By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, has declared that Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), has brought tremendous changes to country. “The APC Administration has since 2015 brought tremendous changes to Nigeria,” the minister said during a...
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Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare says the revival of the Principal’s Cup will lead to the discovery of new talents for Nigeria. The minister said this in a statement by his Special Adviser (Media), John Joshua-Akanji, on Thursday in Abuja. Dare said the ministry revived the...
As part of activities to mark the 2021 World Cancer Day, the World Health Organisation Regional Office for Europe (WHO/Europe) on Thursday launched an initiative aimed at addressing severe disruptions to cancer services amid the pandemic. The WHO Regional Director for Europe, Hans Kluge, made the disclosure in Copenhagen ...
President Muhammadu Buhari says the future of APC lies in strengthened internal democracy; transparent electoral processes; pro-people policies and programmes, and value of each member’s contribution to the party’s growth. The president stated this during a virtual meeting with APC youths held at the State House, Abuja, on Thursday....
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it will continue to partner with stakeholders on the creation of workstations for the purpose of training and re-training of drivers to ensure safety on highways .The FRSC Corps Marshall, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, stated this during the inauguration of Obafemi Awolowo (OAU)...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Oyo/Osun Area Command, said it generated the sum of N4, 895,772,769 as revenue in the month of January. The NCS Area Comptroller, Adamu Abdulkadir, said this on Thursday in Ibadan. Abdulkadir, while briefing newsmen on the achievements of the command since he assumed duty...
President Muhammadu Buhari has forwarded the names of the immediate past Service Chiefs to the Senate as non-career Ambassadors-Designate. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s spokesman confirmed this in a statement in Abuja on Thursday. The presidential aide said that the president had already communicated this development via a letter...
The University of Calabar has announced that the school hostels would be opened for returning students on Feb. 10. Mr Gabriel Egbe, Registrar of the institution, made the announcement in a statement issued on Thursday in Calabar. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the University had earlier announced...
It takes just a moment of indignation to destroy; to cast down and cast out. It is easier to destroy than to build. And what is broken sometimes cannot be put together again. Why are we at daggers drawn with one another? Why are we at each other’s throat?...
The Minister of State, Federal Capital Territory, Dr Ramatu Aliyu, on Thursday, in Abuja, expressed concern over frequent fire outbreaks in major markets across the territory. Aliyu expressed her concern when she visited the Gwarinpa Tipper Garage Market, scene of a recent fire incident that claimed one life. The...
The Federal Government on Thursday approved the extension of the tenure of Mr Mohammed Adamu as the Inspector General of Police (I-G) by three months. Mr Osaigbovo Ehisienmen , the Press Secretary to the Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Mohammed Dingyadi confirmed the approval in an interview with the News Agency...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja noted that the ongoing membership registration and revalidation exercise in the All Progressives Congress (APC) across the country would further ensure a shared vision for the party, grassroots ownership and participation, and inclusiveness for youths. In a virtual...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State governor, Senator Bala Mohammed, has lamented that despite the efforts of his administration to end the menace of ghost workers in the state civil service, people are devising new ways of defrauding the government and syphoning resources. He spoke when he held a...
Bobi Wine, the leader of the National Unity Party (NUP) opposition party, and the main opposition candidate in the 14 January presidential election, announced on 1 February that he had filed papers challenging the election results with Uganda’s constitutional court. Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, alleges...
An inter-agency committee set, up by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, to discuss areas of collaboration between the agencies of the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy and the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) in relation to the Finance Act 2020...
President Muhammadu Buhari has forwarded the names of the immediate past Service Chiefs to the Senate as non-career Ambassadors-Designate. In a letter to Senator Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, President of the Senate, the President said: “In accordance with section 171 (1), (2) (c) & sub-section (4) of 1999 Constitution of...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved three month extension for the Inspector General of Police. …Detail soon…
India’s main association of physicians, on Thursday, said more than four times as many doctors had died than the government has said. This is as the country ramps up vaccination of health-care professionals in its bid to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. The association said that 734 doctors had died...
Dr Dorris John, the Epidemiologist, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Public Health Department, has urged the public toalways adhere to the COVID-19 protocols to prevent further spread. She made the call at a one-day media sensitisation on information management of the pandemic in Abuja on Thursday. The News Agency of...