The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has urged the newly sworn-in Head of Service, Permanent Secretaries, as well as Chairman and Commissioners of the FCT Civil Service Commission to give their loyalty and commitment to the administration of President Bola Tinubu.

Wike made the call on Monday during the swearing-in ceremony of the newly appointed officials, which was conducted by the Chief Judge of the FCT High Court, Justice Husseini Baba-Yusuf, represented by Justice Sylvanus Oriji.

The Minister appreciated President Tinubu for approving the establishment of the FCT Civil Service Commission (CSC) in October 2023 and the subsequent appointment of the officials.

He urged them to be up and doing, and work for the realization of the Renewed Hope Agenda of the President.

Wike said: “Today is a memorable day as far as the FCT is concerned. First of all, we want to thank His Excellency, the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Ahmed Bola Tinubu, who has shown leadership by making sure the 2018 Act is being implemented. That again reassures us of the Renewed Hope Agenda.

“To the Permanent Secretaries, yes you have been made a permanent secretary, but you know what comes with it, you know the implication of that. If you perform below expectation, there is nothing like a query, there is nothing like querying you by the proper civil service rules, and we have no time for that. I don’t want to hear that files are unduly delayed.”

He added: “Please and please, we want you to support the government of Bola Ahmed Tinubu to realise the Renewed Hope Agenda. So, you owe Mr President to make sure that Abuja works, and it works very well. Wherever you are posted, what we require from you is commitment and total loyalty.”

The FCT Minister also announced plans to reshuffle the posting of directors, stating that he would implement it this afternoon.

“Immediately after now, the Head of Service will send out the postings of Directors. I have said that there will be total reshuffling in all areas, and I’m going to implement it this afternoon.”

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Ace Nigerian singer, Joshua Iniyezo, better known as Solidstar, has revealed his past struggles with substance addiction.

In a teaser for an upcoming episode of the Honest Bunch podcast, the “Omotena” hitmaker shared that he encountered “ice” for the first time in 2021 with the help of a group of young boys.

According to the artist, the drug had a detrimental impact on him, causing him to hear a voice telling him not to pay for things and making him feel like a king.

Solidstar recounted a seven-hour trek he took from Awoyaya in Ibeju Lekki, Lagos, to the Oriental Hotel on Victoria Island during his fight against drug addiction.

He said, “A lot of things happened to me. A couple of young boys introduced me to this substance called ice. This was three years back. The thing really affected me a lot.

“Sometimes this substance will tell me you are king, you are this, you are that, make I no dey pay for stuffs. Can you imagine say I waka from Awoyaya to Oriental Hotel.”

Meanwhile, Naija News recalls that the Delta-born star, via his verified Instagram page, said he almost lost his life due to hard drug addiction.

The singer, who had been battling with drug addiction for a long time, urged fans to smoke marijuana if they find it difficult to stop drugs.

“I almost lost my life because of ice, Pills and cigarettes #stopdrugs if you can’t stop them all, smoke Igbo,” he wrote.

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With Sunday night’s attack, the number of abductees over the past week in Kajuru alone is at least 162.

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