By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has flagged off the distribution of palliatives provided by the House of Representatives member for Marte, Monguno, and Nganzai Constituency, Engr. Bukar Talba. About 3,000 constituents benefited from the distribution, with each receiving food items and cash donations....
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Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has filed a lawsuit against Senate President Godswill Akpabio for allegedly defaming her The suit was filed before the Federal Capital Territory High Court on Tuesday with Akpabio and his senior legislative aide Mfon Patrick listed as second to third defendants. In the suit, Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rate in real terms grew by 3.84 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2024 on a year-on-year basis. The Statistician-General(S-G) of the Federation, Adeyemi Adeniran disclosed this in a statement on Nigeria’s GDP Report for Q4...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has summoned MultiChoice Nigeria to explain its proposed subscription price increase, set to take effect on March 1, 2025. The Director, Corporate Affairs, FCCPC, Ondaje Ijagwu, disclosed this in a statement issues on Tuesday. “Exercising its...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja– The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), said, currently, over 1.5 million candidates have successfully registered, which aligns closely with the Board’s projections for the 2025 examination cycle. This was disclosed on Tuesday in a statement by the spokesman of the board, Fabian Benjamin According...
The Federal Government said the introduction of the sale of crude oil in Naira was a strategic move to enhance operational efficiency of local refineries by reducing foreign exchange risks and transaction costs. President Bola Tinubu made this known on Tuesday, while officially declaring the eight edition of the...
Terrorist groups leveraging new technologies, exploiting socio-political vulnerabilities – NCTC boss
Terrorist groups leveraging new technologies, exploiting socio-political vulnerabilities – NCTC boss
The National Coordinator, National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), Maj.-Gen. Adamu Laka, has said that terrorist groups were adapting tactics, leveraging new technologies and exploiting socio-political vulnerabilities Laka said this in Abuja on Tuesday, during the Stakeholders’ Meeting on the review of the National Counter Terrorism Strategy (NACTEST). He said...
The operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday attempted arrested Mr Chinenye Duru, a Polaris Bank staff, in a Federal High Court in Abuja, in spite of a court order stopping the arrest. The arrest came shortly after Justice Inyang Ekwo adjourned an alleged fraud...
The Holy See announced on Tuesday that Pope Francis “rested well” during his 11th night in the hospital in Rome. In spite of a slight improvement in his condition, the Vatican confirmed that the 88-year-old head of the Catholic Church remains in critical condition. Pope Francis was admitted to...
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has described the purported suspension of Sen. Kawu Sumaila (NNPP -Kano) and three other Federal Lawmakers as null and void. The Kano State chapter of the NNPP on Monday, announced the suspension of Sumaila, the senator representing Kano South district and three other...
Yobe State Police Command has said 10 persons have died, while three others sustained injuries in an accident that occurred on Damaturu-Maiduguri road. Spokesman of the command, SP Dungus Abdulkarim, confirmed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Damaturu on Tuesday. He said that...
Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo has condemned the recent violent attacks on seven farming communities in Ovia South West Local Government, which claimed 22 lives and left several others injured. The governor also denounced the killing of two farmers, Batemue Ebo and Christopher Bello, in Okpekpe, Etsako East Local...
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, Sen. Sani Musa, has assured that the Senate would produce legislation from the tax reform bills aimed at making Nigeria’s economy a trillion-dollar base. He added that President Bola Tinubu had tasked the National Assembly with this goal and that the...
An Anambra All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant, Prof. Obiora Okonkwo, has expressed confidence in winning the Anambra governorship election and bringing the South-East into the APC fold. Okonkwo made this statement on Tuesday in Abuja after submitting his Expression of Interest and Nomination forms for the Anambra off-cycle...
An Ekiti High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday, sentenced two teachers to 44 years imprisonment for offence of rape without an option of fine. The Prosecution, Mr Kunle-Shina Adeyemi told the court that the defendants, Gbenga Ajibola (43) and Olaofe Ayodele (52) were arraigned before Justice Adeniyi...
The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal for Edo on Tuesday in Abuja, reserved judgment in the petition filed by the Action Alliance (AA) against the outcome of the Sept. 21, 2024 governorship election in the state. Justice Wilfred Kpochi-led three member tribunal said that a date for the judgment would...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri– Borno State Commissioner of Education, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Engr. Lawan Abba Wakilbe, has praised Governor Babagana Umara Zulum for significantly improving the standard and quality of education in the state. Represented by Dr. Abba Galtimari, Director of Schools Management, Wakilbe commended the governor’s unwavering...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has said it is taking steps to boost transnational education in Nigeria by partnering with British institutions. This is even as it announced that it would reallocate the savings from its suspended overseas scholarship programme to fund in-house...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Following a case between Dr Nicholas E. Msheliza and two others as claimants, against the respondents/defendants (People’s Democratic Party, the National Chairman of PDP, the National Vice Chairman, PDP northeast and four others over the conduct of the Party’s Zonal Congress held on Saturday...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Shipping, Stena Bulk, and Caverton Marine Limited have today announced the signing of a new joint venture that will transform Nigerian maritime transportation. The agreement, signed in London last week, aims to create a new tanker operation serving...