The three Zonal and 21 Local Government Areas Chairmen of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) have defected to the APC in Kogi, an official has disclosed. M Onogwu Mohammed, Media Aide to Gov. Yahaya Bello, made the disclosure in a statement in Lokoja on Thursday. He said ...
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Gunmen have killed 20 persons at Baton and Rayogot of Heipang District, Barkin Ladi Local Government of Plateau State. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, DSP Alfred Alabo,, confirmed the incident in a statement on Thursday in Jos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Lagos State Police Command has rescued 9 teenagers during an alleged forceful cult initiation in the Mushin area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest on his verified Twitter handle on Thursday. Hundeyin,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Thursday presided over the swearing-in of 17 new commissioners to constitute the state executive council for the ongoing second term which began on May 29, 2023. The governor later posted the commissioners to their respective...
Your Excellencies, Heads of State and Government; Your Excellency, the President of the ECOWAS Commission; Your Excellency, President of the African Union Commission; Your Excellency, President of the UEMOA Commission; The Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations in West Africa and the Sahel;...
The ECOWAS Heads of State and Government have agreed to continue the dialogue option while not dismantling the existing sanctions taken at the last summit. President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr Omar Touray, disclosed this at the end of the second extraordinary summit on the political situation in...
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, on Thursday, adjourned until Aug. 15 for hearing of an application seeking to stop prosecution of the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. The court will also, on the same day, entertain an application by the...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) , has ordered the deployment of its standby military force to restore democratic order in the Niger Republic. This was made known in a communique issued after the ECOWAS Extraordinary meeting held in Abuja on Thursday to discuss issues about the...
The hike in the foreign exchange rate and activities in the international market may result to increase in the price of cooking gas, says the Nigerian Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers (NALPGAM). The President of the association, Mr Olatunbosun Oladapo, issued the warning on Thursday in Lagos...
Kebbi State Governor, Nasir Idris on Thursday described the Etsu Nupe, Dr Yahaya Abubakar, as a pillar of national unity. The governor made this known while receiving a delegation from the Emir on a courtesy at Government House, Birnin Kebbi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the...
Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda, says the state government is not ready to call or seek dialogue with any bandit across the state, even as it is ready to accept those willing to repent and return to the society. Radda revealed this during a special prayer session organised...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday took delivery of innovation technology tools to enhance the results management process, accuracy and the commission’s operational effectiveness. The Chairman of the commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, while speaking at the handover of the innovation technology...
A Chief Magistrate Court in the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Abuja has ruled that the Presiding Pastor of the House On The Rock Church, Uche Aigbe has a criminal case to answer in the unlawful possession of prohibited firearms found in his possession. The no-case submission made by the...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says no fewer than 33,983 persons are already affected by the 2023 flooding in different parts of the country. NEMA Director, Planning, Research and Forecasting, Hajiya Fatima Kasim, stated this at the Emergency Coordination Forum Meeting, on Thursday in Abuja. She...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, says the regional bloc will continue to champion diplomacy and dialogue, as well as earnest discussions with all parties involved, to restore constitutional governance in the Republic...
Politics in Nigeria can be said to be a delicate game of thorns and swords; not one of ideas and emotions, or creativity and innovation. It seems to be a deadly game, where character is not defined, and content doesn’t necessarily matter. If a person is seen as...
Vice President Kashim Shettima, says the Tinubu administration is prioritising Climate Change interventions to address the menace of desertification, coastal erosion, and flooding in the country. Shettima, in a statement by Mr Olusola Abiola, Director of Information, Office of the Vice President, on Thursday in Abuja, said the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) says the third edition of online conference of registered teachers in the country will hold from 30 to 31 August, 2023. Registrar/Chief Executive of TRCN, Professor Josiah Ajiboye, made this known in a statement on Thursday...
A Professor of Paediatrics from the University of Port Harcourt, Prof. Kanu Nkanginieme, says Nigeria ranks fourth in the world’s population of medical doctors. Prof. Nkanginieme stated this in his paper presentation at the Theophilus Oladipo-Ogunlesi Memorial Lecture 2023, organised at the 17th Annual Scientific Conference and All...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Secretary to the Cross River State Government, Professor Anthony Owan Enoh has reiterated the state government’s commitment to plan well for its citizens, maintaining that “without the children of today there will be no tomorrow”. Professor Enoh stated this on Friday in...