By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, has called on the local, state and federal governments to pass legislations that recognises the country’s traditional rulers as stakeholders and instruments of conflict management and peace building. The minister, who made this assertion at the...
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said recent statistics has revealed that 40 per cent of Nigerian youths between 18 and 35 years were deeply involved in the abuse of drugs. Mrs Atinuke Aduloju, the Chief Superintendent of Narcotics, NDLEA, made the disclosure during the 7th Annual Constituency...
By EMEKA CHIKWE, Port-Harcourt – The Police Command in Rivers State on Thursday said it has arrested a suspect, in connection with the killing of an unidentified man at the Rivers State University (RSU) Port Harcourt in the early of today. Confirming the incident in a statement, the command’s...
By EMEKA CHIKWE, Port-Harcourt – University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) on Thursday discredited reports that cultists stabbed a final year student to death on campus. The spokesman of UNIPORT, Sam Kpenu, said in a statement in Port Harcourt that the report was the handiwork of alarmists. He said “the...
By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau – Operatives from the Zamfara State Police Command have rescued 11 villagers abducted by bandits from Yakofoji village, Bakura Local Government Area of the state on Aug. 12. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Muhammed Shehu, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in...
An Igando Customary Court in Lagos on Thursday dissolved a 10-year-old marriage over wife’s penchant for stealing. A 45-year-old businessman, Mr Mutiu Bamgbose, in his petition also accused his wife, Aliyah of Infidelity. Delivering Judgment, the President of the Court, Mr Adeniyi Koledoye held that it was obvious from...
Burkina Faso’s president declared three days of national mourning from Thursday after suspected jihadists killed 47 people, including 30 civilians, in an attack in the north of the country. The attack was the latest bloodshed in an area plagued by Islamist violence. The assault Wednesday near the town of...
Few days ago, precisely on Tuesday August 10, 2021, I listened with real curiosity to Mr. Daniel Alabrah, Chief Press Secretary to Senator Douye Diri, the Executive Governor of Bayelsa State, speaks at the recently held GbaramatuVoice Newspaper 6th Anniversary lecture/Niger Delta Award, at the Eko Hotels and Towers,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya has approved the total overhauling of obsolete logistics in North East theatre operations. The Commander, Nigerian Army Ordnance Corps, Maj.- Gen. Ayobami Ibikunle, disclosed this during his operational visit to the Headquarters of Sector II...
Taliban leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, has ordered the unconditional release of political detainees from all Afghan prisons. Qari Yousuf Ahmadi, spokesman of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan said on Thursday that the political prisoners will reunite with their families on Friday. “The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Emirate Hibatullah Akhundzada...
The Kano State Government has inaugurated a Caretaker Central Working Committee on Community Development Associations to improve on basic services in the 44 Local Government Areas. This is contained in a statement signed by the Information Officer of the Ministry for Rural and Community Development, Lawan Hamisu-Danhassan, in Kano....
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed says, the seeking of medical care abroad by President Muhammadu Buhari is not an indication that the nation’s medical sector has collapsed. The minister stated this in Washington DC during his engagements with international media organisations including the BBC Radio...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed says Nigeria is not a failed state and cannot go the way of Afghanistan where terrorist group has taken the rein of power. The minister stated this in Washington DC during his engagements with international media organisations including the BBC...
The House of Representatives Committee on Finance has asked the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to submit receipts of the tax payments made by MTN to the agency for 2007 and between 2010 and 2017. The request comes as the committee observed during its interaction with the agency on...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed that he has been living and managing diabetes for the past 35 years. He disclosed this on Wednesday during the closing ceremony of the Ogun State Diabetes Youth Development Camp held in Abeokuta. The camp, which was organised by Talabi Diabetes Centre, trained...
The Head of Mr Ernest Aubee,griculture Division, ECOWAS Commission, Mr Ernest Aubee, has said that half of the world’s population were underfed, with 3.4 billion suffering hunger, malnutrition and obesity. Aubee, who stated this in a chat with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday, in Abuja, identified...
The Federal Government has promised to commence payment of compensation to Benue communities affected by the construction of the Abuja-Keffi-Makurdi Federal Highway next week. The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, gave the assurance on Wednesday at the Government House, Makurdi, in a meeting with contractors handling...
The Speaker of the Kano State House of Assembly, Alhaji Hamisu Chidari, has described Kano as one of the most peaceful states in the country. According to Hon. Chidari, the promotion of tolerance and understanding among individuals and corporate entities were among the top priorities of the state government...