By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Vice President Kashim Shettima, accompanied by Acting Governor Umar Usman Kadafur, joined thousands of mourners at the funeral of Alhaji Tahir Mohammed Monguno, father of Senator MT Monguno. The ceremony took place at the Senator’s residence in Old GRA, Maiduguri, and was led...
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says the Air Component of Operation Delta Safe has destroyed 13 illegal refining sites and seven Cotonou boats in Rivers, Bayelsa and Imo. The Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF, AVM Edward Gabkwet, disclosed this in a statement...
The Labour Party (LP) in Nigeria has said prompt overhaul of electoral system that will guarantee credible elections nationwide remains a major task before the 10th National Assembly. The LP Deputy National Chairman, Dr Ayo Olorunfemi made this remark in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
The Police Pubic Relations Officer (PPRO), Lagos State Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, has said that actress Laide Bakare was stopped for contravening traffic laws and fined for the offence. Hundeyin made this known in a post he shared on his verified X handle, @benHundeyin, on Sunday. Taking to...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has extended his condolences to the senator representing Borno North, Barrister Mohammed Tahir Monguno, over his father’s death, Alhaji Tijjani Muhammad. Late Alhaji Muhammad died on Saturday at the age of 95 and was buried on Sunday in...
Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has announced plans to contract the construction of Achoho- Awajir- Oju road. Governor Alia made the announcement on Sunday, while addressing the All Progressives Congress (APC) supporters from Oju/Obi Federal Constituency in Oju Local Government Area (LGA), of Benue. He said his administration...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – The Plateau State Government has been urged to take immediate action to provide investment incentives, establish industrial clusters, and develop standardized markets and artisan hubs to promote job creation, maintain an organized environment, and drive overall development. Akin Omoware, Head of Component for Business...
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has kicked against the call by some politicians for decentralised minimum wage negotiations. Secretary of NLC in Oyo State, Mr Adebayo Aribatise, in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Ibadan, said that decentralising minimum wage negotiations would put workers...
President Bola Tinubu has directed that all civil servants who are drawing salaries from the government after relocating abroad should be made to refund the money. The President also directed that the supervisors and department heads of the culprits must also be punished for aiding and abetting the fraud...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – On Sunday morning, a fire broke out at the Christ Embassy Church in Oregun, Ikeja, Lagos State The church, owned by Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, suffered significant damage, with property worth millions of naira destroyed. Multiple videos captured the scene as the fire ravaged the...
A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has said the release of N260 billion Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) revitalisation fund by the Federal Government is timely following recent cholera outbreak in the country. Oyintiloye, in a chat with newsmen on Sunday in Osogbo, said that...
Canteen and restaurant owners have decried the rising cost of beans as they seek Federal Government’s intervention over the staple food. The food vendors said this in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos. NAN reports that in recent times the price...
Cross River State Government has declared a total suspension of logging activities in all parts of the state. This was contained in a statement signed by Prof. Anthony Owan-Enoh, Secretary to the Government (SSG) of Cross River on Saturday and made available to journalists. It would be recalled...
An Osun elder statesman and former Vice Chancellor Al-Hikmah University, Prof. Razaq Abubakre has described the choice of former governor, Adegboyega Oyetola as leader of APC in the state as “putting a square peg in a square hole”. In a statement issued in Abuja, Abubakre who is also...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has called for improved personal and environmental hygiene to curb the spread of cholera in the state. Sanwo-Olu, who was represented by his Deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, made the call in his goodwill message at the 2024 Eid-el Kabir celebration at the Government...
By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – In yet another major step towards boosting nationwide gas supply to drive industrialization and economic growth, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) is set to deliver the Obiafu-Obrikom-Oben (OB3) Gas Pipeline project. Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPC Ltd, Mr. Mele Kyari,...
The former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has said the forthcoming party congresses will resolve the lingering internal crises in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Katsina State. Fielding questions from newsmen on Saturday in Katsina, Abubakar said that he was in the state to condole with the Emir...
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election Atiku Abubakar on Saturday visited immediate past President Muhammadu Buhari at his residence in Daura, Katsina State. Atiku who was accompanied by the immediate past Governor of Sokoto State Aminu Tambuwal alongside other PDP...
Suspected bandits have kidnapped the parish priest of St. Raymond Catholic Church Damba, Gusau, Zamfara State, Revd. Fr. Mikah Suleiman. The spokesperson of Zamfara State Police Command, Yazid Abubakar, said the priest was kidnapped around 3 am on Saturday at his residence in the Damba area...
The Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), has expressed deep concern over the persistent rise in commodity prices. The ACCI President, Emeka Obegolu, in a statement, said the daily price increments were adversely affecting small-scale business owners and escalating poverty levels. “The surge in prices of essential...