The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti has suspended Sen. Babafemi Ojudu and 10 others indefinitely for allegedly flouting directive of the party’s national executive.This is contained in a statement by Mr Ade Ajayi, the party’s State Publicity Secretary, made available to newsmen in Ado-Ekiti on Thursday.Those suspended alongside...
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Mr Isah Ibrahim, SCI Nutrition Advocacy Advisor, made this known in Kaduna on Thursday at the opening of a one-day sensitisation meeting on the International Code of BMS and National Regulations. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the sensitisation was organised by SCI in partnership with the...
The Sector Commander of FRSC in Enugu State, Mr Ogbonnaya Kalu, gave this warning while speaking with the News Agency of (NAN) on Thursday in Enugu. Kalu spoke on the background of the precautions to be taken by motorists as some roads or are now overflooded in the country....
In his remarks, the Executive Secretary of the TETFund, Prof. Suleiman Bogoro, said the committee was inaugurated to ensure a paradigm shift in research and development in the country. He said the committee, would be focusing on 13 thematic areas, including education, agriculture, Information Communication Technology(ICT) and digital economy,...
Football fans began to arrive on Thursday in the Hungarian capital for Europe’s first major match open to fans since the COVID-19 pandemic began. The arrival is happening just as much of the continent tightens its social restrictions against a second wave of the virus. European soccer’s governing body,...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Wednesday hosted Dangote Cement Plc to a joint virtual Facts Behind the Figures and Sustainability Report. The event provided a platform for the Management of Dangote Cement Plc to present its financial performance, strategic and operational developments and sustainability initiatives...
By EHIME ALEX, Lagos The Federal Road Safety Corps Marshal, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi has expressed sadness over the early morning crash of a tanker leading to inferno in which lives and properties were lost at Felele, a suburb of Lokoja on Wednesday. In a statement on Thursday by Bisi...
SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno state has redeemed his pledge to the families of Late Col. D.C. Bako and three other soldiers who died while defending their commander during an ambush at Wajiroko village in the outskirt of Damboa local government area of the state...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi Bauchi State Police Command has again arrested a 20-year old who allegedly raped a nine year old girl in the state. The Spokesman of the Police in the state, Ahmed Wakil, a Deputy Superintendent of Police disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists on...
All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has commiserated with former Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose over the loss of his sister, Mrs Moji Ladeji. In a statement by his Media Office on Wednesday in Lagos, Asiwaju Tinubu said, “I’m deeply saddened by the death of your immediate...
By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – Nigeria on Wednesday recorded 111 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 57,724. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), made this known via its official twitter handle @NCDCgov. It said the of the 111...
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted cloudiness and thunderstorms from Thursday to Saturday across the nation. NiMet`s weather outlook released on Wednesday in Abuja predicted cloudy atmosphere over the northern region during the morning hours of Thursday with prospects of thunderstorms over southern Kaduna. According to the agency,...
SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has flagged off the presentation 1,000,000 tree planting campaign across the state in response to the changing ecosystem and climate conditions. The governor while making the presentation of an alternative source of energy to firewood in form of gas cookers and...
…3,500 houses, 2,200 farmlands worth N950m also destroyed ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi Bauchi State governor, Senator Bala Mohammed, has disclosed that 25 people have lost their lives and 20 others sustained varying degrees of injuries in floods that ravaged 15 local government areas of the State so far this year....
SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri Borno State Commissioner of Women Affairs and Social Development (MWASD), Hajiya Zuwaira Gambo has in strong terms asserted that women in Borno State have declared war on men that engage in rape and other gender bases violence in the society. She added that womenfolk have decided...
Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday, flagged off the construction of 360 units of houses at Ajoda New Town Housing Estate in Ibadan. A report by the News Agency of Nigeria said the project, which is a Public Private Partnership in collaboration with Remax Realtors Limited, will cost...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a sum of $1.95 billion for the construction of Kano-Dutse-Katsina-Jibia-Maradi rail line project. Mr Rotimi Amaechi, Minister of Transportation, made this known when he briefed state house correspondents on the outcome of the council meeting, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, at...
…as Reps assures of speedy passage of PIB EHIME ALEX, Lagos The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Mallam Mele Kyari, has said that the absence of a stable fiscal environment is inhibiting the growth of the Nigerian petroleum industry, especially the upstream sector. Mallam...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi A 35-year old suspected notorious car snatcher has been arrested by the Police for allegedly trying to steal a government Hilux vehicle at an ECWA Church in Rafin Zurfi area of Bauchi state. The Public Relations Officer, Bauchi State Police Command, Ahmed Wakil, confirmed the arrest...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider, on Wednesday, announced the appointment of Mrs Oluwande Muoyo as a Non-Executive Director. Muoyo joined the board of FirstBank from FBN Holdings Plc., the parent company of First Bank of Nigeria Limited. In...