The Kogi Government on Wednesday debunked alleged claims by the Social Democratic Party (SDP) that some of their stakeholders had been pencilled down for arrest in the wake of the state’s Nov. 11 Governorship Election. Spokesman/Director of Media and Publicity, Kogi APC Campaign Council, Mr. Kingsley Fanwo,...
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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has warned against any attempt to tamper with the political structure in Rivers. Wike gave the warning after a closed-door meeting with members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum, led by its Chairman, Gov. Bala...
The House of Representatives has given a 72-hour ultimatum to the Accountant General of the Federation, Mrs Oluwatoyin Madein, demanding a comprehensive report on the utilisation of N100 billion COVID-19 intervention funds. The fund was allocated by President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to Ministries, Departments, and Agencies between 2020...
President Bola Tinubu has sought the approval of Senate for the 2022-2024 external borrowing plan of 7.8 billion dollars and 100 million euros. Tinubu’s request was contained in a letter addressed to President of Senate, Godswill Akpabio and read at plenary on Wednesday. Tinubu in the letter said...
Students of Obafemi Awolowo University, (OAU), Ile-Ife, on Wednesday, stormed the Ibadan Zonal Command of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibadan to protest the arrest of their colleagues by operatives of the anti-graft agency. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the students, who came...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (BSPHCDA) on Wednesday said it has recorded no fewer than 653 cases of diphtheria outbreak in the state. The State Immunisation Officer of BSPHCDA, Alhaji Maina Modu, who disclosed this on Wednesday during a one day...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Traditional rulers from Mbume blocs of clans, Etung Local Government Area of Cross River State, have called for reinstatement of suspended Etung LGA paramount ruler, His Royal Majesty, Ntue-Atue,Dr. Emmanuel Oru Ojong. Mbume blocs of clans’ traditional rulers made the call yesterday in...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The Federal Government has the soon-to-be resuscitated National Home Grown School Feeding Programme will cater for over 10 million pupils across the country. Senior Special Assistant to the President on school feeding programme, Dr Yetunde Adeniji, disclosed this in a statement...
Survivors of colonial-era abuses on Wednesday criticised Britain’s King Charles over failure to issue a full apology or propose reparations on his second day visit to Kenya. At a state dinner on Tuesday Charles expressed his “deepest regret” for what he called abhorrent and unjustifiable acts of violence...
The trial of the social media celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha (alias Mompha), charged with six billion Naira money laundering, before an Ikeja Special Offences Court, was stalled due to the absence of prosecution witness. When the case was called on Wednesday, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Counsel,...
Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado-Bayero has commended Air Peace Airline’s Tuesday’s maiden commercial flight to Jeddah. The airline’s spokesman, Mr Stanley Olisa, stated in Ikeja on Wednesday that the emir commended Air Peace for expanding its Asian footprints with Tuesday’s flight. Air Peace operated its maiden commercial...
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday in Abuja urged members of his cabinet to work assiduously towards achieving the mandate of their ministries or be ready to leave the government. Tinubu stated this in his address at 2023 Cabinet Retreat for Ministers, Presidential Aides, Permanent Secretaries and Top government...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced nominees for the men’s categories for the CAF Awards 2023 scheduled for Dec. 11 in Marrakech, Morocco. A statement on the CAF website on Wednesday said a panel of CAF Technical Experts, African Football...
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Wednesday sentenced a bricklayer, Gabriel Awaye to two life sentences for defiling a 13-year-old girl in his room. Delivering judgment, Justice Abiola Soladoye, held that the prosecution proved the ingredients of the two counts charge of defilement and sexual...
The Court of Appeal has affirmed the election of Rep. David Zacharias (APC-Kogi) for Idah/Ibaji/Igalamela/Ofu Federal Constituency of Kogi. In a judgment delivered on Wednesday by Justice Abubakar Talba, the court upheld the judgment of the Election Petitions Tribunal that sat in Kogi. The election tribunal had dismissed...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide, has expressed over the death of the former Chairman of Union Bank Plc and a chieftain of Ohanaeze, Dr Kalu Uke Kalu, who died at the age of 88. The National Publicity Secretary, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Dr Alex...
The latest media report that lawmakers in the Green Chamber have started taking delivery of their Sports Utility Vehicles, has again confirmed as true the argument that history cannot ordinarily repeat itself; rather, it is the people that are in the habit of repeating history. According to reports, the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The North East Development Commission (NEDC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Mutual Commitment Group (MCG), a chinese construction company for the ongoing Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (RRR) of millions of Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs and other victims of Boko Haram. The...