Sen. Ireti Kingibe has pledged to ensure full execution of all constituency projects earmarked in the budget for the FCT. “Everything that’s budgeted for in the zonal intervention projects will be done,” she said during the opening of Karu-Ishan road on Saturday. Kingibe who represents the Federal Capital...
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The President General, Nigeria Football Supporters Club (NFSC), Rafiu Ladipo, on Saturday rated the performances of erstwhile Super Eagles Coach, Jose Peseiro, as above average. Ladipo made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. He said that in spite of the...
The Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) Western Naval Command, Rear Adm. Mohammed Hassan, on Saturday, confirmed the arrest of 13 suspected crude oil thieves on board Motor Tanker (MT) Sweet Miri off the coast of Nigerian waters. Hassan told newsmen aboard the vessel that the motor tanker was...
The Nigeria Police Force Headquarters on Saturday emerged the overall winners of the 14th Biennial Police Games held in Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that 17 Zonal Commands and Force Headquarters participated in the track, field and indoor events during the eight-day games tagged: ‘Oluyole 2024’....
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has constituted Edo Post-Primary Election Reconciliation Committee, to reconcile all aggrieved members to work for party’s victory in the Sept. 21 governorship election in the state. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba, who disclosed this in a...
In more sensible places, President Tinubu’s job approval rating is so woeful that he should have been job hunting by now. In the United Kingdom, the opposition would have called for snap elections to test his popularity and probably throw him out of 10 Downing. In the...
By AUSTINE TSENZUGHUL, Bauchi – The Deputy Governor of Bauchi State, Rt. Hon. Mohammed Auwal Jatau on Saturday participated at the 2023 edition of the West African Social Activities (WASA) organised by the Nigerian Army 33 Artillery Brigade Bauchi. Auwal Jatau who is the special guest of honour...
Gov Sim Fubara has been identified as a governor with sacrificial leadership and commended for doing everything possible to sustain peace in Rivers State during the turbulent times. The Mayor of Housing, My-ACE China, who made the commendation at the weekend, also noted that Gov Sim Fubara sacrificed a...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central senatorial district in the National Assembly, has congratulated Deputy President of the Senate, Jibrin Barau, on his Honourary Doctorate award presented recently by the Bayero University Kano (BUK) during its 38th convocation. The Deputy Senate President received the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has said it is expediting implementation of its Electronic Cargo Tracking System (ECTS) to enhance its operations. ECTS is a web-based solution used to provide real-time monitoring of transit cargo under customs control. The Comptroller-General of NCS, Mr...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – His Royal Highness, the Shehu of Dikwa, Alhaji Ibrahim Ibn Umar Ibrahim El-kanemi has appealed to the people in his emirate to make their children available to the health workers for polio immunization campaign across the emirate council. The royal father made the...
The Federal Government, on Saturday, says train services on Port Harcourt to Aba route will start operation by the end of March. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Port Harcourt-Aba rail project is part of the larger Port Harcourt-Maiduguri railroad project initiated by President Muhammadu...
The Plateau State Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service says it has not reduced the quantity and quality of food rations for inmates. Spokesman of the command, Mr Godfrey Longdiem, stated this in Jos on Saturday while reacting to media reports that inmates at the Jos Custodial Centre...
Kogi State residents are to pay more for bread as bakers called off their four-day old strike and increased prices of the essential commodity in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the bakers had on Tuesday in Lokoja, embarked on strike to protest the...
The Chief Executive of Binance Holding Limited, Richard Teng, has been called upon by the House of Representatives Committee on Financial Crimes regarding suspicions of involvement in terrorism financing and money laundering. At a panel discussion on Friday, Ginger Onwusibe, the Chairman of the Committee, issued a notice...
The National Association of Seadogs (NAS), also known as Pyrates Confraternity, began a medical outreach in Shen, a Plateau community on Saturday to provide treatment for indigent patients. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the medical outreach focused on creating awareness, treating malaria and managing hypertension,...
The University of Calabar (UNICAL) has awarded scholarship to 34 high flying students of the institution in its maiden “Vice Chancellor Scholarship Award Scheme”. The Vice Chancellor of UNICAL, Prof. Florence Obi, disclosed this while presenting the awards to deserving students at the university’s Senate Chamber on Saturday....
Pro-democracy activists and scholars are concerned about the global decline of freedom, erosion of the rule of law, and the growing threats to Western-style liberal democracy, and rightly so. In a lecture he delivered recently, Dr Larry Diamond, America’s renowned political scientist and a leading scholar on democracy studies,...
Director-General, Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN), Dr Mustapha Abdullahi, has said the agency plans to cut down carbon emissions in the country to net-zero by 2050. Abdullahi made this disclosure on Saturday in Abuja at the maiden sensitisation campaign of using improved wood stove in rural areas held...
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