Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, has directed the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Dr Knigsly Emu, to liaise with relevant stakeholders and work out the new minimum wage consequential adjustments. Governor Oborevwori asked the SSG to work with the Commissioner for Finance, Sir Fidelis Tilije, and the...
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has inaugurated a 17-member Caretaker Committee to pilot the affairs of the Benue chapter of the party for the next 90 days. The acting National Chairman of the party, Mr Umar Damagum, who inaugurated the committee in Abuja, urged the members to...
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of four Permanent Secretaries for the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA). Director of Press, Office of the FCT Minister, Mr Anthony Ogunleye, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday. Ogunleye said that the appointments were necessitated by the imminent...
By MUBARAK ALIYU KOBI, Bauchi- Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has made a passionate appeal to the Federal Government to extend its Legacy Roads projects to the Northeast region, connecting the area to the rest of the country and unlocking its vast potential for development. Receiving the Minister...
Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has approved payment of another N1 billion to defray gratuity arrears of retired local government workers. The state Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Alhaji Amidu Takuro, said this on Wednesday during an interview with newsmen in his office in Akure. The approval...
The Minister of works, Sen Dave Umahi, has praised Bauchi State Governor, Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, for his numerous developmental projects across the state. During a visit to the Bauchi Government House to sympathize with the governor over recent flooding, Umahi commended Governor Mohammed’s commitment to transforming the...
The Governing Council of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS), has announced the appointment of Prof. Bashir Garba as the new Vice-Chancellor of the university. The Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Governing Council, UDUS, Prof. Attahiru Jega, announced this in a statement obtained by News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja...
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas has withdrawn the controversial Counter Subversion and Other Related Bills which seeks to criminalise refusal to sing Nigeria’s reintroduced national anthem. The speaker caved in to heated opposition and outrage that trailed the introduction of the controversial bill which prescribed...
Following the nationwide protest that turned violent in Kano State, the state government has confirmed that thugs stormed and severely damaged the premises of the Kano State High Court, carting away crucial documents related to corruption charges against the former governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. Kano...
Some aggrieved women in the Uba-Oka Akoko community in Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State have staged a peaceful protest to condemn the incessant killings by suspected Herdsmen in the area, calling on the government to salvage them from the invaders. Their clamour follows the...
JOEL OLADELE, Abuja The Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, has engaged in high-level talks with top diplomats from Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Denmark to bolster multilateral relations and strengthen ties between Nigeria and the Nordic countries. The meeting, held in...
JOEL OLADELE, Abuja The Executive Director of the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), Auwal Musa Rafsanjani, has praised the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) for initiating an investigation into the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) over allegations of misappropriating N90 billion in Hajj...
Nigerian President, Bola Tinubu has arrived Malabo, the capital of Equatorial Guinea, for a three-day official visit, which will include signing of petroleum resources, security agreement. President Tinubu, who arrived the Presidential Wing of the Malabo International Airport at about 2.07 p.m., was received by the Prime Minister...
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has said that his recent criticism of President Bola Tinubu over #Endbadgovernance protest was constructive and in good faith. The governor gave the position in Bauchi on Wednesday, before the commencement of the State Executive Council (SEC) meeting. “I spoke constructively as an...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja- The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has called on security agencies to heighten their vigilance as the gubernatorial elections in Edo and Ondo States approach. Speaking at the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) meeting held at...
The press statement by PROF UDENTA O. UDENTA, a Patriot, Political Thinker and Founding National Secretary of Alliance for Democracy (AD), addresses three significant issues of national concern; the End-Hunger Protests, the overall State of the Nation, and Hon Yakubu Dogara’s inexplicable descent into the Infernal Regions via...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development, based in Maiduguri, Borno State, organized a one-day training workshop for 40 Community Advocates for Transitional Justice (CATJ) selected from four Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Borno State. The workshop was organized for selected CATJ members...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Potiskum Youth Progressive Forum has condemned and denied allegations against Senator Ibrahim Mohammed Bompai, Hon. Fatima Talba, and Hon. Ahmed Adamu BBK, describing them as malicious, mischievous, and politically premeditated. The forum accused political detractors, enemies of Yobe South development, and opposition...
The National Security Adviser (NOS), Nuhu Ribadu, has warned against any attempt to undermine or disrupt the peaceful conduct of the forthcoming Edo and Ondo governorship elections. Ribadu, represented by a Director in the Office of NSA, gave the warning during an Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum has stated that the Maiduguri dry inland port will begin operations in six months. Zulum made this known on Wednesday in Lagos while addressing journalists after a courtesy call to the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian...