By HARUNA AHMED, Damaturu – The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Yobe North Senatorial District at the 2023 election, Alhaji Bashir Machina, has denied stepping down for Senate President, Senator Ahmed Lawan. Alhaji Machina, who debunked the report in a statement issued on Sunday in Damaturu, said it...
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Senator Smart Adeyemi, (Kogi-West Senatorial District), has proposed a bill seeking to end nomination of candidates of same religion for president and vice positions. Adeyemi, who disclosed this at a news conference in Abuja on Sunday, said there was need to forestall the contentious issues on nomination of candidates...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has offered to submit itself for forensic audit of fuel supply and subsidy management, insisting that daily fuel supply is 68 million litres. The NNPC made this known on Sunday in a statement signed by Malam Garba Muhammad, Group General Manager,...
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) said it had apprehended 19 vehicles over indiscriminate and illegal parking at garages and parks in Lagos Island. The General Manager of LASTMA, Mr Bolaji Oreagba, said this in a statement through the Director, Public Affairs Unit LASTMA, Mr Adebayo Taofiq, Lagos...
Some stakeholders in the South East have called on the Federal and state governments to treat terrorists and their sponsors as enemies of the state and stop granting them pardon. The stakeholders made the call while responding to a News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) survey on consequences of granting...
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Usman Baba says there is no immediate threat to the conduct of the 2023 general elections. The I-G gave the assurance in a statement issued by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, on Sunday in Abuja. According to Baba, the assurance...
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Sokoto State, Alhaji Dodo Oroji says former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has antidote to Nigeria’s myriad of challenges. Oroji, who spoke to newsmen in Sokoto on Sunday said, ”the PDP presidential candidate would take Nigeria out of its current situation, if...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has announced 14 deaths in 10 states from suspected cases of yellow fever between January to July 2022. The NCDC stated this via its official website on Sunday. It said the affected states included Abia (one), Bayelsa (one), Benue (one),...
Gunmen on Saturday abducted scores of travellers on on Benin-Owo Expressway in Ifon , the headquarters of Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State. The number of victims could not be ascertained as some sources said the victims were over 40 while others gave their number as 32. One...
The Police in Ondo State has confirmed the killing of Mr Gbenga Olofinmoyegun, a Director in the Ondo State Teaching Service Commision (TESCOM) who was declared missing on Thursday. The command spokesperson, SP Funmilayo Odunlami, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Akure on Sunday, that the mutilated...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Troops of 1 Division Nigerian Army Kaduna, have killed 3 bandits terrorising the Sabon Birni, Dogondawa-Kuyelo and Farin Ruwa areas of Kaduna State. The Director, Army Public Relations Officer, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday. Brig. Gen. Nwachukwu...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGNI, Bauchi – The Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC) in Bauchi State, has confirmed one person dead in a fatal auto crash that happened on Saturday evening in the state. The FRSC Sector Commander, Yusuf Abdullahi who confirmed the incident to our correspondent on Sunday, said the...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – At least 9 passengers have been confirmed dead and ten others injured in a fatal crash at Yangoji-Abaji road, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja. The Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO), Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Bisi Kazeem, confirmed this in a statement on...
Prof. Attahiru Jega, former INEC chairman and leader of People’s Redemption Party (PRP), has urged women and youths to be agents of peace to ensure rancor -free 2023 general elections. Jega gave the charge on Sunday while commissioning the PRP Youth and Women Wing office in Birnin Kebbi, the...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested eight suspected bandits in Ala Forest, Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi said in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi named those arrested as: Austin Dickson, 47, who...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said that its personnel had not started carrying any form of fire arms whether on patrol or on other official duties. The Acting Corps Marshal, FRSC Mr Dauda Biu, said this in a statement by the Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO) FRSC, Mr...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has recovered more than 1.2 million tramadol tablets in Gombe and Lagos states. The NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday that 811,000 of the tablets were recovered...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has warned stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state not to get involved in the controversy of the party at the national level because it is beyond them. He stated this in a speech during a...
As Nigerians reflect on the polity, barely 24 days to the takeoff of campaigns for the 2023 general elections, Osita Okechukwu, Director-General of Voice of Nigeria (VON) says Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has boxed itself into irretrievable tight corner. Okechukwu, also a chieftain of the APC, said this when...