The 23 Benue local government councils, have vowed to challenge their suspension from office by the state House of Assembly in court. The state House of Assembly had approved the suspension of the councils chairmen over alleged misappropriation of public funds. But, Mr Michael Uba, the chairman of the...
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No fewer than 126 Nigerians stranded in Sudan arrived Abuja on Saturday following the continued crisis in the war-torn country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the returnees arrived on a Tarco Aircraft ST-TAL B737-300 at about 5:15p.m. The returnees were received by staff of NEMA, Ministry...
Without doubt, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s greatest inner gift is the uncanny ability to deploy native intelligence. Some people rarely talk about it because they didn’t see it coming! Of course, that’s why people didn’t see him coming! Not even the former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Maybe that’s why...
In his acceptance speech, Hon Mudashiru Obasa, the Speaker of the House of Assembly in the state, emphasized that Lagos is Yoruba Land. He also expressed the commitment of the lawmakers to introduce legislation that safeguards the rights of the indigenes, even if it entails reversing existing laws. Lagos,...
Objectively speaking, the purpose of this piece is not to merely identify the physical location of the Lagos State Water Corporation. This author, like the generality of Lagosians, is aware that its headquarters are in Water House, Ijora, Lagos, while the corporation’s supervisory ministry, the Lagos state Ministry of...
Athletes, aerobic clubs and school children on Saturday in Lagos joined millions across the world to take part in the 2023 Olympic Day celebrations. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the event, tagged ‘Let’s Move’, was held at the National Stadium, Lagos. Thomas Bach, President of International...
If there is any reason as to why Elder Sheriff Oborevwori led Delta state Government must pay disciplined attention attention to funding education in the state, it is the recent news report that the senator representing Delta Central Senatorial District of Delta State, Chief Ede Dafinone, recently, paid an...
The Rural Electrification Agency (REA) said it had provided power supply to over 700 households and businesses in Danchitagi community in Niger to cushion the effect of the fuel subsidy removal. Mr Ahmad Salihijo, Managing Director of the agency said this while inspecting the project on Saturday in Danchitagi...
The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Enugu has dismissed an application by the Labour Party candidate, Mr Chijioke Edoga, seeking to interrogate, Gov. Peter Mbah on his credentials. The Chairman of the tribunal, Justice M. K Akano, had on Thursday reserved ruling after the counsels to the parties...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum says his administration will collaborate through some initiatives that will give farmers in Borno State increased and safe access to their farmlands this rainy season. Governor Zulum stated this at Keleri, a town in the outskirt of Maiduguri, located...
The Police Command in Lagos State on Friday arrested a 49-year-old woman over alleged theft of a day-old baby from a hospital. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday. Hundeyin said that the Ojokoro Police Division carried out...
No fewer than 6,062 farmers in Lagos State have received agricultural inputs and production assets from the Nigeria COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (N-CARES) programme, a World Bank supported project. Mr Jonathan Obayemi, State Project Coordinator, Lagos N-CARES, stated this at the distribution exercise in Alimosho Local Government...
Ms Emmanuelleem Blatmann, French Ambassador to Nigeria, said France has invested 600,000 Euros for the promotion of French language in Nigeria. Blatmann revealed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sideline of the solidarity fund for innovative projects (FSPI) launch in Abuja. According...
Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed “decisive actions” to quell what he called an armed rebellion by the outspoken mercenary tycoon Yevgeny Prigozhin, whose forces claimed control of a southern Russian city and threatened to march to Moscow. Putin mobilized Russian troops on Saturday to put down what he called...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of TikTok music celebrity, Crown Uzama, and five others before Justice A. A. Isiaka on a separate one-count charge bordering on criminal impersonation. There offences are contrary to...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned an Ilorin-based associate pastor of the Living Faith Church (aka Winners’ Chapel), Temidayo Eseyin, for allegedly defrauding Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara State of N19.3million. Eseyin, a lawyer and former member...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the National Minimum Tolerable scores for admission into universities, polytechnics, colleges of education as 140, 100 and 100 respectively. The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede stated this at the 2023 Policy Meeting of Tertiary Institutions...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) is contemplating a new policy where candidates wishing to sit for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) would be required to use their personal phone devices to take the examination. The Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of JAMB,...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu, has left France for London, United Kingdom, for a short private visit. Recalled that the president was initially scheduled to be back in Abuja on Saturday frim Paris. The Special Adviser Special Duties, Communications & Strategy to the President, Dele...
……As president pledges turn around in education, health, sports security By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Friday in Paris–France assured Nigerians of repositioning the education and health sectors, while the ongoing reforms on the economy will be sustained and expanded, with a view to...