President Bola Tinubu on Friday sent his best wishes to Team Nigeria at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. The president, in a statement by his spokesman, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, assured the athletes representing the country of his full support and that of over 200 million Nigerians back home,...
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By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – The National Assembly has commenced the process of repealing and enacting the NIMC Act No. 23 as part of efforts aimed at strengthening the regulatory function of the National Identity Management Commission (MIMC). Head, Corporate Communications Unit of the Commission, Kayode Adegoke,...
A Rivers High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, on Friday restrained the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) from gathering or holding any congress in the state. The high court also restrained their agents from gathering anywhere in the 319 wards of the...
The Police Command in Osun, on Friday, said it arrested a 50-years old man, who allegedly killed his friend (that was sick) for money making ritual. Police Spokesperson in Osun, SP Yemisi Opalola, told journalists during the parade of criminal suspects at the command headquarters in Osogbo, that...
Oando Plc has denied allegations linking the company and its executives to Raz Hansir Oil Terminal Ltd., a Maltese company purportedly involved in importing adulterated petroleum products into Nigeria. Oando Plc was alleged to operate an oil storage and blending facility, and purportedly responsible for importing adulterated petroleum...
The National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) has said it did not receive, classify nor approve release of the controversial hijiab-brandishing movie “Three Working Days.” The board made its position known in a statement shared on its official Instagram page on Friday. According to the statement,...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu has approved the sum of N10 billion for the payment of outstanding gratuity of retired civil servant in the state. A statement by Otu’s Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Nsa Gill, on Friday said the governor has equally...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The State Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Benue State has announced the conduct of its ward congresses in the 276 council wards of the state on Saturday, July 27, 2024. A statement by the state publicity secretary of...
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Festus Keyamo (SAN), has promised the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) of improved funding to carry out its operations. Keyamo gave the assurance at the re-opening of the NSIB Office in Lagos on Friday. The minister said...
A non governmental organization, Renaissance Care and Empowerment Foundation (RECEF Nigeria) has called on the Kogi State Government to take urgent steps to avert outbreak of diseases by ensuring effective environmental waste management in the state. In a statement on Friday in Lokoja, the Executive Director of RECEF...
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) suspended its planned industrial action following the Federal Government’s intervention regarding a contentious new scheme of service, an official said. ASUP Zone D Coordinator, Dr Iloma Richard, said this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Cross River State House of Assembly has passed the Budget Estimates and Supplementary Appropriation Bill 2024 into law. The new budget size is 437,876,029,437.51 (four hundred and Thirty-seven Billion, Eight Hundred and Seventy-Six Million, Twenty-Nine Thousand, Four Hundred and Thirty -Seven Naira,...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjoaaas, has revealed that his mother carried his pregnancy for 12 months due to the influence of witches and wizards. He made the revelation during a drama presentation titled: “Aremu Omo Asabi”, at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. According to a...
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has pledged not to get involved in the planned protest scheduled for Aug. 1, over hardship in the country. The National President of NANS, Lucky Emonefe, disclosed this in a meeting with the Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, in Abuja...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Commandant-General (CG), Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Dr Ahmed Audi, has cautioned citizens against vandalising Critical National Infrastructure ahead of the proposed Aug. 1 protest. The NSCDC Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mr Babawale Afolabi, disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday...
Reps push for removal of universities from Band A electricity tariff The House of Representatives said that it would ensure that Federal Universities were removed from the Band A electricity tariff plan to lessen the huge electricity bill. The Chairman, House Committee on University Education, Rep. Abubakar Fulata, said...
Troops of Sector II Joint Task Force in the North-East Operation “Hadin Kai” on Friday, defused an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted at the Buni Yadi Cattle Market in Yobe. Spokesperson of the sector, Capt. Mohammed Shehu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Damaturu that the...
Political economist, Prof. Pat Utomi, says the New Tribe, a social movement to which he belongs, was formed to help to correct social ills and advance common good in Nigeria. Utomi said this at a news conference on “The State of The Motherland’ on Friday in Lagos. The...
The Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi SAN, has reiterated the Federal Government’s commitment to strengthen efforts to fight corruption at all levels. Fagbemi said this at the Validation Meeting of the National Anti- Corruption Strategy (NACS) (2022-2026) Action Plan on Friday in Abuja. The programme was organised by...