By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu, has submitted a proposal to the Senate on the salaries and allowances for judicial office holders in the country. This is contained in a letter addressed to President of Senate, Godswill Akpiabio and read at plenary on Wednesday. “Transmission of judicial...
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By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – Kwara State Policeoo Command has rescued a Chinese national, Peng Chao Zhang, who was abducted on March 10 by six armed men around Eiyenkorin area of Ilorin. The police spokesman in the state, DSP Toun Ejire-Adeyemi, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday...
The Directorate of Road Traffic Services (DRTS) in the FCT, has said its Special Task Team impounded 1,408 motor vehicles, 3,712 commercial motorcycles and 1,112 tricycles between January and December 2023 in the territory. This is contained in the DRTS statistics made available to the News Agency of...
Kano State Fire Service says a fire has razed 37 shops at Zawaciki area in Kumbotso Local Government of Kano State. The Spokesman of the service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the fire occurred about 01:37 a.m. on Wednesday. According to Abdullahi,...
Israeli Army said on Wednesday it was continuing its operation in the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, the largest health facility in the Gaza Strip. This has led to the death of many more militants being killed in the fighting. “So far, the troops have killed around 90 terrorists...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Comptroller General (CG), Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Kemi Nandap, has approved the appointment of Kenneth Udo, a Deputy Comptroller of Immigration (DCI), as the new Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO). This is contained in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday by the...
The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has arrested a dismissed soldier and one other over alleged armed robbery in Gwarimpa area of Abuja. The Commissioner of Police (CP) in charge of the FCT, Mr Benneth Igweh, made this known at a media briefing on Wednesday...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested seven persons for allegedly producing illegal firearms for sales purpose in Abuja. Its Commandant General (CG), Ahmed Audi, disclosed this on Wednesday at a news conference at the NSCDC National Headquarters, Abuja. The CG, represented by NSCDC Spokesperson,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has warned that henceforth there would be no accreditation for any Civil Society Organisation who failed to submit it observation report after any election. Chairman of the commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu issued the warning at a first...
A plumber, Mr Desmond Igbo, on Tuesday dragged his wife Rosemary, before a Customary Court in Jikwoyi accusing her of giving birth to two children for another man. The petitioner who resides within the jurisdiction of the court, said this in a divorce petition he filed against...
No fewer than eight nurses in the country have dragged the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria, (NMCN) and the Minister of Health to the National Industrial Court, Abuja over a new circular stipulating new certificate verification guidelines for nurses. The News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) reports that...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The National Association Academic Technologists (NAAT) University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) Branch has joined the nation wide strike embarked upon as a solidarity industrial action to press home its demands. Addressing members of the association and journalists at press conference and rally held at...
The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit filed by Mr Ugochukwu Uchenwa, a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, seeking to stop the conduct of elections and examinations on Saturdays. Delivering judgment in the suit on Wednesday, Justice James Omotosho held that the suit was...
Researchers have eliminated HIV from cells in a laboratory, raising hopes of a cure. Using a gene-editing tool known as Crispr-Cas, which won the Nobel Prize in 2020, scientists were able target HIV DNA, removing all traces of the virus from infected cells. Working essentially as scissors, the...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Students of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) Bauchi State have lamented that the strike embarked upon by the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU), is causing them untold hardship. The students, who spoke in...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The deficit of off-campus housing plaguing Nigerian tertiary institutions would soon be over, as the Federal Government has kick started the process of constructing 36 state-of-the-art hostels across the country for the year 2024. This is even as the government has indicated...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Member of the House of Representatives for Gwer East/ Gwer West federal constituency, Dr Asema Achado has hailed the appointment of Professor Aondover Tarhule as the 21st President (Vice Chancellor) of Illinois State University, USA, describing it as a well-deserved appointment. A statement...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Activities at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi State have been paralyzed following the seven day warming strike embarked upon by the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) under the umbrella of the Joint Action...
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Cross River State Government has sympathized with the families of 2 youths who reportedly suffocated to death in a mining site in search of a mineral known as Tourmaline at Shikpeshe, PHC, along Buya road in Obanliku LGA of the state. In a...