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Kogi State Staff Screening Review and Complaints Committee To Commence Attending To Staff With Problems From Monday (08/08/2016)

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Kogi state civil servants that were yet to be cleared in the recently concluded staff screening exercise now have the opportunity to be attended to by the Staff Screening and Complaints Committee, which was set up by His Excellency, The Executive Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, following the presentation of Screening Validation Report

This is according to a circular signed by the Secretary to the Committee, Barrister I.O. Alhassan, which has been circulated to all Ministries, Departments, and Agencies.

The list of affected staff and the schedule of appearances of all the MDAs and the 21 Local Government Areas have also been dispatched through their Administrators respectively and the schedule is as detailed below:

All MDAs

08-13 August 2016

LGA Staff

15-20 August 2016

LGEA Offices and Teachers

22-27 August 2016

State Pensioners

29-31 August 2016

LGA Pensioners

1st -3rd September 2016

The Head of MDAs and LGAs and the Pension Boards are to forward Nominal Roll as at 31st December,2015, including secret and open files of the affected officers to the committee.

“Everyone involved should note that the date and time allocated to them should be strictly adhered to as the Committee will not be able attend to people outside their schedule period,” the statement said.

The Committee Secretary, Barrister Alhassan, said the lists of affected workers have been sent to their respective MDAs and the Local Government Areas, adding that everyone should go to theirrelevant offices to check for their names. He added that the committee will do its best to attend to everyone with complaints within the stipulated time.

Similarly, the committee is ready to put extra time in order to resolve issues as quickly as possible and to urgently alleviate the suffering of Kogi State Workers.

“We are ready to do everything to ensure that no legitimate worker is disenfranchised and call on all affected Staff to come and present their problems before the committee on the scheduled dates,” he said.

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Nigeria To Receive 24 M-346 Fighter Jets From Italy, ‘Largest’ Military Aircraft Acquisition In West Africa

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Nigeria is set to receive 24 M-346 fighter jets from Italy.

In November 2023, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) struck a deal with Messrs Leonardo, an Italian defence company, for the supply of 24 M-346 fighter aircrafts.

The deal was reportedly worth around €1.2 billion and is said to be the largest military aircraft acquisition in West Africa.

Also included in the contract are 25 years of logistical support, and Leonardo will have exclusivity for maintenance operations.

The aircraft offers seven external attachment points and can integrate air-to-air and ground-to-air ammunition and sight pods attached to helmet-mounted displays.

The first six jets are currently under production in Italy, with three expected to be delivered in 2025, and full deliveries are anticipated to continue through mid-2026.

Hasan Abubakar, the Chief of Air Staff at the time of the purchase, stated that the aircraft would enhance training capabilities and augment operational effectiveness in diverse mission scenarios.

This purchase was part of Nigeria’s broader efforts to strengthen its security, particularly in the northeast of the country, where it fights against Boko Haram militants and the Islamic State, but also against kidnappings and banditry spread throughout the country.

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Police To Resume Nationwide Tinted Glass Permit Enforcement January 2, 2026

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The Nigeria Police Force has announced that it will resume the nationwide enforcement of the tinted glass permit policy from January 2, 2026, citing growing security concerns linked to the misuse of unauthorized tinted vehicle glass.

The announcement was contained in a statement issued on Monday by the Force Public Relations Officer, Chief Superintendent of Police Benjamin Hundeyin.

The police said the decision followed a review of emerging security threats and the need to enhance public safety, pending the final determination of a related matter currently before the court.

The Force clarified that there was no court order restraining it from enforcing the law regulating the use of tinted glass on vehicles.

It explained that enforcement was earlier suspended in the interest of transparency and public convenience, to allow motorists sufficient time to regularize their documentation and complete the permit application process without pressure.

According to the statement, recent security trends have revealed a rise in criminal activities carried out with the aid of vehicles fitted with unauthorized tinted glass.

Such vehicles, the police noted, have been used by criminals to conceal their identities while committing offences including armed robbery, kidnapping and other violent crimes.

In view of these developments, the police said the resumption of enforcement had become necessary and urgent as a proactive step to safeguard lives and property across the country.

