By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Two major labour unions at the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), the National Association of Non Academic Staff Union (NASU) and the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN), have thrown their full weight behind the proposed increase in allocation for staff...
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Gradually but steadily, many are now coming to terms with the unique leadership skills and patriotic fervour of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State. All the misconceptions, misinformation, and falsehood that were concocted about him by his traducers and naysayers are now giving way to the sudden realisation that...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Attempt by 26-year-old Esther Onyinyechi Uzodinma, a 200-level student of nursing at the Noida International University, Uttar Pradesh, India, to swallow 76 wraps of cocaine hours before her return flight to the South Asian country through the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, MAKIA, Kano,...
The Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission (ODIEC) has declared the All Progressive Congress (APC) as winner in 16 local governments in Saturďay’s election held in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 12 political parties participated in the local government election for positions of chairman, deputy...
Ondo State Police Command has apprehended a three person syndicate, 62 year-old woman, Sabira Izuorah, and couple, Isiaka Lukman and Abosede Lukman, allegedly specialised in child stealing and trafficking. The state Commissioner of Police (CP), Mr Wilfred Afolabi, made the disclosure while speaking with newsmen in Akure. He said...
Miss Abasifreke Joseph, a Corps Member, kidnapped on Jan. 9, along Enugu-Ezike Road, on her way to Kogi, has said she faced torture and hunger in the hands of her captors. Miss Joseph, who was released on Jan. 13, gave the narration in Abak on Sunday, when the NYSC...
The death toll in the Dikko tanker explosion has risen to 86, with 80 of the victims buried in a mass grave. The Director General of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA), Alhaji Abdullahi Baba-Arah, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Sunday....
Some residents of Gwagwalada in Gwagwalada Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have commended FCT Minister Nyesom Wike’s rural transformation projects. The residents gave the commendation in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gwagwalada on Sunday. NAN recalls that Wike had on Feb....
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – In operations along the Okene-Lokoja-Abuja highway, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) officers have arrested four suspects: Abdullahi Umar; Tijjani Samaila; Lucky Obotte and Abubakar Haruna, who were heading to Maiduguri, Borno state, Kano, and Abuja in commuter vehicles with over 38,000 pills...
Youth Initiative for Advocacy, Growth and Advancement (YIAGA) Africa, a non-profit organisation, has called for constitutional reforms to strengthen the State Independence Electoral Commissions (SIECs) toward enhancing the quality of local government elections in the country. The Executive Director of the organisation, Mr Samson Itodo, made the call at...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has called for increased support and encouragement for agro-investors in Nigeria to strengthen the country’s food security. Jonathan made the call on Saturday during the inauguration of a Soybean Plant and Refinery by the Called Servant to Service (CSS) Global Integrated Farms, located along the...
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke of Osun has commended the Department of State Services (DSS) for the arrest of 10 suspected members of Boko Haram/Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) in Ilesa-Osun. In a statement by Malam Olawale Rasheed, the Governor’s Spokesperson, made available to newsmen in Osogbo on...
By MARY RONKE, Minna – The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) has extended its heartfelt condolences to the victims of the tragic petrol tanker explosion that occurred at Dikko-Maje Junction along the Abuja-Kaduna Road in Suleja Local Government Area of Niger State on Saturday. This devastating incident...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Saturday that Nigeria has accepted the invitation to join BRICS as a partner country. The ministry disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja by Kimiebi Ebienfa, Acting Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. According to the statement, the partnership will...
Sen. Abdul’aziz Yari has donated N23 million to the families of those who lost their lives and the victims of the recent mistaken airstrike in Maradun LGA in Zamafara. The gesture also included 105 bags of assorted food items. This is contained in a statement by Sen. Yari’s Political...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The Presidency has debunked some fake news on social media about an arbitration proceeding in Paris to which the Nigerian Government is a party. The presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, said in a statement on Saturday, that the private proceeding, which should not have been reported...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Saturday expressed sorrow over the victims of the tragic tanker explosion at Dikko Junction along the Abuja-Kaduna Expressway in Niger State. In a statement issued by its Chairman, Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara, the forum described the explosion,...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Mr Adewale Adeniyi, the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on his 59th birthday on Jan. 19. Tinubu in a statement on Saturday by his media aide, Bayo Onanuga, commended Adeniyi for his efforts since taking the leadership...
No fewer than 50 persons lost their lives in a petrol tanker explosion on Saturday. The incident happened on the Dikko-Maje road opposite Badeggi fuelling station in Suleja Local Government Area of Niger. Federal Road Safety Commander (FRSC) in Niger State, Mr Kumar Tsukwam, confirmed this to the News...
By MARY RONKE, Minna – Niger State Government has directed that no vehicle coming from Maje axis should be allowed to pass through Dikko bridge. Farmer Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago gave the directive when he visited the scene of tanker explosion around Dikko junction, Gurara local government area of...