The Committee on Works at the Niger State House of Assembly has accused the Ministry of Works of gross misconduct over expenditure it incurred above its approved 2020 appropriation. Vice Chairman of the Committee, Malik Bosso, made the allegation while speaking to newsmen, shortly after meeting with officials of...
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The Gideon and Fumi Para-Mallam Peace Foundation has donated some foodstuff to victims of attacks in Miango, Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau.Presenting the items on Wednesday in Miango, Prof. Sunday Agang, the Provost of ECWA Theological Seminary, Jos, said the gesture was aimed at cushioning the hardships being...
The Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), says it plans to review its regulations and guidelines for political parties to accommodate COVID-19 protocols.INEC Deputy Director, Election and Monitoring Shehu Wahab said this at the opening of a retreat on COVID-19 protocol for officials on Wednesday in Kano. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
Sultan Foundation for Peace and Development, an NGO, has commenced the training of 160 community defenders against Gender Based Violence (GBV) and Harmful Practices (HP) in Sokoto state.The four-day programme was tagged ” Workshop to train 160 Women and Girls Right-Defenders in Relevant Skills to Better Engage with Religious...
A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Wednesday ordered that a 26-year-old labourer, Haruna Yusuf, be remanded at a Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling an eight-year-old girl. The magistrate, Ibrahim Emmanuel, who did not take Yusuf’s, ordered the prosecution to send the case file to the state’s Director of Public...
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has announced the appointment of Mr Silas Nwoha as its new Editor-in-Chief. Nwoha replaces Mr Peter Idonijie Obakhedo who retired from the agency on Nov. 22, 2020. He had his early education at Community School, Uhueze, Nenwe in the Aninri Local Government Area...
Mr Ayodele Adekanbi, Special Adviser to Oyo State governor on persons living with disabilities, has assured physically-challenged applicant teachers that their interests would be protected at the on-going recruitment at the state’s Teaching Service Commission. Adekanbi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan on Wednesday that fresh...
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has debunked reports of COVID-19 positive cases at its orientation camp in Afikpo, Ebonyi. Commissioner for Health in Ebonyi, Dr Daniel Umezurike, recently claimed that some corps members in the camp had tested positive to the virus. The NYSC State Coordinator, Mrs Mercy...
The Anambra State Fire Service on Wednesday said it recorded 120 fire incidents across the state from January to October. Mr Martin Agbili, the state Director, Fire Service, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka that the incessant fire outbreaks was due to faulty electrical appliances, power...
President Muhammadu Buhari is participating online in the 28th meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) from his country home in Daura, Katsina State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting which commenced at about 10 a.m., is presided over by the Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo....
The Kano State Rural and Electrification Board (REB) says it had installed 274 electric poles to provide electricity to 1,000 housing units in the state. Mr Garba Uba, the Managing Director of the board, who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday...
Some residents of Jos have decried the recent hike in price of local rice in the area, describing the development as worrisome, especially with the Christmas and New Year festivities fast approaching. One of them, Mrs Mary Edith, a trader, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that in 2019...
Mr Wale Akinremi, the Chairman, Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU), University of Ibadan (UI) chapter, says the non-academic unions were ready to collaborate with the Acting Vice Chancellor of the University. He stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Ibadan on Wednesday,...
Australia will take China to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to challenge the tariffs placed on the country’s barley exports earlier this year, trade minister Simon Birmingham announced on Wednesday. “This is the logical and appropriate next step for Australia to take,’’ Birmingham told reporters in Canberra. In May,...
A 35-year-old man, Felix Okafor, on Wednesday appeared before a Badagry Magistrates’ Court for allegedly damaging property, valued at N35,000. Okafor, who has no fixed address is facing charges of malicious damage and breach of public peace. He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges. The Prosecutor, ASP. Clement...
An NGO, Neighbourhood Economic Development Foundation (NEDF), has urged Nigerians to make it a point of duty to pray for the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) and other security agencies as they strive to protect the nation. Mr Taju Dolapo, President/Founder of NEDF, said in a statement in Abuja on...
In bid to further improve the wellbeing of citizens, a 5-year nutrition action plan that will guide the implementation of interventions and programmes to address the problems of hunger and malnutrition across all sectors in Nigeria has been approved by National Council on Nutrition. The Council chaired by Vice...
The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) plans to collaborate with the Presidential Amnesty Programme in the former’s quest to secure inland waterways in the Niger delta. A statement signed on Tuesday in Abuja by NIWA General Manager in charge of Corporate Affairs Jibril Darda’u quoted Managing Director, Dr George Moghalu,...
The United States on Tuesday condemned “in the strongest terms” the abduction of more than 300 schoolboys from their school in northwestern Nigeria and was investigating Boko Haram’s claim of responsibility, a spokesperson for the State Department said. A man identifying himself as the leader of Nigeria’s Boko Haram,...
By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – Polaris Bank has introduced a new product known as Polaris Salary Advance to meet the urgent needs of its customers, especially during the Yuletide. Described as one product both existing account holders and non-account holders can fall back on, the Salary Advance is a...