Some pensioners in Makurdi have described the Contributory Pension Scheme as lacking in implementation credibility. The pensioners, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Saturday in Makurdi, said though the policy was designed to be the best pension scheme, it had failed. A former federal civil...
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By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – The Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of the Federal University of Lokoja, (FUL), Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, SAN, has said that the institution is experiencing a steady growth with the commitment shown by the management, staff and students of the university aiming to...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – Some resident doctors at Federal Teaching Hospital Lokoja (FTHL), have made passionate appeal to the Minister of Health, Prof. Ali Pate to give waiver to the hospital management to employ permanent doctors due to lingering casualisation of doctors. The doctors expressed great displeasure over...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the death of two people in a fatal auto crash on Saturday along the Lagos-Badagry Expressway. The Unit Commander of the FRSC, Mr Williams Manga, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the accident occurred at 7:10 a.m. near the...
The maiden Afropolis Lagos Festival, an international festival of arts, creativity and innovation, has been declared open by Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State. Sanwo-Olu was represented at the event by his deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat. The governor, during the opening of the festival on Saturday at the JK...
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) Disciplinary Board has slammed Libya with a 50,000 dollars fine and also awarded Nigeria three points from the botched Matchday 4 2025 AFCON Qualifier. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the match earlier scheduled to be played between Libya and Nigeria...
The Nigeria Police Force has strongly condemned the unauthorized use of its official uniforms and accoutrements by an online personality, Mr. Martins Otse, popularly known as “VeryDarkMan,” in a video posted on his social media platforms. In the viral video where he was seen adorning a police uniform, VDM...
The Presidency on Saturday faulted The Guardian newspaper’s lead story of Oct. 25, which had the title: “Calls for military intervention: misery, harsh policies driving Nigerians to desperate choices.” Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga, in a statement, said that the story “openly incited...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Hon. Shirley Botchwey, on her election as the incoming Secretary-General of the Commonwealth. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that leaders of the 56 Commonwealth nations gathered in Apia, Samoa, on Friday, October 25, 2024,...
Erling Haaland fired Manchester City to the top of the Premier League as the striker sealed a 1-0 win against Southampton, while third-placed Aston Villa were frustrated by Bournemouth’s last-gasp leveller on Saturday. Haaland had gone three league games without a goal but he ended that mini drought in...
The Police Command in Delta has identified the corpse of a young lady, whose lifeless body was found lying along DLA road, in Asaba, the state capital last Thursday. Spokesman of the command, SP Bright Edafe in a statement on Saturday in Asaba said that the corpse, which has...
The Deputy Incident Manager of National Polio Emergency Operations, Dr Idowu Audu, on Saturday said Nigeria has been consuming 70 percent of the world’s polio vaccines without significant results. Audu, while speaking in Ilorin during a meeting of experts, lamented that while the country was consuming most of the...
The police command in Ogun has confirmed the death of an 80-year-old woman, Mariam Salako in a fire accident that occurred on Saturday at 28 Ifelodun Ago ka area in Abeokuta. SP Omolola Odutola, the command’s Spokesperson, confirmed the incident in a statement in Abeokuta. Odutola noted that a...
Jigawa State Government has withdrawn from the suit challenging the constitutionality of the laws that established the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) currently before the Supreme Court. The withdrawal was announced by the state’s Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Bello Abdulkadir-Fanini, at news conference in Dutse on...
Chairman of the Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC), Prof.Lawal Malumfashi, has expressed satisfaction with the ongoing local government elections in Kano State. Malumfashi told newsmen at the commission’s headquarters on Saturday, citing smooth and orderly operations across all the 44 Local Government Areas without any political violence. According...
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has awarded Nigeria all three points of the botched Libya versus Nigeria Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier match that was to have been played on October 15, 2024. The continental football body has also slammed a fine of 50,000 USD on the...
The All Progressives Congress(APC) in Kano State says the Saturday local government elections being conducted by the State Independent Electoral Commission(KANSIEC) is illegal. A chieftain of the party, Rabi’u Bichi,made the remark in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) on Saturday in Kano. “The party’s stance is...
Iran’s air defence forces confirmed Saturday that an Israeli attack targeted several military bases in Tehran and other cities, saying it “caused limited damage”. “This fake regime (Israel) attacked parts of military centers in Tehran, Khuzestan and Ilam provinces,” it said in a statement, adding that the attack “caused...
Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf has expressed satisfaction with the conduct of Local Government elections across the state, describing it as peaceful. The News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) reports that Yusuf spoke at the Kano Stste Independent Electoral Commission on Saturday shortly after casting his votes at Gwale...
The House of Representatives Committee on Aviation Technology is set to organise a national summit to address issues affecting the aviation industry. Chairman of the committee, Rep. Abiodun Akinlade (APC-Ogun), made this known in a statement issued in Abuja on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that...