The All Progressives Congress (APC) has assured that President Bola Tinubu will spare no effort in his determination to ensure improved quality of life for all Nigerians. The APC National Publicity Secretary, Mr Felix Morka, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, on the President’s 100...
Bode
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – A Non Governmental Organization (NGO) Cooperazione Internazionale, Nigeria (COOPI) has flagged off two days integrated emergency response workshop to Internally Displaced Persons (IDOs) in Rabah and Goronyo Local Government Areas of Sokoto State. The integrated response training is targeted at protection, nutrition,...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Undeterred by jetlag from a long intercontinental journey, President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, arrived in New Delhi to the immediate embrace of Mr. Prakash Hinduja , the Chairman and CEO of the Hinduja Group of Companies, a conglomerate with a total asset portfolio...
The UK Home Office has said it will declare Russian mercenary group Wagner a terrorist organisation. A draft proscription order will be laid against Wagner Group in Parliament on Wednesday. The group has played a prominent role in the Russian invasion of Ukraine since it was...
UN Deputy Secretary General Amina Mohammed has encouraged all delegates of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) to stay optimistic and work together to get the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) back on track. Mohammed made the call at the opening of 78th session of UNGA on...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – No fewer than 17 Special Advisers have been appointed by the Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, the State Government has disclosed. The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Bauchi State Governor, Muhktar Gidado, said this in a press release made...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a first class traditional ruler, Alhaji Mustapha Zubairu Adam, the Gom- Mama, in Wamba Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. The traditional ruler was whisked away by his abductors who stormed his palace in Kwarra,...
Tribunal on Tuesday sacked Sen. Jibrin Isah Echocho, the Senate Committee Chairman on Customs Excise and Tariffs on the ground that elections were cancelled in some 94 polling units. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports in Lokoja that the tribunal also ordered Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)...
The Federal Government says, notwithstanding the obvious challenges daily faced by Nigeria’s, President Bola Tinubu has planted the seeds of national transformation, growth and all-round development in his 100 day in office. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mallam Mohammed Idris stated this in a statement issued...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello on Tuesday approved 100 per cent increment of the allowance of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members serving in the state. The governor also announced a donation of N37.7 million to support the corps members’ logistics as they passed out after serving the...
The Department of State Services (DSS) says its operatives have arrested some officials of the Nasarawa State Emergency Management Agency (NASEMA) and their accomplices for allegedly diverting palliatives meant for the citizens. DSS spokesman, Dr Peter Afunanya, revealed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Dr....
The House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating the utilisation of ecological funds released to the National Agency for Great Green Wall (NAGGW), on Tuesday barred journalists from covering its sitting. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the committee, chaired by Rep. Ismaila...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Bandits have killed no fewer than 2 persons in Bageyi village, kidnapped 22 other persons mostly women and displaced thousands of locals from 4 other villages of Rabah Local Government Area of Sokoto State, sources have confirmed. The bandits, who stormed the...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has lamented that corruption and sabotage were majorly responsible for the decay in the state education sector. He said that it was disturbing that despite huge efforts and resources he has put into the sector, nothing much...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The 2-day warning declared by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) which commenced today, has crippled official activities in Nasarawa state, as workers in the state ensured total compliance. Our correspondent, who went round offices in Lafia, the state capital, reported that activities...
President Bola Tinubu has arrived New Delhi, India, for a six-day official visit, to attend the G20 Leaders’ Summit and other engagements. Tinubu was accompanied on the trip by top government officials, including ministers and Presidential aides. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the president...
The immediate past National Chairman of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Prof. Rufai Ahmed, has left the party. Rufai, in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, said he decided to quit “after consulting widely”. Rufai’s action is considered by observers as a huge blow to the...
Minister of State, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Dr Mariya Mahmoud, on Tuesday, urged members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme, to thrive toward becoming wealth creators and employers of labour. Mahmoud stated this at the closing ceremony of the 2023 Batch B Stream II Orientation Course,...
Officials of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Anambra, brandishing canes, on Tuesday chased workers out of the state secretariat in compliance with the directives by the congress to embark on a two-day nationwide warning strike. It would be recalled that the NLC, in a communique at the...
The Kano National/State House of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal, on Tuesday upheld the election of Rep. Abdulkadir Jobe, of the NNPP, representing Rimin Gado,Dawakin Tofa and Tofa Federal House of Representatives Constituency of Kano. NAN reports that Umar Ganduje of the APC, son of former Governor of Kano,...