The ECOWAS Court of Justice has ordered the government of Cross River State to repay the sum of US$6,455,846 to the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID). In its ruling on Friday, the court also ordered the Nigerian State government to pay an interest of 6.5 per cent...
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President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Chief Simon Shango, National President of Northern Elders, Professionals and Stakeholders’ Forum (NEPSF), on the occasion of his 75th birthday. The president’s congratulatory message is contained in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja...
The Special Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), has arrested Mahmud Mohmmed and Nuhu Ochofo, for impersonating as a soldier and personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), respectively in Jos.Maj.-Gen. Chukwuemeka Okonkwo, the Commander of the task force, paraded the suspects on Friday in Jos....
The Edo Government on Friday said that it has recorded 29 new cases of COVID-19 and 16 recoveries in the second wave of the pandemic. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Dr Osamwonyi Irowa, disclosed this on Friday in Benin, while briefing newsmen on the impact of the second...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has warned commercial banks and other financial institutions to desist from dealing in crypto currencies as it is illegal. The apex bank stated this on Friday in a statement on its official website by Mr Bello Hassan, Director of Banking Supervision and Mr...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday in Abuja, commended Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara for ensuring good governance and developing the state in spite of its lean finances. Sen. John Akpanudoedeghe National Secretary of the party’s Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) gave the commendation in a...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja- The Chairman of The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, on Friday met with the chairmen and secretaries of political parties in Abuja, the Nation’s capital to discuss the way forward for the proposed creation of addition polling units. In his opening remark,...
The Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum on Friday unveiled 90 units of mass transit buses to enhance the operations of Borno Express Corporation, a public transportation services company owned by the state government. The buses include 40 units of 50 seaters and 50 units of 14 seaters,...
A Media Rights Agenda (MRA) Group, on Friday condemned the kidnapping of The Punch newspaper correspondent, Mr. Okechukwu Nnodim by unknown gunmen and therefore called on the Federal Government and security agencies to take urgent action to locate and free him from his abductors. Recalled that Mr. Nnodim was...
The ECOWAS Court of Justice, Abuja has on Friday heard arguments in the case brought by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) against the Federal Government seeking “justice and accountability for the authorities’ failure to prevent, account for and investigate killings, raping, maiming of Nigerians and other residents, and...
The Federal Government has issued a 72-hour suspension on outbound Emirates flights from Nigeria. In a circular issued by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), noted that the suspension followed a violation of guidelines placed by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19. According to the circular signed by NCAA...
Prof. Olanike Adeyemo, Chairperson, Oyo State COVID-19 Decontamination and Containment Committee, says the state has re-jigged its ‘COVID-19 Hall of Shame Initiative’ to ensure compliance with the disease’s protocols and guidelines.Adeyemo, who made this known in a statement made available to newsmen in Ibadan on Friday, said that the...
The Minister of State for Federal Capital Territory Minister, Dr Ramatu Aliyu, has said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) revalidation and registration of new members is scheduled for Feb. 8. Aliyu made the disclosure during the presentation of stakeholders of the party to members of the revalidation and...
The Police Command in Kano has arrested 11 robbery and car snatching syndicate suspects in the state in the last one month. The spokesman of the command, DSP Abdullahi Haruna, who announced this in a statement on Friday in Kano, said two suspects were arrested for alleged armed robbery...
The Police Command in Kano has arrested 11 robbery and car snatching syndicate suspects in the state in the last one month. The spokesman of the command, DSP Abdullahi Haruna, announced this in a statement on Friday in Kano. According to him, two suspects were arrested for alleged armed...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja The National Youth Council Of Nigeria (NYCN) and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have passed a vote of confidence on the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu on his achievements in the sector especially in ensuring all loopholes that allowed for diversion of funds in the...
A Magistrates’ Court in Abeokuta on Friday sentenced Kukoyi Abayomi and Adio Oluwanbe to two years imprisonment each for assaulting a staff of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC). Magistrate I.O. Abudu, sentenced Abayomi, 36 and Oluwanbe, 31, after she found them guilty on the nine counts bordering on conspiracy,...
A Dutse Grade I Area Court, Abuja, on Friday, sentenced Sadiq Adamu, 23 and Abdulmajid Mohammed, 18 to five months imprisonment each over house breaking and theft.The Presiding Officer, Mr Hassan Aliyu, who tried and found both defendants guilty, however, gave each of them an option of N30,000 fine.Aliyu...
The 2021 MTV Africa Music Awards ceremony which was scheduled to be held in the Ugandan capital Kampala has been postponed, organisers has announced. The awards ceremony, which was being organised through a partnership between MTV Base and Uganda’s Ministry of Tourism, was scheduled to take place on Feb....
31-year-old Nigerian striker Odion Jude Ighalo has joined Saudi club Al Shabab a week after announcing his exit from English Premier League side Manchester United. According to reports he signed a two-and-half year contract with the Gulf side signaling the end of his stay at Chinese side Shanghai Shenhua,...