Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has notified the State House of Assembly that he is travelling to the United States of America (USA) for medical check-up from Dec. 13 to Dec. 29. The Speaker of the assembly, Alhaji Ibrahim Balarabe-Abdullahi, disclosed this on Monday while reading the Governor’s letter...
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By Sadiq Abubakar, Maiduguri Borno State Governor Babagana Umara Zulum, has said the empowerment materials provided by the Senator representing Borno Central, Kashim Shettima, remains the largest since he assumed office in 2019. The Governor stated this on Monday during a launch of the distribution of kits and cash...
The Mandate Health Empowerment Initiative, an NGO, has called on the Federal Government to facilitate more access to mental health care for Nigerians at the primary healthcare level.Mr Ameh Zion, Founder of the NGO and Convener, Africa Mental Health Reforms Network, made the call in an interview with the...
The Police on Monday arraigned a farmer, Jonathan Essien, 42, in a Dutse Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja for allegedly stealing some items and cash worth N198, 000. Essien, a residing at Kuduru village in Bwari, near Abuja, is charged with house-breaking and theft. He, however, pleaded not guilty....
The Police, on Monday, arraigned a 24-year-old man, Fakayode Faseun, before an Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing one Samsung Galaxy phone valued at N65,000. The defendant of no fixed address is standing trial on a two-count charge of assault and stealing. The Prosecutor, Sgt. Olubu Apata, told the...
Barcelona will face Paris St. Germain (PSG) and former striker Neymar while title holders Bayern Munich are up against Italy’s Lazio in the last 16 of the Champions League after UEFA’s draw was held on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the draw took place at...
The Institute of Education at the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, on Monday began a five-day training to develop the managerial capacities of 500 head teachers and other officials on basic education in Kaduna State. Mr Tijjani Abdullahi, the Executive Chairman of the Kaduna State Universal Basic Education Board,...
The Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare, has urged corps members to key into the Federal Government’s Youths Initiative Programme . Dare, who made the call on Monday in Mangu, near Jos, at the NYSC permanent Orientation Camp in the state, said that in spite of...
A Federal High Court in Lagos has sentenced a 27-year-old man, Seun Alalade, to 18 months in correctional centre for peddling in cannabis sativa weighing 1.15kg. Alalade, a trader, was charged by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on one count of drug trafficking before Justice Chuka Obiozor....
The Commissioner for Rural Development in Ogun, Mr Oludotun Taiwo, says the State Government had concluded plans to rehabilitate 207 rural roads in 2021. Taiwo stated this while defending the ministry’s 2021 budget proposal before the state’s House of Assembly Committee on Finance and Appropriation, on Monday in Abeokuta....
The Kwara Chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC), has inaugurated caretaker committees that would oversee the affairs of the party at the state, local government and ward levels.Mr Bashir Bolarinwa, the chairman of the state APC caretaker committee performed the function at a ceremony on Monday in Ilorin. “This...
British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab is scheduled to arrive in India on Monday for a four-day visit, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs said on Monday. Raab will during the visit hold talks with India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on bilateral, regional, and international issues of mutual interest,...
A 40-year-old man, Richard Chukwuma, was on Monday arraigned before an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for failing to produce two suspects for whom he stood surety. Chukwuma is facing a two-count charge of perverting justice and fraud for standing surety for one Adeola Adegboola and Henry Azubuike. He,...
The Akwa Ibom State Internal Revenue Service (AKIRS), on Monday sealed the two Uyo branches of Guarantee Trust Bank (GTBank) over unpaid taxes running into N184 million. Mr Leo Umanah, Executive Director Enforcement and Recovery, AKIRS who lead the team on the operation, told journalists in Uyo that the...
The Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) has commended the National Council on Works and Housing for including engineering students attaches in all federal projects. Mr Ali Rabiu, President of the council, gave the commendation during an interactive session with reporters covering the building sector in...
Olawale Busari, a father of four, told a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan on Monday to dissolve his 23-year-old marriage to his estranged wife, Sekinat. He alleged that Sekinat had been responsible for his economic and spiritual retardation, using voodoo. In his testimony before Chief Ademola Odunade, the president...
The Kano State Ministry of Health has confirmed 12 new infections of the Coronavirus, bringing the total number of active cases in the state to 117.The ministry announced this on Monday via its verified Twitter handle @KNSMOH. “Twelve new cases were recorded from 216 results received from the laboratories...
Ekiti State government on Monday cautioned residents against engaging in business transactions with unverified loan givers to avoid being scammed. Commissioner for Information and Values Orientation, Mr Akin Omole, said in a statement issued in Ado-Ekiti that some unscrupulous persons and organisations were going about baiting people with attractive loan...
A 69-year-old electrician, Boladale Ojebode, who allegedly failed to produce the son he stood surety for, appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Monday. Ojebode, a resident of No. 20, Abdul Lawal St., Ishefun in Ayobo, a Lagos suburb, is facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and perversion of...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja A coalition of Humanitarian organisations at the weekend provided succor by donating food items and other accessories to Queen Esther’s Orphanage and Children’s home Kabusa, Abuja The organisations includes the OCI Foundation, Lions International GVI and Confort Ngumimi Jebe Foundatio (CNJF). The coalition was led...