“Recent trends, however, reveal a disturbing rise in criminal activities perpetrated with the aid of vehicles fitted with unauthorized tinted glass.

“Some individuals and organized criminal groups have exploited this gap to conceal their identities and facilitate crimes ranging from armed robbery to kidnapping and other violent crimes.

“In view of this, the Nigeria Police Force has found it both necessary and urgent to resume full enforcement as a proactive measure to safeguard our communities. Consequently, enforcement of Tinted Glass Permit will resume on 2nd January, 2026,” the statement read.

 

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Buhari Believed Aso Rock Gossip I Planned Killing Him, Began Locking His Room —— Aisha

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Former First Lady, Aisha Buhari, has narrated how her husband, the late President Muhammadu Buhari “began locking his room” following gossip in Aso Rock that she (Aisha) planned to kill him.

The ex-First Lady also said the health crisis that forced Buhari, to take 154 days of medical leave in 2017 began with a broken feeding routine and mismanaged nutrition.

She argued that Buhari’s illness was not a mysterious ailment or poisoning.

Her account of the health crisis appeared in a new 600-page biography, ’From Soldier to Statesman: The Legacy of Muhammadu Buhari’, authored by Dr. Charles Omole, launched at the State House on Monday.

It read, “According to Aisha Buhari, her husband’s 2017 health crisis did not originate as a mysterious ailment or a covert plot. It started, she says, with the loss of a routine; ‘my nutrition,’ she describes it, a pattern of meals and supplements she had long overseen in Kaduna before they moved into Aso Villa.”

The former First Lady convened a meeting with close staff, including the physician, Suhayb Rafindadi; the CSO, Bashir Abubakar; the housekeeper, and the SSS DG to explain the plan.

She said, “Daily, cups and bowls with tailored vitamin powders and oils, a touch of protein here, a change to cereals there.”

“When the Presidency’s machinery took over our private lives, she explained the plan: daily, at specific hours, cups and bowls with tailored vitamin powders and oil, a touch of protein here, a change to cereals there. Elderly bodies require gentle, consistent support,” Omole narrated.

However, the routine frayed.

“Then came the gossip and the fearmongering. They said I wanted to kill him,” the book quotes her as saying.

“My husband believed them for a week or so,” she said, revealing that the President began locking his room, changed small habits, and crucially, “meals were delayed or missed; the supplements were stopped.”

“For a year, he did not have lunch. They mismanaged his meals,” she added.

The deterioration culminated in Buhari’s two extended medical trips to the United Kingdom, totalling 154 days in 2017, during which he ceded authority to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.

Upon return, he admitted to being “never so ill” and having received blood transfusions.

Buhari’s absences “sparked rumours, speculation, and even conspiracy theories,” Omole wrote.

Mrs Buhari debunked stories of plots to poison her husband.

Her contention, Omole noted, is that “loss of a routine, ‘my nutrition,’ was the genesis of the crisis.”

In London, doctors prescribed an even stronger regimen of supplements, he explained.

Initially, Buhari “was frightened and not taking them as prescribed. So she took charge of his welfare, slipping hospital-issued supplements into his juice and oats,” it read.

The former First Lady described the turnaround as swift, noting, “After just three days, he threw away the stick he was walking with. After a week, he was receiving relatives.”

“‘That,’ she says, ‘was the genesis, and also the reversal of his sickness,’” the book stated.

According to Omole, critics said Buhari’s reliance on UK hospitals exposed the failure of Nigeria’s health system.

A “more compassionate perspective,” he wrote, recognises that a man in his 70s may require specialised care “not readily available in Nigeria” after “decades of underinvestment.”

He also noted Buhari’s habit of handing power to his deputy during absences, which, he said, ensured “institutional propriety, even during personal health crises.”

The book also revealed a climate of mistrust around the Presidency.

Mrs Buhari alleged surveillance, the bugging of the President’s office with listening devices and playback of private conversations, saying, fear and conscience “contributed to taking his life.”

She refuted the long-held rumour that Buhari had a body double, popularly known as “Jibril of Sudan,” as absurd, arguing that poor strategic communication in government allowed simple, banal developments to metastasise into conspiracies.

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