Anambra residents have cried out to the state government to intervene and bring down the high cost of transportation in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent who monitored the human movement for the festive period reports on Thursday in Awka that fares have gone up. Mrs...
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Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has said that the state’s House of Assembly is not a rubber stamp assembly. Umahi made the assertion in Abakaliki while signing the state’s N145.4 billion 2022 budget into law. The governor said notwithstanding negative views in some parts, the house is knowledgeable in...
Former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida has described Vice-President Yemi Osibanjo as a good man with good intentions about the country. The former leader disclosed this on Thursday when Osibanjo Grassroot Organization visited him in his residence in Minna. “I know the Vice-president very well. He is a good...
One of Nigeria’s newest commercial banks, Titan Trust Bank Limited is set to take over Union Bank of Nigeria Plc, the latter has announced. The Company Secretary of Union Bank, Somuyiwa Sonubi, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. According to him, the Board of Directors of Union Bank...
Each passing day brings to mind the fact that Nigeria is still visibly afflicted with perennial ‘leadership haemorrhage’. But the most serious aspect of this all-out assault is the believe by Nigerians that the nation’s leadership crisis was aggregated by successive deficiency in leadership vision and in some cases...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Maiduguri, Borno State, said more cooperation among elites in the country, with a commitment to inform people on realities and mobilize for development will help in resolving the challenges facing the nation. In a courtesy call at the...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for his untiring concern and support to the people of Borno, just as he had visited the state twice in 6 months to commission developmental projects President Buhari had on Thursday paid a one...
UN envoy, Ms Stephanie Williams, on Thursday said Libya’s presidential election had been postponed with a new date expected to be announced within 30 days. Williams, the deputy head of the UN Support Mission in Libya for political affairs, said this after her 10 days visit to the county...
U.S. has contributed 10 million dollars to assist the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in its work on COVID-19 response and addressing threats to human, animal and environmental health, including future pandemics. The funding, announced on Thursday, would support the UN agency’s COVID-19 Response and Recovery Programme, part...
The Mobil filling station at Unizik Junction, Awka axis of the Enugu-Onitsha expressway was on Thursday gutted by fire. The fire which emanated from yet to be identified source razed an empty petrol tanker, the lube house, part of the administrative block and some dispensing machines. The News Agency...
President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration will keep giving its best for the development of the country until May, 2023, reiterating that he will handover as stipulated by the Constitution. The President’s spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, in a statement said the president gave the assurance at the inauguration of...
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged troops of Operation Hadin Kai to remain steadfast as they go into the final phase of the campaign against insurgency and other forms of criminalities. The president, according to a statement issued by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, made the call when he addressed...
Katsina Police Command says it has arrested a 45-year-old man, Sani Mamuda, for allegedly supplying arms and ammunition to bandits in Katsina and Zamfara States. The Katsina Police Public Relations Officer (PRO), SP Gambo Isa, disclosed this while parading the suspects on Thursday at the police headquarters in Katsina....
The Zamfara Commissioner for Women and Children Affairs, Hajiya Rabi Shinkafi, has resigned her appointment to take up another appointment as a commissioner in Imo. “I resigned my appointment as commissioner in Zamfara to enable me to pick another appointment as commissioner in Imo,’’ Shinkafi told the News Agency...
The Defence Headquarters says the troops of Operation Delta Safe have immobilised 14 illegal refining sites and recovered large quantity of stolen products in the Niger Delta region in the last two weeks. The Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brig.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, disclosed this, while given update on military...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved 16 contracts aimed at boosting the capacity to transmit and distribute power in Nigeria. The Minister of Power, Alhaji Abubakar Aliyu, briefed State House correspondents after an extraordinary FEC meeting Presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday at the Presidential...
Nigerian actress, Destiny Etiko took to Instagram to show off her new house. Recall that the actress gifted herself the befitting apartment for her birthday as a way of spicing the celebration. Taking to her Instagram story, she shared a short clip of the house’s exterior and disclosed that...
Nigerian activist and author, Reno Omokri has advised single men to desist from fornication, while explaining the cause of their problems. Omokri in his tweet, claimed that some of the negative things that occur to some men are traceable to “urgent 2k girls” who they co-mingle with alongside other...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has called on Nigerians to observe COVID-19 health protocols during and after the Christmas season. The CAN President, Rev. Dr. Samson Ayokunle, made the call in a statement issued to newsmen on Thursday in Abuja. Rev. Ayokunle said...