By BABARA KALU, Akwa – An independent election observer group, Yiaga Africa, has advised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to undertake a thorough audit of its Bimodal Voters Accreditation system (BVAS). The Executive Director of the group, Mr Samson Itodo, gave the advice in the group’s post-Anambra election...
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The National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA), has vaccinated 5,770,899 eligible persons with the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccination while 3,146,885 have taken the second dose (fully vaccinated). The Director, Planning Research and Statistics, NPHCDA, Dr. Abdullahi Bulama Garba, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja, at the Ministerial...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Anene Chikezie, has lauded the Federal Government for providing level playing field for Saturday’s poll in Anambra. Anene made the commendation on Monday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu. He said the conducive atmosphere...
The Chairman, Senate Committee on industries, Sen. Adetokunbo Abiru (APC-Lagos East), on Monday organised a capacity development training for 1,000 Micro-, Medium- and Small-Enterprises (MSMEs) in Lagos East Senatorial District. Aburi, in a statement by Mr Seye Oladejo, the Lagos State Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC),...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – As part of its efforts to control the spread of cholera outbreak in North East Nigeria, the MSF emergency teams have partnered the Federal Ministry of Health in establishing six cholera treatment centres across the region and treating more than 20,000 patients so far....
By BABARA KALU, Enugu – The people of Oruku Community, Nkanu East Local Government Area of Enugu state have written an open letter to President Mohammadu Buhari over the killing of their traditional ruler, Late HRH IGWE Emmanuel Chidiebere Mbah. According to a letter signed by the Counsel to...
…As GMD wins 2020 Zik Leadership Award GMD/CEO of NNPC Ltd, Mallam Mele Kyari has been commended for transforming the fortunes of the NNPC from a position of loss-making into a profit- making venture. The Public Policy Research & Analysis Centre (PPRAC) gave this commendation while conferring its “2020 Zik Prize for Public Service...
As part of their Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR) the Tinubu Support Group(TSG)and Asiwaju Women Cooperative Society(AWCS) on Sunday launched Operation Feed the Less previleged, a programme designed to cater for no fewer than 5000 families in Abuja and environs. The two sister groups said the gesture is to cushion the...
There was a mild drama at the premises of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, after Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman, Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), was convicted and sentenced to eight years imprisonment. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Okon Abang, the presiding judge in...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has described the move by the Federal Government to deduct the sum of $418 million of the Paris Club refund from the state resources as unlawful and contrary to public policy and morality. This is contained in a statement...
The Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, has said that the ministry has recorded appreciable milestone in the recovery of looted assets in the country. Malami said this during the budget defence before the House of Representatives Committee on Justice on Monday in Abuja. He stated that the Ministry...
By BABARA KALU, Akwa – The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra has debunked the reports that it called for the cancellation of the Nov. 6 governorship election in the state. The APC Chairman in the state, Chief Basil Ejidike made the clarification at a news conference held at...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Capital Territory Administration has disbursed a total sum of N4,726,127,134.71 billion to the six Area Councils in the FCT and other stakeholders as its share of statutory allocation for the month of September 2021. The figure shows an increase of revenue from...
The Minister of Defence, retired Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi, has said the prevalence of the various security threats in Nigeria has adversely affected food security thereby posing new dimension of threats to the country. Magashi stated this at the opening of a retreat for Defence Advisers/Attaches Conference, organised by the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The National Patriots Summit (NPS), has announced plans to mobilise no fewer than one million patriotic Nigerian youths to foster cohesion and birth a new page for the country through discussion. NPS team leader, Ambassador Phil Robert, who made this known at the unveiling...
The Minister of Youth and Sport Development, Mr Sunday Dare, has said that 6,054 Youths have so far benefited from the Nigerian Youths Investment Fund, receiving between N250,000 to N3 million each. The minister said this when he appeared before the House of Representatives’ Committee on Youth Development on...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, convicted Abdulrasheed Maina, Chairman, defunct Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), and sentenced him to 8 years imprisonment. Justice Okon Abang, in his judgment, held that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had proven the essential ingredients of all the 12 counts...
The Adamawa State Judiciary had recorded no fewer than 100,000 criminal, civil and appeals cases and generated six million Naira in Internally Generated Revenue (IGR), says Acting Chief Judge, Justice, Nathan Musa. Musa disclosed this at the 2021/2022 Legal Year ceremony on Monday, in Yola. He said that the...
Motorists in Kano State are experiencing fuel scarcity, as long queues have resurfaced at filling stations in the State, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. An investigation conducted by NAN Correspondents indicated that majority of the filling stations visited within the metropolitan area were under lock and keys....
The West African regional grouping ECOWAS on Sunday hardened its stance against military-ruled Mali and Guinea, imposing new individual sanctions and calling on both countries to honour timetables for a return to democracy. The Economic Community of West African States “has decided to sanction all those implicated in the...