The Appeal Panel for the North-Central Congress of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has described the exercise as free, fair and credible. The Chairman of the panel, Sen. Sunday Marshal, said this during a news conference on Tuesday in Jos. According to Marshal, the panel did not receive any...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR , Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum has called on the North East Development Commission (NEDC) to prioritise embarking on tangible projects that can provide lasting benefits and boost infrastructural development across the six states in the northeast region. The Governor was speaking on...
Nigerian stock market continued its bullish trend on Tuesday, recording a N1.086 trillion gain. Market capitalisation rose by N1.086 trillion, or 1.57 per cent, to close at N70.38 trillion, up from N69.291 trillion recorded on Monday. Similarly, the All-Share Index (ASI) rose by 1,721.29 points, or 1.57 per cent,...
A 12-year-old boy, Master Chiderije Mbah, winner of the Wema Bank One-Day Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer (MD/CEO) Initiative, took over the reins of Wema Bank Plc on Tuesday, in commemoration of Children’s Day. The initiative is a celebration of potential, leadership and the boundless possibilities of the next...
The Northern Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has called for a thorough investigation into the killing of CSP Baba Ali, a Divisional Police Officer in Kano State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Police Command in Kano confirmed the killing on Monday, along with the burning...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting will hold on Tuesday (today) as scheduled. The party’s acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, stated this while addressing newsmen after the PDP Extraordinary Caucus Meeting held on Tuesday in Abuja. “We just finished the extraordinary caucus meeting. We...
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Tuesday sentenced Mamman Ali and Christian Taylor to 14 years’ imprisonment each over a N2.2 billion oil subsidy fraud. Ali, son of a former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ahmadu Ali, and Taylor were charged by the Economic and Financial...
An Ikeja Special Offences Court has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to provide an investigative report and e-statement of Keystone Bank with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Justice Rahman Oshodi made the order on Tuesday in the ongoing N20 billion fraud trial involving the former...
Troops of Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) foiled a major attack by ISWAP terrorists on their location in New Marte, Borno State, neutralising scores of insurgents and recovering arms, vehicles and explosives, the Nigerian Army said on Tuesday. The foiled attack occurred in the early hours of May 27 when...
President Bola Tinubu has said that his administration will ensure that every stolen asset from the country is recovered . The president made the assertion on Tuesday in Abuja while declaring open a Summit on Asset Recovery. The president was represented by the Permanent Secretary, Political and Economic Affairs...
President Bola Tinubu has written to the House of Representatives, requesting legislative approval for a new external borrowing plan of 21.5 billion dollars, alongside a domestic bond issuance of ₦757.9 billion for outstanding pension liabilities. The Speaker, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas read the request during plenary in Abuja. President Tinubu...
Adamawa government has said it would inaugurate the state’s first Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) filling and vehicle conversion station May 29. The state Commissioner for Transportation, Mrs Wumfe Anthony, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Tuesday in Yola. Anthony described the initiative...
President Bola Tinubu has requested the Senate’s approval for the issuance of a N757 billion Federal Government bond to settle outstanding pension liabilities accrued as of Dec. 2023. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Tinubu made the request in a letter addressed to the President of the...
A Nigerian content creator, Chukwueze Odinaka, aka ‘Mama Uka’, has called on colleagues seeking for gay relationship with him to desist from such act. Odinaka, who specialises in skit making, in a video clip message shared via his Instagram page, threatened to expose some of his colleagues and other...
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has bursted a fake drug factory in an uncompleted three storey building at Azagba Ogwashi in Aniocha LGA in Delta. The NAFDAC Director, South – East Zone, Dr Martins Iluyomade disclosed this at a press briefing in Asaba on...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said that 1,243,638 Nigerians were displaced by floods in 2024, with 1,237 lives lost. The Director-General of NEMA, Mrs Zubaida Umar, said this at a stakeholders engagement on national disaster preparedness and response campaign 2025, held in Owerri on Tuesday. Umar, represented by...
The Forward Operating Base (FOB) Escravos of the Nigerian Navy, has destroyed eight illegal refining sites in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta. The Commanding Officer of the FOB Escravos, Navy Capt. Ikenna Okoloagu disclosed this to newsmen on Tuesday in Warri. Okoloagu said the illegal refining sites...
By ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Senator Aliyu Wamakko has received scores of defectors from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) business community in Sokoto to the All Progressive Congress, (APC). The defectors led by the Chairman of the State Traders Association, Alhaji Chika Sarkin Gishiri, said their resolution to join...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – A Non Governmental Organisation (NGO), known as Partnership Against Violent Extremism (PAVE) has called on Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Kaduna State Council to partner with it in order to reduce and stop violent extremism in the society through public awareness and advocacy. Kaduna...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reaffirmed the Federal Government’s unwavering commitment to the protection, development, and empowerment of every Nigerian child. In his address to the nation, President Tinubu described Nigerian children as “the pride and future of our great nation,” emphasizing their role...