President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a work plan for the National Council on Climate Change (NCCC). The president conveyed his approval at the inaugural meeting of the Council chaired by him, with Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo as Vice-Chairman and the Director-General of NCCC, Dr Salisu Dahiru, as Secretary, among other...
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By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Embassy of the Republic of Turkey in Nigeria has appealed for humanitarian assistance from Nigeria for victims of the earthquake that hit some provinces of Turkey on Feb. 6. The Embassy made this known in a statement made available to the media on...
Enugu-East Senator, Dr Chimaroke Nnamani says the National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP has no powers to suspend or expel him from the party. Nnamani explained in a statement in Abuja on Friday that NWC did not follow due process and strict compliance with the provisions of the...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has approved the expulsion of former Governor of Enugu State, Sen. Chimaroke Nnamani, and six others from the party. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, disclosed this in a statement issued in...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Government has affirmed that it would implement far-reaching, all-round security strategies along the Abuja-Kaduna rail corridor amd other rail corridors in the country. The Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo stated this at a meeting of the Nigerian Union of Railway Workers. Sambo...
The leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has appealed to Abia governorship aspirant, Uche Ogah, to collapse his political structure and work for Ikechi Emenike. Mr Friday Nwosu, the party’s National Welfare Secretary, in its National Working Committee (NWC), made the appeal while speaking with newsmen at the...
Pastors Alex Tapere, Jacob Obaro and Daniel Olawande and other most influential ministers of the Redeemed Christians Church of God (RCCG) are among main speakers at the forthcoming first International Billionaire Christian Conference (IBCC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the two days IBCC, targeted at bringing...
Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Friday rained Naira rewards on members of the state contingents to the 2022 National Sports Festival tagged: “Delta 2022”. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Oyo State came fourth on the medals table after winning 50 gold medals, 51 silver...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says its contract for logistics delivery for the forthcoming general elections in Lagos State is with individual drivers and not with Musiliu Akinsanya, aka MC Oluomo. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, made the clarification in an...
The remains of the late President-General (P-G) of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Prof. George Obiozor, were laid to rest on Friday in his Awo-Omamma country home, Oru East Local Government Area of Imo. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that eminent Nigerians, who attended the funeral service held at the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Chief of Civil-Military Affairs, Nigeria Army, Gen. Marcus G. Kangye, says issues relating to human rights violations and abuses by troops during internal security and counter terrorism operations have significantly reduced to the minimum level within the Nigerian Army. Gen. Kangye also added...
The Council of State has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to direct the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to print more redesigned naira notes or allow the new and old banknotes to circulate concurrently to ease the tension caused by the scarcity of cash. The Council approved the naira redesign...
More than 7,000 relief workers from 61 countries are in Turkey assisting in search and rescue efforts, following Monday’s earthquakes, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Friday. A total of 97 countries have sent aid to Turkey as well. There were an overall of 141,000 Turkish and foreign rescue...
Rescuers in southern Turkey rescued a 10-year-old boy from a collapsed house, four days after an earthquake caused devastation across large parts of the country’s border with Syria. The boy had been trapped under the rubble in the town of Kahramanmaraş for more than 100 hours. The Israel Defence...
Yiaga Africa, a Civil Society Organisation has advised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to rectify observed lapses at the recently concluded mock accreditation for a successful 2023 election. The Executive Director, Yiaga Africa, Mr Samson Itodo said this while presenting the organisation’s report on Bimodal Voters Accreditation System(BVAS)...
Alhaji Ibrahim Ajia, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for Asa/Ilorin-West Federal constituency of Kwara, says the party will rescue the nation from economic woes. Ajia made the assertion on Friday in Ilorin on the sidelines of distribution of items worth millions of Naira for empowerment of youths from...
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Friday revoked bail granted a suspected internet fraudster, Kolawole Erinle. The court consequently remanded Erinle at the Kirikiri Maximum custodial facility. Erinle is standing trial for $1.4 million fraud. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Ramon Oshodi revoked the defendant’s...
Morocco has made significant progress in its bid to host the 2025 AFCON finals after passing the stringent FIFA requirements for hosting an extended, restructured FIFA World Cup. In the stringent FIFA prerequisite criteria requirements on sports, hotels, health, and infrastructural facilities that make a country eligible to host the...
An Ilorin based legal practitioner, Mr Yusuf Ahmed has advised youths in the country to prioritise their lives before fighting for any politician during the upcoming 2023 general elections. Ahmed, who gave the advice in Ilorin on Friday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said...
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), on Friday, said that its members were not buying petrol at N172 per litre, as being insinuated. IPMAN’s Chairman, Western Zone, Alhaji Dele Tajudeen, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan. Tajudeen described the...