By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has directed cabinet members to ensure that research outcomes, guided them in policy formulation and execution across key sectors of the economy. Tinubu said this when the President of the Nigerian Academy of Science (NAS), and the Fellows of the Academy...
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), has said its Super Mushshak trainer aircraft was involved in a minor accident at about 2.35 pm on Thursday, with no casualty. The Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF, AVM Edward Gabkwet, made this known in a statement in...
The Lagos State Government has said the Lagos Island Model City Plan, when operational, will restore the glory of Lagos Island. Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr Oluyinka Olumide, said this during the stakeholders meeting on the Plan, on Thursday, in Lagos. He said...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said there is no decision on zoning yet, on the Nov. 16 Ondo State governorship election. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba, stated this in Abuja on Thursday, in a...
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Thursday sentenced a 100-level university part-time student of Computer Science, Emmanuel Victor, to 18 months imprisonment for online dating scam. Justice Rahman Oshodi sentenced Victor to 18 months’ imprisonment, after he pleaded guilty to the charge of possession of fraudulent document, leveled against...
Benue State has in the recent years experienced an increased incidence of Buruli Ulcer, a disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans. This is evidenced by the work of Dr Igbabul Shember-Agela, the former TB, Leprosy and Buruli Ulcer Program Manager. Buruli Ulcer (Mycobacterium Ulcerans Infection) is caused by Mycobacterium and...
The South South Zonal chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has proposed N850,000 as new minimum wage for workers. Organised Labour equally advocated for impeachment or imprisonment of any governor, who may refuse to abide by the new minimum wage benchmark. The Chairperson of NLC in Akwa...
The leaders of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo State on Thursday affirmed their support for Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa ahead of the party’s primary in April. The endorsement of Aiyedatiwa’s bid for the party ticket was announced during a meeting of the...
An early penalty by Alexis Mac Allister and a Darwin Nunez brace helped Liverpool to thrash Sparta Prague 5-1 in the first leg of their Europa League last-16 tie on Thursday. After Mac Allister was taken down inside the box, the Argentine gave Liverpool the lead from the spot...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has ordered immediate rehabilitation of the state’s Psychiatric Hospital in Rumuigbo in Obio Akpor Local Government Area. Governor Fubara gave the directive when he inspected ongoing building of a 44-bed space centre for drug addicts, with another 10-bed space for private patients in...
The Police on Thursday arraigned 41 persons at a Federal High Court in Ibadan over alleged illegal mining. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the defendants were arraigned before Justice U.N. Agomoh on a two-count charge bordering on conspiracy and illegal mining. The Prosecution Counsel, Mr...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Tiv Youths Organisations (TYO) has taken moves aimed at protecting Tiv land which they said was an inheritance from their fore fathers. Speaking on Thursday during the inauguration of coordinators of the organisation in Makurdi, the President General of TYO Mr. Aondongu...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – In Plateau, members of the Coalition of Indigenous Fulani Registered Organisations are seeking an investigation into the killing of a 17-year old Fulani herder and the theft of over 170 cattle in Barkin-Ladi local government area. The chairman of the coalition, Garba Abdulahi...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has said his administration is targeting the construction of 85,000 new houses in 66 communities in the state aimed at resettling IDPs and other victims of Boko Haram insurgency. Zulum stated this on Thursday when he received a...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has suspended the Managing Director/CEO of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), Ahmad Salihijo Ahmad. The president also suspended 3 others namely – Olaniyi Alaba Netufo — Executive Director, Corporate Services; Barka Sajou — Executive Director, Technical Services; Sa’adatu Balgore —...
An EFCC witness, Bamaiyi Mairiga on Thursday told an FCT high court, Maitama that the signatures of former President Muhammadu Buhari and the immediate past Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, were forged. Mairiga, a forensic document examiner with the EFCC, said this while...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) ,FCT chapter, has proposed N709,000 as new minimum wage for Nigerian workers. The NLC FCT Chairman, Dr Stephen Knabayi, made the submission at the North Central Zonal Public Hearing organised by the Tripartite Committee on the National Minimum Wage on Thursday in Abuja....
The Lagos State Chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mrs Funmi Sessi, on Thursday proposed N794,000 as minimum wage for the average Nigerian worker. She made the declaration during the South-West Zonal Public Hearing on the National Minimum Wage held in Lagos. The hearing, organised by the Tripartite Committee...
The House of Representatives is set to probe the N200 billion spent on the suspended 2023 Population and Housing Census. This followed the adoption of a motion by Rep. Clement Akanni (PDP-Osun), during plenary in Abuja on Thursday. Moving the motion, Akanni said the immediate-past administration of former...
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Food Security, Mrs Yejide Ogundipe, has said the era of paying lip service towards supporting women farmers in the country is over. Speaking at an event commemorating the 2024 International Women’s Day organised by the Nigerian Women for Agricultural Progress...