Minister of Steel Development, Prince Shuaibu Audu, has donated the sum of ₦3.5 million to the victims of attacks in Kogi. This is contained in a statement issued by the minister’s Special Assistant on Media, Mrs Lizzy Okoji, on Sunday in Abuja. Okoji said that Audu made the...
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The Police Zone 13, comprising Anambra and Enugu States, has announced the venue and time for both General Duty and Specialist Constable recruitment medical screening for the candidates of the two states. This is contained in a statement issued on Sunday by the Zonal Police Public Relations Officer,...
No fewer than 3 persons have been killed while an unspecified others were injured after a Nigerian Army patrol vehicle hit a Keke Napep rider, causing injuries on the driver and his passengers. An eyewitness, Adamu Hassan, told Channels Television, that the incident happened on Sunday afternoon...
The Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, has signed an agreement with the Student Housing Company Limited for the development of 1600-bed space hostels in the institution under a Public Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement. Director Public Affairs Directorate of the university, Malam Auwalu Umar, disclosed this in a statement...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has given more insight on why it banned the sale of Dex Luxury Bar Soap (No 6 Mystic Flower) in Nigeria. NAFDAC Director-General, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, in a public alert with No. 012/2024,...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), has cautioned potential job seekers against falling victims to scammers as the corps is currently not recruiting. The Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO), Assistant Corps Marshal (ACM), Mr Jonas Agwu, said this in a statement on Sunday in...
NIPCO Plc has completed four Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) stations in Lagos, set for inauguration by May. The Managing Director of NIPCO Gas Ltd., Mr Nagendra Verma, disclosed this during an interaction with newsmen on Sunday in Lagos. Verma, who highlighted the significance of CNG as a viable...
Some Nigerians have called on the Federal Government to unify its proposed three new national identity cards, slated to launch in May this year. They gave the advice on Sunday in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC)...
By IBRAHIM DANJUMA OMEIZA – Events leading to the 2023 Presidential election in Nigeria were a mix of tact, outplay, manoeuvres, intelligent planning, strategic engagements, vigor and determination with the ultimate beneficiary being no other than His Excellency, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu, the Jagaba of Borgu kingdom. To say...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu, to intervene in the possible downward review of the pump price of diesel being produced by the Dangote Petroleum Refinery. Oyintiloye, who made the appeal in a chat with...
Oo The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy, on Sunday, said that it would soon unveil its plans for the Inland Waterways and Coastal Services in the industry. Its Minister, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola, was quoted to have disclosed this in a statement issued in Lagos...
He heartily observed the fast from the first to the last day of Ramadan. Throughout the 30 days, from 10 March to 9 April 2024, as was his tradition, Justice Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore provided plenty of food and gift items to the poor and the needy and various...
By OLA MODUPE, Osogbo – Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has directed pre-emptive security measures around government structures in Osun State to forestall any copycat occurrence of alleged takeover by suspected Yoruba nation activists. As the incident at Government Secretariat was ongoing, Governor Adeleke directed his Special Adviser...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Vice President Kashim Shettima and Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, were joined by their wives, Nana Kashim Shettima and Dr Falmata Babagana Zulum, on Friday in Lagos to pay sallah homage to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Eid el Fitr (Sallah) is celebrated by...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Executive Director of Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development, Hajiya Hamsatu Allamin has appealed to security, state and non state actors to prioritize the existence of state government policy on the charter of demands of deradicalized women and girls, survivors and victims...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has bombarded several illegal oil refining sites and other bases of economic saboteurs in Rivers on Friday and Saturday. The operation was conducted by the air component of Nigeria’s military’s special taskforce, “Operation Delta Safe’ The NAF spokesman, AVM...
I never thought I could attend the Eid prayer held on 10th April, a day after I clocked the definitive age of 60: I have now joined the senior citizens’ rank. Not being confident I could attend the Eid prayer seems an understatement; for actually, in February, the...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu “to direct appropriate ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) to provide our organization with copies of the loan agreements obtained by the governments of former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, Goodluck Jonathan...
Some road users in Ebonyi have decried alleged kidnapping incidents along the Idodo axis of the Enugu-Abakaliki expressway. They described the incident as “worrisome” and called on the Federal, Ebonyi and Enugu governments to intervene and make the highway safer. The News Agency of of Nigeria (NAN) recalls...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has demanded the release of the remaining Chibok girls from captivity 10 years after. A statement by the CAN National Director for Education, Youth and Women Development, Rev. Ozumba Nicodemus, said the pain and anguish experienced by the...