By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and Mr Mele Kyari, the Group Managing Director of Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) are among Nigerians to be honoured with merit awards on Thursday, in Lagos. The event is the public...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – President Muhammad Buhari has approved the 2023 disbursement guidelines in the total sum of N320,345,040, 835. (Three hundred and twenty billion, three hundred & forty-five million, Forty thousand, eight hundred & thirty five Naira only) as intervention to public tertiary institutions across the the...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – The Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has announced a free train ride for its indigenes willing to travel from Lagos to Osogbo during the Easter. Governor Adeleke announced this in a statement issued by his spokesman, Malam Olawale Rasheed, on Wednesday in Osogbo. He said...
An innovator, Mr Dayo Ayeni, says high rate of inflation, economic hardship and greed are some of the reasons some Nigerians fall victims of fake investment and online trading. Ayeni, Chief Innovation Officer, BusinessPlus Ltd., in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos,...
A 17-year-old has been taken into custody for allegedly defiling two minors. The Police Commissioner in Kano, Mr Mamman Dauda, confirmed the arrest in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday. ”The police on April 2, at about 3 p.m received a distress call that...
The Federal Government has berated some western countries for giving credence to the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), a terrorist organisation. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, gave the admonition in Washington DC during his official engagements with some international media organisations and policy institutes. The News...
In an update to the earlier report suggesting the kidnapping of about 10 students in Kachia LGA, the Kaduna State Government has received detailed reports from security agencies on the incident. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the incident in a statement issued...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The executives of the Kukadi/Gundari Ward of the All Progressives Congress in Misau Local Government Area of Bauchi State, have expelled the State Chairman of the Party, Babayo Misau, for alleged engagement in anti- party activities during the March 18th governorship election. The Ward...
The National Young Progressive Forum (NYPF) has thrown its weight behind the aspiration of Sen Osita Izunaso (APC-Imo) to be elected as the 10th National Assembly Senate President. Alhaji Sulaiman Talba, National Coordinator, NYPF made this known in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday He said the endorsement was...
People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has asked Mr Hudu Arim the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Adamawa to recuse himself from conducting the April 15 re-run governorship election in the state. The party made the call at a news conference addresses by the...
The Kogi Government has vowed to bring the perpetraitors behind the Sunday attacks on Oganenigu communities in Dekina Local Area of the state to justice Gov. Yahaya Bello, made the promise when he visited Oganenigu community in company of heads of security operatives in the state. Bello, represented by his...
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is a federal agency established in 2000 to foster sustainable development in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. The region has abundant rich natural resources, but its people struggle with poverty, environmental decay, and social turmoil. Despite the hardships of the Niger Delta,...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom says he is not deterred from advocating for equity, justice and fairness despite losing his senatorial bid in the February 25th Presidential and National elections. Governor Ortom spoke on Tuesday, while commissioning Government Secondary School, Kpor in Gokana Local...
The Kano State Fire Service said three female passengers died while 13 other passengers sustained injuries when a commercial bus caught fire on Tuesday. The service Public Relations Officer, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, confirmed the incident in a statement he issued to newsmen in Kano. He said the commercial vehicle, a...
The Senate has adopted the Conference Committee report on the Nigeria Peace Corps (Establishment) Bill, 2023. This followed the presentation of the report by the Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Interior, Sen. Seriake Dickson, during Plenary on Tuesday. According to Dickson, both committees in the Senate and House of...
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) says it has arrested some members of a cult group in the FCT perpetrating gruesome acts of sextortion. This is contained in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday by Mr Vincent Adekoye, Press Officer, NAPTIP. Adekoye said that...
Mr Christopher Maikalangu, Chairman of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), on Tuesday, inaugurated a task force to check revenue leakages in the area council. Maikalangu while inaugurating the team at the council’s secretariat, charged the members to ensure there were no double taxation on residents and also ensure...
The Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Bashir Jamoh, on Tuesday said that the country was ripe for blue economy. Jamoh said this at the University of Lagos Institute of Maritime Studies maiden Annual Lecture held in Lagos. The lecture has the theme: ”From Crude...
The African Development Bank (AfDB), have signed a 525,000 dollar agreement to support Africa Fintech Network’s (AFN)’s Hub project. Mr Lamin Barrow, the Director-General, AfDB, Nigeria Country Department, during the signing in Abuja on Tuesday, said the project would boost the fintech industry on the continent. `This grant of...
The Inspector-General of Police (I-GP), Mr Usman Baba, has pledged the commitment of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) towards fostering reforms in the policing system of the country. Baba gave the commitment when he received officials from the Police Reform and Transformation Office (PORTO) in the Presidency and inauguration...