The Kaduna State Council of the NLC on Tuesday called on its members to be orderly and to ensure public safety during Wednesday’s mass demonstration over the removal of fuel subsidy. The Secretary, Comrade Gado Titus, stated in Kaduna that the council was not oblivious of the volatile situation...
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On their tenth day at sea, the four Nigerian stowaways crossing the Atlantic in a tiny space above the rudder of a cargo ship ran out of food and drink. They survived another four days, according to their account, by drinking the sea water crashing just metres below them,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Coalition of Gwoza concerned Clubs and Associations ,Borno state have appealed to Governor Babagana Zulum to reconsider the withdrawal of Dr. Ibrahim Yusuf Ngoshe from the state commissioner-nominee list forwarded to the State House Assembly last week F The Spokesman/Leader of the coalition,...
Emergency responders on Tuesday rescued two persons from the helicopter which crashed into a building at Oba Akran Road, Ikeja Area of Lagos State. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Territorial Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) confirmed the incident to newsmen in Lagos. Farinloye said that the occupants of...
At least eight people were killed and several others injured due to lightning in India’s eastern state of Odisha, state-run broadcaster All India Radio (AIR) said Tuesday. On Monday afternoon, heavy rains accompanied by lightning strikes hit many parts of the state. “Capital city Bhubaneswar experienced very...
In the early hours of Tuesday, August 1, 2023 some members of the local branch of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) barricaded the entrance of the head office of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), protesting what they term ‘escalating critical concerns...
Nick Agule Twitter: @NickAgule Email: nick.agule@yahoo.co.uk Facebook: Nick Agule, FCA 01.08.2023 Introduction President Bola Tinubu addressed the nation yesterday, Monday, 31st July 2023 on the state of the economy which is great and a refreshing departure from the previous government where we hardly heard directly from the President. It...
Hundreds of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members deployed to Lagos, on Tuesday, defied heavy rainfall to participate in marching at the closing of their orientation programme. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the corps members are in the 2023 Batch B stream. They completed...
France will begin evacuating its citizens from Niger, which was taken over by the military in a coup, on Tuesday, the French Foreign Ministry said. It said it would also evacuate other Europeans who wanted to leave the country, a former French colony. About 500 to 600 French citizens...
Sen. Abdula’ziz Yari (APC-Zamfara) says the Senate is doing its best to ensure thorough screening of President Bola Tinubu’s ministerial nominees of. Yari stated this when he answered questions from newsmen shortly after he paid a private visit to Vice-President Kashim Shettima at the Presidential Villa on Tuesday in...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Defenders of Constitutional Democracy (DCD) has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for nominating An Ondo State Federal Lawmaker, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo as a minister of the Federal Republic. The group also congratulated the nominee for being among the first batch...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Police Officers’ Wives Association (POWA), and a Non Governmental Organisation, Helpline Foundation for the Needy, Abuja, are to partner on areas to improve the lives of women and children in the country. National President of Police Officers’ Wives Association (POWA), Mrs. Elizabeth...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ado-Ekiti – The Executive Chairman of Ikole Local Government of Ekiti State, Hon. Sola Olominu has commended the State Governor Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji over the ongoing construction of the 18km Ikole-Ara-Isinbode road. Speaking after on the spot assessment of the road construction, Hon Olominu...
A fire outbreak has destroyed no fewer than 14 shelves in Yola Market. The Director, Adamawa Fire Service, Alhaji Abdullahi Adamu confirmed the fire outbreak to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yola on Tuesday. Alhaji Adamu said the incident happened on Monday night at...
The Federal Ministry of Works and Housing (FMWH), says societal development and indiscriminate dumping of refuse are major causes of drainage systems blockage which leads to road failures. Mr Bola Aganaba, Director, Highway, North Central, said this on Tuesday in Abuja in an interview with the News Agency of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Police Command has warned against the indiscriminate use of tinted glasses, spy plate numbers and blaring of sirens by unauthorized individuals and persons within Maiduguri metropolis in violation of extant traffic act. The Commissioner of Police in the state, CP...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has flagged off a fresh phase of palliatives which is targeting about 300,000 households with about six persons per household to reach one million and eight hundred thousand (1.8m) persons in need. Governor Zulum launched the distribution...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says the national broadcast message by President Bola Tinubu on the current economic challenges was not the Silver Bullet that Nigerians expected. The NLC President, Joe Ajaero, who stated this in a statement on Tuesday, expressed...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – Troops of 82 Division Nigerian Army, sister Services, Nigeria Police and other security agencies have successfully raided hideouts and training camps belonging to IPOB/ESN in Orsomoghu Forest spanning Anambra and Imo States. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the raid was part of the...
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja on Monday dedicated his new rank of Lieutenant General to the Nigerian Army. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, made this known in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Lagbaja was on Monday, decorated with his...