By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Government has said it would support the victims, the families and community affected by the collapsed school building in Jos, Plateau, on Friday. The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on...
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Nigerian music star, Paul Okoye, also known as Rude Boy of the legendary Psquare duo, has surprised his wife, Ivy Ifeoma, with a new Range Rover SUV as a ‘push gift’. The excited husband took to his Instagram stories to share a photo of the sleek ride,...
President Bola Tinubu on Saturday appointed new leaders for key agencies in furtherance of his renewed hope agenda. The new appointments were announced in a statement by the President’s spokesman, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, on Saturday. The President approved the appointment of Dr Olufemi Adekanmbi as the new Project...
Former Senate President, Pius Anyim, alongside former gubernatorial candidates of opposition parties in Ebonyi on Saturday defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Anyim, formerly of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), defected to the APC with some of his supporters during the grand finale of the APC campaign...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the collapse of a school building in Jos, Plateau State capital as a huge blow to Nigeria and humanity. The party stated this in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba on Saturday in Abuja. Ologunagba said that the party...
The Kaduna State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), on Saturday announced the release of the journalists and their families who were kidnapped on July 6 . The council’s Chairman, Asma”u Halilu ,made the announcement in a statement issued in Kaduna. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN),...
President Bola Tinubu’s horse named ‘Renewed Hope’ has won the ‘Hope Renewed 1st Year Anniversary Horse Racing Derby’ that ended in Kaduna on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the four-day epochal sports that opened on Thursday was organised by the Horse Racing Federation of...
The Commissioner of Police (CP), FCT Command, Benneth Igweh shas said all the victims of the two-storey building that collapsed n Kubwa, Bwari Area Council, FCT, in the early hour on Saturday were rescued alive. Igweh told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), that the rescue team was...
The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone B, has announced the tragic death of an Insp of Customs (IC) Hamza Abdullahi-Elenwo. The incident occurred on Friday during a stop-and-search operation at Achilafia along the Daura-Kano road in Jigawa. The details were contained in a statement issued by...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the weekend approved the appointment of new Chief Executive Officers for several Federal Government parastatals and agencies, including the National Pension Commission (PenCom), the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), National Directorate of Employment (NDE), and the...
JOEL OLADELE, Abuja The Tinubu Stakeholders Forum (TSF), has said the Supreme Court decision affirming the autonomy of local governments is a monumental step towards reinforcing grassroots development. In a statement signed by its Chairman Ahmad Sajoh and Secretary Josiah Afolabi, the group wholeheartedly applauded the Supreme Court’s landmark...
JOEL OLADELE, Abuja The Tinubu Media Volunteers (TMV) has described the new measures taken by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to drive down inflation of food prices as radical and proactive, adding that they will soon bear fruits. In a statement signed by its Chairman, Chukwudi Enekwechi and Secretary...
JOEL OLADELE, Abuja President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reaffirmed the commitment of his administration to correct the years of neglect of the Niger Delta region through the Renewed Hope Agenda. Speaking at the Niger Delta Stakeholders Summit 2024 held in Port Harcourt, the President, who was represented by the...
No fewer than 81 victims of the school building collapse in Jos, have been discharged from the various hospitals they were admitted to. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the Saints Academy, a secondary and primary school in Jos, collapsed on Friday, while students were writing...
The Plateau State House of Assembly has promised to make new laws that would address the menace of building collapse in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the state government confirmed 22 deaths and 154 injuries at the Saint Academy, Jos school building...
The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) has felicitated the Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on his 90th birthday, describing him as the tallest living iroko in Nigeria’s literary forest. This is contained in a statement in Abuja on Saturday by the Director-General of NCC, Dr John Asein. Asein said...
The Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Department (FEMD) has said four persons have been rescued alive from the rubbles of a collapsed two-storey building in Kubwa, Abuja, on Saturday. The acting Director-General, FEMD, Mrs Florence Wenegieme, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. Wenegieme said that...
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has presented post-graduate foreign scholarship letters to 200 scholars from the Niger Delta region. The Chairman of the NDDC Governing Board, Mr Chiedu Ebie, handed over the letters to the beneficiaries during a pre-departure ceremony in Port Harcourt on Saturday. Ebie, in a...
Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau has declared three days of mourning in response to the tragic loss of lives and injuries sustained by teachers and students of Saints Academy, Jos following the school building collapse. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the state government...
Mrs Bridget Anyafulu, lawmaker representing Oshimili South Constituency at the Delta House of Assembly, on Saturday, commended voters for turning out for the local government election in the state. Anyafulu, who voted at about 11.35 a.m. at Ward 10, Unit 1 in Umudiake quarters...