The Kogi State Government on Tuesday, signed contracts worth over N29 billion for control of gully erosion in three communities across the state. Speaking at the ceremony in Lokoja, Gov. Ahmed Ododo, urged the contractors to give the assignment all the seriousness it deserved. Ododo, represented by...
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By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Director General, Cross River State Microfinance and Enterprise Development Agency (MEDA), Mr. Great Ogban has said the season of sweetness will be positively impactful on entrepreneurs in the state, as the Governor Bassey Otu will strengthen the business community in the state...
The Kogi Commissioner for Health, Dr Adams Abdulazeez, has refuted reports of any outbreak of Lassa fever in any of the Local Government Areas of the state. Abdulazeez, in a news briefing in Lokoja on Tuesday, said that there was no case of Lassa fever outbreak in the...
The Sallah holiday on Tuesday stalled judgment by a Federal High Court Lagos against convicted cross dresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, over naira abuse. Bobrisky was prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for naira abuse. The court had convicted him on April 5,...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has voided the return of the National Chairman of Labour Party, Julius Abure and his National Working Committee at a national convention recently held in Nnewi, Anambra state. in a communique issued at the end of the NLC Political Commission Stakeholders meeting in...
Rep. Kingsley Chinda, Minority Leader in the House of Representatives, has urged Nigerians to disregard calls for the resignation of the acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Umar Damagum. A “coalition of PDP lawmakers” in the house had asked Damagun to resign, but a...
Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda has secured the release of 222 inmates from various correctional facilities in the state by settling their fines. This is contained in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Mr Ibrahim Kaula-Mohammed, on Tuesday in Katsina. He said the decision was...
Ahead of the Eid-el-Fitr celebration, Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State, has donated cows and foodstuff to inmates currently serving their jail terms in various custodial centres in the state. Presenting the items on Tuesday in Kano, the governor said that the gesture would give the inmates a...
The people of Apata in Oworo District, Lokoja Local Government Area, Kogi went into jubilation on Monday when their queen finally delivered a set of triplets after 17 years of waiting. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the elated queen, Olori Teniola-Faith, delivered the babies in...
Mr Ayoola Lawal, a former Secretary of the Diaspora Chairmen Forum Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says the planned enhancement of the National Identity Card by the Federal Government will re-write Nigeria’s history. Ayoola, a former chairman of the APC Scandinavia, said this in a statement...
The Police Command in Kaduna State says its operatives have arrested seven suspected cultists and recovered firearms in the state. The command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, stated the arrest in a statement issued on Tuesday in Kaduna. According to Hassan, the arrest is a major blow...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Federal Government has approved Thursday, April 11, as additional public holiday to celebrate this year’s Eid-el- Fitr. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Dr Aishetu Ndayako, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja. Recalled that the federal government had on Sunday,...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has so far recovered N30 billion in the ongoing probe of suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu. The Chairman of EFCC, Mr Ola Olukoyede, said this in the March edition of the commission’s monthly e-magazine, EFCC Alert,...
The Sultan of Sokoto and President General of the National Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has declared Tuesday as the 30th day of Ramadan and Eid-El-Fitr to be celebrated on Wednesday. Abubakar’s declaration came through a statement signed by Prof. Sambo Janaidu, Chairman of...
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) National Youth Frontier, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) youth support group, has urged the party’s leadership to allow the North Central part of the country produce its next national chairman. The leader of the group, Mr Austin Okai, made the call in a...
The Gubernatorial Candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Dr. Udoh Oberaifo, on Monday, condemned in strong terms the impeachment of deputy governor Philip Shaibu by the Edo House of Assembly. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Shaibu was impeached on Monday for “revealing government secrets”....
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has warned schools, supermarkets, hotels and others against charging for services in the country in dollar or any other foreign currency. Olukoyede, in the latest edition of the commission’s monthly e-magazine, called EFCC Alert released on...
Anambra Police Command has attributed the resurgence of cult-related killings in Awka, the Anambra capital, on the release of some suspected suspects from custody. Commissioner of Police in Anambra, Mr Aderemi Adeoye, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka on Monday....
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Kayode Egbetokun, has directed Commissioners of Police (CPs) and Tactical Commanders to intensify security nationwide ahead of the Eid-el-fitr celebration. The Force spokesman, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. The I-G also...
Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa on Monday revalidated his membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the April 20 primary in the state. Governor Aiyedatiwa, who revalidated his APC membership card in Igbokoda, Ilaje Local Government Area of the state, commended the leadership of the party...