A member of House of Representatives, Mr Dennis Idahosa, has said his decision to join the race for the 2024 Edo governorship election is to redirect the state on the path of prosperity and enthrone good governance. Idahosa, representing Ovia Federal Constituency, stated this on Tuesday in Benin...
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By Our Reporter A former Caretaker Committee Member/Supervisor for Budget Planning and Statistics in Iru, Victoria Island LCDA (2003- 2004), Chief Akinwunmi Bayode said that President Bola Tinubu rode on the back of two secrets to the Presidency of Nigeria in the February 25, 2023 general election....
A businessman, Nasiru Yunusa told an Upper Area Court in Kubwa, FCT, that he will grant his wife, Aisha Hamisu a divorce if she pays him N1 million. Yunusa and Hamisu, got married according to Islamic law sometime in 2021 and is blessed with a 13-month-old daughter. Earlier, Hamisu...
Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia on Tuesday flagged off the distribution of 56 trucks of palliatives to Benue residents to cushion the effect of petrol subsidy removal. Performing the ceremony in Makurdi, Gov Alia said all Benue residents would benefit from the third phase of the state-wide palliatives....
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has said his administration will always uphold media freedom and respect opinions, whether they are adversarial or complimentary to his government. The President made the pledge on Monday in Abuja during a meeting with members of the Newspaper...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ibadan – Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has declared that his administration will pay the 13th month salary to workers in the state for the fifth year running, noting that workers will receive the payment before December 31. This was in spite of...
By YUSHAU A. SHUAIB It was on the platform of the Arewa Economic Forum (AEF) that intellectuals, business people and retired public functionaries debated which one performed better between the military regime of General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) and the civilian administration of General Muhammadu Buhari. While...
The Police Command in Anambra has arrested a couple suspected to be trafficking one month old baby from Lagos to Onitsha. This is contained in a statement signed by the State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, and made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Onitsha. Ikenga...
Kaduna State Police Command has rescued a kidnapped victim, after six months’ in captivity. The state Public Relations’ Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, said this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Kaduna. ‘’On Monday at about 1600hours, our anticrime patrol mission on...
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar, has expressed fear over the increasing coups in west Africa, saying “it could snowball into engulfing the entire African continent”. It was contained in a statement sent by Alkasim Abdulkadir, SA Media and Communications Strategy to the minister, on Tuesday in...
Similar to the recent news report that late Julius Kambarage Nyerere, first President of the new state of Tanzania, whose canonization plan for sainthood by the catholic community in Tanzania, is currently in top gear, comparable media reports on Friday, 15th December, 2023, indicates that the Association of Resident...
After weeks of dramatic twists in Rivers State, the political gladiators in the oil-rich South-South state reached a truce on Monday after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Aso Villa in Abuja. The meeting had in attendance Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike,...
Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Mr Sonny Echono, has said that the fund expended N320 billion on interventions in tertiary institutions across the country in 2023. Echono disclosed this while speaking to newsmen after the TETFund Management Retreat in Makurdi on Monday. Echono who said...
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa has said the Armed Forces of Nigeria will not shield any military personnel found culpable of illicit drug abuse and trafficking. CDS Musa gave the assurance when he visited the Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig....
the Nigerian Navy, Badagry, Lagos, on Monday handed over 11 sacks of cannabis sativa worth N17.6 million to the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) in Badagry. Navy Capt. Aiwuyor Adams-Aliu, the FOB Commanding Officer, said operatives seized the suspected cannabis sativa on Dec. 15 at a Yard close...
Nigerian Gay Rights activist, Bisi Alimi, has reacted to news of Pope Francis, formally granting approvals for priests to bless same-sex couples. In a post shared on his Instastories, Bisi said: “while the Pope is granting such approvals, others like “Yetunde in Shomolu” are shouting about hellfire and...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has debunked reports claiming that one Victor Odeh who was convicted for internet fraud in July, was seven years old. The EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale, made the clarification in a statement on Monday in Abuja....
By BASSEY EFFIONG, Uyo – Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested Ekeere Ebong, a 55-year-old lawyer, over alleged wife battery. It would be recalled that Ebong, a resident of plot 40, L line, Ewet Housing Estate, Uyo, in a video that recently went viral, “assaulted and...
Niger State Civil Servants have been barred from wearing native attire, popularly known as kaftans and Babanriga to offices, from Monday to Thursday. The Governor of the state, Umar Bago gave the order during the presentation of land development and preparation equipment at the Brains and Hammers...