By JOHN ONAH, Abuja- Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo felicitates with the management and staff of Nigerian Tribune Newspapers on the 75th anniversary celebration of the founding of the media organization. Governor Ododo in a statement on Saturday by his media aide, Ismaila Isah, commended the leadership role...
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Gunmen suspected to be cultists on Friday killed Mutiu Akinbami, a former Councillor in Abeokuta North Local Government of Ogun. Sources indicated that Akinbami, popularly known as Egor, was shot in the head while riding on a motorcycle. The deceased was attacked at Brewery area of Abeokuta at about...
Buni hails VP’s office, NEDC for organizing 1st batch in-person training of 100 Teachers under ASSEP
Buni hails VP’s office, NEDC for organizing 1st batch in-person training of 100 Teachers under ASSEP
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Damaturu – Yobe State Government under the leadership of Governor Mai Mala Buni has hailed the Office of the Vice -President, Senator Kashim Shettima and the North East Development Commission (NEDC) for launching the first batch in-person two-day training of 100 secondary school teachers under the...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has conferred a posthumous National Honour of Commander of the Federal Republic (CFR) on the late Chief of Army Staff Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja. Tinubu announced the award during his remarks at the burial of Lagbaja at the National Military Cemetery Abuja for his bravery, loyalty...
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has commiserated with Super Eagles’ number one goalkeeper, Stanley Nwabali, following the demise of his father on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the South Africa-based player announced the sad news of his father’s demise on his Instagram page on Friday...
The Rivers Restoration Movement (RRM) has dismissed claims that President Bola Tinubu is taking sides in the political crises in Rivers. A former leader of Niger-Delta agitators, Alhaji Asari Dokubo, had accused Tinubu of supporting the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to destabilise the administration of...
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chairman in Cross River, Mr Venatius Ekem, has been removed from office by the State Working Committee (SWC) of the party. The entire 14 SWC members, excluding the sacked chairman and the Auditor, who is under suspension, signed the letter dated 15 November, that...
A political group, Allied Conservative Congress (ACC), has urged players in the Saturday governorship election in Ondo State to be patriotic and do the right thing in the discharge of their electoral duties. ACC’s National Secretary, Lawal Mohammed, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
Kano State Government says it has secured admission for 50 students and awarded them scholarships to study at AZHAR University in Cairo, Egypt, to boost Arabic and Islamic education in the state. The Commissioner of Education, Alhaji Umar Doguwa, stated this at a one-day stakeholders sensitization and interactive meeting...
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has appealed to the officers and men of the armed forces to recommit to the task of defeating the nation’s enemies. “That was what the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja stood for,” Musa said at the burial...
Group winners Nigeria and final-day opponents Rwanda on Friday both landed at the Obong Victor Attah International Airport in Uyo ahead of Monday’s Matchday 6 clash. The encounter scheduled to take place at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium, is the concluding round of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON)...
In Less than 24 hours to Ondo governorship election, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has replaced Olusola Ebiseni with Olorunfemi Festus as the Labour Party (LP) candidate. The commission in an update on its X social media platform, on Friday, said the replacement of Ebiseni with Festus was...
By JOY ADARA , Abuja– The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said it would sanction Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) found supporting the hawking of Naira notes. The Acting Director, Currency Operations Department, CBN, Mr Solaja Olayemi, said this in a memo to DMBs on Friday in Abuja. Olayemi said...
President Bola Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas, and First Lady Oluremi Tinubu, on Friday, paid their last respects to the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, who passed away on November 5 at the age...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said the Nigeria’s headline inflation rate increased 33.88 per cent in October 2024. The NBS disclosed this in its Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Inflation Report for October 2024, which was released in Abuja on Friday. According to the report, the figure...
.By HARUNA AHMED, Katsina – A gas explosion has occurred at a filling station in Jibia, Katsina State, damaging six vehicles and injuring others. According to the state police command’s spokesman, ASP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, a truck carrying gas cylinders exploded, causing the damage. ASP Sadiq-Aliyu said the explosion was...
The Funeral Service in honour of the late Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, who passed on at the age of 56 on Nov. 5, has ended at the National Christian Centre Abuja. The remains of the late ay Chief arrived at the church at 11:17 am...
Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia has said that his administration was moving at 350 kilometers per hour to ensure that people get maximum democratic benefits. Governor Alia stated this at the opening of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Benue State triennial delegates conference on Friday in Makurdi. The...
Security has been beefed up at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Okitipupa, Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State ahead Saturday’s governorship election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that INEC has also begun the deployment of both regular and adhoc staff to their respective...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The Director General, Benue Public Service Institute Makurdi, Professor Terkura Tarnande has sought the collaboration of the Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs for optimal performance at the third tier of government in the state. The Director General (DG) spoke on Thursday...