Kano State Committee on Sanitation has shut a Chinese metal recycling plant in Kano on Saturday for operating during the monthly environmental sanitation exercise. It also slammed a N5 million fine on the company for the transgression. The committee’s mobile court, presided over by Magistrate Auwal Sulaiman, gave the...
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Amid permutations ahead of the 2023 general elections, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu is banking on his alliance with some outgoing northern governors to get votes in the region. At the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos State on Saturday during a rally, Tinubu...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has described the former Military Governor of the old Kano State, retired Col. Sani Bello, as “a refined military officer who embodies the shining virtues of military discipline.” The president stated this in a goodwill message issued on Saturday in Abuja...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Insecurity, poverty, unemployment, lack of accountability and transparency have been identified as the major challenges confronting the country. The Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar stated this in his keynote address on Saturday during the 2022 Bareqa Old Boys Association (BOBA)...
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Olukayode Ariwoola is a Judicial officer and not a politician, as such, will never directly or remotely make political comments or innuendoes. This is contained in a statement issued by Dr Festus Akande, the Supreme Court Director of Press and Information on...
Mr Donald Duke, a former governor of Cross River, has said that he felt sorry for the next governor of the state, revealing that such individual would be faced with an uphill task to reinvent governance in the state. He made the remarks at the inauguration of 1,080-member campaign...
The traffic situation in Lagos metropolis on Saturday was worsened as the Presidential Campaign of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) at Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere to hold its rally. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the rally is for the APC presidential candidate, Sen. Bola Tinubu...
The Police Command in Ogun says it has arrested a 36-year-old suspected, Sikiru Ajibola, who allegedly raped 5-year-old boy to death in Ogijo area of Sagamu local government. SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), disclosed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Saturday. Oyeyemi...
A former Managing Director of the defunct National Bank, Pius Ajumobi, has died at the age of 85. He died on Friday at Mercy Hospital, Isikan, Akure in Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo State. Confirming Ajumobi’s death to newsmen on Saturday in Akure, the traditional ruler of...
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), has directed passport offices across the country to work on Saturdays to clear backlog of passport applications. This is contained in a statement made available by the Service’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Tony Akuneme, in Abuja on Saturday. Akuneme said that the Comptroller-General, Mr...
The leadership of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) in Sokoto state led by the party’s governorship candidate, Sa’idu Gumburawa, had joined the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. This development is contained in a statement issued to newsmen on Saturday by Bashar Abubakar, the Special Assistant to Sen....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A primary school teacher with Goldeen Olive Academy Maiduguri, Ms. Anty Zara has been arrested by the police for alleged rape of her pupil, a 4-year-old girl (name withheld) during school hours within the school premises. Our correspondent gathered that the suspect has been...
The Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN) says it is working with the Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd., to improve the distribution of petrol across the country. Mr Clement Isong, Chief Executive Officer of MOMAN, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN),...
Martin Luther Agwai International Leadership and Peace Keeping Centre (MLAILPKC) in Jaji, Kaduna State, has graduated 65 troops, to be deployed for peace keeping mission in Mali. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the troops form Nigerian Medical Contingent 9 Level II Hospital for the United Nations...
The Action Alliance (AA) has disowned one of the suits filed by the party, seeking the disqualification of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, All Progressives Congress (APC) 2023 Presidential Candidate. Mr Bayo Onanuga, Director of Media and Publicity APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), announced this in a statement on Friday in...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the South East demand for a President from the region in 2023, is morally right and timely. Mr Chukwubuikem Uloka, Deputy Director, Media and Publicity of PDP Presidential Campaign Management Committee, said this in a statement in Awka. “It is comprehensible that the...
Mrs. Hanan Buhari, Daughter of President Muhammadu Buhari, has decried what she described as low reportage of rape, sexual and gender-based violence cases in the country. She said this at the inauguration of the Hanan Buhari Foundation which took place at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villla, Abuja,...
A Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja has awarded fine against Mr Kola Abiola, the presidential candidate, People’s Redemption Party (PRP), over failure to file his court documents within time. Justice Fadima Aminu, in a ruling, also fined the PRP over its delay in filing its counter affidavit in opposition...
Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri has appealed to the Federal Government to jettison any plan to end the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), saying the programme is yet to achieve its objectives. Diri insisted that PAP is yet to achieve its mandate, saying even the disarmament phase of the scheme...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the Anglican Archbishop of Owerri Province, the Most Rev David Onuoha, on his election as the National President of the Christian Council of Nigeria (CCN), which is one of the five blocs that make up the Christian Association of...