The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Ekiti State Council, has urged the state government to ensure the prompt payment of outstanding salaries and deductions of media professionals in the services of the state government. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this position was disclosed, on Wednesday, at...
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The Bauchi State Police Command, on Wednesday, paraded 20 suspects for alleged involvement in various criminal offences in the state, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The State Police Commissioner, Mr Lawan Jimta, while parading the suspects, said that the command would not rest on its oars in...
The Federal Government is targeting over 160,000 poor and vulnerable rural women, to benefit from the N20,000 cash grant, across the country to cushion the effects of COVID-19 pandemic. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar-Faruk, made the disclosure at the launch of...
Ten fellow Republicans voted in support of outgoing President Donald Trump’s second impeachment by the House of Representatives on Wednesday. This, analysts say, further highlights the division in the party over Trump’s refusal to concede the Nov. 3 presidential election based on his unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud....
The Nigeria Tennis Federation (NTF) has unveiled its 2021 activities aimed at enhancing the development of the game in the country, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Dayo Abulude, the Secretary General of the Federation, said on Wednesday in Abuja that the Federation would be organisimg various local tournaments,...
The current political transition period in Mali offers an opportunity to “break out of the vicious circle of political crises followed by coups d’etat,” the UN envoy in the country told the Security Council on Wednesday. Following the Aug. 18 mutiny that ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, special representative...
Sudan’s National Borders Commission on Wednesday accused Ethiopia of violating the historical border agreements signed between the two countries, official SUNA news agency reported. Maaz Tango, head of the Commission, briefed the ambassadors, diplomats, and representatives of regional and international organisations to Sudan on the dimensions of the border...
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has ruled out a Senate impeachment trial for President Donald Trump before incoming president Joe Biden’s inauguration on Jan. 20. “There is simply no chance that a fair or serious trial could conclude before President-elect Biden is sworn in next week,” McConnell said in...
Outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump has “unequivocally condemned” the Jan. 6 breach of Congress by his supporters. “I want to be very clear: I unequivocally condemn the violence that we saw last week, Trump said in a video message posted by the White House on Twitter. The president noted...
At about midnight on Thursday December 31, 2020, Nigerians joined the rest of the world to witness the departure of the year 2020. And within the same space, observed the arrival of the year 2021. Both events were greeted with an aura of jubilation. However, while I tried like...
Former Lagos governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has described a former military administrator of the state, Real Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu, as a rare breed for his singular consistency and unwavering commitment to social justice, democracy and federalism in Nigeria. Sadly, this great man who so loved this country and its...
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum on Tuesday approved the release of N10m to save the life of Mbahi Sarki Suleiman, a 29-year old 300 level student of geography at the University of Maiduguri, who is in critical need of kidney transplant. The student hails from Yara in...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The Presidency has faulted the reported ultimatum by a group based in Sokoto, “Muslim Solidarity Forum,” calling on the Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Rev Matthew Hassan Kukah to tender an unreserved apology to the entire Muslim Ummah over his recent “malicious comments” against...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) in collaboration with UNICEF and other partners on Wednesday launched a new thematic brief, nurturing care for children living in humanitarian settings, highlighting actions countries must take to strengthen nurturing care. The UN health agency, in a statement posted on its website, stated that...
Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau says the state government is set to prosecute those misinforming people on the existence of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). The governor said this during a stakeholders meeting organised to deliberate on the COVID-19 Task Force resolutions on Wednesday in Jos. He expressed concern that...
Positive sentiments persisted on the Nigerian Stock Exchange on Wednesday with the All-Share Index extending growth by 0.11 per cent. Specifically, the All-Share Index improved further by 45.10 points or 0.11 per cent to close at 40, 341.05 against 40, 295.95 achieved on Tuesday. Also, the market capitalisation rose...
Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State, on Wednesday, met with all the district heads across the state, to solicit their support on tackling security challenges, especially banditry and kidnapping in the state. The meeting, presided over by the governor at the late Aliyu Akwe Doma Banquet Hall, government house,...
The Kano State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested one Isma’eel Abubkar, 18, for defiling a 5-year-old girl, NSCDC spokesman ASC Ibrahim Abdullahi said on Wednesday, in Kano. Abdullahi said that the suspect, a resident of Kofar Ruwa Quarters, Kano, was arrested by...