Former Head of State and Chairman of the National Peace Committee, Abdulsalami Abubakar on Wednesday said there are an estimated six million illicit weapons circulating in Nigeria. He spoke during a meeting of the NPC with the Nigerian Guild of Editors. The meeting was focused on proferring solutions to...
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The Minister of State for Environment, Sharon Ekeazor has appealed to the National Assembly to speed up the passage of the Bill on Climate Change, which has already passed second reading on the floor of the House of Representatives. Mrs Ikeazor who stated this at the National Council on...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja-The federal Government on Thursday presented provisional licenses to the twenty new private universities recently approved by Federal Executive Council. It would be recalled that the federal government had on February 2021, approved the establishment of 20 new private universities. Nigeria will now have a total...
Forty-seven awaiting trial inmates in different Nigerian Correctional centers across Nasarawa State have regained their freedom. This followed a special visit by the State Chief Judge, Justice Aisha Bashir Aliyu to the Nigerian Correctional Centers as a result of the directive by the presidency for decongestion of custodial centers...
Gunmen attacked another police station in Imo State late Wednesday, sources confirmed to Channels Television. Mbieri Divisional police headquarters located at Mbaitoli LGA of Imo state was the latest victim. The attack on the Mbieri station is the seventh police station to be attacked by gunmen in Imo state...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) command in Kano State has destroyed fake electric cables and counterfeit products worth N8 million. ASC Ibrahim Idris-Abdullahi, spokesperson for the command, said this in a statement on Thursday in Kano. ASC Idris-Abdullahi said the fake products were seized at a...
The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has clarified that the 20th National Sports Festival, Edo 2020, is going on as planned with competitions going on as scheduled. The Assistant Director Press in the Ministry, Mr Ramon Balogun disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Benin-City. This...
The JAMB is to clampdown on some cybercafes and tutorial centres who specialize in defrauding unsuspecting candidates during registration for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The warning is contained in the board’s weekly bulletin – Vol. 2, No 18, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri- The Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum has released the sum of N8.5 million to support the families of 69 slain volunteers killed in the fight against insurgency in the State. The Governor gave the support on Wednesday during his second day visit in Bama,...
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has suspended its earlier plans for a three-day warning strike over alleged plans by the Kano State Government to revert to N18,000 minimum wage. The strike was scheduled to begin on Thursday. The suspension was announced by the National Deputy President of the Union,...
A group under the aegis of Concerned Edo Citizens Forum (CECF) has appealed to the Federal Government to prevent an abrupt shutdown of the ongoing National Sports Festival (NSF). The group under the leadership of Mr Roy Oribhabor, made the call in a statement made available to newsmen in...
The Department of State Services (DSS) has said that the late official driver to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mr Sa’idu Afaka, was not detained or tortured by the service before his death. According to a statement by Dr Peter Afunanya, DSS Public Relations Officer on Thursday in Abuja, said that reports...
The President, World Bank Group, Mr David Malpass, said the group is working actively in collaboration with the International Monetary Fund on the common framework that the G20 established for dealing with debt overhang and debt burdens. He said this while responding to questions at the press conference at...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has raised an alarm over the country’s rising debt profile, saying the situation is more critical now because of the huge amount borrowed to service the ailing economy. Governor Obaseki raised the alarm on Wednesday during a meeting with the Transition Committee members at...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi- A Bauchi State High Court sitting in Bauchi has sentenced a former Accountant-General in the State, Yusuf Gokaru, to one year imprisonment for indulging in N108m scam. This was contained in a statement signed by Wilson Uwajaren, which was sent to our Correspondent in Bauchi from...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja- The Top10 magazine, Nigeria’s foremost publication that celebrates excellence, has honored top 10 Nigerian international figures shaping developments at continental and global levels with a special edition. In the latest international edition of the magazine titled “Top 10 Nigerians on World Stage”, the magazine lists...
Niger President Mohamed Bazoum, who promised continuity, named his predecessor’s son, Mahamane Sani Mahamadou, to become the country’s new oil and energy minister. The new government also includes Ousseini Hadizatou Yacouba, leader of the women’s wing of the ruling party, as mining minister in one of the world’s leading...
Oil prices fell on Thursday after official figures showed a big increase in U.S. gasoline stocks, causing concerns about demand for crude weakening in the world’s biggest consumer of the resource at a time when supplies around the world are rising. Brent crude eased 36 cents, or 0.6%, to...
A pregnant mother of eight children, identified simply as Dada, has been arrested for stabbing her husband, Jonathan, to death in the Otomi community, Uwheru, in the Ughelli Local Government Area of the Delta State. It was gathered that the suspect returned late from work on Monday, April 5,...
Instead of 12 days, the National Sports Festival will end after seven days over the failure of the Federal Government to release fund. The Coordinator of Media and Publicity, National Sports Festival, Ebomhiana Musa, made this known to The PUNCH. In a statement on Wednesday night, he confirmed that...