Abuja Media Circle

The 10,000 successful  applicants  into the Nigeria Police Force have started training on December 31, 2016 in various police colleges and training schools across the country. Mr Ikechukwu Ani, Public Relations Officer, Police Service Commission, PSC, who made this known, yesterday, in Abuja, said: “The decision is part of the fallout of the 18th plenary meeting of the commission in Abuja. “The 500 recruited Cadet Assistant Superintendents of Police will be trained for 12 months at the Police Staff College, Jos, Plateau State, while the 500 Cadet Inspectors will be at the Police College, Ikeja, Lagos for their training which will also last for 12 months. “The 7,500 constables will be holding their trainings in Police Colleges located in their geo-political zones. The training will last for nine months. South-West states of Lagos, Ondo and Osun, with a total of 652 recruited constables will be trained at the Police College, Ikeja while 477 others from Oyo and Ekiti Sta...

The N7 trillion 2017 proposed budget with 30.7 percent capital expenditure and 60.3 percent recurrent expenditure that was presented to joint national assembly on 14th of December 2016 by President Muhammadu Buhari has be faulted by an "Advocate for a Better Nigeria", Chief Dr. Amb. Gabriel C. E. Oyibode. - the founder and president of Gabriel Oyibode Foundation, saying "the proposed 7trillion budget for 2017, cannot take Nigeria out of recession" In a statement, Amb. Oyibode said the national assembly should take cognizance of the harsh economy situation in the country. Both the executive and the legislature have to put heads together for a sustainable decisions that will boost Nigeria Economy through job creations from capital projects and investments. He stated that the proposed 2017 budget with the amount allocated to capital expenditure is not enough to take us out of recession. "In a country like Nigeria where we have over 150 million population...

A Twitter user with the username 'Donjazzy's Elder Sister' has hit the jackpot after she reached out to Don Jazzy asking for N250,000 to start a business. Don Jazzy generously obliged. The excited beneficiary shared a screenshot of her account balance on Twitter and trust Nigerians, Donjazzy's mentions was swamped with people trying their luck by asking him for financial help as well. Read the rest of the tweets after the cut...

Cristiano Ronaldo, Sunday evening took to his Instagram account to show off his best player of the tournament award given to him after his hat trick ensured Real Madrid defeated Kashima Antlers 4-2 on Sunday in Yokohama, Japan. Two goals from Gaku Shibasaki shocked Zinedine Zidane's men before Ronaldo scored a penalty and two more goals during extra time despite Sergio Ramos' red card to ensure Real Madrid win their first club World Cup trophy under Zinedine Zidane. More photos after the cut...

Atleast 5,000 ghost workers have been uncovered on the  Bayelsa State’s payroll, the Bayelsa State Government disclosed on Saturday, Dr. David Ala-Peter, the Chief Accountant in the Office of the Special Adviser on Treasury, Accounts and Revenue revealed this. He said the ghost workers were identified in the recent workers’ verification where more than 50,000 workers took part. Ala-Peter said the exercise was aimed at identifying fake names to reduce the state’s wage bill and they achieved their aims.

Rio Ferdinand has gone the extra mile this Christmas and pledged an incredible half a million pounds worth of toys for a local Manchester charity. United legend Ferdinand has made the stunning donation on behalf of himself and his city centre restaurant Rosso to Key 103’s Cash for Kids campaign. Former skipper turned BT pundit Rio made the donation after seeing first hand the good work of the Manchester radio station’s charity. He said he couldn't bear to think of any child going without a Christmas present. Rio said: “As a father myself I couldn’t see children going without opening a present this Christmas Day - the work that Cash For Kids at Key 103 do is truly amazing. "I’m glad that my restaurant Rosso and I can be involved in this and certainly help put a smile on locals kids’ faces this Christmas Day.” The donation was made last week - with a huge pile of children's toys making their way to the Mission Christmas warehouse, where they will now be distributed t...

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, today visited the Ado Ekiti branch of Zenith Bank where he withdrew some money from his accounts. This followed the Federal High Court judgment which ordered the bank to immediately unfreeze the governor’s accounts by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC). Federal High Court in Ado Ekiti has ordered that Governor Ayodele Fayose’s accounts in Zenith Bank be defrozen with immediate effect. Recall that the Governor’s personal accounts were frozen by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. in June, this year. The EFCC has faulted the order by a Federal High Court asking it to defreeze the bank accounts.