By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Senate President, Dr.Ahmad Lawan, has congratulated the government and people of Yobe on the occasion of the 31st anniversary of the creation of the state. Lawan, in a statement on Saturday in Abuja, acknowledged the contributions of past and present leaders to the development...
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Anambra State Government has created a family court to checkmate violence against women and against the girl child. The Commissioner for Women Affairs and Children Development, Mrs Ify Obinabo, disclosed this on Saturday in Awka. Mrs Obinabo said: “Women fight against fellow women and even partner with men to...
Rhapsody of Realities, a devotion publication, has now been translated in 7,000 languages, says the Director of Operations, LoveWorld Publishing, Pastor Lola Aisida. The Rhapsody of Realities, a publication of LoveWorld Publishing Ltd., is a daily devotional, authored by Pastor Chris Oyakhilome of The Christ Embassy. Aisida said that...
The African Development Bank (AfDB), said private sector investment in Africa’s infrastructure in 2020 was 19 billion dollars, the highest since 2016. Mr Solomon Quaynor, AfDB Vice President for the Private Sector, Infrastructure and Industrialisation said this at a webinar organised by the bank and the Japan International Cooperation...
The 241 RECCE Battalion of the Nigerian Army on Saturday dismissed John Gabriel and Lance Cpl Adamu Gideon who allegedly killed an Islamic scholar, Sheikh Goni Aisami, in Yobe. Lt. Col. Ibrahim Osabo, Ag Commanding Officer of the Battalion, Nguru, Yobe, disclosed this to newsmen shortly after the suspects...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Presidential candidate of Social Democratic Party (SDP), Prince Adewole Adebayo says chasing the administration of All Progressives Congress (APC), under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023, will solve 50% of the country’s problems. Adebayo who stated this while receiving the leadership...
Many Nigerians living in diaspora have reservations against buying and owning a property in Nigeria. Your fears are valid! People living abroad have gone through a lot of traumatizing situations in an attempt to be a property owner in Nigeria. Mrs. Abiola has been scammed twice just to buy...
Adoption of foreign cultures, traditions and religions is at the base of the destruction of many African countries. The declaration was made by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed at the opening of the sixth edition of the Edinburgh International Cultural Summit in Edinburgh, Scotland. He...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it is leading the drive towards diversifying the nation’s economy away from oil through its numerous interventions. Mr Godwin Emefiele, Governor of CBN, said this at the 33rd Seminar organised by CBN for the Finance Correspondents and Business Editors on Saturday in...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Police Force (NPF)has suspended two Supernumerary Police Officers, Obaze Blessing with SPY number 5709, and Obaze Emmanuella Uju with SPY number 5708, with immediate effect. They were suspended by The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, for breaching the provisions of the...
Abia State Goveenor, Okezie Ikpeazu says his administration has delivered more than 150 roads to the state in the past seven years to boost its socioeconomic development. Ikpeazu made the claim in Umuahia on Saturday in a state broadcast to commemorate 31st anniversary of Abia. The military administration of...
The Police Command in Nasarawa State has arrested a fake Naval Officer in the state. DSP Ramhan Nansel, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) made the disclosure in a statement he signed and made available to newsmen on Saturday in Lafia. According to the Police spokesperson, the suspect was arrested...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – A joint team of police operatives from the Bauchi State Police Command and a local vigilante group have killed two suspected kidnappers and injured one other. The team also arrested nine others during a raid of the suspected kidnappers’ hideouts terrorizing residents of Alkaleri...
The Managing Director of Kogi Enterprise Development Agency (KEDA), Hajiya Rekiya Sanni, has called for peaceful co-existence among the citizens of Kogi State to quicken growth and development of the state. Sanni made the call on Saturday while felicitating Gov. Yahaya Bello and the residents of the state on...
Gov. Gboyega Oyetola says Osun State has kept faith with the vision of its founding fathers to sustainably build “the state of virtue’’ in its 31 years of creation. The governor made the declaration in a statement issued in Osogbo on Saturday by his media aide, Ismail Omipidan to...
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has described as untrue, claims that it carried out ranking on performance of states in its recently released examination for school candidates. Mr Patrick Areghan, WAEC’s Head of National Office, dismissed the claims, which he described as misleading, false and the handiwork of...
Retired Brig.-Gen. Bashir Adewimbi, the Commander of Osun Security Network Agency, ‘Amotekun Corps’, said more operatives would be recruited to strengthen security and flush out bandits hiding in forests. Adewimbi made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Saturday in Ede, stating that...
Chairmanship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the 2019 December 12th election, Comrade Ajagun Opeyemi Samuel has advocated for power to shift to the western part of Kogi State. Ajagun while celebrating the state on its 31st anniversary, appealed to Governor Yahaya Bello, his appointees, the royal...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has called for scholarships for talented African youths who are disadvantaged by low incomes. Jonathan made the call in his remarks during the 11th graduation ceremony of the Cavendish University Uganda (CUU), Kampala. Jonathan, who is the Chancellor of the University, in his remarks made...
The Niger Police Command said it had not arrested any foreign national distributing weapons to with a helicopter to bandits in the state. Commissioner of Police, Mr Monday Kurya told the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) in Minna on Friday that such incident never occurred in any part...