A bill for an Act to amend the Flag and Coat of Arms Act to regulate display and use of national flag has passed second reading in the House of Representatives. The bill which was sponsored by Rep. Sada Soli (APC-Katsina ) sought to increase the fine for...
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By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The Benue State Government has declared that the fourteen day ultimatum given to the herdsmen to leave Benue State ended on Tuesday, March 5, 2024 and the Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches Establishment Law would be enforced. Addressing journalists.on Wednesday at the...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – In response to the transportation challenges faced by residents, the Plateau State Government has launched th Tin City Metro, a new transport service featuring fourteen German-made buses. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the initiative aims to alleviate the impact of rising transportation costs following...
The Nigeria Police Force has arrested 11 suspects over alleged involvement in `one chance” robbery in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said this at a news conference on Wednesday in Abuja. Adejobi said a POS Machine and one Mazda...
Government has confirmed the arrest of 10 suspects in connection with the murder of an Islamic scholar in the state, Sheik Abubakar Mada. Mada was allegedly killed by a group of vigilante group members in Mada, Gusau Local Government Area, on Tuesday. Sulaiman Idris, the Spokesperson of Gov. Dauda...
Vice President Kashim Shettima, on Wednesday, in a poetic tribute described the late Group Chief Executive, Access Corporation, Dr Herbert Wigwe, as ‘a miracle capturing his exploits, achievements and conquests’. Shettima said this during the night of tribute for Wigwe, held at Eko Hotels and Suites in Lagos,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has said that national unity is key to attaining national security in Nigeria and even other conflict locations of the world. The governor stated this Wednesday in Abuja while delivering a lecture paper at the National Defence...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Speaker of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Babayo Akuyam and his deputy, Ahmed Abdullahi, have resigned resigned from their positions. This is to pave way for the return of the former Speaker, Abubakar Suleiman and his deputy Jamilu Dahiru, back to...
More than 40 persons, including a family of seven, were feared killed in clashes between militia gangs in Gbagir community in Ukum Local Government Area of Benue on Tuesday. A highly-reliable military source said on Wednesday in Makurdi that security operatives had been deployed in the area to...
The Chairman of Benue Traditional Council of Chiefs, Tor Tiv James Ayatse, on Wednesday said the establishment of state police will address national security gaps in the country. He made the declaration while speaking with newsmen after delivering a lecture to members of Senior Course 46 of...
Nigerian pop giant, Innocent Idibia, popularly known as “2Baba”, and his management label, Now Muzik, have ended their partnership of over two decades. Efe Omorogbe , Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Now Muzik, in a statement issued on Wednesday in Lagos, said the mutual disengagement was with immediate...
The remains of Olabode Olawuyi, the zoo attendant killed by a lion at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Zoological Garden, Ile-Ife, have been laid to rest. The burial took place on Wednesday at OAU Cemetery after a funeral service at the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Ile-Ife....
The Lagos State chapter of the Labour Party (LP) says the Appeal Court’s affirmation of Mr Julius Abure as the National Chairman of the party is a good omen for its survival and fortune. The Secretary of the party in Lagos State, Mr Sam Okpala, stated this in...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has said the Abuja Rail Mass Transit (ARMT) project is 95 per cent completed and will be ready for inauguration in May. Wike stated this when the Belgium Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Daniel Bertrand, visited him in...
The conflict between the army and paramilitaries in Sudan has triggered the world’s largest displacement crisis and now threatens to become “the world’s largest hunger crisis, World Food Programme (WFP) said. Over 25 million people are starving in Sudan and in the neighbouring states of South Sudan and...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Barely one week after the Benue State Police Command said it had arrested gun manufacturers in Kwande Local Government Area of the state, another set of gun manufacturers have been apprehended by the state police command. Briefing journalists, Wednesday in his office...
The Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), retired Maj.- Gen. Barry Ndiomu, has urged the Federal Government to consider making the programme a social intervention programme for Niger-Delta region. Ndiomu made the appeal on Wednesday while receiving members of the House of Representatives Committee on Niger...
AS part of efforts to reduce the menace of out-of-school children in the country, the Universal Basic Education Commission has established about 51 model Junior Secondary School/Vocational School in the 17 beneficiary states of the World Bank-supported Better Education Service Delivery for All (BESDA) project in Nigeria. Executive...
Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), on Wednesday, insisted that all the commercial motorcycles impounded in the city would be crushed. Head of Operations, Directorate of Road Transport Services, FCTA, Mrs Deborah Osho, stated this during a clampdown operation on commercial motorcycles operators in Abuja. Osho said that the...