A High Court in Kaduna State adjourned until Nov. 6, ruling in a suit filed by Alhaji Bashir Aminu, challenging the appointment of Ahmed Bamalli as the Emir of Zazzau. Justice Kabir Dabo fixed the date, after Counsel to Aminu, Yunus Usman, moved the application for injunction. Usman told...
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A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday, dismissed a suit filed by Sen. Babafemi Ojudu, seeking the dissolution of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) leadership in Ekiti. Ojudu, a Special Adviser on Political Matters in the Presidency, filed the suit on April 21 challenging the election of...
The Director-General of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, says corps members and staff of the 2020 Batch “B” orientation exercise would be tested for COVID-19 before the programme. Gen. Ibrahim disclosed this on Thursday in Jos at the opening of the NYSC 2020 Batch “B” pre-orientation...
Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti, has approved the constitution of a Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Land and Related Matters in the state.The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Olayinka Oyebode, announced the constitution of the panel and Governing Board on Law Reforms Commission in a statement in...
The Police Command in Ekiti, on Thursday, launched an investigation into the killing of a businessman, Olanrewaju Oladapo by yet to be identified gunmen.The command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Sunday Abutu, confirmed that Oladapo was killed at Dallimore Area of Ado Ekiti, the state capital on Wednesday night. “Yes,...
The prices of tomatoes and onions have significantly increased in major markets of Enugu metropolis, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports. A market survey conducted by NAN on Thursday, reveals that prices of both commodities have increased when compared to a few weeks back. The price of a...
The pressure is growing on Manchester United FC manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, ahead of Saturday’s tricky trip to Everton FC. Solskjaer’s reign at Manchester United has been characterised by extreme highs and lows, but a loss at Goodison Park will raise serious questions about the Norwegian’s future at the...
Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) Cross River chapter, says epileptic power supply is hindering many Nigerian factories from actualising their full capacity. Mr Usen Umor, the association’s treasurer for Cross River and Akwa Ibom, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday...
Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River on Thursday in Calabar presented the 2021 budget of N277.7billion to the State House of Assembly. Ayade, who tagged the budget as “Budget of Blush and Bliss’’, said it was aimed at improving the welfare of residents of the state. While giving a...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja met with members of the National Council of Traditional Rulers from the six geo-political zones of the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Monarchs were led by the two co-chairpersons of the Council, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji...
Troops of Operation Hadanrin Daji have neutralised five bandits and rescued three women and their children in an encounter with bandits at Diskuru village in Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State. Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja, while giving an update...
Ministers of Water Affairs of Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt have held a virtual trilateral meeting on the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). According to the Ethiopian Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Energy, observers and experts assigned by the Bureau of the African Union (AU) Assembly attended the meeting,...
The Chairman, All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) in Akwa Ibom, Mr Bassey Inwang, says increased planting of food crops is the sure way to end food insecurity in the country. Inwang made this known in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Uyo on Thursday. He...
The Civil Society- Scaling Up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN), a coalition of NGOs on Thursday, lauded Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo for approving the review of maternity leave to six months. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the state government had on Tuesday, announced the extension of...
President John Pombe Magufuli was sworn in Thursday to lead Tanzania for another five-year term, pledging to work hard to implement the promises he made during the election campaign. The swearing-in ceremony, at the Jamhuri Stadium in the capital, Dodoma, was witnessed by several foreign dignitaries, including president Yoweri...
China has launched an air cargo service route linking Lanzhou in that country’s northwest, Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh,and Lahore in Pakistan. The first of such flight carried 18 tonnes of dried mango to Lanzhou on Oct. 30. It left Lanzhou on the same day for Lahore, carrying Chinese household products,...
More than 600 people who came in contact with Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Peter Szijjarto on his recent visit Cambodia, have tested negative for the COVID-19. Cambodia’s Ministry of Health (MoH) announced on Thursday. Szijjarto, who visited Cambodia on Tuesday, reportedly tested positive for the COVID-19...
A Kaduma Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday ordered that a 30-year-old farmer, Ishak Aminu, who allegedly defiled his neighbour’s five-year-old daughter be remanded in a correctional centre. The police charged Aminu, who resides in Durumi Village Makarfi Local Government Area of Kaduna State, with defilement. The Chief Magistrate, Benjamin...
Botswana has issued private charter flights protocols, following a decision to allow international travelers into the country through chartered flights. The Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources Conservation and Tourism on Wednesday said that upon arrival all tourists would be treated as a cohort and stay in their lodging facility...