By Yusufu Idegu, Jos. A new President of the Plateau State Customary Court of Appeal, Hon. Justice Blessing Lyop Dalyop has been sworn in by Governor Simon Bako Lalong with a charge for her to uphold the tenets of justice, good conscience and fairness. While swearing in Hon. Justice...
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By OLA MODUPE, Oyo – The Government of Oyo State, on Monday, clarified the reasons it is evacuating beggars, street-urchins and the destitute to the new facility at Akinyele Resettlement Centre, Ibadan. The Oyo State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Inclusion, Alhaja Faosat Sanni, while speaking with journalists...
It is a common knowledge that the College of Education, Agbor in Delta State of Nigeria, established in October, 1979 by the former Bendel State Government, to engage in the training of professional teachers; a training that shall lead to the award of the Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE),...
Nigerian Citizens Association, South Africa (NICASA) has called for calm over the alleged killing of one Mr Stanley Igwe, 30, by South African police. The deceased Igwe, who hailed from Amandugba Village, Isu Local Government Area of Imo State, was allegedly killed on June 6, 2021, by some police...
The South Africa’s Public Transport and Road Infrastructure has expressed “deep concern” over the increase in taxi-related shootings in the country. The country’s Gauteng Member of the Executive Council for Public Transport and Road Infrastructure, Jacob Mamabolo, said this in Johannesburg. “We call on law-enforcement agencies to deal harshly...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – The Kano State Command of The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has arrested a staff member of the State Agency for Mass Education, Abubakar Jibril, 33, for allegedly selling fake employment letters to unsuspecting job seekers in the state. In a statement,...
By SAA AONDO, Benue – The Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has strongly disagreed with President Muhammadu Buhari who recently directed state governors to look inwards for solutions to the security challenges occasioned by killer herdsmen in various parts of the country. The President had, during a live interview...
The Nigerian government has reopened the administration of the first dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in various parts of the country. This takes effect from Tuesday, according to the Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Faisal Shuaib. “Recall that we officially closed...
The House Of Representatives Joint Committees on Army and Defence has screened President Muhammadu Buhari’s nominee for the position of Chief of Army Staff, Major General Farouk Yahaya. The screening took place on Tuesday behind closed doors in the National Assembly chambers in Abuja. Speaking earlier, Major General Farouk...
Nigeria’s headline inflation dropped for the second consecutive month in May, but the prices of food have continued to surge. Latest data published by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Tuesday indicates that the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which measures inflation, increased by 17.93 per cent (year-on-year) in...
By YUSUFU IDEGU, Jos – The Federal Executive Council and the National Assembly has been tasked to put their heads together to find lasting solution to lingeria insecurity in the country. The Gbong Gwom Jos and Chairman Plateau State Council of Chiefs, His Highness Da Gyang Buba gave the...
Prof. Simon Yiltok of the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery unit, Department of Surgery of Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH), has decried the paucity of plastic surgeons in Nigeria. Yiltok, the incumbent Provost of the College of Health Sciences, University of Jos, said this while delivering the 96th Inaugural Lecture...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Government has inaugurated the National Research and Development Foundation (NRDF) draft executive bill committee, with a charge on members to propose legislation that would ensure a robust knowledge economy. Inaugurating the 11-man committee on Tuesday in Abuja, Minister of Education, Malam Adamu...
Gov. Mohammed of Bauchi State, on Tuesday, said Alhaji Aliko Dangote, the president of Dangote Group, understood Nigerians better than some politicians in the state. Governor Mohammed made the comment in Bauchi when officials of the Dangote Foundation paid him a courtesy visit. The governor, who said some residents...
The Organised Labour in Nasarawa State has declared an indefinite strike to begin Tuesday, June 15. The Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in the state, Yusuf Iya made the announcement on Tuesday at the Labour House in Lafia, the state capital. He said the decision to embark...
The Federal High Court Lagos on Tuesday, began decongestion and re-arrangement of court files, following resumption of court activities after the two-month-old strike by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that registrars of various courts were busy sorting out court files,...
President Muhammadu Buhari has flagged off the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) train 7 project, seeking its timely completion so that the Train 8 project can commerce. The President stated this on Tuesday at the virtual groundbreaking ceremony of the project in Bonny Island, Rivers State. He urged the...
Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Cross River State, Comrade Ben Ukpepi, has been released by his abductors after 82 days in captivity. The Cross River State police command on Tuesday confirmed his release. Police Spokesperson in the state, ASP Irene Ugbo told Channels Television that Ukpepi...