By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Ghana’s recent presidential election was held on December 7, 2024. The election was a highly competitive contest between two main candidates: John Dramani Mahama of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) ¹. Mahama, a former...
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By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC), has shared N1.727 trillion among the Federal Government, states, and Local Government Councils (LGCs) for November. This is contained in a communiqué issued after the FAAC meeting on Thursday in Abuja. According to the communiqué, the N1.727 trillion...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Secretary to the Bauchi State Government, Barrister Ibrahim Kashim, has his appointment. The SSG’s resignation was disclosed by the Special Adviser to the Bauchi State Governor on Media and Publicity, Mukhtar Gidado, in a statement which he made available to journalists on Friday....
Yobe State has won a 500,000 dollars prize for being the North-East’s best-performing state in effective Primary Health Care (PHC) service delivery. This is contained in a statement by Alhaji Hussaini Mai-Sule, Press Secretary to Deputy Gov. Alhaji Idi Gubana, in Damaturu on Saturday. He said the prize was...
Vice-President Kashim Shettima has departed Abuja for Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to represent President Bola Tinubu at the inauguration and naming of a $315 million dollars oil production and storage facility. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Communications, Office of the Vice-President, Mr Stanley Nkwocha, disclosed...
The police in Edo have confirmed the killing of a guest at the popular Raptor Club and Lounge, Stadium Road, Benin. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the victim was shot dead by gunmen in the early hours of Friday, while his female passenger sustained gunshot injuries....
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, admitted the immediate-past Governor of Kogi, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, to a N500 million bail with two sureties in the like sum. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling, ordered that the two sureties must be landed property owners within the jurisdiction the...
The Police Command in Benue has arrested Dr Tersagh Ichor, a lecturer with Joseph Saawuan Tarka University Makurdi (JOSTUM), for allegedly masterminding the kidnap of Mrs Susan Anyagh. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PRO), SP Sewuese Anene, made the disclosure in a statement made available to the News...
Kano State Fire Service has confirmed the death of a husband and wife in a midnight inferno at Rangaza (Inken) Layin AU, Ungogo Local Government Area. The service named the victims as 67 year-old man, Muhammed Uba, and his wife, 52 year-old Fatima Uba . The Director of Kano...
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Sylvester Nwakuche as the Acting Controller General, Nigerian Correctional Service(NCoS). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this followed the expiration of the tenure of the outgoing Controller-General, Haliru Nababa. The appointment is contained in a statement by Ja’afaru Ahmed,...
The Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC), has confirmed the death of two students in a ghastly accident involving two trucks and two tricycles along Felele road, Lokoja, Kogi. The FRSC Sector Commander in Kogi, Mr Samuel Oyedeji, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) Students Wing, University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID), has joined the growing opposition to the controversial tax reform bills. The leader and spokesperson of the CNG, UNIMAID branch, Comrade Fatima Abubakar, at a press conference held on Friday at the...
By BARBARA KALU, Abakaliki – Ebonyi State Governor, Francis Nwifuru has announced a N150,000 Christmas bonus to all state civil servants as appreciation to their dedication and commitment to service. The announcement is contained in a statement issued on Friday in Abakaliki by Dr Monday Uzor, the Chief Press...
The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), has celebrated the exceptional performance of Officer Cadet Nicholas John in the Royal Air Force College Cranwell at United Kingdom. The academy’s Public Relations Officer, Maj. Mohammed Maidawa, said this in a statement issued on Friday in Kaduna. Maidawa said, “Cadet Nicholas John passed...
The Federal Government has commended the outgoing Controller General,(CG) Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS), Haliru Nababa, for his remarkable leadership and commitment to the transformative ideals of the service. In his congratulatory message on Friday in Abuja, the Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, noted that Nababa’s tenure as the...
Two Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have prayed a Federal High Court in Abuja to reverse the removal of Justice Danladi Umar as Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) by the National Assembly (NASS). The plaintiffs; Community Rescue Initiative, Toro Concerned Citizens of a Relief Foundation and an...
The House of Representatives has mandated the Nigeria Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) to provide details of all oil production, crude sales, and other activities in the upstream petroleum industry in the country. The joint sitting of the House Committee on Finance and the Committee on National Planning gave...
The immediate-past Governor of Kogi, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, on Friday, pleaded not guilty to the 19-count charge brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Bello pleaded not guilty when the charges were ready to him before Justice Emeka Nwite of a Federal High Court in...
A businessman, Kehinde Balogun, on Friday, told a Mapo Grade A Customary Court in Ibadan to put an end to his 14-year-old marriage with his estranged wife, Stella, on grounds of adultery. Balogun, a father of three, said with regret that if he had known that Stella would bring...
The Chairman of Air Peace, Dr Allen Onyema, has praised President Bola Tinubu, for his efforts in implementing policies aimed at stabilising business operations across Nigeria. This is contained in a statement by the airline’s Head of Corporate Communications, Dr Ejike Ndiulo, on Friday in Lagos. According to the...