By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule has lost his eldest son, Hassan Abdullahi Sule. Hassan, died in the late hours of Thursday January 26, after a brief illness. The deceased, who got married in June last year was Governor Sule’s eldest son with his first...
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The Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Bola Tinubu, has attributed the fuel scarcity rocking the country to the PDP. Tinubu stated this during the party’s presidential rally on Thursday in Makurdi. He disclosed that while PDP held sway for 16 years they issued to themselves...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to extend its January 31 deadline to phase out old notes in circulation in the country. Mr Ayuba Wabba, NLC President, said this when speaking with newsmen on Thursday in Abuja on his achievements and challenges...
A Federal High Court (FHC) in Abuja on Thursday struck out a suit seeking to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to accept and publish the name of Mr Akanimo Udofia as governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the March 11 election in Akwa Ibom....
Defence Headquarters says the troops of the Joint Task Force, Operation Delta Safe, have in the last two weeks destroyed 39 illegal oil refining sites in the South South zone. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, made this known at a bi-weekly news briefing on military operations...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Kastina says he believes history will be kind to his administration, going by the situation inherited on security and economy, and the difference that has been made. President Buhari, who inspected and commissioned, developmental projects in health, education, and...
Traders at the political rally of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi, on Thursday made brisk businesses following the large turnout of faithful that attended the campaign. The traders which included food vendors attracted large patronage as they sold party-branded souvenirs at the Pa Ngele Oluta township stadium,...
Yaba College Of Technology (YABATECH) has been awarded a N27 million TETFund National Research Intervention Grant. This was disclosed on Thursday in a statement signed by Mr Joe Ejiofor, Deputy Registrar of YABATECH. It gave the research project title as: Integrated Monitoring of Macroplastics Pollutants in Nigeria’s Water using...
A 13-year-old girl who went missing two weeks ago in Kaduna but ended up in Borno, has been reunited with her family. The girl was found wandering at the Borno Express Corporation terminus in Maiduguri and handed over to the Police. According to the spokesman of Borno Police Command,...
Olusegun Obasanjo, the former President of Nigeria, has advised the country’s leadership to deal with deep cultural and physiological problems to deepen democracy. Obasanjo gave the advice on Thursday during the 2023 Port Harcourt City International Conference in Port Harcourt. Obasanjo also commended the organisers of the conference for...
Prof. Joshua Alobo has approached the Federal High Court, Abuja, praying the court to stop the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from insisting on the Jan. 31 deadline for using the old naira notes. Alobo, in the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/114/2023, also prayed the court to make an order extending...
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele on Thursday, unveiled an African Central Bank led National Domestic Card Scheme (AfriGO) to address local peculiarities. At the event, which was monitored virtually, Emefiele said the new card would be accessible to all Nigerians and is expected...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has threatened to issue a warrant of arrest on the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele if he fails to appear before its committee investigating the scarcity of the new naira at the Commercial banks. Some Nigerians...
The Federal Government said it foiled 66 attempts by hackers from Europe to compromise the virtual meetings of the Federal Executive Councils (FEC). Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami gave the revelation in Abuja at the 19th edition of the President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) Administration Scorecard Series...
To support Nigeria’s upcoming elections the US State Department has announced visa restrictions for those involved in undermining democracy It has now been over a week since the embattled Governor of Nigeria’s Central Bank, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, returned to his country on Monday, January 16, 2023, and apart from...
Nigeria Union of Journalist (NUJ) at its Special Delegates Conference session holding in Kano has expunged National Orientation Agency (NOA) from its constitution. The special delegate session on Thursday at an event centre in Kano, presided by the National President of NUJ, Comrade Chris Isiguzo took the decision ,...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC), on Thursday, re-arrested Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, former Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). The operatives of ICPC made the arrest shortly after today’s hearing before Justice Obiora Egwuatu of a Federal High Court (FHC) in Abuja where Ojerinde...
President Muhammadu Buhari has commenced a two-day official visit to Katsina State. During the visit, Buhari would commission some projects and inspect others executed by the administration of Gov. Aminu Masari. Some of the projects ready for commissioning include Kofar-Kaura and kofar-Kwaya underpass, Katsina Revenue House, among others. He...
The Federal Government says the solution to problems facing Ajaokuta Steel Company does not lie in the hands of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar who supervised its questionable and failed concession. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai said this on Thursday in Abuja at the 19th edition...
Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky has reiterated his rejection of negotiations with Russia before a withdrawal of Russian troops. “Talks would only be possible if Russia withdraws its soldiers, admits its mistake and there is a new government in Moscow,’’ Zelensky said on Thursday. “ Only then would talks be...