By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), has called on the National Human Rights Commission to investigate the killing of 27 pastoralists in an ‘airstrike’ in Doma LGA of Nasarawa. The police authority in Nasarawa State, had on Thursday confirmed the alleged...
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Daura returned all thanks to God for safety in life’s journey over many years. Buhari, who stated this when he visited the Emir of Daura, Faruk Umar Faruk, highlighted the years of battle during the Nigerian Civil War and some personal challenges as...
Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has said that it will be unjust for him to hand over to his brother from the same Ebonyi South Senatorial District as his successor. Umahi said this on Friday at an APC campaign rally in Abakaliki Local Area (LGA) of the state. He...
In spite of scarcity of the redesigned Naira notes in circulation, some smart hawkers have been seen hawking the new notes at Dadi Motor Park, Sabon Gari-Zaria, Kaduna State, at exorbitant prices. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) saw large wads of different denominations of the notes on display...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has sent his condolence message to Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State over the death of his eldest son, Alhaji Hassan Sule. The deceased, aged 36, who died on Thursday evening after a brief illness has since been buried in Gudi,...
Gombe State Governor, Inuwa Yahaya says reform of the education sector since 2019 has improved students’ performance in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in the state. Governor Yahaya said this in Gombe on Friday at the presentation of appointment letters to the 1, 000 newly recruited...
By BARBARA KALU, Owerri – Mr Albert Agulanna, has emerged the PDP candidate for Abor Mbaise/Ngor Okpala Federal Constituency of Imo. The state Publicity Secretary, Mr Collins Opurozor, said in a statement on Friday, that Agulanna emerged from a fresh primary election conducted by the party on the order...
By OLA MODUPE, Osogbo – The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, has said the validation of Alhaji Adegboyega Oyetola as winner of July 2022 Osun governorship election by the tribunal is victory of light over darkness. Recall that a three-man election tribunal chaired by Justice Tertsea...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the judgment of the Osun State Governorship Election Tribunal which nullified the July 16, 2022 election won by its candidate, Ademola Adeleke. The National Publicity Secretary of PDP, Debo Ologunagba, stated this in a statement issued in...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Railway Corporation(NRC) has suspended train services along the Abuja-Kaduna rail corridor due to derailment of the train at Kubwa, Abuja on Friday. The Director of Operations of NRC, Mr Niyi Alli, announced the suspension in a statement issued on Friday evening. Mr....
The All Progressives Congress (APC) says the validation of Alhaji Adegboyega Oyetola as winner of the July 16, 2022 governorship election in Osun on Friday represents victory for democracy. A three-man Election Petition Tribunal, headed by Justice Tertsea Kume ruled in Osogbo on Friday that Gov. Ademola Adeleke of...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Hassan Abdullahi Sule, the eldest son of Nasarawa State Governor, who died on Thursday night was buried today Friday, with prominent sons and daughters of the state in attendance. The late Hassan Abdullahi Sule died at the age of 36, leaving behind a pregnant...
All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun, on Friday, expressed divergent views on the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal judgment delivered on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the tribunal had, in its judgment, declared former Gov. Adegboyega Oyetola as the authentic winner...
A businessman, Mr Justine Onu, on Friday, urged a Customary Court in Jikwoyi, Abuja, to dissolve his marriage to his wife, Joyce, alleging that he developed high blood pressure because of his wife’s bad attitude. The petitioner told the court that his wife in recent times has developed character...
Long queues of bank customers have thronged Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) of banks at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to collect the new naira notes. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent, who monitored banks in Abuja on Friday, reports that many customers were seen on queues collecting the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The management of The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has uncovered plots by certain individuals and groups to malign its leadership and disrupt its activities. The acting Director, Public Affairs of TETFund, Mr. Abdulmumin Oniyangi, disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday in...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed Feb. 4 for the conduct of mock accreditation of voters with its Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) in 436 polling units nationwide. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made this known at a meeting with Resident Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday in...
Revenue generation is very critical to the survival of a country or otherwise all over the world. It is non-debatable that most poor countries of the world are poor because they have a problem of revenue. To fix the problem of revenue generation in most developing and emerging markets,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum on Thursday visited Rann, headquarters of Kala-Balge Local Government in the Borno Central Senatorial District by helicopter, where he supervised the disbursement of redesigned new naira notes to over 12,000 returnee IDPs. According to the Governor, the intervention was...