No fewer than 15 million people across the globe will watch the main event of this year’s Calabar carnival that will be beamed live on DSTV on Thursday. This was disclosed to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) by the Commissioner for Information in Cross River, Mr Erasmus...
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A Kano Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Wednesday, ordered the remand of a 24-year-old housewife, Hafsat Surajo, in a Correctional Center for allegedly stabbing her househelp, Nafiu Hafizu, 38, to death. The defendant, who lives at Unguwa Uku Quarters Kano, is standing trial on a two-count charge of...
The local council chairmen sacked in Oyo State by Gov. Seyi Makinde say his reaction to the Supreme Court judgment on their unpaid allowances is “a clear deception and deliberate misinformation”. The group of sacked chairmen and councilors, led by its chairman, Prince Ayodeji Abass-Aleshinloye, stated this in...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered a thorough investigation into the Dec. 24 attack on some communities in Plateau. He also ordered the immediate deployment of additional personnel and material resources to assist the local police authority and other...
President Bola Tinubu has said his administration will not stop working tirelessly to revamp the nation’s economy and create viable opportunities for young people to meaningfully participate in an inclusive, labour-intensive economy where businesses can thrive. Tinubu stated this at the State House in Marina, Lagos State,...
By OLA MUDOPE, Akure – An aspirant in the 2024 governorship election in Ondo State, Dr Abbas Mimiko, has mourned the death of Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu, saying his demise is a great loss to the Ondo State. Dr. Mimiko expressed grief over Akeredolu’s demise in a condolence message...
The Sokoto State Contributory Healthcare Management Agency (SOCHEMA), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) on enrollment of workers into the scheme. A statement by SOCHEMA public relations officer Hamza Maiturare said the MoU was signed by health...
The launch of e-Naira in Nigeria on Oct. 25, 2021 marked a significant milestone toward positioning the country as a pioneer in Africa’s digital currency landscape. Mr Godwin Emefiele, then Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), had explained then that the digital currency was expected to complement...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Federal Government has said that it will lift over fifty million Nigerians out of poverty by 2030. It also it would build low cost houses for refugees in Ogoja and Obanliku LGAs of Cross River State for refugees and Internally Displaced Persons...
The Chief Judge of Ondo State, Justice Olusegun Odusola on Wednesday evening swore in Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa as the 19th governor of the state. Aiyedatiwa, who was Acting Governor, assumed the position of Governor following the death of Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu, early on Wednesday morning after a prolonged...
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has said the late Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State will forever be remembered as a hero. The forum in a statement by its Chairman, Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, in Abuja, commiserated with the family of Akeredolu on his demise on Wednesday. AbdulRazaq said...
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday in Abuja described deceased Ondo State governor Mr Rotimi Akeredolu as a “beloved brother, confidant and political soul mate’’. In a statement he issued personally, the president wrote that it was with a heavy heart that he was paying tribute to someone younger...
A victim of kidnapping, Mrs Adefunke Ale, has narrated her experience when she was kidnapped at Amurin on Akure/Owo Road in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State on her way to Akure. Ale told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Akure that, she was...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Former vice president Atiku Abubakar has expressed shock and sadness over the passing of Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, and former speaker of the house of representatives, Gali Na’Abba. Abubakar in a statement he personally signed on Wednesday, described late Akeredolu as...
Reactions have continued to trail the news of the death of Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, who reportedly died in a German hospital after a prolonged battle with Leukaemia. The news of the death, which broke in the early hours of Wednesday in the state, has thrown...
The National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, Benue will always remain the home of the party. Ganduje said this when he inaugurated the newly renovated state Secretariat of the APC in Makurdi on Wednesday. “I know this is the home of APC, but I...
By OLA MODUPE, Akure – The Ondo State Government has said Governor Rotimi Akeredolu died at a German hospital in the early hours of Wednesday from complications arising from prostrate cancer. The State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mrs Bamidele Ademola-Olateju, confirmed the governor’s...
Neighbours and residents of Jericho area of Ibadan, where the house of Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu is situated, are still in doubt about the news of the passing away of the Ondo State helmsman. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Akeredolu died in the early hours...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ibadan – Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has expressed sadness over the death of his Ondo State counterpart, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, describing it as a painful loss to Yorubaland and Nigeria in general. Governor Makinde, stated this in a condolence message issued in Ibadan...