By JOHN ONAH, Abuja– The senator representing Benue South Senatorial District and Senate Minority Leader, Comrade Abba Moro PhD, on behalf of the good people of the senatorial district, has welcomed the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Olufemi Oluyede, to Benue State. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the...
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Days to this year’s Eid-el-Kabir (Sallah), some Muslims in Ibadan metropolis are worried about the celebration, as cost of ram and other types of animals usually slaughtered for sacrifice have soared beyond the reach of many. For the Muslim faithful, their worries are compounded by the prices of tomatoes,...
The Federal Government has commenced the payment of N44,000 minimum wage arrears to former members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). The commencement of the payment fulfills an earlier promise tied to the recent upward review of corps members’ monthly allowance from N33, 000 to N77, 000. The...
National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has advised members of the 2024 Batch B Stream I, who have just concluded their service year, to focus on wealth creation. NYSC Coordinator in Rivers, Mr Moses Oleghe, gave the charge on Tuesday during the passing-out ceremony of corps members held in Port...
President Bola Tinubu has directed the Federal Ministry for Works to repair the damaged bridge linking the north and southern parts of the country washed away by recent flood in Mokwa, Niger state. Minister of State for Works, Malam Bello Goronyo, disclosed this on Tuesday when he led a...
Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX), on Tuesday, said policy inconsistency, currency woes must be tackled to achieve the Federal Government’s proposed $1 trillion economy. The NGX Chairman, Dr Umaru Kwairanga made the call while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. He said these were challenges that...
By UKA NWAFOR, Abakaliki – Senator representing Ebonyi North Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Onyekachi Nwebonyi, has inaugurated a 4-bedroom bungalow built for the late Chief Okinya Ogbaoso at Nkumoro, Mbeke Ishieke Community, Ebonyi State. Inaugurating the house on behalf of Senator Nwebonyi, the Coordinator of Mbeke...
By ANIEFIOK UDONQUAK, Uyo– Akwa Ibom State Government has blamed political mischief makers and detractors for exploiting a deeply emotional family moment to circulate a video on the social media alleging that Governor Umo Eno was behind the death of his wife last year . The state government stated...
By ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto– Stakeholders from Sokoto South Senatorial District have reviewed and unanimously endorsed the Reserved Seat for Women bill memoranda which is to be presented to the Constitutional Reforms Committee during the forthcoming public hearing. Giving their consent after a thorough review of the Bill memoranda during...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the 19 Northern States and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has expressed deep sorrow over the devastating flood that recently ravaged Mokwa LGA of Niger State, describing the incident as a full-blown humanitarian crisis requiring urgent and sustained...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Over thirty people have been allegedly killed by the Fulani herdsmen in Naka, the headquarters of Gwer West Local Government Area of Benue State. It was gathered that the herdsmen arrived Naka town in the late hour of Sunday when the residents of...
The Benue Election Appeals Tribunal sitting in Abuja has upheld the elections of all the Council Chairmen and Councillors of the state under the umbrella of the All Progressives Party (APC). The News Agency of Nigerian (NAN) reports that the petitioners were largely aspirants from the same APC, who...
The Chief Of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, on Tuesday, moved to Benue, in a strategic move to address the incessant killing of innocent villagers by suspected herders and militia groups in the state. A source at the Army Headquarters told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has fired back at former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, ex-Governor of Kaduna State Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, and former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi, dismissing their criticisms of President Bola Tinubu’s administration as “self-serving” and “desperate.” According to the APC,...
Niger State Governor, Mohammed Bago has granted unconditional state pardon to 11 convicted persons who were on death row. The Niger Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Nasiru Mu’azu, made this known while briefing newsmen in Minna on Tuesday. He said the inmates were involved in a communal clash...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied granting automatic tickets for National Assembly members for the 2027 election. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Felix Morka, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. He said: “The attention of the APC has been drawn...
Federal Government has refuted claims that the recent devastating flood in Mokwa, Niger State, was caused by the release or failure of water from nearby dams. Addressing journalists at a press briefing in Abuja on Tuesday, the Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Joseph Utsev, said both the...
The industrial action embarked upon by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), on Tuesday, entered day two. JUSUN’s national body, In a circular on Friday, had directed all its members to withdraw their services, beginning from Monday until further notice. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that...
Uganda military authorities said two people died before executing a suspected explosive attack near a Catholic shrine in the capital, Kampala. The military said in a statement on Tuesday they “intercepted and neutralised two armed terrorists” in Munyonyo, a Kampala suburb. The deceased were a man and a woman...
Over 200 prisoners escaped from a Karachi jail in Pakistan on Monday night after a series of earthquake tremors sparked panic, prompting authorities to temporarily relocate hundreds of inmates to the courtyard Zia-ul-Hasan Lanjar, the provincial law minister, told reporters at the scene that hundreds of prisoners were allowed...