By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The sum of N500 million has been earmarked by the Bauchi state government in the 2021 budget and is to be spent for the rebuilding of Government Secondary School, Bauchi popularly known as Garu, the Alma Mater of governor Bala Mohammed. The governor who...
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By PAUL ADAJI, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to stop the registration of Nigerians for National Identity Number (NIN) and withdraw government’s threat to block SIM cards. The Federal Government had threatened that SIM cards not linked to NIN by 30...
Sokoto State Government has earmarked N40 million for the establishment of a specialist veterinary hospital in the 2021 fiscal year to enhance animal health. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the provision is part of N4.3 billion budgetary allocation for the state Ministry of Animal Health and...
Abdulkadir Jimoh, the late Commissioner of Police who served in Cross Rivers State, was buried on Saturday in Ilorin, his home town, amidst tears. Jimoh died on Friday at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital of complications from the COVID-19 infection. The News Agency Nigeria (NAN) reports that Jimoh,...
Mr Anthony Okungbowa, Head of Service (HoS) in Edo, was on Saturday evening kidnapped by suspected gunmen along Oza Road, in Orhionmwon Local Government Area. The gunmen reportedly killed his official driver, whose name could not be immediately confirmed, before abducting Okungbowa. A senior civil servant, who craved anonymity,...
The Secretary to the Government of Niger State (SSG), Ahmed Matane, has expressed sadness over the death of Alhaji Mohammed Maude Lapai, Former Head of Service and District Head of Gabi, who died after a brief illness. In a condolence message in Minna, on Saturday, Matane described the deceased...
Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State says he has approval N1.5 billion for the part payment of pension arrears owed to retirees. However, the state branch of the Nigeria Pension Union (NUP) has denied the claim. Fintiri, who made the disclosure while receiving some members of some political parties...
Pastor Emmanuel Oluwole of the Christ Glory Church, Ilorin, has urged Nigerians to continue to observe the Covid-19 safety measures as Yuletide approaches.Oluwole said this in Ilorin on Saturday, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).He said that people should not get carried away because of...
No fewer than 11 people sustained injuries when a tanker, loaded with diesel, exploded on the Otedola bridge on Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Saturday in Lagos. Olusegun Ogungbemide, Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in the state, confirmed the incident in a statement Saturday evening. Ogungbemide said...
A fire outbreak at the Zamfara State College of Education, Maru, has razed a female hostel in the school, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has learnt. Registrar of the college, Dr. Abdullahi Haruna told NAN in Gusau on Saturday, that the fire incident occurred last Thursday, while one...
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry on Saturday confirmed that six of its nationals were among the crew members abducted off the coast of Nigeria, from a Cameroon-flagged STEVIA cargo ship. Foreign Ministry spokesman, Oleg Nikolenko, as quoted by the Ukrinform news agency, said the pirates had attacked the vessel in...
The remains of late Chief Emmanuel Nkole, the septuagenarian father of Rep. Uko Nkole, were on Saturday laid to rest in his Ozu-Abam country home in Arochukwu Local Government Area of Abia.The two-term lawmaker, represents Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency of Abia.In a homily at a funeral service in honour of...
The Federal Government has urged governments at all levels to ensure that the private sector was enhanced and developed for businesses to thrive in the country. Hajiya Mariam Katagum, Minister of State, Ministry for Industry, Trade and Investment, made the call at the opening ceremony of the 2nd edition...
Edo Government on Saturday urged residents to be cautious and observe precautionary measures against the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the state. The Secretary to the State Government (SSG) Mr Osarodion Ogie, made the appeal in a statement in Benin. Ogie said the development became necessary amid reports of the...
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), on Saturday in Osogbo, advised Informal Workers in Osun against falling victims to human traffickers. Mr Saadu Ajara, Zonal Commander in Charge of NAPTIP in the states of Ekiti, Osun and Ondo, gave the advice at a one-day...
The Government of Akwa Ibom says the approval of 4.6 billion dollars by the Federal Government to build Ibom Deep Seaport (IDSP) will create jobs for over 300,000 teeming youths in the state. Mr Akan Okon, the Commissioner for Economic Development and Ibom Deep Seaport, said this while speaking...
The Coalition of Societies for the Rights of Older Persons in Nigeria (COSROPIN) says procedural recommendations requesting persons to queue for SIM card registration is inconvenient for older people. Sen. Eze Ajoku, the President of the coalition, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Saturday that...
The President, Federation of Muslim Women Associations in Nigeria, Mrs Halima Jibril, on Saturday charged religious leaders to promote religion tolerance to engender national development. Jibril gave the charge in Abuja at the opening of a three-day summit on “’Religious Tolerance in Nigeria’’. She stressed the need for joint...
Barely five days to Christmas, prices of foodstuff, particularly local rice and tomatoes, have dropped slightly in major markets in the Enugu metropolis, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. A survey conducted by NAN on Saturday showed that the prices of stoned and de-stoned local rice and tomatoes...
Dr Ken Ukaoha, a trade and economic development advocate, has urged ECOWAS to ensure that trade and border related laws and policies within West Africa are implemented dutifully.. He made the call on Saturday in Abuja while reacting to the reopening of four land borders by the Federal Government...