking free kicks better too,” Allegri told Mediaset. “Psychology is everything in football and confidence is key. You have to be focused and determined. “I think the only advice for Paulo is to think just about his football…
Diego Costa has declared himself ready to play after completing his move to Atletico Madrid. “I want to thank the club for the effort they have made to bring me back,” Costa said, in comments reported by Marca. “I just want to play as soon a possible. I’m tired of training.” On Sunday, Costa said he bore no grudges against anyone at Chelsea despite perhaps never fully settling in London. “I did not learn to speak English,” he said. “A pity, but the truth is that there were very good people who helped me and made my life easy. It’s…
Pep Guardiola has said he wouldn’t completely shut the door on a January move for Alexis Sanchez, and again asked referees to protect players after Gabriel Jesus and Kevin De Bruyne were injured in Sunday’s draw at Crystal Palace. Asked whether City will make a move when the transfer window reopens on Jan. 1, Guardiola said: “I don’t know. He is a player for Arsenal and I think he is going to stay there. “We will have internal meetings and see what is for the best, but he is an Arsenal player and I think he will be [after January].”…
Oritsefemi is getting criticisms for the comments he made about his wedding been better than any of the current musical shows held. Oritsefemi had gone to his Twitter page where he made these comments; “All them shows put together no even loud like my wedding ceremony… Na confirmed yan,” he tweeted on Thursday, December 28, 2017. He just didn’t end it there, he went on to refer to the musical concerts as “Shaku Shaku events.” Well, guess he didn’t see it coming as a number of Nigerians had a lot of replies for him which, well, didn’t sound nice. Oritsefemi…
Iceberg Slim has once again made his feelings knwon about how he could not care less what anyone thinks of his relationship with Juliet Ibrahim. He said “We are actually the same age and she is not taller than me, except when she wears shoes with high heels. I don’t care if people think she is older than me or she has more money. A relationship is shared between the two people involved in it so if anybody has anything to say about our relationship, they should feel free, but it does not faze us. I mean, even Jesus Christ…
After reports of being a prostitute before her marriage to Oritsefemi, Nabila Fash has responded to her critics on social media and it is nothing like we expected. An instagram user recently basked Oritsefemi’s new wife and branded her a prostitute. But not only did she prove her worth and class, she managed to slide in a message on slut shaming. Orisefemi and Nabila tied the knot in a star-studded event on November 25, 2017, in The Ark, Okunde Blue Water Drive, Lekki, Lagos.
Olu Jacobs is dazzling his fans with some secrets on how he toasted his lovely wife, Joke Silva, 40 years ago. He revealed that it had been love at first sight for him seeing as he fell in love with her that very day. He said: “I was invited to come and do a play by the national theatre. I was living in England at the time. I was to play lead in Wole Soyinka’s “The trials of Brother Jero”. We were having the production when the door opened and this lady walked in. I said excuse me, ladies and…
It seems that holiday beauty rules can be at once broken and reinforced, all with a bit of strategic styling. She stepped out at Jay-Z’s 4:44 concert in Los Angeles with a December-ready leg reveal furthered by classically colored detailing. A leather dress that inched ever-higher played well with barely-there strappy sandals, each note serving as a reminder that winter weather is an entirely different game on the West Coast. But along with the skin-is-in moment came a reimagined showing of the season’s storied cocktail of red and green, sparking imaginations and quietly turning the combination from camp to cool.…