By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The immediate past Governor of Benue State, Chief Samuel Ortom has mourned the demise of the Ter Ikyor, His Royal Highness, Chief Thomas Tule Jam Gbinde, describing it as a huge loss to Tiv land and the state at large. Ortom in a...
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By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia has described the comments of Prof. Chidi Odinkalu during his recent reaction regarding governor’s response to the ongoing violence in Benue State as unveiling a disturbing insensitivity towards the casualties of these attacks. The governor, who spoke through...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara, has urged the Chad Basin Development Authority (CBDA) to make significant investments in groundwater irrigated farming around the Lake Chad area, in order to enhance food sufficiency and stimulate economic revitalisation across the State and the North East...
Pope Francis was buried in the Basilica of Saint Mary Major on Saturday afternoon, after hundreds of thousands of people from global leaders to the impoverished and marginalised paid their respects to the man celebrated for his humility and humanity. The rites for the pontiff, who died at the...
The Congress of University Academics (CONUA) has urged the Federal Government to review lecturers’ salaries in line with Nigeria’s current economic realities. President of CONUA, Prof. Niyi Sunmonu, made this call on Saturday in Abuja while reacting to the federal government’s release of N50 billion for Earned Academic Allowances...
A chieftain of All Progressives Congress.(APC), Uche Nwosu, has said the South should be allowed to complete its eight years of presidency. Nwosu, a former Chief of Staff to Imo government, stated this in an interview with newsmen on Saturday in Abuja. According to him, the southern part of...
By HARUNA AHMED, Damaturu – Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, has declared he will not join the opposition coalition led by former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar. The Director-General, Press and Media Affairs, Alhaji Mamman Mohammed, stated this in a statement issued in Damaturu on Saturday. Recalled that a viral...
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted thunderstorms and haziness across Nigeria from Sunday to Tuesday. In its weather outlook released on Saturday in Abuja, NiMet forecasted moderate dust haze over Katsina, Sokoto, Zamfara, Borno, Kano, Yobe, and Jigawa States. It also predicted isolated thunderstorms in parts of Adamawa...
In a small village of Unguan Kanawa, Tankarau, Dutsen-Abba Ward, Zaria Local Government Area of Kaduna State, a tragic reality has sparked a life-saving transformation. Many residents in the village had lost their children to measles due to their resistance to vaccination. This true call confession cane to the...
The Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has directed a total clampdown on unregistered hospitals and quack medical personnel operating in the FCT. Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, to the minister, Mr Lere Olayinka, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on...
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has described vaccines used in immunisation efforts as “sustainable” adding that they have saved six lives every minute over the last five decades. UNICEF’s Chief, Enugu Field Office, Mrs Juliet Chiluwe, said this at a virtual media dialogue with journalists in Owerri, on...
Nigerian Army Team has emerged the overall winners of the Armed Forces of Nigeria International Service Archery Competition, with 20 medals comprising 14 gold, three silver and three bronze medals. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the competition which began on Wednesday and concluded on Saturday in...
Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Chief Uche Nnaji, has debunked allegations made by individuals claiming to be stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu North. Reacting in a statement on Saturday in Enugu, Nnaji described the accusation of him causing leadership crises in APC, Enugu State...
The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced that the Akanu Ibiam International Airport in Enugu will reopen for flight operations on April 28, following the completion of emergency runway repairs. The Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mrs Obiageli Orah, disclosed this...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – Kaduna State Government will convene an Education Summit as part of its strategy to bring about transformative change in the education sector, which will be anchored on four strategic pillars. The Commissioner for Education, Professor Muhammad Sani Bello, who disclosed this while inaugurating the...
Delta Government has said that the challenges currently being faced by the PDP, particularly at the national, necessitated the decamping of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori and others to the ruling APC. The state’s Commissioner for Works (Rural Roads) and Public Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu disclosed this, in a statement, on...
Gunmen suspected to be political thugs on Saturday attempted to stall the inauguration of Nyesom Wike’s supporters group tagged: New Associates, at the Church of God Mission Camp at Igbogene in Yenagoa. The New Associates was said to be organised by the FCT Minister, Wike to appreciate President Bola...
Pope Francis was buried in the Basilica of Saint Mary Major, his favourite church in Rome, on Saturday afternoon, after a two-hour funeral service held in St Peter’s Square, the Holy See said. Earlier, some 150,000 people bid farewell to the pope from the roadside as his funeral procession...
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, has said the Federal Government plans to reduce inflation rate to single digit and create more jobs. Edun stated this during a press conference addressed by the Nigerian economic team, as part of activities marking the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said anyone with proof that any 2025 UTME candidate was assigned exam centre other than their chosen centres should come forward for a handsome reward. This was contained in a statement signed by JAMB’s Public Communication Advisor,...