Rep. Yusuf Gagdi (APC-Plateau), has refunded the registration fees of the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC), National Examination Council (NECO) and the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME)], to candidates. Gagdi represents Pankshin/Kanke/Kanam Federal Constituency of the state. Nde John Gobak, Chairman of the Advisory Council of the Constituency, disclosed...
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The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Usman Baba, has disbursed Cheque, worth N13.6 billion to families of deceased police officers and those that sustained injuries in the course of their duties. Presenting the cheque to the beneficiaries on Thursday in Abuja, Baba said the disbursement was to pay the...
Appeal Court, Abuja, has affirmed the candidacy of Akanimo Udofia as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom in the forthcoming general elections. A three-member panel of justices headed by Justice Elfreda Williams – Dawodu, find merit in an appeal filed by Udofia, against...
A mammoth crowd of APC supporters in Gummi Local Government Area of the state on Thursday received Gov. Bello Matawalle’s campaign train for the 2023 general elections. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the campaign train under the leadership of the former Governor of the state, Alhaji...
Asiya Ganduje, a daughter to Kano State Governor, on Thursday, before an Upper Shari’a Court insisted on returning the N50,000 dowry paid by her husband, Inuwa Uba, to end their 16-year-old marriage. The plaintiff was in court seeking the dissolution of her marriage through Islamic means (Khul’i) as she...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Mohammed Dingyadi, says the appointment of Mr Usman Baba as the Inspector-General of Police (I-G) is for a single tenure of four years. The Press Secretary to the minister, Mr Ošaigbovo Ehisienmen, made the clarification in a statement...
Barely few days into the ongoing television reality show, Big Brother Titans (BBTitans), four new housemates have been introduced to the show. The Coordinator of the show, Biggie, introduced the new housemates on Thursday. This happens to be the season’s first twist as Biggie surprised his housemates with their...
The Association of Anambra State Town Unions (ASATU)-Youth wing, has said it is committed to ensuring a peaceful election in the state. The Association said this during a meeting with management of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Awka on Thursday. Mr Ken Okoli, National President of ASATU-Youth...
The Chairman of Chanchaga Local Government in Niger, Alhaji Aminu Ladan, has disowned a trending video clip of him encouraging some youths to use the council secretariat to smoke weed. Ladan told operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Thursday in Minna that the viral video...
Troops of Operation Forest Sanity have eliminated 10 terrorists and recovered cache of arms and ammunition in recent encounters in Katsina, Kebbi and Zamfara State. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Danmadami said the troops had on...
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Thursday in Abuja updated President Muhammadu Buhari on the activities of the bank. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the CBN governor, who briefed the president, had earlier on Thursday morning attended a meeting between the president...
Chief James Faleke, the Secretary, Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, says the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, will boost the nation’s low revenue, if elected as president on Feb. 25. Faleke made the assertions on Thursday at the “Walk the Talk Trek” organised by the Tinubu/Shettima Network...
The Paediatric Association of Nigeria (PAN) says the nation is losing its medical personnel to better organised global settings, leaving the remaining healthcare workers in government-owned hospitals to be overstretched. The National President of PAN, Dr Olufemi Ogunrinde, said this at the opening ceremony of the association’s four-day annual...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Thursday vowed to sanction any commercial bank found hoarding the new naira notes because it had produced enough for distribution to all the banks across the country. The CBN Kano Branch Controller, Alhaji Umar Biu, made the remark during a sensitisation on...
Water Resources Minister, Suleiman Adamu, said the Federal Government had constructed 260 dams that impounded 34 billion cubic meters of water across the country. Addressing participants at the 29th regular meeting of the National Council on Water Resources (NCWR) on Thursday in Sokoto, Adamu said the figure represented the...
Popular Musician, Innocent Idibia, also known as 2Baba, has called on the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to strengthen its fight against drug abuse as the country prepares for the forthcoming elections. He gave the call when he led members of the 2Baba Foundation and a team from...
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has plans to immortalise the late maritime icon, Otunba Kunle Folarin by naming one of its newly-acquired vessels after him. The Director-General NIMASA, Dr Bashir Jamoh, made this known in Lagos on Thursday during a one-day colloquium held in honour of...
Jamaican Olympic sprinter Usain Bolt has reportedly lost $12 million from an account he had with Kingston-based investment firm Stocks and Securities Limited. Bolt was recently told there was only about $12,000 remaining in the account, his lawyer Linton P. Gordon said in a phone interview, according to Bloomberg....
Cristiano Ronaldo recovered from a punch in the face to score twice against Paris Saint-Germain on Thursday in a lively reunion with his great rival Lionel Messi that demonstrated the financial firepower of the resource-rich Gulf. Ronaldo, 37, was decked by PSG ‘keeper Keylor Navas’s flailing fist but he...
Governor Chukwuma Soludo says the Labour Party’s flag bearer, Peter Obi may win the February 25, 2023, presidential poll in Anambra State. He, however, doubted the chances of his predecessor to win the overall presidential election next month. “I wish Peter Obi the best of luck. Let him go...