Chadian official, Alhadi Mahamat will be in the centre when the Super Eagles host South Africa’s Bafana Bafana in a 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying match at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium, Uyo in June. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mahamat, 38, has officiated in the...
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The Naira on Wednesday appreciated at the official market, trading at N1,459.02 to the dollar. Data from the official trading platform of the FMDQ Exchange, revealed that the Naira gained N61.38. This represents a 4.04 per cent gain when compared to the previous trading date on Tuesday, when...
Nasarawa State House of Assembly Standing Committee on Works and Transport, has tasked the contractor handling the construction of the 48.7km Toto/Umaisha road to expedite action and complete the work in the next three months or face sanction. The Chairman of the committee and Majority Leader of the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has commended Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo of Kogi State over his handling of recent security situation in the state and the welfare of the people of the state. The President gave the commendation when he received the Kogi state...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The acting Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Chris Maiyaki, has said the federal government is working to reconstitute the governing councils of universities. Dr. Maiyaki said the Minister of Education, Prof Tahir Mamman has put in place a panel to...
Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has expressed concern over the exit of pharmaceutical companies from Nigeria, saying this has resulted in drug shortages in the country. The newly elected NMA Chairman, Prof. Bala Audu, said this in Abuja on Wednesday during a media conference to mark the end...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), has said the Nigeria’s headline inflation rate increased to 33.69 per cent in April 2024. The NBS said this in its Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Inflation Report for April, which was released in Abuja on Wednesday. According to the report,...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, fixed July 1 for judgment in a N1 billion suit filed by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), against the Federal Government and Department of State Services (DSS). Justice James Omotosho fixed the date after Kanu’s...
The Senate has urged the Federal Government to stop further allocation of funds to caretaker committee-led local government councils nationwide. This followed the adoption of a motion by Sen. Suleiman Kawu (NNPP-Kano) on Urgent Call on the President to Resuscitate Local Government System in Nigeria, at Wednesday’s plenary....
The Rivers State Commissioner for Information, Mr Joe Johnson, has said that the state government’s massive investments in road projects would help to decongest the Port Harcourt metropolis. Johnson spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt on Wednesday on Gov. Siminalayi Fubara’s achievements within...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has expressed optimism of winning the June 8 Yobe local government councils poll. The APC Chairman, Alhaji Muhammed Gadaka, said this at the inauguration of the party’s campaign for the election on Wednesday in Damaturu. Gadaka called on the party faithful to vote...
The All Progressives Congress (APC), Igbotako Ward II in Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State, has disowned the purported suspension of Sen. Jimoh Ibrahim, representing Ondo South in the National Assembly being circulated on social media. Chairman of APC in the ward, Mr Adetokunbo Omotola, stated this...
Vice-President Kashim Shettima on Wednesday revealed that President Bola Tinubu’s administration had subsidized the cost 2024 Hajj pilgrimage with N90 billion. Shettima made this known at the inauguration of the 2024 National Hajj operation, held at the Sir Ahmadu Bello International Airport, Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State Capital....
President Bola Tinubu has asked the Senate to screen and confirm four persons appointed as board members of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The President’s request is contained in a letter read by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio during the plenary on Wednesday. The appointed members of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Police Command has paraded 44 suspects arrested for various crimes ranging from burglary, possession of illicit drugs, handsets snatching, theft, among others. The state Police Commissioner, CP Muhammad Lawan Yahaya at a press briefing held at the Command Headquarters in Maiduguri...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor Babagana Umara Zulum on Wednesday supervised the distribution of N250 million to over 25,000 widows and vulnerable women through the Borno Renaissance Microfinance Bank in Gwoza Local Government Area of the state. The distribution took place in four centres, including Central...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum has approved N200 million and a housing estate for teachers as a take-off package for the newly established Federal College of Education, Gwoza. Zulum announced this on Tuesday during an inspection visit to the temporary site of the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Nigeria’s table tennis pacesetter, Mr. Aruna Quadri, on winning the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Africa Cup title. Mr. Quadri achieved a resounding victory in the final match of the 2024 ITTF Africa Cup in Rwanda, reclaiming...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Registrar, National Examinations Council (NECO), Prof. Ibrahim Wushishi says the complexity of its examination may not allow for immediate migration from paper to Computer Based Test (CBT). Wushishi was speaking during an interactive session with newsmen on key milestones achievement of...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Arthur Javis University has achieved a breakthrough in traditional medical research as the Arthur Javis Institute of Traditional Medical Research commences treatment of cancer, fibroid and other life threatening diseases in Cross River State. Speaking at the NUJ Press Center in Calabar,...