By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has said that national unity is key to attaining national security in Nigeria and even other conflict locations of the world. The governor stated this Wednesday in Abuja while delivering a lecture paper at the National Defence...
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By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Speaker of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Babayo Akuyam and his deputy, Ahmed Abdullahi, have resigned resigned from their positions. This is to pave way for the return of the former Speaker, Abubakar Suleiman and his deputy Jamilu Dahiru, back to...
More than 40 persons, including a family of seven, were feared killed in clashes between militia gangs in Gbagir community in Ukum Local Government Area of Benue on Tuesday. A highly-reliable military source said on Wednesday in Makurdi that security operatives had been deployed in the area to...
The Chairman of Benue Traditional Council of Chiefs, Tor Tiv James Ayatse, on Wednesday said the establishment of state police will address national security gaps in the country. He made the declaration while speaking with newsmen after delivering a lecture to members of Senior Course 46 of...
Nigerian pop giant, Innocent Idibia, popularly known as “2Baba”, and his management label, Now Muzik, have ended their partnership of over two decades. Efe Omorogbe , Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Now Muzik, in a statement issued on Wednesday in Lagos, said the mutual disengagement was with immediate...
Former U.S. president, Donald Trump, cemented his position as the Republican Party’s all-but-certain nominee for November’s general election after sweeping the Super Tuesday primary contests. “It is called it `Super Tuesday’ for a reason. This is a big one,’’ Trump said in his victory speech, delivered at his...
Appeal court on Wednesday set aside the judgment of an FCT High Court which restrained Julius Abure and two others from parading themselves as national officers of the Labour Party (LP). Ruling on an ex parte application on April 5, 2023, Justice Hamza Muazu, had restrained Abure, Farouk...
The remains of Olabode Olawuyi, the zoo attendant killed by a lion at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Zoological Garden, Ile-Ife, have been laid to rest. The burial took place on Wednesday at OAU Cemetery after a funeral service at the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Ile-Ife....
The Lagos State chapter of the Labour Party (LP) says the Appeal Court’s affirmation of Mr Julius Abure as the National Chairman of the party is a good omen for its survival and fortune. The Secretary of the party in Lagos State, Mr Sam Okpala, stated this in...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has said the Abuja Rail Mass Transit (ARMT) project is 95 per cent completed and will be ready for inauguration in May. Wike stated this when the Belgium Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Daniel Bertrand, visited him in...
The conflict between the army and paramilitaries in Sudan has triggered the world’s largest displacement crisis and now threatens to become “the world’s largest hunger crisis, World Food Programme (WFP) said. Over 25 million people are starving in Sudan and in the neighbouring states of South Sudan and...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Barely one week after the Benue State Police Command said it had arrested gun manufacturers in Kwande Local Government Area of the state, another set of gun manufacturers have been apprehended by the state police command. Briefing journalists, Wednesday in his office...
The Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), retired Maj.- Gen. Barry Ndiomu, has urged the Federal Government to consider making the programme a social intervention programme for Niger-Delta region. Ndiomu made the appeal on Wednesday while receiving members of the House of Representatives Committee on Niger...
AS part of efforts to reduce the menace of out-of-school children in the country, the Universal Basic Education Commission has established about 51 model Junior Secondary School/Vocational School in the 17 beneficiary states of the World Bank-supported Better Education Service Delivery for All (BESDA) project in Nigeria. Executive...
Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), on Wednesday, insisted that all the commercial motorcycles impounded in the city would be crushed. Head of Operations, Directorate of Road Transport Services, FCTA, Mrs Deborah Osho, stated this during a clampdown operation on commercial motorcycles operators in Abuja. Osho said that the...
Africa’s highest ranked table-tennis player, Aruna Quadri on Wednesday won a second medal for Nigeria at the ongoing 13th African Games in Accra, Ghana. This was after the 35-year-old Quadri fell 4-3 to Egypt’s Omar Assar in the final of the men’s table tennis singles event. The contest...
An FCT high court on Wednesday, struck out the fraud case filed against Grace Tiaga, a former Director of Legal Services in the Ministry of Petroleum following her death. Taiga was standing trial before Justice Olukayode Adeniyi on allegations bordering on bribery in the controversial Gas Supply Processing...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) of the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto on Wednesday gave scholarship to 14 indigent students. Giving insights into the scholarship, the ASUU Chairman of UDUS chapter, Prof Nuradeen Almustapha, said 2 of the 14 will get the...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has submitted that every child is at risk of abuse, hence, the need for concerted efforts by all to guarantee their protection. The Sokoto UNICEF Field Office, Child Protection Specialist, Mr Pius Uwamanua, stated this on Tuesday...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Benue State Chapter has lauded the efforts of the Governor Hyacinth Alia led administration for implementing accumulated promotion of primary school teachers in the state. The NUT Chairman in the state, Levi Akuma, who gave the...