The Zamfara State chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC), has urged Muslims to use the Maulud period to pray for the peace, unity and stability in the country. The Chairman of the party, Alhaji Lawal Liman, made the call in a statement issued on Wednesday in Gusau. Liman...
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The Benue State Government on Wednesday described the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) as one of the most reliable news organisations in the world. The Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to Gov. Samuel Ortom, Mr Terver Akase, stated this during an interview with NAN on Wednesday in Makurdi. Akase, therefore,...
The House of Representatives has charged the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) to help combat spread of fake news in the country, especially through the social media.Rep. Odebunmi Olusegun, Chairman, House Committee on Information, National Orientation, Ethics and Values said this on Wednesday during the 2021 budget defence at...
A chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Babatunde Gbadamosi, has advised the newly re-appointed INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yabuku, to embrace more technologies in order to enhance the credibility of future elections. Gbadamosi, PDP Lagos East Senatorial Candidate in the proposed bye-elections, told the News Agency...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bauchi state has questioned the State government on the whereabouts of 118 trailers of foodstuffs donated to the state by the federal government since the government claimed that hoodlums invaded the COVID-19 palliative warehouse and found it empty. Recall that...
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, refused to grant the EFCC’s application seeking the court order on issuance of warrant of arrest against former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke.Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu held that an affidavit with evidence in support to proof that the earlier court summon...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum has approved government scholarship for children, most of them orphans, whose fathers were volunteers amongst Civilian JTF, hunters and vigilantes killed at battle fronts while fighting boko haram in the last seven years. Zulum also flagged off a...
Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has inaugurated a 17-member Judicial Panel of Inquiry over alleged police brutality and human rights abuses in the state.While inaugurating the committee on Thursday in Bauchi, Mohammed said that the panel members were chosen based on government’s belief in their abilities to be...
The Gombe State Fire Service has called on residents to be more proactive and safety conscious in order to prevent fire disasters in the state during the dry season.The Deputy Operations Officer of the service, Mr Salihu Doho, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of...
A Federal High Court in Ibadan on Wednesday sentenced a Tunde Fatai, 19, to seven months imprisonment for trafficking 12.32g of cocaine. Justice Patricia Ajoku sentenced Fatai after he pleaded guilty to trafficking in hard drugs. Ajoku held that she had no option than to sentence Fatai based on...
A 25-year-old man, Boma Brown, was on Wednesday arraigned in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos over alleged N860,000 fraud. Brown, whose address was not provided, is facing a three-count charge of conspiracy, stealing and obtaining money under false pretenses to which he pleaded not guilty. The Prosecutor, ASP....
President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated 2021 Armed Forces Remembrance Emblem and Appeal Fund with an appealed to Nigerians to desist from actions and comments that could jeopardise the unity and progress of the nation. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the president performed the event shortly before...
The Council for Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) has appealed for public and private sector support for supervision access to project sites across the country. COREN President, Mr Ali Rabiu, made the appeal at a virtual conference organised by the Nigerian Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (NIEEE)...
Russia reported a national record number of deaths from the coronavirus in a single-day on Wednesday, with 346, bringing its official death toll to nearly 27,000. According to state media, Russian officials have disclosed that the death toll only includes those considered as having been directly caused by the...
Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti on Wednesday directed all junior workers on GL 02 to 07 to resume work on Nov. 2. Fayemi gave the directive in a statement in Ado Ekiti by the Head of Service, Mrs Peju Babafemi. ”The state government has reviewed the steps taken so...
The National Agricultural Extension and Research Liaison Service (NAERLS) has advocated improved agricultural research on crop varieties to grow the economy and avert food insecurity. Prof. Mohammed Othman, the Executive Director of NAERLS made this known on Wednesday during a two-day capacity building for North Western States Agricultural Extension...
The National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) has called for immediate the disbursement of the ederal Government’s N10 billion COVID-19 palliative for transport operators.NURTW National President, Prof. Tajudeen Baruwa, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja.He commended the...
The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello has assured the residents and business owners in Idu Industrial Zone of adequate security. Bello gave the assurance when he led the FCT Security Task Force, represented by the Commissioner of Police and heads of various security agencies to assess the level of destruction by...
The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested 23 people suspected to have looted warehouses during the #ENDSARS crisis, recovering 14 motorcycles and six tricycles. The spokesman of the command, ASP. Mohammed Jalige, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna on Wednesday....