By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The State Exercise Council Members (SEC) and Local Government Councils Executives and registered members of the National Union of Pensioners (NUP), Borno State Chapter, have commended Governor Babagana Zulum, for alleviating the plight of pensioners through prompt payment of their pensions and gratuities....
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Economic hardship: Church shares food, cash to less privileged during service The Taraba branch of Deeper Life Bible Church, on Sunday, distributed food items and cash to the less privileged in the state to cushion the effects of the economic hardship on them. Pastor Samuel Omajali, the state director...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – The 13th Extraordinary General Assembly of the Forum of South–South Monarchs is scheduled to hold in Asaba from 21st – 22nd May, 2024, with the President of the Senate and Chairman of the National Assembly, His Excellency Senator (Dr) Godswill Obot Akpabio CON...
A pro All Progressive Congress (APC) group, Northern Progressive Forum has called for the sack of Mustapha Abdullahi as the Director General of Energy Commission of Nigeria over what it described as fraud. Recall that’s Dr. Mustapha Abdullahi was appointed as the Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of the...
Underage now open bank accounts, get driver’s licences for fraud – EFCC The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has revealed that underage boys who are into internet fraud popularly called ‘yahoo yahoo’ do age declarations to falsify their age to enable them get driver’s licences to be able...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has commended Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, for rehabilitating serving and fallen heros mentally and physically, by creating the Invictus Game. The governor made the commendation on Sunday, while receiving Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, the Dutchess of Sussex, at the...
The Police Command in Lagos State says a five-year old girl, simply identified as Bosede, was crushed to death by a truck while crossing the Iganmu-Apapa expressway with her mother. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
As the world celebrates Mother’s Day, fans of Nigerian music sensation, Wizkid, on Sunday took to X, formerly Twitter, to urge the artiste to release his highly anticipated album, “Morayo”. The awaited album, named after Wizkid’s late mother, Morayo, who passed away some months ago, is seen as...
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan, on Sunday arrived Lagos from Abuja to continue a three-day visit to Nigeria. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the royal couple arrived on board an Air Peace flight. The British Royal couple...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Kaduna State Policep Command has arrested a suspected kidnapper who allegedly abducted his cousin sister and killed her after she recognised him. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued on Sunday in Kaduna. ASP...
Many residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have lamented the increasing cost of Garri and how the staple food is becoming inaccessible to the average Nigerian. The latest National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Food Price Report revealed that the average price of 1kg of white garri increased...
The Founder, New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Dr Boniface Aniebonam, has assured that the party will come out from its current internal crisis stronger. Aniebonam gave the assurance in a statement on Sunday in Lagos. He said that the party’s greatness lied in the ability of its members...
By BASSEY EFFIONG, Calabar – A former Speaker, Cross River State House of Assembly, Mr John Lebo, has resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Lebo who was the speaker of the 8th assembly, disclosed his resignation in a statement signed by him which was made available...
No fewer than 14 students of Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Osara in Kogi, abducted by bandits on Thursday night, have been rescued The Kogi State Commissioner of Police, Mr Bethrand Onuoha, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lokoja. The CUSTECH...
Rep. Abdulmalik Zubairu (APC-Zamfara) has distributed N 10.94 million as scholarship grants to 297 undergraduates, NCE and Polytechnic students from his constituency. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Zubairu represents Bungudu and Maru Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives. Speaking at the cash disbursement exercise...
In a bid to rid the country of fake and substandard products, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has dismantled an illegal alcohol factory in Badagry. The agency, in a statement on Sunday in Lagos, by Mr Sayo Akintola, NAFDAC Resident Media Consultant,...
The Federal Government has said that the Truenat Initiative, a rapid molecular testing system, will help to transform Tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis across the country. The Director, Public Health, Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Dr Anyaike Chukwuma, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of...
A businessman, Alhaji Ibrahim Egungbohun, has filed a N5 billion suit against a journalist, Fisayo Soyombo; Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ) and Arise Media Group, over allegations bordering on defamation. Egungbohun, in a suit field by his lawyer, Bola Aidi, SAN, before the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High...
The world’s first patient with a transplanted pig kidney has died, almost two months after the operation. In March, Massachusetts General Hospital transplanted the genetically-edited pig kidney into Rick Slayman, a 62-year-old man living with end-stage kidney disease. The operation was a milestone in xenotransplantation – the transplantation...
Some of the abducted students of Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Osara, Okene in Kogi State, have been rescued, the state government has confirmed. In a statement on Sunday, the Kogi State Commissioner for Information and Communication, Kingsley Fanwo, said the students were rescued safely by...