Some football fans in the FCT have urged the Super Eagles to be focused and disciplined when they take on the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon in the round of 16 of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Abidjan, Cote d`Ivoire. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
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Chief Joe-Martins Uzodike, the Director general Obiano campaign organisation in 2013, has expressed sadness over the arraignment of Chief Willie Obiano, immediate past governor of Anambra, over alleged N4 billion fraud. Uzodike, a former Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism under Mr Peter Obi who spoke to journalists...
The five suspected persons who allegedly burnt the Rivers House of Assembly on Oct. 29, 2023, were, on Thursday, arraigned at a Federal High Court, Abuja on seven-count charge bordering on terrorism. The five suspects were arraigned before Justice Bolaji Olajuwon by the police in charge marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/25/2024....
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja Education Minister, Prof Tahir Mamman has directed the National Universities Commission (NUC) to expedite action towards the completion of the Nuclear Energy Curriculum to enable some Nigerian Universities and the Nigerian Atomic Energy Commission as well as Polytechnics to commence the training of Nuclear...
The Rivers Representative on the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Board, Chief Tony Okocha, has offered scholarship and free Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination registration to indigent students. Okocha, who is also the Chairman, Rivers APC Caretaker Committee, announced the scholarship award and donation of educational...
A former Speaker of the Anambra State House of Assembly, Mr Anayo Nnebe, has died at age of 61 years, after a brief illness in a federal government hospital in Anambra. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the death of Nnebe, also a former Federal legislator,...
FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, has enlisted the support of traditional leaders to strengthen the fight against insecurity in the federal capital. Wike said this during a security meeting with the FCT Council of Chiefs and the chairmen of the six Area Councils in Abuja on Wednesday, that the...
Members of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the PDP on Wednesday, visited Gov. Seyi Makinde to commiserate with him and people of Oyo State over the Jan. 16 explosion in Ibadan. The BoT led by its chairman, Sen. Adolphus Wabara, met the governor at his office, State Secretariat...
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, gave an order of interlocutory injunction restraining the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police and the Department of State Services (DSS) from withdrawing the security details attached to the Martin Amaewhule-led Rivers House of Assembly. Justice Donatus Okorowo made the order in...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it is not recruiting new ad hoc staff for the Feb. 3 rerun and by-elections. INEC Director of Voter Education and Publicity Department, Mrs Mary Nkem stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday...
Bodija Estate Residents Association (BERA) on Wednesday in Ibadan said about 10 people were still missing following Jan. 17 explosion in the area. “I think it is now more towards eight and nine persons now, or even 10, whom those in the neighbourhood have talked about,” the Association’s...
Sen. Karimi Sunday (APC-Kogi), has justified the relocation of some departments of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) from Abuja to Lagos by the Federal Government. Sunday, who represents Kogi-West at the National Assembly, stated this in a statement on Wednesday...
The FCT Police Command on Wednesday said it had arrested another suspected kidnapper as its Special Intervention Squad takes more steps to protect residents. The Commissioner of Police in charge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Haruna Garba, made this known while briefing newsmen in Abuja. He...
The Police Command in Kano State has assured of its readiness to provide security for the Feb. 3 re-run elections in three state constituencies across six local government areas of the state. The Police Commissioner, Mr Hussaini Gumel, gave the assurance on Wednesday in Kano while addressing newsmen...
Microsoft joined Apple on Wednesday as a three trillion dollar company, as its big bet on artificial intelligence continued to impress Wall Street. Now second to Apple as the world’s biggest company by market capitalization, Microsoft’s shares were up 1.31 percent at $404. Apple remains narrowly in first...
The Nigerian Army on Wednesday graduated 22 ex-Boko Haram members after undergoing months of Deradicalisation, Rehabilitation and Reintegration (DRR) programme in Gombe State. The graduation ceremony of the repentant terrorists took place at Malam Sidi camp in Kwami Local Government Area of the state. In his address, the...
U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, says American Corners reinforce the incredibly vibrant relationship between Nigeria and the U.S. He said that Nigeria had more spaces than any other African country. Blinken said these on Wednesday, in Lagos, at the grand opening of the American...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), said prices of beef, rice, beans, onion, tomato, and other food items increased in December 2023. It said this in its Selected Food Prices Watch report for December 2023 released in Abuja on Wednesday. The report said that the average price of...