Last week, President Bola Tinubu submitted the list of his ministerial nominees to the Senate for confirmation. Although the number of nominees, 28, falls short of the expected total number of ministerial position, from every indication, when cleared, this first batch of ministers will be posted to critical sectors...
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Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri on Sunday declared a 24-hour curfew on the state with immediate effect. The governor made the declaration in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Humwashi Wonosikou in Yola. The curfew followed wide scale looting and attacks on citizens by hoodlums. According...
By OFFOR CALLISTUS, Abuja – Former Nigerian Minister of Information and Culture, Chief Okeifufe Frank Nweke Jnr, has reminisced the nostalgic moment he escaped being a victim of a plane crash that occured in 2004. Chief Nweke Jrn disclosed this on Tuesday during the public presentation of...
President Bola Tinubu says the Federal Government is receiving support and commendations from the global communities over the removal of fuel subsidy and the foreign exchange regime policies, saying they are yielding positive results. Tinubu stated this at a Gala/Award Night on Saturday, organised by the office of the...
ECOWAS Heads of State and Government have agreed to take military and financial actions against the unconstitutional takeover of government in the Republic of Niger last week. Dr Omar Touray, President of the ECOWAS Commission, disclosed this at the end of the extraordinary meeting of the ECOWAS on the...
The Resident Pastor, Shepherd House Assembly International, Jos, Rev. Tajan Moltok, has urged Christians to emulate the sacrificial lifestyle of Mother Teresa. Moltok gave the advice in his sermon titled ”Living a Life of Impact” on Sunday in Jos . He explained that Mother Teresa, an Albanian-Indian...
“Any man whom Allah has given the authority of ruling some people and he does not look after them in an honest manner, will never feel even the smell of Paradise.” – Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Before going to my topic, please allow me a little digression. I want...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Obong of Calabar-elect, Etubom (Dr) Anthony Ani, has pledged the total support of the Efik throne to Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu led administration to enable it succeed. Dr. Ani, who was elected recently following a Supreme Court judgement that deposed the...
Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has met with his personal physicians in an Abuja hospital outside the facility of the State Security Service (SSS), according to Nation’s report. Nnamdi Kanu’s lead counsel, Sir Ifeanyi Ejiofor, disclosed this in a tweet on Sunday....
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, in a landmark judgment, has “ordered the disclosure of the spending details of over N200bn public funds collected by the government of former Delta State governor Ifeanyi Okowa from the Universal Basic Education Commission [UBEC] fund...
The rising number of people dying from snakebites across the country has heightened the calls for local production of Anti-Snake Venom (ASV) vaccines, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has reported. Reports from across major snakebite treatment centres indicate that the incidences of the attacks have continued to rise...
The Arewa Citizens Watch for Good Governance, (ACWGG), a watchdog group advocating good governance, says it will hold massive protests on Aug. 3 against fuel subsidy removal. The group said the protest was to show dissatisfaction with the leadership of the Group Managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum...
Transnational Corporation Plc (Transcorp Group), Nigeria’s leading conglomerate with investments in Power, Hospitality and Energy sectors has announced its financial results for the first half of the year ended June 30, 2023, recording commendable growth across all its major indices. The Group achieved an...
A group, College of Former State Chairmen, Media and Publicity Committees of the APC-PCC,have called on Nigerians to exercise patience with the policies of President Bola Tinubu for future dividends. The college made the call in a statement jointly signed by Mr Sam Oburu, National Convener and Mr...
Organisers of the ValueJet Cup, an off-season football tournament designed to help prepare Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) clubs for continental engagements and domestic league season have budgeted N2 million for the winners. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that eight Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) clubs...
The Ukomu Igala Organisation (UIO), a socio-cultural group on Saturday urged President Bola Tinubu to consider the creation of Okura state from Kogi state, for the advancement of Igala people of the state. Its National Leader, David Abutu, made the call during the inauguration of the newly-elected UIO...
Chairman of the Federal Character Commission, FCC, Dr Muheeba Dankaka, said the Commission was “a marketplace for selling job slots” before her appointment to the office by immediate past President Muhammadu Buhari on April 28, 2020. Dankaka said that her attempts to check the alleged corruption and obvious...
The Imo Police Command says it has begun investigations to unravel the identity of a middle aged man who was electrocuted while allegedly stealing cables from a transformer. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Henry Okoye, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Owerri on Saturday. He said that the...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has received more People’s Democratic Party (PDP) defectors into the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the struggle for the Lugard House intensifies. The defectors, led by Mr A.K. Salihu, a former two-term House of Representatives member, Mr Udu Malik, former caretaker chairman of Okehi...