By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Federal Commissioner of Public Complaints Commission (PCC) , Borno State, Hon. Yusuf Adamu has said about 4,000 cases out of the 6000 cases he inherited since his assumption of office have been resolved by the commission under his watch Adamu who revealed this...
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By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Lafia – A Senior Magistrate Court sitting at Uke in Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State has issued an arrest warrant against the Commissioner for Works and Rural Development Engr. Idris Mohammed, for failure to appear before the court on the 31st of October, 2022....
The House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs has resolved not consider the 2023 budget of the Ministry of Foreign until it complies fully with the 2022 Appropriation Act. The Chairman of the committee, Rep. Yakub Buba (APC-Adamawa) revealed the position at a 2023 budget defence session on Wednesday...
The conservative bloc of Israeli opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu is set for a clear election victory on Wednesday, with 86 per cent of the votes counted. His right-wing religious camp has managed to secure a majority of 65 of the 120 seats in parliament, according to Israeli media reports....
A head of internal audit in First Bank, Mr Chris Owai, on Wednesday told an Ikeja Special Offences Court how two former staff of the bank, Stella Oyeluyi and Noel Benjamin allegedly falsified the account number of Chevron Cooperative by debiting N41.5 million to pay debt to another bank...
Jumia, Africa’s leading e-commerce platform, has urged Nigerians to leverage the 2022 edition of its Black Friday shopping campaign to tackle ‘sapa’ and navigate the current economic realities. Mr Massimiliano Spalazzi, the Chief Executive Officer, Jumia Nigeria, gave the advice at a news conference on Wednesday in Lagos. The...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State House of Assembly (NSHA), has passed a bill for a law to authorize the Issue out of the consolidated revenue fund of the State 2022 amended appropriation of the sum of N110, 849, 945, 879.49 for the services of Nasarawa State government...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – A Federal High Court sitting in Lafia, on Wednesday nullified the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election for Nasarawa West Senatorial zone which earlier declared Arc. Shehu Tukur, as the candidate of the party. Delivering the judgement, the presiding Judge, Justice Nehezina Afolabi, who...
The Federal Executive Council(FEC) presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has approved the variation order for the East West road project sections 1-4 from N246 billion to N506 billion. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, briefed State...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says that about 1,200 artisans who specialise in assorted fabric making have been rendered jobless by the inferno that engulfed the Tejuosho Market on Tuesday. The Director-General, NEMA, Alhaji Mustapha Ahmed, said this in a post-disaster loss and needs assessment report on Wednesday...
TMRW Sports, co-founded by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, announced on Wednesday a star-studded investor group which includes tennis great Serena Williams and seven-times Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton. The team of investors also includes four-time NBA champion Stephen Curry and three-times tennis Grand Slam winner Andy Murray....
Dr Richard Munang, Deputy Regional Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), has said that Biosecurity threats cost Africa over US$ 420 billion. Munang disclosed this on Tuesday in Lagos at the 8th African Conference on Health and Biosecurity, with the theme: “Strengthening Health Security and Mitigating Biological...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC), on Wednesday, arraigned Prof. Alex Akpa, former acting Director-General, National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), and others over alleged N400 million fraud. Prof. Akpan, Famous Daunemigha, ex-member, Governing Board of NABDA and Wesley Ebi Siasia, ex-Director, Finance and Accounts of...
The Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Zamfara state, Dr. Sani Ahmad, died on Wednesday in Gusau after a brief illness. This was confirmed by the Deputy chairman of the party, Alhaji Mukhtar Lugga, to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gusau via telephone. He said...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says 75 per cent of road accidents in the country are caused by human errors. Mrs Modupe Ojo-Gbenga, FRSC Unit Commander in Okitipupa, Ondo State, said this on Wednesday during the inauguration of public sensitisation campaign on ember months, held at New Garage....
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Oyo State Command, says it has arrested and repatriated 18 foreigners for allegedly possessing voters cards. The NIS Comptroller in the state, Isah Dansuleiman, made this known during a sensitisation programme on the 2023 general elections for stakeholders in Ibadan on Wednesday. The News...
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has directed the Commissioner of Police, Osun State, CP Olaleye Faleye, to investigate the alleged assault on female Inspector Olorunsogo Bamidele by her DCO in Ode Omu Osun State. In a trending video, the female police officer accused her attacker who she gave...
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele says eNaira has recorded 700,000 transactions valued at N8 billion, since its inauguration on Oct. 25, 2021. Emefiele said this on Wednesday in Abuja, at the 28th edition of the apex bank’s annual In-house Executive Seminar with...
Ovie Omo-Agege, Delta governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), has urged the Itsekiri nation to vote for the party at all levels in 2023 general election. Omo-Agege said this when he visited Chief Ayiri Emami at his residence in Ubeji in Warri South Local Government Area of the...
The FCT Minister of State, Dr Ramatu Aliyu, has disbursed N215 million to 5,054 beneficiaries of the COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES) in the nation’s capital. Aliyu, while disbursing the funds, explained that the figure was made up of 3,650 beneficiaries of Social Transfer scheme, and 1,404...