Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello on Thursday tasked the new Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, Alhaji Ahmed Anaje, not to fail the Ebira Kingdom and Kogi on unity and peaceful coexistence that fosters development. Bello made the call after presenting a Staff of Office to the new first class traditional...
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Mr Collins Orji resides in Karu, a suburb of Abuja, in the Federal Capital Territory. He used to undertake a road walk as a form of exercise between 5:00am and 6:00am before going to work. But this is no longer the case in recent times, no thanks to...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chieftain in Lagos and former member, Atiku Abubakar 2023 presidential campaign council, Dr Adetokunbo Pearse, has said the party does not need any merger ahead of the 2027 general elections. Pearse who said this on Friday in an interview with the News Agency of...
Publisher of THE CONCLAVE (online newspaper), Mr Sufuyan Ojeifo, has pointed the finger at a federal commissioner with the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), Mr Ehiozuwa Johnson Agbonayinma, for the threat to his life over a report on change of leadership guard at the Bureau. Mr Ojeifo, in a...
Troops have destroyed an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) factory in Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo, in an operation jointly carried out by the Army, Navy, Air Force, Police and civil defence corps. Lt.-Col. Jonah Unuakhalu, Acting Deputy Director, 82 Division Army Public Relations, said this in a...
The Secretary for Education, Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), Dr Danlami Hayyo, has approved N7 billion to offset 25 per cent of the outstanding arrears of salaries of teachers in public primary schools. Hayyo said this during a familiarisation visit to the management of the FCT Universal Basic...
In a bid to fast-track the process of achieving the Final Investment Decision (FID) on the Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline, the Federal Government has intensified discussions with the Kingdom of Morocco. The discussion which held on Wednesday, 24th January, 2024, on the side-lines of a meeting between the Honourable Minister...
A Baltimore County Circuit Court in the United States of America, presided over by Theresa Adams, has slammed a record $50,000 damages on a US-based Nigerian blogger, Funke Ashekun. Collins Edomaruse, media aide to Dr. Olukoya, said in a statement on Thursday that the damages were slammed on Ashekun...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Thursday asked President Bola Tinubu to account for the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL)’s $3.3 billion emergency crude repayment loan. Last August, the NNPCL secured a $3.3 billion emergency crude repayment loan from the African Export-Import Bank to stabilize the...
Edo Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, says he cannot be intimidated out of the Sept.21 governorship election, because he has all its takes to win. Shaibu, stated this when he returned his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) nomination form for the governorship election, at the party national secretariat in Abuja...
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Abuja on Thursday vacated its earlier order of the court directing the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to arrest the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede for disobeying a ruling of the court which asked operatives...
The Federal Criminal Investigation Department, Alagbon, Lagos, has arrested Onyeabuchi Okafor, son of popular Nollywood actor John Okafor (a.k.a. Ibu) for alleged N50 million fraud againt the actor. The department arrested Onyeabuchi alongside a woman identified as Jasmine Okekeagwu for the alleged fraud. The department’s Public Relations...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The National Orientation Agency (NDE) has empowered no fewer than 48 graduates of the Agricultural Enhancement Scheme (AES) in Sokoto with 50, 000 naira each to enable them actualize their training on poultry and vegetable production. Delivering his speech at the NDE’s Sokoto...
Former Edo State Governor, Oserheimen Osunbor has said he is optimistic of returning to the Government House on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Sept.21 poll. Osunbor said this on Thursday in Abuja at the APC National Secretariat when he spoke with newsmen after...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas has condemned incessant attacks on communities in Plateau, which led to killings and displacement of people. In a statement on Thursday, Abbas said it was devastating to read the news about renewed attacks and hostility in communities around Mangu...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has congratulated Gov. Similanayi Fubara of Rivers and his Taraba counterpart, Kefas Agbu, over the Supreme Court judgments affirming their victories in the 2023 governorship election. The party gave the congratulations in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, in Abuja...
The Minister of Works, Sen. David Umahi says President Bola Tinubu has approved funds for the construction of the Second Niger Bridge Bypasses, Lagos-Ibadan highway and the Lafia Bypass. Umahi said this on Thursday in Makurdi, during the inspection of the Lafia Bypass Road and dualisation of 9th...
Ahead of the Ondo State Governorship primaries, Sen. Jimoh Ibrahim on Thursday commenced familiarisation tour of the 203 wards across the 18 Local Government Area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ibrahim, one of the governorship aspirants on the platform of the All...
By MARK JANG, Jalingo – Troops of 6 Brigade, Nigerian Army, deployed to Karim Lamido Local Government Area of Taraba have eliminated three notorious bandits. The Public Relations Officer of the brigade, Lt. Olabodunde Oni, disclosed this in a statement issued in Jalingo on Thursday. He said that...
The Lagos State Government has constructed and completed 70 kilometres of new roads at various areas of the Lagos West Senatorial District. Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State made this known on Thursday in Ikeja, during the Lagos West Senatorial District Town Hall Meeting. Sanwo-Olu said the government...