By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Benue State House of Assembly has ordered the Executive Chairman, State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Dr. Grace Adagba, to step aside to allow the house conduct proper investigation on the recruitment exercise embarked upon by the board. The action of the legislative...
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By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Cross River State Police Command within the period of 1st January to 31st December 2024 has recorded a total of three hundred and twenty cases. The Cross River State Commissioner of Police CP Gyogon Augustine Grimah disclosed this on Thursday while parading suspects...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Member House of Representatives, (Askira- Uba/ Hawul) Federal Constituency, (PDP Borno state), Hon. Usman Balami has unveiled another comprehensive community medical outreach to ensure his people have better and free medical care. This gesture which is intended to be a routine process is aimed...
Former President Muhammadu Buhari once rejected an offer of land in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) during his tenure. Buhari’s spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, said this in a statement in Abuja on Thursday. He was reacting to reports that a piece of land belonging to the former president was...
The Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN) has commended the management of Dangote Refinery for crashing the price of its petrol to N899.50K per litre. In a statement on Thursday, PETROAN spokesman, Joseph Obele, described the move as a significant relief for motorists and Nigerians at...
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), has said no fewer than 1, 190 recruits are expected to pass out on Saturday. The Commandant, Military Training Centre (MTC), Air Commodore Hadi Ahmed, made the disclosure at the Beating of the Retreat in honour of Basic Military Training Course 44/2023, on Thursday...
Dominic Solanke’s brace helped Tottenham Hotspur edge a rip-roaring League Cup quarter-final game with Manchester United by a 4-3 win. The win ensures that Tottenham are still in hunt of a first trophy since 2008. Spurs were in cruise control when Solanke rifled home his second in the 54th...
Director-General, National Agency for Control of AIDS (NACA), Dr Temitope Ilori, has said that the Federal Government is committed to end Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) epidemic in Nigeria by 2030. Ilori said this at the inauguration of the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) and Pediatric Antiretroviral Therapy (ART)...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – The Leprosy Mission in Nigeria has empowered over fifteen persons with disabilities and those affected with Leprosy in Kogi state with start-up kits worth over N8 million to better there living standard. In his welcome address the National Director of Leprosy Mission in Nigeria,...
Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri has made a conciliatory gesture to striking lecturers in the Bayelsa-owned Niger Delta University (NDU), saying the Government was willing to make concessions to improve their welfare. Diri appealed to the NDU chapter of the Academic Staff Union Of Universities (ASUU) to call off...
35 minors have been confirmed dead in a stampede at a funfair held at Islamic High School, Orita Bashorun, Ibadan. The incident which happened on Wednesday drew condemnation from many, including the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, who vowed to investigate the circumstances surrounding the tragedy. Makinde also said...
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Thursday ordered the final forfeiture of a warehouse built on a landed property measuring 1.925 hectares of land along the Lagos/Ibadan expressway in Magboro, Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State. The court also ordered the permanent forfeiture of 54...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, restated the commitment of his government to the welfare of security personnel safeguarding the lives and properties of its citizens. Sanwo-Olu said this at the sod turning ceremony for the construction of 2,200 housing units by the Lagos State government for the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has expressed sadness over the tragic incident at the Children’s FunFair in Ibadan which resulted in loss of lives and left many injured. President Tinubu in a statement by his media aide, Bayo Onanuga, directed the relevant authorities to investigate the...
President, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Alhaji Bello Bodejo, on Thursday, prayed an Abuja High Court to order his release from the State Security Service (SSS)’s detention facility pending the hearing and determination of the substantive application. Bodejo, in a motion ex-parte marked: M/16976/2024 and filed by his team of...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Thursday raided a rice-repackaging factory in New Karu, Nasarawa, for allegedly counterfeiting popular brands. The enforcement operation, which confiscated numerous bags of rice from eight different facilities, was led by Mr Kenneth Azikiwe, the Director in charge...
The former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has backed the tax reform bills of President Bola Tinubu, which have generated concerns especially in the Northern part of the country. Dogara supported the tax reform bills at a Town Hall meeting organised by the Christian Awareness Initiatives...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Ogun Command, has successfully destroyed a six-hectare hemp farmland in Alaka village, Ogun. The agency’s state commandant, Mr Tijani Rabe, revealed the tactical operation at a news conference organised in Abeokuta on Thursday while presenting the agency’s 2024 scorecard. Rabe said four...
The Edo Assets Verification Committee says it has uncovered some irregularities in award of contracts, including a N200 billion road contract debt in the last administration’s record. Dr Ernest Umakhihe, Chairman of the committee, told journalists on Thursday in Benin that some contractors even returned mobilization fees to government...
A State High Court in Kogi, on Thursday sentenced one Muhammad Ali-Shaibu to death over the March 28, 2022 cult clash in Kabawa Old Market. Delivering judgment, Justice M. Esu, also discharged and acquitted 12 other persons tried alongside with Ali-Shaibu over the case. The 12 defendants are Mustapha...