Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi has urged judicial officers in the state to use their wealth of experience and powers to evolve positive changes in the dispensation of justice.Bello stated this at the inauguration of Justice Henry Olusiyi as the substantive Chief Judge of the state and Justice John...
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The Lagos State Government on Tuesday assured youths in the state that it would embark on meaningful projects aimed at enhancing living standard of youths in the state. Mr Solomon Bonu, the Special Adviser to Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tourism, Arts and Culture, gave the assurance at the 2020...
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that his administration will keep a keen eye on food inflation in the New Year. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, in a statement, said Buhari gave the assurance at the fifth regular meeting with the Presidential...
From SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State, in fulfilment of his promise to provide the vigilante group and Civilian JTF in Hawul local government with patrol vehicles and other needs to secure the communities, has presented eight Hilux vehicles and other requirements requested by vigilante...
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has stressed the role of women journalists in its plans toward achieving Nigeria’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC). NDCs are at the heart of the Paris Agreement and the achievement of these long-term goals; it embodies efforts by each country to reduce national emissions...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Former Nigeria’s Senate President, David Mark, on Tuesday, flagged-off the construction of 36.3 kilometers roads in Bauchi State with the three roads costing N7,348,963,784. The roads are: Warji-Gwaram road – 13.5, Boi-Tapshin road – 11.6kms and Bogoro-Lusa-Malar road 11.2km. Speaking while flagging-off the roads,...
President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with new World Boxing Federation (WBF) International Super Featherweight Champion, Ridwan Oyekola, “The Scorpion’’. In a congratulatory message issued by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Tuesday, the president joined all Nigerians to celebrate the historical feat after 57 years. He affirmed...
The Kogi House of Assembly on Tuesday passed the N130.54 billion Appropriation Bill tagged “Budget of Accelerated Recovery” into law.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the House considered the bill Clause-by-Clause at the “Committee of the Whole” of the House at plenary in Lokoja.Aderonke Aro (APC-Yagba West)...
The Bauchi State Government on Tuesday commenced the construction of three strategic roads with the sum of N7.3 billion in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the new roads include a 13.5 kilometres road from Warji in the state to Gwaram in Jigawa. Others are...
The Federal High Court Abuja, on Tuesday, struck out a suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking Osagie Ize-Iyamu’s disqualification from the Sept. 19 governorship election in Edo. Delivering judgment, Justice Ahmed Mohammed, struck out the suit on grounds that it had become academic. The judge also said...
The 27 states of the European Union (EU) on Tuesday paved the way for the provisional application of the new post-Brexit trade agreement as of Jan. 1, a commission spokesperson confirmed. In a so-called written procedure, none of the EU ambassadors objected to applying the deal provisionally – making it...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Oyo State Command, has given awards to some of its officers and men for their hard work and diligence in the discharge of their duties. Others also honoured with awards were some journalists in the state, including Mrs Rasheedat Makinde, a...
Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has advised members of the state Executive Council (EXCO) to continue to remain loyal to his administration and not indulge in any acts of betrayal, in spite of the circumstance.Umahi gave the advice on Tuesday, when the EXCO members, led by Deputy Gov. Kelechi...
Following a barrage of criticisms and attacks since issuing his Christmas statement last week, the Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Matthew Hassan Kukah, has denied calling for a coup. Bishop Kukah at a media conference with selected journalists held at St Bakhita Secretariat in Sokoto, on Monday night, implored...
No fewer than 115,000 people had been administered the COVID-19 vaccines in Israel over the past 9 days. The Israeli Ministry of Health which released the figure on Tuesday added that the total number of those vaccinated had gone up to over 495,000. The ministry said that it was...
A former Deputy President of the Senate, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu, has pledged to assist farmers in Enugu State to access agricultural loan from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Ekweremadu made the pledge on Tuesday when members of Enugu State Amalgamated Farmers Cooperative Society, covering the 17 Local Government Areas of...
The United Kingdom’s (UK) refusal to sign an agreement with the European Union (EU) on a student exchange programme called Erasmus in post-Brexit talks was influenced by its plan to establish a “competing” education scheme soon, an EU official said on Tuesday. European Union (EU) Chief Negotiator Michel Barnier,...
U.S. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on Tuesday said she would, on assuming office, bring a bill to Congress with a roadmap to citizenship for 11 million undocumented people. Harris said on Twitter that her first priority after assuming office would be to save American lives from the coronavirus pandemic....
A West Kowloon Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday sentenced a Hong Kong student activist, Tony Chung, Hon-lam to four months imprisonment for insulting the Chinese flag and taking part in an unauthorised protest in 2019. The 19-year-old former convenor of the pro-independence group Student localism was already awaiting trial under...