Majority of the states in the North central zone, on Thursday, proposed a 39: 35: 26 per cent revenue sharing formula for the three tiers of government in the country. The States made their positions known at a one-day North Central Zonal public hearing on the review of the...
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The Federal Government has paid 34,300 beneficiaries of the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) their stipends for May and June in Kwara. The Kwara Cash Transfer Unit Head, Dr Aminah Yahaya, confirmed this in an interview with newsmen on Thursday in Ilorin. Yahaya commended Hajiya Halima Shehu, the National Programme...
BY SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Chadian Chief of Air Staff, Gen. Amine Idriss, has assured the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) of air support to its troops by the Chadian Air Force, in ongoing counter-insurgency operations. Gen. Idriss gave the assurance when the Force Commander, MNJTF, Maj.-Gen. Abdul-Khalifah...
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Polytechnics (SSANIP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to assent to the Higher National Diploma (HND) and Bachelor’s Degree (BSc.) dichotomy bill, recently passed by the National Assembly. Mr Adebanjo Ogunsipe, SSANIP National President, said this in a communique issued at the end of...
The Kogi state Football Association has banned Kabawa United and eight of its officials for two years, from all football related activities, for acts of hooliganism. Fans of the club were alleged to have beaten the Center Referee, Haruna Shaibu, to a state of coma, during the final match...
A total of 27 abducted students and three teachers of the Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, in Kebbi, have regained their freedom, after four months in captivity, the Kebbi governor, Atiku Bagudu, has announced. Addressing the students in Birnin Kebbi, on Thursday, Bagudu, thanked God for their release, while...
South Africa’s ex-president Jacob Zuma on Thursday made his first public appearance since his release from prison on medical parole last month to lay charges against a chief state prosecutor. Zuma walked into a police station in the eastern city of Pietermaritzburg, where he is on trial for corruption,...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday presided over a security meeting with the nation’s service chiefs and heads of intelligence agencies. The meeting, which was also attended by the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, held at the State House in Abuja. Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, led the...
By MARK JANG, Jos – Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong has presented a budget of N106. 807 billion for the year 2022 to the State House of Assembly for consideration and passage. Governor Lalong,while presenting the estimates on Thursday, said that out of the proposed sum, N76.3 representing 71.4...
GRACE ETIM, Uyo – The Federal Government has resumed disbursement of N30,000 each to over 29,917 beneficiaries in nine local government areas of Akwa Ibom state under the Household Uplifting Programme-Conditional Cash Transfer. The disbursement which started on Tuesday in Ikono local government area of the state would be...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – YouTube on Thursday announced a roster of four Nigeria artistes and 50 other artistes, songwriters and producers selected to join the #YouTubeBlack Voices Music Class of 2022. YouTube’s Head of Music, Sub-Saharan, Addy Awofisayo, said in a statement that also among the artistes from...
A medical doctor, Dr Aniekan Makanjuola, on Thursday revealed before an Ikeja Special Offences Court how a minor (name withheld) was allegedly defiled by Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James, alias “Baba Ijesha”. Makanjuola made the revelation while being led in evidence by the state prosecutor, Mr Yusuf Sule, during the...
By HARUNA AHMED, Yola – The Adamawa State Police Command on Thursday said it has arrested six suspected kidnappers who attacked Ngurore police station in Yola-South and kidnapped nursing a mother. The command also said the victims were rescued by its operatives in the incident that occurred on October...
An FCT High Court sitting in Jabi on Thursday ordered that the former board chairman of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Ngozi Olejeme, be remanded in the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s ( EFCC) custody, until Friday. The judge, Justice Maryam Hassan gave the order after listening to...
The Chancellor of Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Dr David Oyedepo, has said he would build a world class university to compete favourably with such other universities. Oyedepo said this on Thursday at Ota, Ogun State, at the 19th Founder’s Day celebration of Covenant University. He said that the...
Chelsea FC’s manager Thomas Tuchel rallied the club’s bit-part players Thursday by saying the race was on for them to prove themselves after Romelu Lukaku and Timo Werner were injured. Lukaku sustained an ankle injury and Werner hurt his hamstring during the first half of the 4-0 home victory...
A three-year prison term over vote buying for former Japanese Justice Minister, Katsuyuki Kawai, was finalised on Thursday after he withdrew his appeal. Kawai, who held the ministerial post in former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s cabinet, is the first former Japanese cabinet member in more than 10 years to...
A Federal High Court, Abuja has fixed Nov. 10 for hearing the application of leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, challenging the competency of the charge preferred against him by the Federal Government Justice Binta Nyako, on Thursday, fixed the date after counsel to...
The Kebbi State Government in collaboration with the United States African Development Foundation (USADF), have disbursed N126.7 million to eight cooperative associations, aimed at eradicating poverty in the state. The State Commissioner for Agriculture and Mineral Resources, Alhaji Maigari Abdullahi-Dakingari, made this known while briefing newsmen on Thursday in...
Zambia’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested 14 former and current government officials over graft offenses. ACC said in a statement on Thursday, that the 14 arrested include a former Southern province Permanent Secretary, Sibanze Simuchoba. It stated that the permanent secretary and two other officials were arrested for failure...