Ecobank Nigeria has reaffirmed its commitment to financial inclusion and savings culture by awarding N42 million to its customers. Head of Consumer Banking, Ecobank Nigeria, Ms Adeola Ogunyemi, made this known at the grand finale of the bank’s Super Rewards ‘Millionaire Geng Promo’ on Friday in Lagos. She said...
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By ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Government, through the Ministry of Animal Health and Fishery Development has vaccinated over 95 percent of livestock against anthrax and other diseases. The Director, Veterinary Services of the Ministry, Dr Nasiru Abdulrahaman, disclosed this on Friday while interacting with newsmen on the...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Friday, called more witnesses at the election tribunal to challenge the victory of All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, Monday Okpebholo, in the Sept. 21, 2024 governorship election in Edo. Five witnesses testified before the Justice Wilfred Kpochi-led three-member panel of the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo, has called on the people of the state to unite for the progress and development of Kogi State. Governor Ododo made the call in Ajiolo, Dekina Local Government Area, during a condolence visit to the family of the...
A chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, has said 2027 would be disastrous for the former ruling party, unless it unites and wields the big stick on characters destroying it. George, a former Deputy National Chairman of the PDP, made this remark at a news...
The 81 Division of the Nigerian Army has said that one soldier died while several others sustained injuries from an accident during its Bi-Annual Route March near Myhoung Barracks, Yaba, Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) earlier reported that the Division confirmed an accident involving a driver in...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum on Friday urged Nigerians not to despair but keep hope alive despite the present hardship in the country. The forum made the call in a 7-points communique read by its Chairman, and Governor of Bauchi State, Sen. Bala Mohammed after its first...
Sen. Adams Oshiomhole, on Friday, refrained from making comments on the ongoing hearing of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s petition at the Edo Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja. Oshiomhole, who represents the Edo North Senatorial District, refused to comment on his observation of the proceedings while fielding...
Some members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ikorodu Local Government Area of Lagos State on Friday, defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the APC chairman for Ikorodu, Alhaji Waheed Animashaun, received the over 5,000 new entrants, into the...
The Defence Headquarters has said troops have eliminated no fewer than 358 terrorists, apprehended 431 suspects and rescued 249 kidnapped hostages between Jan. 1 and 31. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, on Friday in Abuja. Buba said the troops...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kano State Command, has arrested 18 suspects with different quantities of illicit substances in the state. The command’s spokesman, Mr Sadiq Muhammad-Maigatari, disclosed this in a statement in Kano on Friday. Muhammad-Maigatari quoted the State Commander of the agency, Abubakar Idris-Ahmad, as...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has appointed Abba Aliyu as the substantive Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA). President Tinubu in a statement by his media aide, Bayo Onanuga, said the appointment, effective from Jan. 23, is for an initial term of four years....
A Zenith Bank Plc staff, Eucharia Ezeodi, and a director with the federal civil service, Felix Nweke, on Friday, testified against Anamekwe Nnabuoku, former acting Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), in the alleged N1.96 billion fraud. They gave their testimonies before Justice James Omotosho of a Federal High Court...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Lake Chad Basin Governors’ Forum concluded its fifth meeting in Maiduguri, Nigeria, with a renewed commitment to regional stability, peace, and sustainable development. The three-day conference, which took place from January 29-31, 2025, brought together governors from Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria, as...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni has been nominated as the new Chairman of Lake Chad Basin Governors Forum (LCBGF) from a unanimous endorsement of the state governor’s at their Thursday’s meeting in Maiduguri. As the Chief Host of the 5th LCBGF meeting, in...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, has appealed to the Lake Chad Basin Governors to endeavour to concentrate on the possibility of recharging the drained Lake Chad Rivers and waterways to boost agricultural activities, create employment and social economic potentials...
The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Iziaq Salako, has said the U.S. government’s announcement to halt donations for HIV treatment in developing nations is a wake-up call for self-independence. Salako during his visit to the Federal Medical Centre, Ebute Metta in Lagos on Friday, said...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has sounded the alarm on what he calls a systematic campaign by President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to harass, intimidate, and dismantle opposition figures in Nigeria. Atiku in a statement post on his X handle...
The Director General of the National Orientation Agency, Lanre Isaa-Onilu, has delivered a cheque of N30 million naira to the family of late Nigerian flag designer, Pa Taiwo Akinkumi more than a year after his demise. The NOA DG made this known during a working visit to the Oyo...
Jigawa State Police Command has confirmed another tanker explosion which occurred at a filling station in Dutse metropolis on Thursday. The Police Spokesperson, SP Shiisu Adam, confirmed the incident in a statement on Friday, saying that no life was lost. He said that the incident occurred at Shakkato filling...