Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, says Nigerians expect better outcomes from security agencies as they get more resources to tackle insecurity in the country. The senate president spoke on Wednesday in Kaduna, when he led a delegation on a condolence visit to the family of Sen. Bala Na’ Allah. Recalled...
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Sources explained that the assailants invaded the school in a large number and left with the students to an undisclosed location. Gunmen suspected to be bandits have reportedly abducted a yet-to-be ascertained number of students following an attack on Kaya Day Secondary School in Zamfara State. It was learnt...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said it would deploy the industrial mechanisms granted in labour laws for the defense of workers’ rights to resist increase in electricity tariff. In a statement on Wednesday, The NLC President Mr Ayuba Wabba, said that the congress...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday relieved two ministers of their appointments. They are the Ministers of Agriculture, Alhaji Sabo Nanono and his Power counterpart, Saleh Mamman. Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity), Femi Adesina, confirmed this development on Wednesday in Abuja. He...
The Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Benue, Mr John Ngbede, says Gov. Samuel Ortom has tremendous respect for President Muhammadu Buhari, but cannot keep quiet when his people are gruesomely murdered. Ngbede disclosed this on Wednesday while reacting to the Press Conference organised by the Minister of Intergovernmental...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Executive Director of Nigeria Student Venture Prize (NSVP), Elvis Boniface, has said that due to the plethora of high paying jobs and lack of matching requsite skills to fill these opportunities, the second edition of the prize is aimed at solving national problems through...
Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) will attempt to get Kylian Mbappe to sign a new contract after fending off interest from Real Madrid, the Parisien newspaper reported on Wednesday. PSG rejected a Real Madrid bid for the France striker in spite of the 22-year-old entering the final year of his contract....
Federalism is said to be a system of government in which the powers of government are constitutionally shared between the central government and regional units in such a way that each level of government is independent and autonomous. In this system of Government, one thing is paramount and that...
The Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, says some 47,000 youths have so far applied for the Work Experience Programme (WEP) of the Federal government. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the WEP project is one of the series of economy sustainability projects being implemented...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Tuesday night visited Pastor Bitrus Tumba whose son died when violence broke out between a demolition task force of Borno Geographic Systems, BOGIS, and worshipers at a branch of EYN church in Maiduguri on August 5, 2021. The...
The Association of Local Government Vice Chairmen of Nigeria (ALGOVC), will honour Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and 10 others, on Sept. 9, at its fourth Annual National Conference. This is contained in a statement by its National President, Mr Lawrence Anuchukwu, in Makurdi, Benue on Wednesday. According to Anuchukwu, ...
Team Nigeria lost a game on Wednesday but gained a medal to the bargain at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, bringing their total Games’ haul to seven medals. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nigeria lost o-2 to Australia in the semi-finals of the men’s team...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has re-appointed Professor Segun Ajiboye for another five years as Chief Executive/Registrar of the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN). Ajiboye received his reappointment letter through the Permanent Secretary Federal Ministry of Education Architect Sunday Echono. While reacting, Professor Ajiboye thanked...
Bauchi State council of the NUJ on Wednesday expressed appreciation to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) for factual reportage. Council chairman, Malam Umar Said, expressed the appreciation in Bauchi when he paid a courtesy visit to the Bauchi Zone headquarters of NAN. He observed that NAN had always...
The Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu, has been appointed as the Assistant Director General of Health Emergency Intelligence at the World Health Organisation (WHO). Ihekweazu’s appointment – which comes into effect on November 1, 2021 – was disclosed in a letter signed...
The United Kingdom (UK) officials and the Taliban were in talks over how to secure “safe passage” out of Afghanistan for British nationals and Afghan allies. Downing Street confirmed Sir Simon Gass, the Prime Minister’s special representative for Afghan transition, has travelled to Qatar and was meeting with “senior...
The Plateau Wing of All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the recent attacks in some local government areas of the state. It decried the attacks, saying they had caused untold hardships to residents of the affected areas. The party condemned the acts at a stakeholders meeting presided over by...
The Chairmanship Aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Plateau, Mr Bitrus Kaze, has expressed confidence in the Sen. Tunde Ogbeha-led Caretaker Committee in the state. Recalled that the National Working Committee of the PDP ordered a fresh election in the Plateau chapter of the party after dissolving...
The Federal Government has admonished political, religious leaders and opinion moulders to stop spewing incendiary rhetoric capable of setting the country ablaze. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, gave the admonition while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Sal Island, Cape...