By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo – Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas, has granted leniency to 31 inmates as the world welcome year 2024. The governor who delivered his new year good will message to the people of Taraba State on Monday, said the pardon granted to the inmates...
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· Unleashes corporate social responsibility ahead of entry in Alesa · Wins rare award in Alesa Eleme By BARBARA KALU, Port Harcourt – Investors venturing into Alesa Eleme and other communities in the Niger Delta have been advised to ensure that they first build peace processes in those host...
President Bola Tinubu has signed the 2024 Appropriation Bill into law in keeping with his avowed commitment to maintaining a timeous, predictable and efficient budget cycle. Tinubu assented to the bill at the State House on Monday, shortly after returning to Abuja from Lagos. Speaking at...
The Committee on Implementation of End of Year Transportation Subsidy Programme of President Bola Tinubu, said over 160,000 passengers so far, benefitted from the programme. The Chairman of the committee and Minister of Solid Minerals Resources, Dr Dele Alake made this known in a progress report on...
The murder of over 200 lives in rustic communities in Plateau State by bloodthirsty marauders has continued to attract local and international attention with the latest being from Pope Francis. Let us pray together for the victims of the severe violence in Nigeria’s Plateau State. May God...
The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, says more revocation of mining license is in the offing for other categories of defaulters in 2024. Alake issued the warning in his New Year Goodwill Message to Nigerians in Lagos on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls ...
Super EaglesAh, Jose Peseiro has backed Nigeria to win a fourth Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), but conceded that it would be a real challenge when action gets under way in Ivory Coast later this month. The last of Nigeria’s three continental titles came 10 years ago...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted the Chairman of the Akwanga Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, Safiyanu Isa Andaha. The victim was whisked away on Monday night at Ningo village along Andaha – Akwanga Road, alongside a native of the...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday slammed President Bola Tinubu over his New Year address, describing it as a “harvest of deceit, false claims and empty promises”. In his nationwide broadcast to Nigerians on Monday, Tinubu urged the citizens not to falter despite the tough times...
The Center for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) has ranked Lagos State top in the implementation of accessibility to infrastructure and other services for the benefits of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in accordance with the National Disabilities Act. Mr Damian Ivom, the CCD Senior Programme Officer said this...
The International Human Rights Observatory Africa (IHRO-Africa), has lauded Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, for introducing the Peace In South-East Project (PISE-P) initiative. Kalu’s PISE-P initiative, which is a non-kinetic solution centering on value reorientation and reconciliation, was launched on Friday, Dec. 29, 2023,...
The Police in Cross River have confirmed the abduction of some passengers around Nde 3 Corners Akparabong Junction in Ikom Local Government Area of the state. The passengers, who were on a transit, were said to have been ambushed by gunmen who shot at their vehicles, injuring three...
The First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, has welcomed the FCT First Baby of year 2024 at the National Hospital Abuja (NHA) where the new child was delivered. The first baby of the New Year, Boluwatife Johnson, arrived at exactly 12.00 a.m. on Jan. 1, 2024 to the Johnson’s...
President Bola Tinubu, on Monday in Abuja, signed the 2024 appropriation bill of N28.78 trillion into law. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Tinubu signed the appropriation bill into law immediately after returning from the Christmas and New Year holidays in Lagos. At the...
FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, has reaffirmed his dedication to enhancing infrastructure, inclusive growth, and sustainable environment, conducive for economic empowerment and social well-being of FCT residents in 2024. Wike said in a New Year message in Abuja on Monday, that the resolve is embedded in the Renewed...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A group operating in Ikom Local Government Area of Cross River State under the aegis of Social Group has charged Gov. Bassey Otu of the state to deploy a detachment of Operation Akpaku (armed police men) who will tackle rising wave...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – His Royal Highness, the Emir of Nasarawa, Hon. Alhaji Ibrahim Usman Jibrin has called on members of the royal family in Nasarawa LGA of Nasarawa State to be united towards uplifting the status of the emirate by projecting the potentials of the...
The 2023 Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, says a new Nigeria is possible in spite of the numerous yet-to-be-fulfilled aspirations of citizens. Obi, in his New Year Message to Nigerians on Monday, said that “As Nigeria is the only country we have, deeply endowed but...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The General Overseer of Faith Mansion World Center, City of Testimony Ikot Eneobong 8 Miles, Bishop Emmah Gospel Isong has predicted that there will be an old case files that will be brought against the Senate President Godswill Akpabio in 2024. ...
Two children died in a lone accident involving a Toyota car on New Year day at Ade Best axis, Isara on Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Mrs Florence Okpe, the Spokesperson, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta on Monday. Okpe said...