By AUSTINE TSENZUGHUL, Bauchi – Bauchi State Government in collaboration with A&B Executive Protocol Consultants Limited, Thursday commenced a one-week intensive training programme on protocol, etiquette and best practices for protocol officers and senior government officials. Declaring the training open held at the Banquet hall, Government House, Bauchi,...
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The Nigeria Amputee Football Federation has unveiled the football team’s kits ahead of the Amputee African Cup of Nations (AAFCON) slated for Cairo, Egypt from May 18 to May 30. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ex-Nigerian International, Segun Odegbami, unveiled the new ‘Special Eagles’ jerseys...
Time is fixed on the calendar of God like nature plans the movement of everything in the orbital seasons and time. Ijaw Fishermen and women obey the tidal flows of nature in their fishing expeditions of low and high tides to enable them to set the net when...
Some Nigerians on Thursday condemned a ‘24-hour buried alive challenge’ undertaken by a content creator known as Young C. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Young C had embarked on this daring challenge on Wednesday, announcing his intention to be buried alive in a coffin for...
The Senate on Thursday, prescribed death sentence as penalty for trafficking in hard drugs and other substances in Nigeria. This followed the passage of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Amendment Bill 2024. It also prescribed not more than 15 years imprisonment without option of fine, for...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has insisted on negotiating the salary of its members with the Tinubu-led administration, thereby, rejecting the N35,000 wage award. ASUU National President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, stated this in Ibadan on Thursday at the inauguration of the secretariat of the University of...
Reps stop implementation of cybercrime levy by CBN The House of Representatives on Thursday, May 9, directed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to immediately halt the implementation of the cybercrime levy introduced by the apex bank in compliance with the provisions of the cybercrime Act. The House said...
President Bola Tinubu has directed the speedy completion of all the uncompleted Inland Dry Ports across the country, to enhance commerce, international business and create job opportunities to Nigerians. Tinubu gave the order at the inauguration of the Inland Dry Port, in Funtua on Thursday. The president, who...
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu said in a video statement that the Israeli forces will continue their attacks in Gaza in spite the U.S. threat to halt some weapon shipments. “If Israel is forced to stand alone, Israel will stand alone,” said Netanyahu in a public speech made...
Jailbreak: FG to fortify nation’s correctional centres – Interior Minister The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has reaffirmed the Federal Government’s commitment toward fortifying the nation’s correctional centres against any external attack. The minister, who made this known during an inspection tour of Kuje Correctional Centre on Thursday...
The House of Representatives has launched a probe into the procurement process in the Lagos -Calabar highway. The resolution followed a motion of urgent public importance by Rep. Austin Achado (APC-Benue) during plenary in Abuja on Wednesday. Presenting the motion, the lawmaker queried the procurement process that led...
Co A High Court in Zuba, Abuja has adjourned until May 21 the trial of the Medical Director, Alliance Hospital, Dr Christopher Otabor, Emmanuel Olorunlaye, Chikaodili Ugochukwu and Dr Aremu Abayomi over alleged organ harvesting. The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) charged the defendants...
Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum (Downstream), Senator Ifeanyi Uba, has urged the Federal Government to be intentional about the modular refineries as a strategy to ending Nigeria’s fuel scarcity. Ubah said this at the ongoing Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, Texas, U.S., on Thursday. “I am proposing that...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has funded over 5,525 physical infrastructural projects and provided over 576 faculty/departmental libraries in tertiary institutions across the country. Executive Secretary of TETFund, Arch. Sonny Echono disclosed this while presenting a paper at the 26th seminar of Nigerian...
Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru, has said Nigeria would not tolerate crude oil theft and illegal refining as they are very serious crimes in the country. “Such crimes will not be tolerated in any form and at any time or level and this extends to other natural resources...
The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Government to pay the withheld salaries of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Non Academic Staff Union (NASU). This followed the adoption of a Motion of Urgent Public Importance by Rep. Abubakar Fulata (APC-Jigawa) during plenary on...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The lawmaker representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has emphasised the need for Chevron Nigeria Limited to support local manufacturers producing made-in-Nigeria goods. Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan made the call on Wednesday during a visit to the company’s Headquarters in San...
Some Badagry communities of Lagos State on Thursday, decried prolonged power outage of over 18 months in the area by the Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC). Some residents of the communities in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said the outage had paralysed economic and social...
Blackout: Taraba commissioner blames FG for neglect By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo – Taraba State Commissioner of Energy and Economic Development, Engr. Naomi Tanko Agbu has blamed the Federal Government of Nigeria for neglecting its responsibility to ensure people have access to steady power supply. Engr Naomi stated this on...
Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda, has ordered security operatives in the state to ensure the immediate arrest of the suspected killers of a Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) officer in the state. The governor gave the directive when he received the Controller-General (C-G) of the service, Mr Bashir...