Traditional Prime Minister Anambra State Association of Town Unions (ASATU), Dr John Metchie, has said that fake native doctors in the state have deceived many youths into various heinous crimes. Metchie, who is the Deputy Commander-General of Nigeria Forest Security Service, said this in an interview with newsmen in...
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A joint security team in Katsina State has neutralised five suspected bandits and recovered their seven operational motorcycles in Wori village, Dandume Local Government Area. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Abubakar Aliyu, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Katsina. He said that the operation was...
BY JONES ONYERERI The assertions that President Tinubu’s intervention in Rivers State constitutes an unconstitutional power grab or a “military coup in civilian disguise” fundamentally misrepresent the legal, political, and security realities that necessitated federal action. Far from being a partisan maneuver, the declaration of a state of emergency...
Senate President moves to build capacity for Senate Clerk, other officials for efficient performance
Senate President moves to build capacity for Senate Clerk, other officials for efficient performance
In a deliberate bid to build capacity for the Senate Clerk and other officials of clerks-at-the-table, the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio has encouraged refresher courses for such officials to bolster their performance levels for efficiency and effectiveness. The first to benefit from the initiative was the Clerk of the...
by SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has been honoured as a UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Global Champion, another international recognition for his outstanding contributions to peacebuilding, humanitarian response and sustainable development in Northeast, Nigeria. The award was presented at the annual NGO Founders...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo, has officially unveiled the state’s new mining equipment as he announced the acquisition of fifteen mining license by the Kogi state government. Governor Ododo made the announcement during the official unveiling of the state’s new mining equipment at...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos– Coalition of Middle Belt Ethnic Nationalities has called on the Federal Government and international organisations to urgently intervene in what it described as a coordinated campaign of extermination against indigenous communities in Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State. Addressing journalists on Friday at the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has begun the mobilisation of funds to contractors for the construction of 600 houses in six local government areas. The project is the 600 housing scheme for teachers in 5 LGAs which was flagged off in March...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Jigawa State Governor, Umar Namadi, has paid a courtesy visit to the Executive Secretary of Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Aisha Garba, at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja. The visit focused on strengthening the partnership between Jigawa State and UBEC, with particular emphasis on...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has launched an aggressive and coordinated response to address the acute water scarcity affecting parts of Maiduguri metropolis and its environs, following the devastating flood disaster of 10 September 2024. The flood, described as unprecedented in scale,...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says the troops of Operation Delta Safe, have in the last one week apprehended 49 perpetrators of oil theft and destroyed 22 illegal refining sites. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Markus Kangye, made this known in a weekly report of ongoing military operations by...
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) on Friday said that the nation’s crude oil reserves stood at 37.28 billion barrels (bb) as at Jan. 1, 2025. The commission also said that Nigeria’s gas reserves hit 210.54 trillion Cubic Feet (tcf). Mr Gbenga Komolafe, Commission Chief Executive, NUPRC, who...
Nigeria’s gas export has dipped following three sabotage attacks on a major pipeline in Bayelsa which feeds the Nigeria Liquid Natural Gas (NLNG) export terminal in Bonny, Rivers. The Ogboinbiri-Obiobi 24-inch Gas Pipeline between Angiama and Angiamagbene in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa was blown up on...
The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has advised African countries to overhaul their development models, embrace investment-led strategies instead of continuing to rely on aid for economic growth. Adesina gave the advice while delivering a keynote at the 14th Convocation Ceremony of the National...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) says it has approved $100 million for the establishment of the Nigerian Youth Entrepreneurship Investment Bank. President and Chairman, Board of Directors, AfDB, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, said this in Abuja on Friday, when he delivered the 14th Convocation Lecture of the National Open University...
The Managing Director of Anambra State Erosion, Watershed and Climate Change Agency (ANSEWCCA), Prof. Philip Phil-Eze, has said no fewer than 160 communities in the state were at the risk of gully erosion menace. Phil-Eze said this at a one day sensitisation workshop on the use of “Local Knowledge...
Rivers State Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (Rtd) has charged the newly appointed sole administrators of the 23 Local Government Areas (LGA) to be prudent in their financial dealings and prioritise people’s well-being. Ibas gave the remark during a meeting with the administrators at Government House in Port Harcourt...
The former President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief John-Nnia Nwodo, has expressed serious concern over what he described as “a drastic decline” in the quality of education in the country. He said, “It pains me that children of our contemporaries in the university cannot get the quality education that...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufa’i, and former Governor of Sokoto State and serving Senator, Aminu Tambuwal on Friday visited former President Muhammadu Buhari at his residence in Kaduna. Also on their entourage were the former Governor of Imo State, Achike Udenwa, former...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Friday, inaugurated the 46.3-Kilometer Joe Irukwu Way, which traverses Umuahia North, Bende and Ohafia Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Abia. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the road, formerly known as Umuahia–Uzuakoli–Ozuitem–Lohum–Nkpa–Umuimenyi–Isuikwuato–Alayi–Item–Igbere–Abiriba Road, was renamed by Gov. Alex Otti of Abia to...