YIAGA Africa an NGO, has urged the National Assembly not to accede to calls for the scrapping of State Electoral Commissions (SIECs) saying doing so would undermine decentralisation of governance. Mr Samson Itodo, Executive Director, YIAGA Africa, said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. According to...
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U.S. President, Joe Biden is to give a keynote speech in the northern French region Normandy on Friday. The keynote speech in defence of freedom and democracy as part of a visit to France that includes D-Day commemorative events. According to the White House, Biden is planning a...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Sultan of Sokoto and President-General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has announced Friday 7th June as the first day of Dhul Hijjah 1445. Thursday, June 6, is therefore the last day of Dhul Qa’adah and Friday, June...
The People Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Mr Olukayode Egbetokun, to expiate efforts towards the arrest of and prosecution of Malam Hudu Yunusa -Ari, the suspended INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Adamawa. The opposition party said arresting and prosecting Yunusa-Yari would...
The Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) has continued to expand in spite of the death of the Founder, Pastor Temitope Joshua (TB Joshua), three years ago. The SCOAN Director of Public Affairs, Pastor Dare Adejumo, gave the assurance in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
The Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) on Thursday applauded the federal government’s suspension of the 300 dollars helicopter landing and take-off levy as a step in the right direction. The AON made this known in a statement signed by its Spokesperson, Prof. Obiora Okonkwo, in Lagos. ...
Abia State Governor,Alex Otti, says the state government has started receiving credible intelligence on the killing of five soldiers which took place on May 30 in Aba. Governor Otti disclosed this on Thursday when he paid a morale boosting visit to the officers and men of the144 Battalion Nigerian...
A Deputy Director with the Lagos State Ministry of Youth and Social Development, Mr Jubril Yakubu, told the Ikeja High Court that the late Whitney Adeniran visited the hospital on Jan. 20, 2023 before the inter-house sports. Yakubu also told the court on Thursday that the deceased was...
The Kano State Government has earmarked N2.9 billion for payment of the National Examinations Council (NECO) and National Board for Arabic and Islamic Studies (NBAIS) examination fees for 119,903 indigent students. The Commissioner for Education, Umar Doguwa, who stated this at a news conference on Thursday in Kano,...
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Sen. George Akume, has urged Nigerians to remain calm in spite of the current economic challenges. “Nigerians must remain calm. President Bola Tinubu is working to improve the economy,” Akume said in Abuja on Thursday, while addressing the National...
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday in Abuja called on international development financiers to see Africa as a destination for growth and prosperity. The President made the call at a meeting with a delegation of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), led by its Managing Director, Mr. Makhtar Diop....
The Statistician-General of the Federation, Mr Adeyemi Adeniran, has called on stakeholders to take action to eradicate poverty in Nigeria. Adeniran, CEO, National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said this at a Stakeholders Technical Dialogue on the “Operationalisation of the Multidimensional Poverty Index(MPI) as a Policy Tool in Nigeria”...
The Minister of Sports Development, Sen. John Owan Enoh has charged the Super Eagles to defeat their South African counterparts on Friday to boost their chances of qualifying for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The Super Eagles will take on the Bafana Bafana of South Africa in Uyo...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – No fewer than 2.18 million people of the region benefitted from the Niger Delta Development Commission’s (NDDC), initial free healthcare services. The Managing Director, NDDC, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, disclosed this in a statement issued by the commission’s Director, Corporate Affairs, Pius Ughakpoteni, and...
The House of Representatives has mandated its Committee on Communications to investigate the activities of private internet service providers (ISPs) in Nigeria. This followed the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance moved by the member representing Yagba East/Yagba West/Mopamuro Federal Constituency, Kogi State, Mr Leke Abejide during...
The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Wale Edu, has said “there is no cause for alarm” on the ongoing negotiations between the Organised Labour and the Tripartite Committee on the new minimum wage for workers in the country. The minister made this known after he met with...
The House of Representatives is set to suspend Rep. Ikenga Ugochinyere, the Chairman House Committee on Petroleum DownStream over politicisation of oversight function in Rivers State. Rep. Yusuf Gagdi (APC-Plateau), while moving a motion of personal explanation at the plenary in Abuja on Thursday told the House that...
The Senate has mandated the Committee on Solid Minerals to investigate the cause of a rockslide in Farin Doki community, Shiroro Local Government of Niger State. The rockslide buried 30 informal miners alive in a gold mining site. This followed the adoption of a motion at plenary on...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) secured 3,412 convictions, forfeiture of N366.97 billion through judicial process and recovered N161.6 billion within one year. The Director Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, made this known during the joint briefing by Security, Defence...
A group- Access to Seamless Business in Nigeria(ASBIN) has warned that investors’ appetite in Niger State may drop significantly unless the state government embraces good business ethics and encourages investors operating in the state. It said the use of thuggery and intimidation by the state government in its...