Concerned staff members and stakeholders of the National Assembly have raised the alarm about plans by the incumbent Clerk to the National Assembly, CNA, Architect Amos Ojo to continue in office even when he is supposed to begin his pre-retirement leave on 14th November, 2022. According to feelers, Arc...
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By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Governments across Africa have been urged to rethink governance, engender public confidence and trust in government by providing value for taxpayers’ money in line with their obligations under the social contract they have with citizens. This was the call made to African Government by...
By TARGBA SHAAGEE, Abuja – After a successful inspection of hotel facilities in Awka, the Anambra state capital, the management of Rangers International F.C is set to move the team there for its close-camping exercise to round off its preseason activities for the fast approaching 2022/2023 football season. The...
By TARGBA SHAAGEE, Abuja – Former Team Nigeria captain, Olumide Oyedeji (OLY) has been returned as the president of the Nigerian Olympian Association at its Elective Congress held in the Ondo State capital- Akure. The election of the new executive to be led by the former NBA star was...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The Permanent Secretary, State House, Tijjani Umar, on Thursday in Abuja, said the State House 2023 budget proposal of N21.1bn is comparatively lower than the 2022 appropriation of N40.1 billion by 19.01 per cent. A statement issued by the State House Assistant Director of...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the renowned businessman and philanthropist, Femi Otedola, on his 60th birthday, November 4, 2022, joining family, friends, and associates to celebrate the milestone. A statement issued on Thursday by the presidential spokesman, Mr. Femi Adesina, said the president shared...
By EDDY OCHIGBO, Kaduna – A coalition of environmental organizations in Kaduna, under the aegis Extinction Rebellion (XR) – a global movement which seeks to persuade governments to act justly on climate change and ecological emergency – has hosted a pre-COP27, in partnership with Bridge-that-Gap Initiative, to galvanize the...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A lawmaker representing Akamkpa and Biase Federal Constituency, Hon Daniel Dasuki on Thursday said he is still remain the candidate for the Labour Party despite a Federal High Court’s judgement sacking him.. Addressing journalists at the NUJ Press Center, Calabar, in company of the...
Amanda Azubuike, a woman of Nigerian descent, has been promoted from Lieutenant Colonel to Brigadier General of the United States Army at a military base in Fort Knox, Kentucky, USA. Watch Video here:
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will, on Friday, arraign a former Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Olasupo Shasore, SAN, before a Federal High Court, Abuja. Shasore, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered, will be arraigned alongside a company, Middlesex Investments Ltd., before Justice...
An energy consultant, Ademola Adigun, says fingerprinting Nigerian crude supported with international advocacy will permanently address frequent crude oil theft in the country. Adigun said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos. According to him, fingerprinting is a process that gives...
A former employee of Wema Bank, Akinyele Ogunpola,40, was on Thursday docked in a Chief Magistrates’ Court, in Abeokuta, for allegedly stealing N70million from his employer. The defendant, is charged with conspiracy and theft. The Prosecution Counsel, Insp Olaide Rawlings, told the court that the defendant committed the offence...
The House of Representatives Committee on Defence has summoned heads of security agencies in the country over their refusal to buy arms and ammunition from the Defence Industry Corporation of Nigeria (DICON). Rep. Taofeek Ajilesoro (PDP-Osun) moved the motion when the Director-General, DICON, Maj.-Gen. Hassan Tafida, appeared before the...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – No fewer than 15 persons were killed and properties worth N20 million destroyed in various fire incidents in Kano State in October. This is according to a statement issued by the spokesman of the Kano Fire Service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi on Thursday in Kano....
A women’s Nations League will begin next year, European football governing body UEFA announced on Thursday. The competition, which will link into qualification for the European Championship and the World Cup, will start in autumn 2023, it said. As with the men’s UEFA Nations League, countries will be divided...
Lionel Messi has won nearly 40 trophies for club and country in an illustrious career, but the Argentine forward’s glittering resume has one major omission — a World Cup winner’s medal. The debate over the greatest of all time is one that will never be settled, but there is...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – The kinetic and non-kinetic operations being conducted by troops of the Nigerian military in the various theatres of operations have continued to record significant results with the elimination of 59 Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists and arrest of over 90 other criminal elements. Director, Defence Media...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has commended the national leader of Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, for endorsing Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as the preferred candidate for 2023 presidential election. The MURIC Director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola gave the commendation in a statement issued on Thursday in...
The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts has summoned the Minister of finance, Zainab Ahmed; the Director-General, Budget Office of the Federation, Ben Akabueze; and the acting Accountant General of Federation, Okolieaboh Sylva; to explain why the Office of the Auditor General for the Federation (AuGF) is undermined...
Elder statesman, Edwin Clark has expressed concern over reports of increasing number of Nigerians, particularly youths relocating to other countries. He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that there was nothing wrong with people travelling or relocating to other countries. According to him, the recent trend...