By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo, has commend his volleyball team, CNS Spikers (male team) for maintaining its long-term winning streak as the winner of the first phase of the National Volleyball Division 1 League in Owerri, Imo State....
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Elder statesman and South-South Leader, Chief Edwin Clark, has urged President Bola Tinubu to prioritise the provision of palliatives to mitigate challenges that have arisen from fuel subsidy removal. Clark made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Thursday. NAN reports...
The Police Command in Kano State has confirmed the arrest of 12 illegal immigrants from Mali and Niger Republic. It also confirmed the arrest of 33 other suspected criminals. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Mohammed Usaini-Gumel, made this known while addressing newsmen in Kano on Wednesday. The illegal immigrants consisted...
The Committee of Pro-Chancellors of Nigerian universities (CPCNU) has called on President Bola Tinubu to revisit the pending report of the Federal Government Negotiation Committee set up by previous administration. The committee made the call in a communique issued in Abuja CPCNU Secretary General, Prof. Yakubu Ochefu, at the...
The Head of Transparency International, Nigeria, Mr Auwal Rafsanjani, says the suspension of the EFCC Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, did not come to the organisation by surprise. Rafsanjani, also the Executive Director of Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Center (CISLAC), said this in interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – Kano State Government says it has not taken any decision yet on the five new emirates established by the former administration of Dr Umar Ganduje. There has been wide speculations on Wednesday that the government had begun moves to dissolve the Emirates and reinstate...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – The World Food Programme (WFP), the largest humanitarian organization fighting hunger worldwide, has unveiled a new country strategic plan (CSP) covering Nigeria’s North-East, North-West and the hosting Cameroonian refugees, with a total budget of US$2.56billion for five years. WFP Representative & Country Director, David...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Department of State Services (DSS) has invited Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa, the suspended Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The DSS spokesman, Dr. Peter Afunanya, who confirmed this in a statement on Wednesday, said: “Mr. Bawa arrived a few hours ago at...
The trial of Chidinma Ojukwu, the alleged murder suspect of Super TV Chief Executive Officer, Usifo Ataga, on Wednesday suffered another set-back following the absence of her lawyer, Mr Onwuka Egwu. Ojukwu is standing trial before a Lagos High Court at the Tafawa Balewa Square, on a nine-count charge...
The Ondo State Acting Governor, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has called for calm among residents in the state, just as he dismissed insinuations that there was division in the Akeredolu-led administration. This was contained in a statement made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Akure, tagged: “Message to the people...
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has dismissed recent allegation by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) that ExxonMobil was lifting butane illegally at Bonny River Offshore Terminal (BRT). The NMDPRA had in letters to the Ministry of Petroleum Resources and Chief of Defence Staff,...
The World Health Organizations, (WHO) has called on governments, partners, and all stakeholders to mobilise support at district, national and regional levels to invest in strengthening and sustaining blood programs. Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO, Regional Director for Africa, made the call in a massage to mark 2023 year’s World...
Mr Emmanuel Emeruwa of the Labour Party (LP), representing Aba South State Constituency, has emerged the Speaker of the eighth Abia House of Assembly. Another LP lawmaker, Mr Okezie Augustine, representing Umuahia East Constituency, also emerged the Deputy Speaker of the house. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...
The Senate President, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, and a high-powered delegation from the Presidency are expected to attend the burial of former Senate President, Ken Nnamani’s wife, Ezinne Jane Nnamani. “We are also expecting who is who within the Nigerian Senate, the ruling party – All Progressives Congress (APC) as...
Egypt on Wednesday qualified for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) with a 2-1 come-from-behind victory over Guinea in Marrakesh. Mahmoud ‘Trezeguet’ Ahmed was the star-of-the-match after he scored and provided an assist for the Egyptians. Serhou Guirassy had given the Guineans a 26th minute lead but Trezeguet...
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday offered condolences to Nigeria over the boat mishap, which occurred in Kwara State. The boat, carrying around 250 passengers travelling from a wedding ceremony, capsized in the early hours of Monday morning in north-central Kwara state, police and local officials said. The...
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) says with the removal of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) other interested parties are free to import products once they meet the requirements. The NMDPRA said the PMS importers must meet regulations as stipulated by the Petroleum Industry Act...
A financial expert, Prof. Uche Uwaleke, says it is commendable for the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to unify the country’s exchange rate. Uwaleke, a Professor of Capital Market at the Nasarawa State, Keffi who said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says it has proposed a wage award to the Federal Government to cushion the effects of petrol subsidy removal on workers and Nigerians. Mr Joe Ajaero, NLC President said this on Wednesday at the ongoing 111th Session of the International Labour Conference (ILC), in...
Parallex Bank has partnered with the Creative Reality Entertainment Arts and Music platform (CREAM), a digital talent hunt platform, to introduce a feature called ‘Bid of the Week’ (BOW). Dr Olufemi Bakre, Managing Director of Parallex Bank, at the signing ceremony on Wednesday in Lagos said that the partnership...