By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Chairperson of Nigerian Army Officers Wives Association (NAOWA), 7 Division Chapter, Mrs. Aishat Hatuna has called for more action to bridge strength, synergy among womenfolk in the country. Mrs. Aishat made the call on Friday at Maimalari Cantonment Maiduguri during an event...
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President Bola Tinubu, has said his administration will unleash a number of measures to revive the economy, based on the recent appreciation of the Naira. Tinubu said that this was in line with the current appreciation in the value of the Naira, due to various steps taken to...
Nigeria’s public debt stock as at Dec. 31, 2023 was N97.341 trillion (108.229 billion dollars), according to data released by the Debt Management Office (DMO) on Friday in Abuja. The DMO said that the amount comprised domestic and external debt stocks of the Federal Government, the...
The Defence Headquarters says that troops have neutralised 106 terrorists and arrested 103 in different operations nationwide in the last one week. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj -Gen. Edward Buba, said this while giving an update on the operations in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Buba...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has commended Gov. Alex Otti of Abia for assenting to the Abia State of Nigeria Governors and Deputy Governors Pension Repeal Law. Obasanjo made the commendation on Friday when he paid a visit to the governor in Nvosi Isiala Ngwa South Local Government...
The Ogun Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it will impound any vehicle found carrying human beings together with animals. Mr Anthony Uga, FRSC Sector Commander Ogun, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Ota, Ogun. Uga said the warning...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has promised Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, of FCT Administration’s support to curb insecurity in the nation. Wike, who made the pledge when the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) visited him in Abuja on Friday,...
The Federal Medical Centre, Keffi has confirmed the death of two Nasarawa State University, Keffi students in the Friday rush to loot bags of rice brought by the Nasarawa State Government. The hospital also confirmed that 14 others were injured when the students overpowered security men at the...
Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule has expressed deep regret over the tragic death of two students of Nasarawa State University Keffi (NSUK), following a stampede on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that two students of the university died on Friday from a stampede when...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Mohammed Idris, has said the Federal Government has attracted 30 billion dollars Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) to the real sector of the economy. Idris said this when he met with the business community in Kano on Friday. “These investment commitments covering manufacturing,...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has urged the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), to keep closer watch on banks across the country to avoid failure and its attendant unsavoury effects on the economy. The chairman said this...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The Benue Governor, Hyacinth Alia has directed the Ministry of Finance to commence the process of unfreezing the accounts of the state government and the process is ongoing. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Tersoo Kula disclosed that...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Lagos State Police Command have arrested three women and a man for allegedly faking kidnap of one of them and demanding five million Naira ransom. Police spokesman in the state, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Friday in Lagos....
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – In a bid to stimulate Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia to perform better, the Tiv Area Traditional Council (TATC) has pledged its unwavering loyalty and commitment to his administration to take the state to higher height. Speaking during the Governor’s visit to...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Only 4 per cent of the population of Borno State use safely managed water according to the National Outcome Routine Mapping (NORM) 2021. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Chief of Maiduguri Field Office, Ms. Phuong T. Nguyen, stated this at the commemoration...
A pig kidney has been successfully transplanted into a living human, a U.S. hospital announced on Thursday. Massachusetts General Hospital said the genetically-edited pig kidney was transplanted into a 62-year-old man living with end-stage kidney disease. Surgeons from the Mass General Transplant Centre conducted the four-hour surgery on...
Three students of the Nasarawa State University, Keffi were feared dead on Friday in a stampede when the students looted rice given for distribution by the state government. The incident occurred at the convocation square where the bags of rice were kept awaiting the arrival of Gov. Abdullahi...
Fire on Thursday midnight gutted a section of the Ọgbọ Osisi Market (plank market) at the Onitsha Head Bridge in Anambra State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the cause of the fire had yet to be ascertained at the time of filing the report. Confirming...
In 2020, Prof. Lenrie Aina, former National Librarian/Chief Executive Officer of the National Library of Nigeria (NLN), decried Nigeria’s ranking as one of the lowest reading culture countries of the world, according to World Culture Statistics. Aina, a professor of Library and Information Science, made the unpleasant revelation when...