Edo State House of Assembly on Monday announced the recall of one of the three suspended lawmakers, Mr Bright Iyamu. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Iyamu (PDP-Orhionmwon South) was suspended on May 6, alongside two others over alleged plot to impeach the speaker and other...
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Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia has said that his administration inherited over N359 billion salary arrears of several years from his predecessor. The governor stated this at Okpoga, headquarters of Okpokwu Local Government Area on Monday, during a thank you tour of Ado/Okpokwu/Ogbadibo Federal Constituency. He alleged that...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), on Monday, arraigned Abubakar Sambo, Director of Finance and Account of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) for alleged fraud to the tune of N1.84 billion. Sambo was arraigned before Justice Bolaji Olajuwon of a Federal High Court, Abuja...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had to cut short his Eid-el-Kabir celebrations in Lagos as an international duty beckoned. His South African counterpart, Cyril Ramaphosa, had sent a special invitation to him to attend his inauguration, following the election and successful coalition talks that ushered Ramaphosa into office for a...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Science Granting Councils Initiative (SGCI) has awarded a $250,000 grant to four innovative research teams in Nigeria. This followed the successful implementation of the Research for Impact Initiative (R41) under the auspices of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) where four teams were...
Ogun State Government has confirmed one person dead from the recent Cholera outbreak while nine new cases have been recorded in the state. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker, made this known, while addressing journalists on Monday in Abeokuta. She said that there were 25 suspected...
The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 81 Division, Maj.-Gen. Muhammad Usman, on Monday, declared open the 81 Division Inter-Brigade Warrant Officers and Senior Non-Commissioned Officers Competition 2024. Speaking during the opening ceremony at the Alamala Barracks, Abeokuta, Usman noted that the competition was aimed at promoting unity among...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja- Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo has assured of effective disaster management and protection against the impact natural disasters in Nigeria. Governor Ododo said this while receiving the report of the Technical Working Group of the Ad Hoc Committee on Flood and Other Nature-Induced Disasters...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – Yiaga Africa has called for credible and transparent local government elections in Plateau State, emphasizing the importance of punctuality, integrity, and independence in the electoral process. The organization urged the State Independent Electoral Commission (SIEC) to ensure that the election results truly reflect...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, has expressed shock over the death of the mother-in-law of the Vice President, Kashim Shettima, Hajiya Maryam Abubakar Albishir. Hajiya Maryam Abubakar, mother of the wife of the Vice President, Nana Kashim Shettima, died at the...
Mr Michael Agboro, a prosecution seventh witness alleged that the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Godwin Emefiele awarded contracts to companies belonging to his wife and a his brother-in-law. Emefiele is standing trial on an alleged 20-count amended charge, preferred against him by the...
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Monday sentenced a 24-year-old commercial driver, Abdul Hudu to life imprisonment for defiling and abducting a 10-year-old girl. Justice Rahman Oshodi held that the prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubts the two-count charge of adduction and defilement against Hudu. The...
The police have deployed additional armed security personnel to the two palaces housing the contending emirs in the metropolitan Local Government Areas of Kano. The outgoing Commissioner of Police, AIG Usaini Gumel, confirmed this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday. Gumel...
The Police Command in Osun has alerted commercial motorcyclists in the state to be mindful of criminals posing as passengers to rob them of their motorcycles. The warning is contained in a statement issued on Monday in Osogbo by the command’s Spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola. Opalola explained that...
The Kano State Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has taken disciplinary actions against three magistrates and a registrar of the state High Court over misconduct. This is contained in a statement signed by the Spokesman of the Kano State Judiciary, Mr Baba Jibo-Ibrahim, on Monday in Kano. “The Judicial...
Vice-President Kashim Shettima has lost his mother-in-law, Maryam Abubakar-Albishir, 69, who passed away in Kano on Sunday evening after a prolonged illness. The spokesperson of the Vice-president, Mr Stanley Nkwocha, made this known in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Nkwocha said that the deceased, who was the...
.. The police in Rivers State have called on the Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) to suspend its planned protest over the closure of 23 local government council secretariats, citing credible intelligence reports of potential hijacking by hoodlums. This is contained in a statement issued by SP...
Nigerian singer, songwriter and record producer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, on Sunday released pre-wedding pictures with his partner, Chioma Rowland. Their traditional wedding is expected to hold on Tuesday in Lagos. Davido posted the pictures via his verified Instagram handle, @davido, with the caption,#CHIVIDO2024. Taking to...
By MARY RONKE, Minna – Tragedy struck in Kippo village, Mokwa Local Government Area of Niger State, when a boat accident claimed the lives of two brothers. The sad incident occurred at 10 p.m. on Thursday, June 20. The Director of Media and Strategy, Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs...
Below are the final standings of clubs in the 2023/2024 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) season, following the conclusion of Match Day 38 fixtures on Sunday: Team MP W D L GF GA GD Pts Rangers International FC 38 21 7 10 56 33 23 70 Remo Stars...