The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has commended the decision of the Libyan authorities to release Al-Saadi Gaddafi, son of the late leader Muammar Gaddafi who was toppled and killed in 2011, along with other officials of the former regime. “The United Nations Support Mission in Libya...
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Suspected herdsmen have reportedly killed four persons in a fresh attack in Plateau State. The victims, who are all male, were killed by suspected herdsmen on Monday at Renwienku village of Miango District in Bassa Local Government Area of the North-Central State. President of Irigwe Development Association Mr Robert...
Gunmen have abducted the former Senator representing Eket Senatorial District of Akwa Ibom State, Nelson Effiong in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The victim was kidnapped by three-armed hoodlums at his lounge, a popular sit-out along Oron Road in Uyo. The gunmen reportedly stormed the venue at about 9:00pm on...
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, has urged the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board to stop giving “preferential scores” to students in Northern Nigeria who sit for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. He stated this on Monday as a guest on Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’ breakfast programme. According to the...
The Special Adviser to Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu on Social Investments, Mr Chinenye Nwogu, says the government’s Small and Medium Scale Micro-Finance Bank will serve the needs of start ups for business development. Nwogu, who said this on Monday, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in...
Chairman, Air Peace, Allen Onyema, has promised to splash N20 million on Super Eagles if they win their World Cup qualifying match against Cape Verde on Tuesday. Onyema made the promise at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos on Monday while on board the Air Peace brand new...
The Independent Corrupt Practices And Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Monday tracked no fewer than five constituency projects in the Northern Senatorial district of Ondo State. The tracking was part of the 1,024 ongoing constituency project tracking across 18 states of the federation. The five projects, under the...
The Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission [EFCC], Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa, has called for collective and collaborative approach by authorities globally in dealing with the challenges of financial crimes. Mr. Bawa made the call on Monday in a keynote address he presented at the 38th Cambridge International Symposium on...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has threatened to re-imposed the suspended COVID-19 lockdown measures if residents fail to comply with COVID-19 protocols. Governor Wike said this in a broadcast on Monday in Port Harcourt. He said that daily figures released from the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) showed...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced a total 65,145 suspected cases of cholera, including 2,141 deaths, representing a Case Fatality Rate (CFR) of 3.3 percent reported from 23 states and the FCT, as at Sept. 2, 2021. The NCDC disclosed this on its Cholera Situation weekly...
The Director-General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, has restated the need for enhanced stakeholder collaboration in tackling maritime security challenges in Nigeria and the Gulf of Guinea. Dr. Jamoh made this call in a paper presentation titled, “Enhancing Collaboration amongst Stakeholders for Improved...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), has urged taxpayers not to panic over the recent court ruling by the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt which dismissed its motion for stay of execution of the judgment that Rivers State can collect Value Added...
The nation’s bourse opened trading for the week on Monday on a bearish mood with the market indices dropping by 0.02 per cent. Specifically, the market capitalisation, which opened at N20.455 trillion, shed N4 billion or 0.02 per cent to close at N20.451 trillion. Also, the All-Share Index lost...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said its National Executive Committee (NEC) will decide the fate of those who dragged it to court. Sen. John Akpanudoedehe, National Secretary APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), said this on Monday, in Abuja while speaking with newsmen. Akpanudohedehe, who spoke...
President Muhammadu Buhari has commended Rotary Club for its various interventions in the health sector, particularly putting in 268 million dollars in the fight against Polio. The president gave the commendation when he received Rotary International President, Mr Shekhar Mehta and some officials, at the State House, Abuja on...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the setting up of a Health Sector Reform Committee to commence the development and implementation of a Health Sector Reform programme for Nigeria in collaboration with the State Governments and the FCT administration. This is sequel to a Health...
The campaign for Nigerian President of South East/Igbo extraction has been raging for about two years now. At least five pan-Igbo groups have been up and about, organizing programmes on the theme and engaging Nigerians. But something seems to be seriously missing: viable aspirants from the zone are not...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Nigeria’s former Minister of Information during General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida’s regime and later the Military Administrator of Rivers State, Brigadier General Anthony Ukpo, has died. He was aged 74. Brigadier General Ukpo died on Monday morning. Leonard Anyogu, Secretary of the Ogoja State Creation Committee,...
Justice Stephen Dalyop Pam of the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Monday refused an application by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), seeking to stop the Rivers State Government from collecting Value Added Tax (VAT). The Federal Inland Revenue Service filed the application in mid-August...
BY RICHARD ABU, Nasarawa – The Fulani Socio-cultural organization known as the Miyetti Allah Kauta Hore has criticized states governors advocating for the implementation of anti-open grazing laws which could escalate the already tensed security in the country The National President of Miyetti Allah, Alhaji Abdulahi Bello Bodejo, stated...