By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos- In an effort to ease the persistent hardship faced by his constituents, Hon. Daniel Asama, the member representing Jos North/Bassa Federal Constituency, has launched a significant relief distribution aimed at supporting displaced persons within his constituency. The program, which was officially flagged off recently,...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has promised to sustain its investment in Nigerian Army institutions. Executive Secretary of the Fund, Arc. Sonny Echono stated this when he led top management of TETFund on a courtesy call on the Chief of Defence Staff,...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Edo has fixed Aug. 22 to 30 for the collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) in the state. Head of Department, Voter Education and Publicity, INECp, Timidi Wariowei, confirmed this in a statement on Friday in Benin. Wariowei said that a...
Gunmen kidnap Anambra commissioner, wife, kill aide en route to Soludo’s daughter’s wedding in Abuja
Gunmen kidnap Anambra commissioner, wife, kill aide en route to Soludo’s daughter’s wedding in Abuja
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted the Anambra State Commissioner for Youths Development, Patrick Aghamba, and his wife. Sources said an aide of the commissioner, whose name was given as Kpajie ABK Offiah, an Onitsha youth and a stalwart of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), who...
No fewer than 20 medical students from University of Jos (UNIJOS) have been kidnapped in Otukpo on Thursday evening. Benue State Police Public Relations Officer, Sewuese Anene told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday by telephone that the incident happened at 5.30 p.m. Anene said that...
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has said his critics once doubted his capacity to drive infrastructure development in the state. Governor Adeleke made the remark while playing host to members of the Nigerian Society of Engineers(NSE), led by its National President, Margret Oguntala, on Friday in Osogbo. The...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Farmers in Benue State who are experiencing serious drought for a number of weeks have started lamenting the devastating effect of the drought. Already food and cash crops cultivated are fast weathering away over the prolonged absence of rain in the farming...
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has constituted four probe panels to investigate 27 high court judges in the country over alleged judicial misconduct. This is contained in a statement issued by the NJC Director of Information, Mr Soji Oye on Friday in Abuja. Oye said that the remaining...
Former Senate President, David Mark and his colleague, Sen. Tunde Ogbeha, on Friday saluted former military President Gen. Ibrahim Badamase Babangida (IBB) on his 83rd birthday. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Paul Mumeh, Mark`s Media Adviser on Friday in Kano. The duo praised IBB’s...
Oyo State Police Command has arrested eight suspected serial ritual killers and 15 others over alleged murder, robbery and rape. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Ayodele Sonubi, made this known while parading the suspects at the command’s headquarters in Ibadan on Friday. Sonubi said that the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has launched the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA)-Healthcare Expansion Programme to improve the health and social well-being of Nigerians, drive economic development, and position Nigeria as a healthcare hub within Africa. The NSIA is also expected to retrain 120,000 frontline health...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has called on the aviation unions to shelve their planned strike over the Federal Government’s deduction of 50% of all internally generated revenue of aviation agencies. Keyamo in a statement on Friday, acknowledged the...
The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Dr Abubakar Dantsoho, has appointed seven new Port Managers. The new appointments were announced through an internal memorandum signed by the Managing Director on Friday in Lagos “The new Port Managers are Adebowale Lawal Ibrahim (Lagos Port Complex, Apapa); Abubakar...
The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), Federal Neuro-psychiatric Hospital Yaba, has joined the nationwide solidarity march of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) over prolonged captivity of one of its member, Dr Popoola Ganiyat. The doctors, during the protest on Friday in Lagos, called on the Federal...
The Lagos State Chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has explained that the N35,000 wage award in the state should not be taken as part of or in lieu of the N70,000 new minimum wage recently passed into law. NLCn Lagos State Chairman Funmi Sessi explained this in...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on the Federal Government not to take steps at interfering in the tenure of union leaders in the country. NLC Head of Information, Mr Benson Upah, made the call while addressing newsmen on Thursday in Abuja. Upah alleged that the government...
A rights group, Human Right Monitoring Agenda (HURMA), has faulted the passage of Police Act Amendment Bill, which allows the Inspector- General of Police to remain in office until the end of the term stipulated in his letter of appointment. HURMA’s Executive Director, Mr Buna Balogun, faulted...
The Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) has dismissed claims of discrepancies between the results on its website and those presented by returning officers at the National Collation Centre, which were broadcast live. The commission stated this in letter dated Aug. 15 to the Centre for Collaborative Investigative Journalism (CCIJ),...
Nigeria’s senior men’s basketball team D’ Tigers has dropped four places in the latest FIBA ranking released on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that D’Tigers slumped from 39th to 42nd position in the world ranking. The former African champions tallied 299.7 points during the month...
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has finalised plans to digitalise its operation to enhance the discharge of its oversight duties. The Acting Director-General, NCAA, Capt. Chris Najomo, disclosed this while declaring open a training programme for the Consumer Protection Portal, unveiled by the authority, on Friday in...