Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday inaugurated the 22-Km Jalingo dual carriage way in Jalingo, being executed by Gov. Darius Ishaku of Taraba. The former president, while inaugurating the project, commended Ishaku for the gigantic project. According to Jonathan, “when I visited Jalingo in 2015, Jalingo was not like...
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UN and partners on Friday appealed for nearly US$400 million to prevent widespread hunger and malnutrition in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states, in the north-east of the country. Associate Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, Ms Stephanie Tremblay, made the appeal at a news conference at the UN headquarters in...
Prof. Tanko Ishaya, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Jos, has described the academic staff as key stakeholders in the growth and development of public universities in the country. Ishaya said this at the 22nd National Delegates Conference of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) held on Friday...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 31-year-old man, Monday Alfred, for allegedly being in possession of human parts. The police spokesman, Benjamin Hundeyin, who stated this in a statement on Friday, said the suspect was arrested on Wednesday at about 2.15 p.m....
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Stakeholders in the aviation industry have urged the Nigeria Government to aim at leading the air transport industry in Africa. They made the call in a communique issued at the end of the second annual Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) National Aviation Conference...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr Oluwatoyin Madein as a substantive Accountant-General of the Federation. Her appointment followed the successful conduct of a selection process to fill the existing vacancy. The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HOCSF), Dr...
A Federal High Court has denied nullifying the candidature of the Abia Governor-elect, Dr Alex Otti. The court, however, said it nullified the election of the candidates for Kano Labour Party(LP) that contested during the 2023 General Election and. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a plaintiff, Mr...
The Presidential Election Petition Court, (PEPC) will on May 22 deliver ruling on whether or not to grant the request by Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi for live broadcast of proceedings of the court. The News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) reports that the LP and...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Spotify, global streaming platform, says the African Heat playlist is mostly streamed in the United States of America, United Kingdom, France, Netherlands and Canada. Phiona Okumu, Spotify’s Head of Music for Africa, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Lagos, said this...
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday inaugurated the new State House Medical Centre to cater for medical needs of the presidential family. The Permanent Secretary, State House, Mr Tijjani Umar, said the medical centre would provide services to the President and Vice-President, their families and other special guests. “ The...
Justice Hamza Muazu of a High Court in Abuja, on Friday granted an order of stay execution on the suspension of Julius Abure , Chairman of the Labour Party (LP) and others. Others are the National Organizing Secretary, Mr Clement Ojukwu and National Treasurer, Oluchi Opara, from parading themselves...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Police Command has paraded no fewer than 110 suspects arrested for various criminal cases across the state from January till May, 2023. Briefing journalists at the police Headquarters Maiduguri, The Commissioner of Police, CP Abdu Umar said the command in carrying out...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Director, Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN), Vivek Menon, has commended the Federal Government over its reforms in the Nigeria Ports sector which have significantly reduced the cases of non compliance of Standard Operating Procedure. Mr. Menon, who is also the Convention on Business Integrity...
It is now a secondary information that Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State on Tuesday presented a N71 billion 2023 supplementary budget to the State House of Assembly for approval via a letter read during plenary presided over by the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly, Christopher Ochor in Asaba....
The G7 announced plans to restrict the trade in diamonds with Russia in an effort to cut the revenues that fund Moscow’s ongoing war against Ukraine. Leaders of the G7 countries announced the new sanctions in a joint statement on Friday, the first day of their three-day summit in...
Representatives of the seven major democratic industrial nations (G-7) began their summit in Hiroshima, Japan on Friday. The summit started by remembering those killed by the atomic bomb dropped on the city at the end of World War II. The heads of state and government visited the memorial to...
A Federal High Court sitting in Kano State has nullified the candidature of the Abia State Governor-elect, Dr Alex Otti. Aside from Otti, the court presided over by Justice M N Yunusa also nullified the candidature of all Labour Party flagbearers in Abia and Kano States. Yunusa ruled that...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has commenced nationwide raid of drug joints ahead of the May 29 inauguration of new government in the country. According to Femi Babafemi, the Director, Media and Advocacy of the agency, 534 drug suspects have been arrested during the operation, code-named Operation...
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has expressed displeasure with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s phone call to the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, saying that its basis lacked clarity. On the call, the American government official was said to have emphasised his continued commitment to further strengthening the...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – Two abducted workers of the United States Consulate Lagos, have been rescued by security operatives in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra on May 16. The spokesperson of The Anambra State Police Command, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the development in a statement issued in...