By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has appointed Amb. Maureen Tamuno as the new Managing Director of Abuja Investment Company Limited. Director of Press, Office of the Minister, Mr Anthony Ogunleye, who disclosed this in a statement in Abuja...
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President Bola Tinubu has called on Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, to collaborate with potential Nigerian vaccine manufacturers to ensure equitable access to life-saving vaccines for children and adults. Tinubu made the call at a meeting with a delegation of GAVI led by its Chief Executive Officer, Dr Sania...
Some occupants and property owners in Guzape District of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on Thursday, sought the Federal Government’s intervention over what they described as “life-threatening blast of rocks in the area.” A resident of the district and former Deputy Governor of Kogi, Mr Simon Achuba,...
The Police Command in Katsina State has dismissed as false, the report making the rounds in social media that eight persons died in a stampede during distribution of palliatives. This is contained in a statement issued by the command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Abubakar Aliyu, on Thursday...
Two of the aspirants jostling to be flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forthcoming Ondo State governorship election slated for Nov. 16, have reeled out their plans for the state The aspirants, Sen. Jimoh Ibrahim and Mr Wale Akinteriwa, spoke with newsmen on Thursday...
Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC), on Thursday, restored power supply to University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Chief Medical Director (CMD) of UCH, Prof. Jesse Otegbayo confirmed the power reconnection to the hospital in an interview with NAN in Ibadan. NAN reports...
By MBAFAN ADE – African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), and Sterling Bank have partnered to introduce the innovative supply chain finance product ‘Payables Finance’, in Nigeria. This product, branded as ‘Afreximbank Tradelink,’ is one of Afreximbank’s digital offerings under the umbrella of the Africa Trade Gateway (ATG), according to a...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers, on Thursday declared a purported list of the state’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Caretaker Committee members , circulating in the media, as fake. Fubara disclosed this at the inauguration of the Port Harcourt International Automobile Spare Parts Trading and Commercial Centre...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday filed a six-count charge before a Federal High Court Lagos against Nigerian cross- dresser, Idris Okuneye, over alleged money laundering and mutilation of the naira. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, was...
The detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has appealed against the decision of a Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja dismissing his objection to his trial continuation. Kanu, in a notice of appeal dated and filed March 28 through his team of lawyers...
President Bola Tinubu has called on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to consider electing its members directly through universal suffrage, instead of doing so through national parliaments. The President made this known at the inauguration of the 6th Legislature of the ECOWAS parliament on Thursday...
President Bola Tinubu has said the future of the Nigerian child will be brighter as the path to take them out of poverty has been cleared with the Students’ Loans Re-enactment Bill. The President said this when he hosted members of the APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) and the...
An Abuja Magistrate Court sitting in Wuse Zone 6, has issued Criminal Summons on five persons, Okoronkwo Ejike, Kingsley Ibeh, DJ Spoiltkid, Terrence Ekot, and Samuel Agozie, for alleged defamation of Gospel singer Mercy Chinwo. The summons is signed by the Registrar of the court, Emmanuel Iyanna. They...
The Defence Headquarters has said its troops neutralised no fewer than 2,352 terrorists, apprehended 2,308 and rescued 1,241 kidnapped hostages in different operations nationwide between January and March. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj -Gen. Edward Buba, made this known on Thursday in Abuja, while giving update...
Mr Banji Okunomo, Director, Strategic Communication, Jimoh Ibrahim Campaign Organisation, says the group is ready for any form of primary adopted by the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Ondo State governorship election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the national leadership of APC on Wednesday announced...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Commissioner of Women Affairs and Social Development , Hon. Hajiya Zuwaira Gambo has donated drugs to pregnancy women and sick children at Kwaya Kursa General Hospital located in kwaya kursa town of kwaya kursa LGC of the state on Thursday The...
Eniola Ajao’s debut cinema production, “Ajakaju (Beast of Two Worlds)”, has grossed N101.2 million within five days of its release. FilmOne Entertainment, disclosed this on Thursday via its instagram handle, @filmoneng. The epic film was released nationwide on Friday, March 29. The film distribution company wrote: “The Beast...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – The Department of Arts Education at the University of Jos recently hosted its 2nd International Conference on “Education, Arts And Development In The 21st Century,” responding to the evolving landscape of education. The conference aimed to address critical issues in Nigeria’s educational system...
The Abuja Electricity Distribution (AEDC) has issued an apology on wrong charges faced by some Band A customers who tried to recharge their meters following the new tariff regime. The Management of AEDC tendered the apology in a notice to its customers in Abuja on Thursday. It said,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Fire Service and Borno SEMA are currently conducting on-the-spot assessment of an inferno at Gamboru Market Maiduguri with a view to determine the root cause(s) of the inferno, steps to avoid future occurrence and government to take all the necessary...