Halima Ibrahim, a Senior Secondary (SS) 2 student of Government Girls Science and Technical College, Potiskum, died on Thursday, following the collapse of their school building during lessons. Four other students of the school are currently receiving treatment in hospital as a result of the tragedy. Dr Bukar Aji,...
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Four persons have been killed in a renewed boundary dispute involving two communities in Ivo Local Government Area of Ebonyi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the land dispute is between the Ogwor and Umuobor villages, who have been fighting over a land called, “Elueke” in the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has assented to two bills establishing the Federal University of Agriculture and Development Studies, Iragbiji, Osun, and the Federal University of Technology and Environmental Sciences, Iyin Ekiti, Ekiti. President Tinubu in a statement on Thursday by his spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, said...
Yobe State Government and Messrs Triacta Nigeria Limited have signed a contract worth N22.3 billion for constructing a flyover and underpass in Damaturu. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the state Commissioner for Works, Mr Wakili Duddaye, and the firm’s Area Manager, Mr Habib Geojea, signed the...
The Rivers Government has unveiled plans to embark on the massive infrastructural development of 42 tourists sites, positioning the state as Nigeria’s premier tourism destination. Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Dr Isreal Ngbuelo, disclosed this in Port Harcourt on Thursday during a meeting with representatives of the state’s 23...
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke of Osun has called on the electorate in the state to peacefully exercise their voting rights at the local government election slated for Saturday. Governor Adeleke, in a statewide broadcast on Thursday in Osogbo, also urged politicians to abide by the rule of law....
The Ijaw Elders Forum (IEF) has mourned the demise of Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, saying that the voice of the Ijaw people is gone. Chief Bukazi Etete, Chairman, IEF Lagos branch, made the remark in a statement the forum sent to newsmen in Yenagoa, Bayelsa, on Thursday, According to...
The clinical condition of Pope Francis, who is suffering from pneumonia, has improved slightly, the Vatican said late on Thursday. The 88-year-old pontiff also has no fever, a spokesman said. Francis was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on Friday last week. There is currently no indication when he might...
French President Emmanuel Macron will use his upcoming trip to the White House to try and convince U.S. President Donald Trump to align with European allies. Macron is expected to meet with Trump on Monday to discuss the situation in Ukraine. During an online question and answer session on...
Borno State Education Trust Fund has distributed Sallah dresses to the pupils of North East Learning Centre, Maiduguri. The brief but colorful ceremony was attended by the Board Chairman, Prof. Hauwa Abdu Biu, the Director, Planning, Research and Statistics, Abba Kurama Umar, a Board Member of the Centre, Baba...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Anambra Labour Party Stakeholders have declared Senator Tony Nwoye as the only leader capable of salvaging Anambra State from its current state of maladministration. Speaking at a press conference on Thursday in Abuja, the Convener of the Anambra Labour Party Stakeholders, Ozo Nkem...
Thirty-two years after his controversial annulment of the June 12, 1993, presidential election, Nigeria’s former Head of State, Ibrahim Babangida, admitted for the first time that the late philanthropist and enigmatic figure Moshood Kashimawo Olawale (MKO) Abiola won the election. The startling revelation was contained in Babangida’s 420-page book...
Former military president, retired Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, on Thursday accepted full responsibility for the annulment of the June 12, 1993, presidential election. He said the annulment of the election was a most regrettable incident in the country’s history. Babangida made the remarks at the presentation of his autobiography entitled...
Benue State House of Assembly has said that the state Chief Judge (CJ), Justice Maurice Ikpambese, stands removed from office. The assembly’s Majority Leader, Saater Tiseer, said this a press conference in Makurdi on Thursday. Tiseer frowned at the statement jointly signed by Afam Osigwe (SAN) and Dr Mobolaji...
Retired Brig.-Gen. Oluwole Rotimi has denied Chief Bisi Akande’s claim that he told the late Bola Ige he would face consequences if he left the Obasanjo-led administration. Rotimi, the former Military Governor of the Old Western State, gave the clarification at a news conference held in Ibadan on Thursday...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved Dr Saviour Enyiekere’s appointment as Chairman of the National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) for a five-year renewable term. Until his appointment, Enyiekere, an environmental specialist, was the deputy chief of staff to the Senate President. President Tinubu in...
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) said that it has successfully and transparently auctioned the defunct Heritage Bank’s assets which included landed properties and chattels . Its Managing Director, Bello Hassan, made the disclosure during the corporation’s special day at the ongoing 46th Kaduna International Trade Fair, Kaduna. He...
Nigerian music artist, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, was on Thursday arraigned before an Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court in Isabo for allegedly assaulting officials of Ogun Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development. The Magistrate, Mr O.L. Oke, however, granted the musician bail in the sum of N2 million,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja– The Federal Ministry of Transportation has refuted a story purporting an imminent launch of a “Lagos-Abuja High-Speed Bullet Train that will reduce travel time between both cities from 12 hours to just two to three hours”. In a rejoinder issued by the management of the...
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Thursday voted unanimously to retain the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR), which is the baseline lending rate, at 27.50 per cent. The MPC took the decision at the end of its 299th meeting and the first for...