A former Assemblyman in Cross River, Mr Cletus Obun, has said that the Presidency of the 10th Senate should be zoned to the South South geopolitical zone. Obun, who was member of APC 2023 Presidential Campaign Council, South South Coordinator of the Public Affairs Directorate, said this in an...
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By LEKAN AGBOOLA, Ilorin – The first session of the 17th Synod of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Diocese of Kwara, will begin on Thursday 20th April, 2023 at Bishop Smith Memorial Anglican Church, Gaa Akanbi, Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. According to a statement by the Chairman,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has expressed extreme grief over the separate deaths of the state assembly member-elect for Chibok, Honourable Nuhu Clark, and a Professor of Mass Communication, Mohammed Gujbawu. Zulum is currently in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, for the lesser hajj, from where...
Bu HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) airstrikes have neutralized fleeing bandits in Birnin Gawri Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Wednesday in Kaduna. Aruwan said...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Many workers have been trapped after a seven-storey building under construction collapsed at First Avenue, Banana Island, Ikoyi, Lagos State. The Lagos Territorial Coordinator National Emergency Management Agency, (NEMA), Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed the incident to newsmen on Wednesday in Lagos. Mr. Farinloye said...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – First Bank of Nigeria Ltd., has announced a phased corporate name change of its subsidiaries in the United Kingdom and Sub-Saharan Africa. Mrs Folake Ani-Mumuney, Group Head, Marketing and Corporate Communications, FirstBank, said this in a statement in Lagos. The statement said that the...
Governor Douye Diri has emerged winner of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary to contest the Bayelsa governorship seat on Nov. 11. With this development, the coast is clear for Diri to seek a second tenure. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Diri, who was the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Police operatives attached to Apo Division in Abuja, on Wednesday foiled an armed robbery operation and arrested a suspect. The Police Public Relations Officer in the FCT, SP Josephine Adeh, in a statement, said the operation followed a distress call received from Zone E...
The National Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Samuel Anyanwu, has described his victory at the party’s Imo governorship primary election as divinely orchestrated. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Anyanwu emerged unopposed as the PDP Governorship Candidate at Wednesday’s primary election conducted in Owerri....
President Muhammadu Buhari has departed Madinah for Makkah, Saudi Arabia, in continuation of his eight-day official visit to the Kingdom. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that while in Madinah, the President had visited historic religious places including an extensive tour of the International Fair and Museum of...
The Global Sovereign Debt Roundtable (GSDR), on Wednesday discussed debt sustainability and debt restructuring challenges and ways to address them. This is contained in a statement issued by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Press Centre, a copy of which was obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) in Abuja....
The Federal High Court (FHC) will on Thursday mark 50 years of justice delivery in the Nigerian judicial system. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that FHC, which was established on April 13, 1973, was formerly known as Federal Revenue Court. It was established by the Federal Revenue Act...
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has set a 90-day completion target for its 132/33kv sub-station in Okitipupa, Ondo State. Speaking during an inspection visit to the project site at Okitipupa, the NDDC Executive Director, Projects, Mr. Charles Ogunmola, stressed that the contractor must work towards meeting the completion...
The National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Samuel Anyanwu has emerged the PDP governorship candidate for the November 11 Imo State Governorship Election. This followed the PDP’s primary held on Wednesday the party’s primary in its state secretariat along the Okigwe Road in Owerri, the Imo...
The Kogi State House of Assembly Majority Leader, Alhaji Murktar Bajeh (APC-Okehi) has resigned his position in protest of the terrorist tag thrown at him and eight other colleagues. Gov. Yahaya Bello of the state had on March 23 branded nine of the 25 assembly members as terrorists for...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) has lost one of its distinguished and renowned Professor from Mass Communication Department, Faculty of Social Sciences, in the person of Professor Mohammed Alhaji Gujbawu. Prof. Gujbawu passed away in Maiduguri on Tuesday morning after battling a protracted illness which...
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mr Mohammed Bello-Koko, has reviewed the state of affairs in ports administration since he stepped in the saddle and concluded that improved port efficiency aided competitiveness in the sector. Bello-Koko said during an interview that immediately he...
The Management of Nasarawa State University Keffi (NSUK), has postponed its 7th convocation ceremony scheduled to take place on Saturday, April 15, 2023. This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Bala Ahmed, Registrar of the institution and made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Keffi. According to...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi on Wednesday says the party has adopted the direct mode of primary for the conduct of its governorship primary election ,slated for April 14. Alhaji Abdullahi Bello, the State APC Chairman, made the disclosure in a telephone interview with the News Agency...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the sum of N495 million for the installation of scanners in all the railway stations across the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the FEC meeting was presided over by the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. The Minister of...