The Gubernatorial Candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), in the last election In Kogi State Alhaji Murtala Yakubu Ajaka has felicitated with the Muslim faithful on the occasion o this year’s f Eid el-Fitri, celebration having successfully concluded the sacred obligation of Ramadan for thirty This was contained...
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Ebonyi State Government on Tuesday said it had barred a total of 29 contractors from executing jobs in the state. Commissioner for Information and State Orientation, Jude Okpor, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the State Executive Council meeting held on Monday. Okpor said the...
The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) and the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) have been selected as finalists for the 2024 SABRE Africa PR Awards in Crisis/Issue Management and Public Sector/Government categories, respectively. The campaigns of the two organisations were undertaken in partnership with a multi-award-winning PR agency,...
The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged the impeached Edo Deputy Governor, Mr Philip Shaibu, to be patient with the party, saying he could still become governor of the state. The PDP Lagos State Chairman, Mr Philip Aivoji, made the appeal in...
A total of four buildings have collapsed due to the intensity of the fire that engulfed part of Dosunmu Market on Lagos Island on Tuesday. Lagos Territorial Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that 14 other buildings were...
One of five buildings that caught fire at Dosumu Market, Off Idumagbo, Lagos, on Tuesday, has collapsed due to the impact of the fire. Lagos Territorial Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos. He, however, said the...
President Bola Tinubu has appealed to all citizens to come together and rededicate themselves to the noble duty of building the nation. The appeal is contained in his message to the Muslim Ummah on the occasion of the Eid-el-Fitr celebrations coming up on Wednesday. In the text of...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The management of Air Peace has debunked report alleging that it abandoned a passenger and closed its counter for its Gatwick to Lagos flight on Monday. Corporate Communications Lead of the airline, Mr Stanley Olisa, made the clarification in a statement issued on...
In another unprecedented performance, Africa’s Global Bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has released its audited financial results for the full year ended December 31, 2023, showing exceptional and impressive performance across all its major indicators. The 2023 financials, filed by the Bank...
The Managing Director, Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Mr Freeborn Okhiria, said that one of the organisation’s medical personnel, assisted by another, tried unsuccessfully to revive the policeman that lost his life aboard a train on Thursday. Okhiria said this in a statement in Lagos on Tuesday, dismissing allegations...
The police in Akwa Ibom have confirmed killing of one person and arrest of two in a suspected clash between Black Axe confraternity and Klansmen confraternity The cult clash occurred in Eket Local Government Area of the state. Akwa Ibom State Police Public Relations Officer, CSP MacDon Odiko,...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL Sokoto – In his continued efforts towards decongesting the correctional centers over the years, Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko has once again secured the release of another 60 inmates in Sokoto State. The freed inmates including a woman were serving various jail terms for different offences,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development, a locally based Non Governmental Organization (NGO) has organized a one day workshop which focus on strengthening capacities and will for transitional justice and reconciliation in Borno State. In her welcome address, Executive Director of the Foundation,...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Nigerian First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu has rejoiced with Muslim faithfuls on the celebrations of Eid-el-Fitr -the feast of breaking the fast – and urged them to extend love to their neighbours. Mrs Tinubu gave this advice on Tuesday in her message to mark...
Some residents of Gwagwalada Area Council, FCT, say hike in collection prices by local waste collectors, popularly known as baban bolas, has forced them to adopt alternative means of disposing their wastes. The residents, who spoke in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday...
By NGUHER KENDRA ITYOACHIMIN, from Bournemouth – Daylight saving time, also known as summer time, refers to the act of advancing clocks to make better use of the longer daylight available during summer, so darkness falls at a later clock time. This practice of changing clocks is not observed...
The Kogi State Government on Tuesday, signed contracts worth over N29 billion for control of gully erosion in three communities across the state. Speaking at the ceremony in Lokoja, Gov. Ahmed Ododo, urged the contractors to give the assignment all the seriousness it deserved. Ododo, represented by...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Director General, Cross River State Microfinance and Enterprise Development Agency (MEDA), Mr. Great Ogban has said the season of sweetness will be positively impactful on entrepreneurs in the state, as the Governor Bassey Otu will strengthen the business community in the state...
The Kogi Commissioner for Health, Dr Adams Abdulazeez, has refuted reports of any outbreak of Lassa fever in any of the Local Government Areas of the state. Abdulazeez, in a news briefing in Lokoja on Tuesday, said that there was no case of Lassa fever outbreak in the...
The Sallah holiday on Tuesday stalled judgment by a Federal High Court Lagos against convicted cross dresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, over naira abuse. Bobrisky was prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for naira abuse. The court had convicted him on April 5,...