Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has increased the number of his newly appointed special assistants on political units to 200, 000. The Governor, while inaugurating the last batch of the 100,000 appointees at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, Omagwa in Ikwerre Local Government Area on Friday, said he decided to...
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The Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, says Nigerian public universities budgeted N1 billion for energy on annual basis but mostly got between N11 million and N12 million on monthly basis. According to Rasheed, this amount is actually not adequate for the smooth running of institutions....
Spotify, an online streaming platform has announced the launch of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever official playlist. Phiona Okumu, Spotify’s Head of Music, Sub-Saharan Africa, disclosed this on Friday in Lagos. ” Spotify is launching the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Official Playlist, featuring new music as well as exclusive content...
The Bayelsa State Government on Friday faulted the ranking of flood impacted states as presented by the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Minister, Sadiya Farouq, had told State House Correspondents that Bayelsa is not among the...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday restated the Federal Government’s commitment towards providing durable solutions to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the country. Represented by his Chief of Staff, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, Buhari restated the commitment in Abuja in commemoration of the National Day of IDPs. The National Day of...
By TARGBA SHAAGGEE, Abuja – FIFA President, Gianni Infantino has condoled with the President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Ibrahim Gusau, over the death of former Nigeria international forward Bello Kofar-mata. In his condolence message on Friday, Infantino, said: “I will like to express my sincerest and heartfelt condolences...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Ekiti State Command, has destroyed no fewer than 3.7 hectares of Hemp farmland at Ire-Ekiti Forest in Oye Local Government Area of the state. Slso, the agency had arrested eight suspects, including a woman alleged to be involved in cultivating the illegal...
The Director-General of the Industrial Training Fund (ITF), Mr Joseph Ari, says citizens should leverage the Bimodal Voters’ Accreditation System (BVAS) to vote credible leaders in the 2023 general elections. This was made known on Friday in Jos in a statement signed by the fund’s Director of Public Affairs...
The Katsina State Police Command has said it is making efforts to rescue the 21 teenagers abducted from a farmland in Mairuwa, Faskari Local Government area of the state. The victims, who are mostly between the age of 16 and 21, were kidnapped on Oct. 4, 2022. The command’s...
The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) said it would conduct final outdoor field training exercise for cadets beginning from Saturday. The Acting Public Relations Officer of Academy, Major Kayode Owolabi said in a statement issued on Friday in Kaduna that cadets of Direct Short Service Course 26 Army, and Course...
The Federal High Court, Kaduna, has affirmed the governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Sen. Uba Sani as the substantive candidate for the 2023 election in the state. Delivering judgment, Justice Mohammed Garba, dismissed the suit on the grounds that the court lacked jurisdiction to hear the...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, will, on Nov. 18, deliver judgment in a suit filed by Abdulrasheed Maina against the Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, and Haliru Nababa, Controller General (C-G), Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS). Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date on Friday after counsel for Maina, Ibrahim...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, ordered an interim forfeiture of 40 landed property linked to Sen. Ike Ekweremadu, former Deputy Senate President. Justice Inyang Ekwo following an ex -parte motion filed and moved by Ibrahim Buba, lawyer to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The News...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has drawn the attention of the motoring public, particularly those who are presently using Lexus NX260, Lexus NX3650h and Lexus NX400h+ manufactured between 31 March, 2021 to 26 April 2022 to a faulty programming of the Lane Keeping...
By TARGBA SHAAGEE, Abuja – A renowned food scientists and technologists, and current Head of Abuja Station and Project Manager of BASICS, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Professor Lateef Sanni has added a new feather to his crowded cap of academic distinctions. Professor Sanni, a former Deputy Vice-Chancellor...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has directed the Commissioner for Lands, Survey and Solid Minerals, Bernard Unenge to allocate land to the Nigerian Navy for the establishment of a Naval Base in the state. Governor Ortom gave the directive on Friday, while presiding...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Lafia – It was a black Thursday night for the students of Nasarawa State University Keffi, as armed robbers stormed the community and collected their belongings at gun point. The robbers, who were over forty in numbers attacked the students in their different compounds behind former...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Friday, arraigned former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Lagos State, Olasupo Shasore, SAN, on a 14-count money laundering charge. Shasore was arraigned on a fresh charge before Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court, Abuja. The News Agency...
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court, sitting at Ibadan on Friday, has granted bail of N200,000 each to two nurses and two security personnel working with Ibadan Central Hospital, Ibadan, for allegedly cutting off flesh from a corpse in their hospital. The defendants are nurses Muibat Olatunji, 27, and Oluwafunmilayo...
American rapper, Kanye West has revealed that he plans to step away from from a couple of things for the next one month. Ye who is being dropped by different business organizations over his anti-Semitic comments last month, took to Twitter to explain his 30-day “verbal fast” journey that...