By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Vice President, Sen. Kashim Shettima, has lost his step mother, Mrs Hauwa Kormi, in the early hours of Thursday. The Spokesman of the Vice-President, Mr Stanley Nkwocha, announced this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. He said that Kormi who died after a...
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has appointed Dr Edward Adie of the University of Calabar as the Director-General of the Peoples Democratic Institute (PDI), its intellectual and research base. The National Publicity Secretary of PDP, Debo Ologunagba, disclosed this in a statement issued in...
The Chief Judge of Ondo State, Justice Olusegun Odusola, swore in Dr Olayide Adelami, as the state’s new deputy governor on Thursday in Akure. Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa nominated Adelami, a former Deputy Clerk of the National Assembly as his deputy after he dissolved the state’s cabinet on Jan....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Secretary to the Federal Government (SFG), Senator George Akume has said the Federal Government in collaboration with the State Governments in the North East Geo-Political Zone have introduced some far-reaching measures, (kinetic and non-kinetic), aimed at finding lasting solution to these security...
A coalition of Civil Society Groups, has urged the authorities in Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso to rescind their decision to withdraw their membership of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Mr Auwal Rafsanjani, the Executive Director, CISLAC, said this at a news conference in Abuja on...
About a year after the devastating earthquakes in Turkey that killed tens of thousands, families and relatives, say they are still desperately searching for more than 100 people still missing. No fewer than 145 people, among them 38 children, were believed to be missing, Sema Güleç, secretary general...
The Federal Government has granted waivers in hospitals for employment of health workers to improve healthcare delivery. The Minister of Health for State, Dr Tunji Alausa, disclosed this on Thursday during an official visit to the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan. Alausa said that medical directors would get...
By AUSTINE TSENZUGHUL, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has commended the Minister of Solid Minerals, Dele Alake for efforts being made to develop solid minerals in the North East Region of Nigeria. The Governor observed that said it has become imperative for the federal government to...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has appointed Ms Amina Arong as its National Women Leader. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba said this in a statement in Abuja on Thursday. Ologunagba said that Arong, who hailed from Cross River, was a prominent women mobiliser. He...
The Minister of Environment, Malam Balarabe Lawal says the Federal Government will procure more arms for effective operatives of the National Park Service (NPS) The Minister disclosed this on Thursday when he paid official visit to the headquarters of NPS and the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) in...
The Taraba State Police Command has arrested thirteen suspected bandits and kidnappers on their watchlist for terrorizing residents of Jalingo, Yorro, Lau, and Zing local government areas of the state. This was disclosed by the state commissioner of Police Joseph Eribo while parading the suspects and their...
A total of 520 people have been killed in violent attacks in Myanmar in nearly six months from Aug. 1, 2023 to Jan. 29, 2024. The official Myanmar News Agency reported on Thursday. The victims included three Buddhist monks, 438 civilians and 79 civil servants, the media report said....
Three people were killed and nine injured after an under-construction hangar collapsed at the Boise Airport in Bosie, capital of Idaho, on Wednesday. The three died at the scene, and five of the nine injured are in critical condition, said the Boise Fire Department. The hangar, located on...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Nigeria’s former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has commended Governor Bassey Otu for creating a healthy investment climate in Cross River State. Saraki made the commendation while on a courtesy visit on Governor Otu in Calabar on Wednesday. The one-time Governor...
Super Eagles have been urged to focus on playing cohesively when they play Angola in the quarter final at the ongoing 2023 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cote d`Ivoire. Nigerian ex-international, Felix Owolabi, who was a member of the victorious 1980 Green Eagles team in the AFCON, made...
The Cross River chapter of the PDP has expressed readiness for Saturday’s rerun elections in 34 poling units in the state. The state Publicity Secretary of PDP, Mr Mike Osiji, made the declaration while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar on Thursday. Osiji, who...
The Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), has appealed to the Federal Government to stop the Navy from destroying refining sites tagged “illegal” in the Niger-Delta. NULGE President, Mr Ambali Olatunji, said this at a news conference to mark the end of its National Executive Council (NEC,)...
By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barrister Ezenwo Nyesom Wike assured on Wednesday that the FCT Administration was working round the clock to ensure that the Abuja metro line becomes operational by May this year. The Minister gave the assurance after he carried out...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – In view of the recent downtime experienced on the e-tax portal, the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) has extended the filing of employers’ annual tax returns by 1 (one) week starting from February 1 to February 7, 2024. The Executive Chairman of...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Senator representing Sokoto East Senatorial District of Sokoto State, Ibrahim Lamido, Wednesday flagged off the disbursement of 50,000 naira each to 5,852 students’ from his constituent. Addressing benefiting students from across the 8 local government areas of the constituent, the Senator hinted...