The Federal Executive Council (FEC), at its third meeting of the year on Monday, approved the completion of four road projects inherited from the previous administration, after a rigorous review. Minister of Works, Chief David Umahi, said this while addressing State House Correspondents after the FEC meeting. He said...
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The Speaker of the Lagos Mojisola Meranda, has resigned from office. Meranda announced her resignation at plenary on Monday in Ikeja. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN)reports that Meranda became the first female speaker after Mr Mudashiru Obasa, the former speaker ,was impeached by his colleagues for alleged misconduct. The...
The Ekiti High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, on Monday, sentenced one Prophet Adeleye Akingbaso, 47, to life imprisonment for raping a 13-year-old girl. Akingbaso was first arraigned in September, 2022 before Justice Blessing Ajileye on a two-count charge of rape and coercion. Delivering her judgment, Justice Ajileye said, “in...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has vowed that governance will prevail despite the opposition in the state. Governor Fubara made the remark while inaugurating the Government House Staff Quarters newly built by his administration in Port Harcourt on Monday. According to him, the course of governance is irreversible despite...
Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have reinstated Mudashiru Obasa as the Speaker, ending 49 days of the speakership crisis. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Obasa returns as the Speaker following the resignation of the former speaker, Mojisola Meranda, during Monday’s plenary. The former...
Conference of United Political Parties (CUPP) has said that the ongoing feud between Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP-Kogi) and the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, can lead to a significant loss of public confidence in the National Assembly. National Secretary of CUPP, Mr Peter Ameh, who stated this in an interview...
Here are the winners in key categories for the 97th Academy Awards, which were handed out in Hollywood on Sunday. “Anora” was the big winner of the night, with five Oscars: best picture, best director, best actress, best film editing and best original screenplay. Full list of winners below:...
An interest group, Citizens Network For Peace and Development in Nigeria, has called on the Senate not to be distracted by the sexual harassment allegation levelled against its President, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, by Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. Executive Director of the group, Chief Francis Wainwei, who made the call in...
Cross River chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has objected to the recall of the suspended state Chairman of the party, Mr Venatius Ikem, by the National Working Committee (NWC). This is contained in a statement issued by the state Secretary of the party, Mr Anthony Edako, on Monday...
The Rivers State House of Assembly has given Governor Siminalayi Fubara 48 hours to present the 2025 budget to the lawmakers. They made this known during plenary in Port Harcourt on Monday with the motion moved by the deputy speaker Dumle Maol. “That pursuant to the order of the...
A former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has underscored the importance of unity and peaceful coexistence among Nigerians amid the ongoing crisis in Rivers. Speaking on Sunday during a visit to the Jesus Praise Evangelical Ministries International (JPEMI) in Abuja, Fani-Kayode called on leaders to foster unity between...
Kano State government has made arrangements to feed 91,000 people in 91 designated centres during the 2025 Ramadan Feeding Programme. Flagging off the feeding programme in m Fagge Local Government Area on Sunday evening, the Deputy Governor and Chairman of the programme, Alhaji Aminu Abdulsalam, said that that the...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a wanted 59-year-old alleged drug baron, in his hideout in Ojo area of Lagos for over N1.4billion worth of seized illicit drugs. The NDLEA Chairman, retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa said this during a press briefing on Monday in Abuja. Marwa...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja– President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), on his 83rd birthday. President Tinubu in a statement by his media aide, Bayo Onanuga, shared in the joy of the special occasion with Adeboye’s family,...
The 2023 PDP Governorship Candidate in Lagos State, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor), has resigned from the party. Announcing his resignation on Monday at his office in Ikeja, Adediran said he was leaving the party owing to what he called betrayal by party elders. He said the inability of the...
Ondo State Government has released the list of 1,010 newly-recruited teachers into secondary schools in the state. This is contained in a statement made available to newsmen on Monday in Akure by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Ebenezer Adeniyan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Aiyedatiwa had...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Government has achieved 84% budget implementation in the year 2024 under review. The state Commissioner of Budget and Planning, who is also the Deputy Chief of Staff to Governor, Babagana Zulum, Hon. Engr. Babagana Malumbe, stated this during a press briefing on...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has ordered the Heads of Local Government Administration (HLGAs) to take over the administration of the 23 local government councils immediately. Fubara issued the directive in a statewide broadcast on Sunday at Government House, Port Harcourt. In response to the Supreme Court judgment, Fubara...
By MARY RONKE, Minna – Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Kaduna Zonal Directorate, on Sunday , confirmed that its operatives arrested 11 suspected Internet fraudsters (also known as yahoo boys) in Niger State . The confirmation of the raid is coming just after news reports...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja- Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has described as false and misleading, a message circulating on WhatsApp and other social media platforms, alleging the presence of 79 terrorists in the Lugbe axis of Abuja and it’s environs, and announcing a curfew. The Force spokesman, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi...