By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Senate Committee on the FCT has commended the FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello for his commitment to the execution of priority projects in the territory. Chairman, Senate Committee on FCT, Sen. Smart Adeyemi made the commendation during the inspection of some projects...
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By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has called on the National Assembly to include specific roles for traditional rulers in the ongoing constitution amendments. Governor Mohammed made the appeal in his speech shortly after presenting the staff of office to the 11th Emir of...
The Kogi Campaign Council on Sunday promised that Gov Yahaya Bello will massively deliver the state to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 general elections. Mr Kingsley Fanwo, the state council Director of Media and Publicity, made the promise in a statement issued in Lokoja. He said...
Price of rice has gone up in Jos as a 50kg bag of smuggled rice now costs N45,000 up from N35,000 for which it was sold three weeks ago. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who conducted a market survey reports a 50kg bag of locally-parboiled...
A three-day retreat organised by the Lagos State House of Assembly for lawmakers and legislative workers on the N1.692 trillion 2023 budget presented by Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu ended on Sunday. Gov. Sanwo-Olu presented the budget entitled “Budget of Continuous Development’’ to the House on Oct. 27. The House committed...
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) donated N40 million to flood victims in Edo on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the floods displaced about 32,893 persons in Etsako Central, Etsako East and Esan Southeast Local Government Areas of Edo....
The Director-General of Voice of Nigeria (VON), Osita Okechukwu, says former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar’s moves to reconcile with Gov. Nyesom Wike’s group in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is belated. Okechukwu said this when he responded to the statement by Atiku that the ruling APC was a contraption of...
The Bauchi State Police Command has stepped up security around INEC offices and facilities in the state. Police spokesman in the state, SP Ahmed Wakil stated on Sunday in Bauchi that Divisional Police Officers and Area Commanders have been directed to ensure strategic deployment of officers at INEC offices...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has called for more investments in Open Universities in the country and expansion of capacities of tertiary institutions. Osinbajo in a statement by Dr Sam Idiagbonya, Media Assistant to the Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo on Sunday in Abuja, made the call at the 20th...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) 2023 Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), says Sen. Bola Tinubu, its presidential candidate stands rock solid and indestructible despite negative publicity from opposition camp. Mr Bayo Onanuga, Director, Media and Publicity of the council said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja while...
Dr Balarabe Shehu-Kakale, a member of the House of Representatives (PDP-Sokoto), says the party will retain the governorship position in the forthcoming 2023 General Elections. Shehu-Kakale said in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja that as far as the 2023 polls were...
The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has inducted 36 new members and 15 members as Fellows of the Guild. The induction followed a Gala Night organised for the Guild by Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo to conclude the 18th All Nigeria Editors Conference, (ANEC) 2022 in Owerri. In his...
The Bola Ahmed Tinubu Presidential Actualisation Movement (BAT-PAM) staged a mega rally on Sunday in Kaduna in support of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The group said it would deliver four million votes to the APC’s presidential candidate at the 2023 election. The rally was...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “urgently direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN and appropriate law enforcement agencies to identify and arrest the perpetrators and sponsors of attacks on...
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In a spate of five days, Nigeria has lost two of its cerebral and finest journalists turned spokespersons to key government officials. They are Mal. Danladi Ndayebo, and Mohammed Isa Funtua, PRNigeria reports. Ndayebo, died on Monday from internal injuries he sustained in an auto crash that occurred last...
Nigerian Government on Sunday called on national and foreign investors to maximise the business opportunities in the sanitation sector for the nation’s socio-economic development. The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Water Resources, Mrs Didi Walson-Jack, made this call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
The Federal Government on Sunday pledged to commence a toilet revolution that would encourage African countries to build and use toilets for a healthier and hygienic society. The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Water Resources, Mrs Didi Walson-Jack, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in preparations to the...
THE Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, says the lack of access to healthcare is the main factor contributing to high maternal, infant and under five mortality in the country. He said this during the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) ministerial forum in Abuja. NAN reports that the latest...
Revellers at the ongoing 35th edition of the National Festival of Arts and Culture (NAFEST) on Saturday in Lagos were thrilled with electrifying performances from Sir Shina Peters and Alariwo of Africa. The festival hosted by Lagos State, has its theme as “Culture and Peaceful Co-existence”. The Lagos State...