A businesswoman, Woye Ella, on Tuesday prayed an FCT Customary Court in Garki, Abuja, to dissolve her marriage over her husband’s alleged attempt to set her on fire. Ella’s prayer is contained in a divorce petition she filed against her husband in the court. According to the petitioner, her...
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The Federal Government has inaugurated the first barracks that would provide office and residential accommodation for personnel of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Yola, Adamawa. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony on Tuesday, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, said...
BY DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has expressed sadnesses over the passing of Chief Edwin Clark, former federal commissioner of information and respected leader of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF). Chief Clark, 97, was born on May 25, 1927, in Kiagbodo, Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State. He...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Former presidential candidate of the People Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has paid tribute to the late Chief Edwin Clark, describing him as a “Trojan war horse” in Nigeria’s battle for independence and a champion of nation-building, true federalism, and good governance. Clark,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Eleven people, including women and children abducted by Boko Haram terrorists in a fishing community in Doron Baga, Borno State, have regained freedom. According to a source, the abduction was carried out on February 13, 2025, by notorious Commander Tar, who has been terrorizing...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Cross River State Microfinance and Enterprise Development Agency (MEDA) has awarded a ₦1 million grant to three women-owned businesses at the Calabarmums Big Meet Business Summit. The event, themed “Her Money, Her Power,” aimed to empower women entrepreneurs and promote business development. In...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has described the death of elder statesman and Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, as shocking and and filled with grief. The governor, in a statement signed and made available to journalists in the State on Tuesday by his Special...
By AUSTINE TSENZUGHUL, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, has received praise for substantially increasing the monthly allocations to Sa’adu Zungur University (SAZU), Gadau, a state-owned institution. A statement issued by the university’s PRO, Auwal Hassan, said the University’s management and community expressed their gratitude to the...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – Elder statesman and leader of Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, has died at the age of 97. The elder statesman, who was a former Commissioner of Information, died on Monday night, February 17, 2025, according to a statement signed by...
Nigeria’s headline inflation has dropped to 24.48 per cent year on year in January 2025. This is a sharp decline from the 34.80 per cent headline inflation recorded in December 2024. This is according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The Statistician-General of the Federation Adeyemi Adeniran announced...
By OLA MODUPE, Abeokuta – Ogun State Police Command has declared a music artiste, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as “Portable”, wanted. The command’s spokesperson, CSP Omolola Odutola, in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Tuesday, said Portable was wanted for allegedly attacking some government officials on lawful duties. Odutola...
A former two-term lawmaker at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Jude Idimogu, on Tuesday said that Nigeria and Niger-Delta had lost a rare star and courageous leader with the death of Chief Edwin Clark. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Clark, the leader of the Pan...
Cross River State Government has taken over the possession of the foremost Tinapa Business Resort following an agreement with the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON). Gov. Bassey Otu made the disclosure on Tuesday at a media parley with selected journalists in Calabar. Otu explained that the recovery of...
Accomplished more than 20 Impact-driven Engagements in One Month. Global testaments: Zulum’s policies, programmes and projects are credible milestones to Borno rebirth Dauda Iliya Often, the beginning of the year is typically devoid of splendour and fanfare following the festive season. However, this was not the case for the...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Government through the Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) distributes the sum of 200,000 each to first batch 713, returnees who return back from Chad & Cameron respectively The first trip (Batch A) also received many humanitarian intervention which includes food...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja- Operatives of the Makurdi Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 15 suspected internet fraudsters in Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, FCT. The anti-graft agency in a post on its X handle on Tuesday, said the suspects were arrested in Amax Apartment,...
by SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Federal Government of Nigeria, through the National Commission for Migrants, Refugees, and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI), officially handed over food and non-food relief items to the Borno State Government this morning to support the resettlement of Nigerians returning from Chad. During the handover...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja– Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has called for a thorough investigation into a viral video showing armed operatives from the Department of State Service (DSS) at the Lagos State House of Assembly. Abubakar, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, described the action of the security...
The national leadership of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday told the sacked local government chairmen and councilors in Osun to perish the thought of coming back to office. The party, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba in Abuja, described the attempt by the council...