Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, is preparing to respond to former Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal’s recent comments targeting him and President Bola Tinubu. Mr. Lere Olayinka, Wike’s Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, announced this in a statement issued on Monday...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja-
Northern Elders Progressive Group has urged governors in Nigeria’s North-West to collaborate with the Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) and security agencies to pursue dialogue with bandits, aiming to halt the region’s persistent violence. In a statement made in Kaduna on Tuesday, Yusuf Abubakar, the group’s coordinator...
Possible outbreak of waterborne diseases is eminent within Kunini communities in Lau Local Government Area of Taraba State, where flood recently submerged water sources. The flood which occured as a result of heavy rainfall in the early hours of Friday last week submerged all water resources available within the...
Former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Akwa Ibom State, Barr. Ekpeyong Ntekim, has faulted recent comments credited to Mr. Michael Kaase Aondoakaa, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, regarding the Supreme Court’s judgment on the littoral status of Cross River State. In a statement issued in Uyo, Ntekim described...
Police in Akwa Ibom State have detained Chief Friday Jonah Umoren, the village head of Ibagwa in Abak Local Government Area, for allegedly shooting his 32-year-old sister, Unwana Effiong Friday Inyang, in the head. The incident reportedly stemmed from a dispute over palm fruits. The victim was promptly rushed...
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has set an ambitious target of achieving a $1 billion diaspora reserve by 2026, according to CBN Governor Dr. Olayemi Cardoso. Speaking at the 18th Annual Banking and Finance Conference organized by the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) in Abuja on Tuesday,...
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has expressed readiness to collaborate with the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) to strengthen the collection, management, and use of data for the benefit of Nigerians. Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, gave this assurance when he received the Statistician-General of the Federation,...
Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has said the courageous and unavoidable reforms being undertaken by the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, which are currently fixing Nigeria’s structural weaknesses, are a proof of the power of political will in economic policy. Accordingly, he called on African nations to embrace...
On the sidelines of the second ECOWAS International Conference on Lassa Fever, currently taking place at the Radisson Hotel in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, the ECOWAS Regional Center for Disease Surveillance and Control (ECOWAS-RCDSC) organized a panel discussion on the theme: “Strengthening Health Security in the ECOWAS Region: Role, Achievements,...
African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Lagos State has hailed the 2023 Labour Party gubernatorial candidate, Mr. Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, as a steadfast advocate for the people following his recent switch to the ADC. In an exclusive interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos, the Lagos...
In a series of coordinated operations across Nigeria over a 48-hour period, the Nigerian Army apprehended 11 individuals suspected of supplying logistics to terrorists and rescued nine kidnapped victims. This is according to a reliable source at Army Headquarters who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...
Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani has vowed that he will pursue justice for the travellers who were killed by a mob at Mangun, in Mangu local government of Plateau State, on their way to a wedding. Governor Sani said that the Allah has placed the protection of lives and...
Mrs Nancy Sabanti Nathan, mni, has been appointed as Acting Head of Service of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA). A statement issued by the media aide to the FCT Minister, Lere Olayinka, said Mrs Nathan was appointed in an acting capacity, pending the appointment of a substantive Head...
In this analysis, ERIC IKHILAE writes that with their mode of operation, security agencies in the country are generally regarded as state’s agents of oppression and coercion, but that, with recent developments, the State Security Service (SSS), also referred to as the Department of State Services (DSS), appears to...
Africa’s music industry is buzzing with anticipation as fans and artistes gear up for the opening of the online voting portal for the 2025 All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA). The International Committee of AFRIMA, in partnership with the African Union Commission (AUC), has announced that public voting will officially...
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), has described the outing of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), at the 65th annual NBA Conference in Enugu, as an eye opener for many lawyers in the country, on the functions of the Fund, and the Employees Compensation Scheme (ECS). In the...
If a man cooks for a community ,the meal would scarcely go round, However, if a community decides to cook for a man, the feast will overwhelm him – old African proverb. The foregoing may have aptly captured the likely outcome of the current standoff between the Department of...
Efforts by the Federal Government to mediate a dispute between the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and the Dangote Group have collapsed, raising fears of an impending fuel strike. The closed-door meeting, held on Monday and led by Minister of Labour and Employment Mohammed Dingyadi...
French President Emmanuel Macron is set to accept Prime Minister Francois Bayrou’s resignation on Tuesday following a decisive no-confidence vote that ousted Bayrou’s government, prompting an urgent search for a new prime minister to avert a deepening political crisis. The French presidency confirmed in a statement that Macron “has...
Zamfara State Governor Dauda Lawal has established a dedicated committee to assess, support, and rehabilitate victims of banditry across the state. This is according to a statement released on Monday in Gusau by Shehu Adamu, Press Secretary in the Deputy Governor’s Office. Adamu explained that the committee is tasked...