The Katsina State Independent Electoral Commission (KTSIEC) has declared the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as winner in 31 out of the 34 local government areas of the state. The Secretary of the commission, Alhaji Lawal Faskari, who made the announcement in the early hours of Tuesday in Katsina,...
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The Generation Next Collective (GNC), a coalition of groups of pragmatic youths and women development strategists, has said that the timing and festivity associated with the presidential declaration of the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, weekend, was horrendously callous, distasteful and questions his humanity and leadership value. Amaechi publicly...
Introduction During the week, the news broke of an accident in Benue State that claimed the lives of church women who were travelling in a group on a bus. This incident is not uncommon. Nigerian roads are perhaps one of the deadliest in the world. The quality of Nigerian...
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a young man identified as Ifeanyi Njoku for allegedly killing his girlfriend, Precious Okeke, 24, in an estate at Badore, in the Ajah area of Lagos State. The live-in lovers stayed on Oke Street and it was alleged that Njoku killed his...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has said that over N150 billion liabilities inherited from previous administrations have been cleared by the present administration. This revelation was one of the outcomes of FCTA Executive Committee meeting chaired by the FCT Minister of State, Dr....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – River State Governor, Nyesom Wike has pledged to tackle the rising insecurity and poverty bedeviling the country, if elected as president of Nigeria in 2023. Governor Wike gave the pledge on Monday while addressing the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) delegates on Monday in Maiduguri,...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday arraigned Bolarinwa Abiodun, a fake Army General. Abiodun was docked before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court in Ikeja, the capital of Lagos. The suspect is facing a 13-count charge including obtaining money by false pretence, forgery of...
Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, on Monday, expressed optimism that Daura Transport University will take-off in September. Amaechi said this after inspecting the level of work at the university, in company of his Permanent Secretary, Magdalene Ajani, the Managing Director of Nigerian Railway Corporation, Fidet Okhiria, and other...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – No fewer than 98 scavengers, popularly known as “Babanbola”, have been arrested by the FCT Police Command over alleged criminal activities in different parts of Abuja. Parading the suspects during a press conference on Monday in Abuja, DCP Ben Igwe, who is in charge...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa has rejected the result of Saturday’s local government election announced by the state Independent Electoral Commission (ADSIEC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the election was conducted on April 9th and the result announced on April 10. The outcome showed...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), and members of National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) on Monday repaired the Obajana junction that had consistently caused traffic gridlock along the Kabbah-Lokoja-Abuja road. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the repairs on the dilapidated point of the highway...
The Federal Government has restated its commitment to the renegotiation of the conditions of service of all workers in public universities across the country. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige said this when he received members of the government side of the 2009 Federal Government/University based...
**Asiwaju given conditions to come to Kebbi Govt’s Lodge to pitch as Govs refused to go to his Asokoro residence* In a significant move, All Progressives Congress (APC) Governors under the banner of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) rejected the former Lagos Governor Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s preference to...
By LOUIS ACHI – The founding father of modern Turkey was Field Marshal Kemal Atatürk who undertook firm, sweeping progressive reforms which modernized the country into a secular, industrialized nation. He boldly birthed deliberate disruption to change the Turkish story. He died a revered hero in 1938. Incidentally, when...
By ETIM ETIM –Prof Yemi Osinbajo’s declaration speech released early Monday morning is one of the most inspiring messages from a Nigerian leader in recent memory, and it reflects the depth of his thoughts, preparedness to lead and the scope of his experience in the Buhari administration. Nigerians have...
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) mock examinations conducted on April 9. Announcing the results in its weekly bulletin released on Monday in Abuja, the board said that candidates could now visit the board’s site to check their...
BY THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has sent a message of condolence to his Rivers state counterpart, Nyesom Wike over the fire incident at Bonny Jetty in Port Harcourt that claimed several lives today . Several persons were said to have died from the...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ogun 1 Area Command has seized tons of marijuana from smugglers and handed it over to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The NCS Controller in Ogun, Bamidele Makinde, handed over the seized drugs to the NDLEA Commander in Ogun, Ishaku Yusuf Kwajafa,...
Nigerian businessman, Femi Otedola, has reacted to the engagement of Temi, his daughter, to her long-term boyfriend and musician, Mr Eazi. On Sunday, Temi shared a loved-up video clip wherein the singer proposed to her. While reacting to the proposal, the billionaire wrote, “Somebody is taking my baby” in...
A gang of crafty scrap metal thieves dismantled and decamped with a 500-tonne defunct iron bridge in eastern India, police said Saturday, pulling off the unlikely heist by pretending to be irrigation officials. The robbing of the bridge was reported Wednesday in the state of Bihar, one of the...