By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has declared Mr Farah Dagogo wanted for alleged hiring of cultists to attack the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) secretariat in Port Harcourt. Wike disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen by Mr Kelvin Ebiri, Special Assistant to Governor...
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Yul Edochie’s mistress, Mughalu Judith, has now become the second wife of Nollywood actor. Judith, better known as Judy Austin, has also responded to negative comments directed at her after the actor announced he welcomed a bouncing baby boy with her. The father of four had taken to his...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – MTN Nigeria and Pan-Atlantic University (PAU) has announced the launch of the MTN Media Innovation Programme (MTN MIP), which will be run by PAU’s School of Media and Communication (SMC). The six-month, fully funded fellowship for Nigerian media practitioners is designed to support the sustainable development of...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The African Development Bank (AfDB) will support Nigeria to develop Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones, as part of the quest for food security in the country. Dr Akinwumi Adesina, President of the Bank and a former Minister of Agriculture, disclosed this while briefing President Muhammadu...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has ordered the immediate arrest of the leaders of the illegal group, ‘Hunters and Forests Security Guards for causing a heavy security breaches on the streets of Makurdi and forcefully shaving a young lady’s hair. The Governor who distanced...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, has began documentation and training of 46 cooks for the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme in Sokoto. The participating cooks who were drawn two each from the 23 LGAs of Sokoto State...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Bauchi State Police Command has confirmed that two people were killed after hoodlums attacked a send forth ceremony in the Gudum Hausawa area of the state. The command’s spokesman, SP Ahmed Wakil, said in a statement that the send forth was organized by...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has commenced investigation into the adoption of children from the Kaduna State Orphanage home. The state Commissioner for Human Services and Social Development, Hajiya Hafsat Baba, who confirmed this to NAN in Kaduna on Wednesday, said the investigation followed a petition to...
The Group Managing Director, Gum Arabic Company Nigeria (GACON), Mrs Adaku Chidume-Okoro, has appealed to the Federal Government to scale up efforts in encouraging non-oil export activities. Chidume-Okoro made the appeal at the two-day national conference on non-oil export, organised by the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC). The conference...
The Senate has passed the Terrorism (Prevention) Act, 2013 bill prohibiting the payment of ransom to kidnappers in Nigeria. The passage followed the adoption of the report of the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters at plenary on Wednesday. Presenting the report, Chairman of the Committee,...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested no fewer than 34 suspected internet fraudsters popularly known as Yahoo boys in Ilorin, Kwara and Ado-Ekiti in Ekiti state. The EFCC spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, said in a statement on Wednesday, that the 34...
The Youths Network for Nigeria Union (YNNU) has given former president Goodluck Jonathan a seven-day ultimatum to obtain the All Progressives Congress (APC) membership card at his Otuoke Ward. Chairman of YNNU, Mr Ibrahim Saiki, gave the ultimatum on Wednesday at a rally in Abuja to urge Jonathan to...
The African Development Bank’s (AfDB) Africa Digital Financial Inclusion (ADFI) facility will receive 15 million dollars to develop and extend digital financial solutions to women-owned small and medium businesses in Africa. The bank on its website, on Wednesday, said that Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi) said the new round...
The FCT Minister of State, Dr Ramatu Aliyu, on Wednesday called on traditional rulers and other stakeholders to evolve new methods of tackling insecurity in the nation’s capital. Aliyu made the call at the 6th security meeting with Area Council Chairmen, Council of Graded Chiefs and other critical stakeholders...
China has confirmed the first known human case of the H3N8 strain of avian flu, but health authorities say there is a low risk of widespread transmission among people. H3N8 is known to have been circulating since 2002 after first emerging in North American waterfowl. It is known to...
Sen. Bukola Saraki, a presidential aspirant of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has warned that Nigerians must not allow emotion and sentiments becloud their choice of a leader come 2023. Saraki said this in Calabar during a consultancy visit to party delegates ahead of the PDP primaries scheduled for...
President Muhammadu Buhari has sworn-in four new Permanent Secretaries at the Council Chamber of the State House, Abuja, on Wednesday. The president administered the oaths of office on the permanent secretaries shortly before the commencement of the meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC). The affected permanent secretaries are...
As politicians jostle for political parties’ tickets to contest the 2023 general elections, the Plateau chapter of the PDP has said that it would not force aspirants into any consensus arrangement. The PDP Vice Chairman, Mr. Simon Domle, stated this in Jos shortly after meeting with the party’s stakeholders...
A court in military-ruled Myanmar has sentenced deposed leader, Aung San Suu Kyi to five years in jail on Wednesday after finding her guilty in the first of 11 corruption cases against her, a source with knowledge of the proceedings said. The Nobel laureate and figurehead of Myanmar’s opposition...
Bulgaria and Poland said Russia was halting delivery of natural gas supplies, marking a major escalation in the face-off between Moscow and Europe over the war in Ukraine. The Bulgarian Energy Ministry said late Tuesday that the Bulgarian natural gas supply company Bulgargaz had received a notification of the...