Award-winning Nollywood actress, Destiny Etiko has shared the picture of a mansion she recently acquired to mark her 32nd birthday. The Enugu-based movie star had in the course of the week shared some steamy photos of herself on social media to celebrate her big day. Etiko on Friday took...
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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has described the death of former Permanent Secretary, Alhaji Ahmed Joda as “fall of an iroko”. Abubakar in a statement personally signed by himself in Abuja on Friday described Joda as great Nigerian and first generation of Adamawa indigenes who made immense contribution to...
The right to education is one of the basic human rights and it implies every child must be able to go to school, be it a boy or a girl in order to acquire knowledge. In as much as knowledge paves way for awareness of rights, inaccessibility to education...
By DAVID IROJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari, has paid tribute to pioneer civil servant, great statesman and patriot, Alhaji Ahmed Joda, who died after a prolonged illness in his hometown, Yola, Adamawa. Joda was the last surviving member of Governor Hassan Usman’s Northern Nigeria cabinet. In a condolence...
The Executive Director, Nasarawa State Aids Control Agency (NASACA), Dr Ruth Bello, says 22,000 persons infected with HIV/ AIDs in the state are not on drugs. Bello disclosed this on Friday in Lafia when she led other management team of the agency before the Nasarawa State House of Assembly...
Mr Emmanuel Akinwunmi, the Principal Private Sector Specialist, African Development Bank (AfDB) says industrialisation process in Africa is hampered by lack of infrastructure and competitiveness. Akinwunmi made this observation at inauguration of the Local Organising Committee (LOC) on the Nigeria Industrialisation Summit, on Friday, in Abuja. The summit is...
Trade dispute between the Federal Government and the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has been handed over to the National Industrial Court of Nigeria for adjudication. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, disclosed this on Friday in a letter addressed to NARD and the Federal...
By DAVID IROJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with President Mohammed Bazoum, government and people of Niger Republic, over devastating floods that have left many dead and affected homes. In a statement by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, President Buhari said losses reported from Niger Republic in...
The Nigerian Mission in Tripoli said on Friday that it was evacuating 100 Nigerians stranded in Libya, with another set of 100 stranded Nigerians to be returned home in the next 10 days. Chargé D’affaires en titre of the Nigerian Embassy in Libya, Mr Kabiru Musa, disclosed this in...
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in the country after a two-week trip to the United Kingdom. He touched down at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport at about 18:15 pm on Friday. The President had travelled to attend the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) organised Global...
Alhaji Ahmed Joda, a former super Federal Permanent Secretary, has died. His Personal Secretary, Alhaji Mohammed Baba, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Yola that Joda died after a brief illness at the Federal Medical Centre, Yola, on Friday. Baba said the deceased was born...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum, has concluded his 5 days of humanitarian tour of Northern Borno. Gov. Zulum on his way back to Maiduguri on Thursday, stopped and distributed food, clothes and cash to 23,500 vulnerable persons in Gajiram, Headquarters of Nganzai Local...
Some civil societies coalition, have condoled the family of Late Mohammed Fawehinmi, on his sudden death, saying the deceased would be immortalised. The coalition included, Leaders of Conscience, under the auspices of National Consultative Front (NC Front) and Freshbreed Leaders, under the broad civil society platform, known as the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Lafia – Men of The Nasarawa State Police have arrested 15 suspected cultists who confessed to be members of Vikings and Black Axe confraternity in Nasarawa. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, ASP Ramhan Nansel, said on Friday that the suspects were arrested...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Farouk Yahaya has said that the recently concluded Inter-Formation Platoon Officers’ Crossing Competition, 2021, would help officers and men of the Nigerian Army in combatting insurgency, banditry, kidnapping and other security challenges across the country. COAS Yahaya stated this...
President Muhammadu Buhari says the responses by the Federal Government and security agencies in tackling security threats, have been strong, determined and robust towards enhancing security of lives and property of Nigerians. Buhari, who was represented by the Minister of Defence, rtf Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi, stated this at the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), had alerted the public a fake INEC Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) portal currently in circulation in the social media. In a statement on Friday by the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education committee of the commission,...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – About 40 percent of the 400,000 vehicles imported into the country between 2015 and 2020 were smuggled, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has said. She said that 22 percent of these smuggled vehicles were stolen. The Minister who said this...