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...
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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...
Newly appointed Secretary, Directorate of Legislative Budget and Planning (Permanent Secretary) National Assembly, Dr. Obasi David Ukoha presents his appointment letter to former President of the Senate, H.E Senator David A B Mark GCON in Abuja. Dr Ukoha is the Personal Physician to Senator Mark.
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – The convener of the National Opposition Movement Coalition (NOMC), also known as “The Alternative,” Otunba Segun Showunmi, has called for a renewed commitment to national unity and democratic participation. Speaking at the North East Town Hall meeting in Bauchi on Thursday, December 12, 2024,...
Stakeholders in the road safety have rallied support for the formation of a special armed squad for the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC). The stakeholders made their position known when they appeared before the House of Representatives public hearing on a Bill seeking to amend some sections of the...
Twenty-three-year-old Syrian military conscript Farhan al-Khouli was badly paid and demoralised. His army outpost in scrubland near the rebel-held city of Idlib should have had nine soldiers but it just had three, after some had bribed the commanding officers to escape serving, he said. And, of the two conscripts...