The Federal Government on Friday, arraigned the detained President, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo, at a Federal High Court, Abuja on a three-count charge bordering on terrorism. Bodejo, who was arrested on Jan. 23 in Malia, Nasarawa State and kept in the custody of the Defence Intelligence...
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Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has appointed his son, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, as head of the military, the defence ministry said on Friday. Kainerugaba, 48, a general in the military, is widely seen as his father’s successor in waiting and once stirred controversy by threatening to invade neighboring Kenya. The...
President Bola Tinubu has said the perpetrators of the killing of soldiers in Delta State will face certain justice, warning that his administration will not tolerate attacks on the military and security infrastructure. The President, who hosted the leadership of the Senate to a dinner to break...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi The National Association of Academic Technologists, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi branch, has berated the Federal Government’s for only paying the Academic Staff Union of Universities the four months salary backlog and neglecting the other three unions in the universities. The union described the...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has said that his administration has procured 110,000 bags of grains as Ramadan palliatives for distribution to vulnerable groups across the state worth N2 billion. He disclosed this in his speech while flagging off the distribution of the...
Senator Abdul Ningi’s exposé of the national assembly’s budget padding has generated a lot of excitement and activity. His protest smacks more of a violation of “honour among thieves” principle and a betrayal of confidence. Put differently, robbers won’t steal from one another, and this adage implies that...
The Minister of Works, David Umahi says the Federal Government has put plans in place to complete the construction of the Benin- Lokoja road project within six months. Umahi made this known on Thursday in Abuja during a meeting with the contractors handling the road projects. The...
Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, on Thursday said granting full autonomy to universities comes with accountability and responsibility for sustainable development. Professor Oloyede said this in Nsukka on while delivering a lecture titled; “Institutional Autonomy, Accountability and the Quest for Efficient Governance of...
President, Nigeria Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), Dr Ike Neliaku, has said the institute will no longer tolerate situations where quacks manage information in both government and private organisations in the country. Neliaku announced this on Thursday while briefing newsmen on the preparations for the Spokespersons Summit scheduled...
Oo The Western Nigeria Security Network, codenamed Amotekun has given accounts of how it foiled banks robbery, kidnapping and arrested a suspect in connection with the crime in Ondo state. Amotekun Commander in the state, Mr Adetunji Adeleye, gave the account on Thursday in Akure, while parading 36 suspects...
Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, has charged traditional rulers not to shield suspects involved in the killing of four military officers and 13 soldiers in Okuama community, Ughelli South Local Government Area of the state. Oborevwori gave the charge on Thursday when he addressed traditional rulers in the...
Nigeria’s long jump sensation, Ese Brume, on Thursday in Accra, won gold medal in the women’s long jump at the ongoing African Games in Ghana. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Brume leapt 6.92 meters in her first attempt to secure her second consecutive African Games...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Chairman of Labour Party (LP), Mr Julius Abure, has faulted Wednesday’s picketing of the National Secretariat of the party by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), saying it is a show of shame. Mr. Abure stated this in a statement issued by the...
The Federal Government has executed viable projects to enhance access to portable water to 997,000 persons in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe. The project is being implemented in collaboration between the Federal Government, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Government of the Netherlands. The programme also aims to...
The National Economic Council (NEC) has endorsed the implementation of the 617.7 million dollars Investment in Digital and Creative Enterprises (i-DICE) programme across the 36 states and the FCT. This was part of the resolutions reached at the 140th meeting of the council held virtually on Thursday and...
The Police Command in Ogun said it had killed five suspected kidnappers and rescued the victim, a poultry manager Tunde Osifowokan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that suspected gunmen invaded a poultry on Monday and abducted the farm manager in Odogbolu Local Government Area of...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, fixed April 30 for judgment in two separate suits challenging the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s primary election that produced Asue Ighodalo as the party’s governorship candidate for the Edo poll. Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date after counsel for the parties...
Police in Katsina State.have rescued 14 passengers abducted on Thursday afternoon along Kankara-Katsina road. The passengers were on their way to Funtua from Katsina aboard an 18-seater bus belonging to Katsina State Transport Authority, when they were abducted by bandits at about 1:30pm. The Command’s spokesman, ASP Abubakar...