The Northern Senators’ Forum, has called on the Federal Government to come up with resolute action to tackle cases of kidnappings in the country. Chairman of the Forum, Sen. Abdulaziz Yar’adua made the call in a statement, in Abuja on Thursday. He said that the recent wave of...
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By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr Olugbile Holloway as the Director-General of the National Commission for Museums and Monuments. The president’s approval is contained in a statement issued by his spokesman Ajuri Ngelale on Thursday in Abuja. Ngelale said that...
Former Secretary of Rangers International FC of Enugu, Joe-Martins Uzodike, has commended Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra for his N100,000 welfare package for veteran players of the club, popularly known as Ex-Rangers. Uzodike made the commendation while speaking with newsmen in Awka on Thursday. He said though the...
An Angolan man died after being attacked by an elephant in northern Namibia, authorities said on Thursday. The attack occurred Wednesday night at Otjorute Village in the Ruacana area, inside the Uukolonkadhi Conservancy, said Romeo Muyunda, spokesman of Namibia’s Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism. The victim...
The Nigerian Navy on Thursday deployed seven ships and two helicopters to provide effective maritime search and rescue services on Nigerian waters. The deployment included other facilities and a patrol vessel of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency. The Flag Officer Commanding (FOC), Western Naval Command,...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi Benue State Government has said it is determined to collaborate with all the necessary agencies and organisations to reduce the mortality rate caused by malaria in the state. The state Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr. Dr Yanmar Ortese, stated this on...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Members of the Correspondents’ Chapel of Benue State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has said that it would boycott the activities of Benue State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB). This was contained in resolutions after an emergency congress of...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) on Thursday, re-arraigned a former governor of Adamawa, Murtala Nyako, his son, Sen. Abdulaziz in the Federal High Court in Abuja over alleged N29 billion fraud. They were re-arraigned on 37- counts of money laundering allegedly perpetrated while Nyako was governor...
The Borno Chairman of Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), Ba’Lawan Ja’afar, says their main priority is to ensure total clearance of the remnants of Boko Haram and other insurgents in the state. Ja’afar told journalists in Maiduguri on Thursday that the group would continue to play its role...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has said the state government is working assiduously towards attaining food sufficiency and exportation of cash crops and other farm products such as maize and cassava, among others. The governor stated this on Wednesday at the Koiri irrigation...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has disbursed N255,650,000 cash and 5,513 bags of 50kg rice to members of the Civilian JTF and hunters fighting Boko Haram insurgents alongside the security forces. Zulum performed the distribution at the Multipurpose Hall of the Government House...
By CHRISTIAN LOT, Jos – The Nigeria Mining Cadastre Office (NMCO) has seen a rise in mining license applications following the launch of its Electronic Mining Cadastre System Plus (eMC+) in 2022. The Director General/Chief Executive Officer of the NMCO, Mr. Obadiah Simon Nkom, said the eMC+ system...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Vice Chairperson, Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Bauchi State Branch, Sadiya Saleh, has lamented the high rising cases of rape of minors below 10 years, disclosing that no fewer than 10 cases are recorded weekly in the state. Saleh, the Chairperson, Human Rights...
A divorce-seeking woman, Taiwo Olaniyan on Thursday begged a Mapo Grade A Customary Court in Ibadan to dissolve her five-year old union to estranged husband, Michael on grounds of deception and childlessness. Olaniyan, a trader lamented that in spite of receiving normal bride price and other essential things...
The Minister of State for Youth Development, Mr Ayodele Olawande, has commended the senate for passing the NYSC Trust Fund Bill. He said that the passage is a huge boost toward enhancing skill acquisition, training and generally empower graduates who took part in the national youth service programme....
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday said the slain military personnel in Okuama, a community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, will be conferred with national honours. He disclosed this at the breaking of the Ramadan fast on Wednesday in Abuja with the Speaker of...
Ogun State Police Command has assured that abductors of Mr Tunde Osifowokan, Manager of the Flourishing Poultry Farm in Odogbolu, would soon be apprehended. Commissioner of Police in Ogun, Mr Abiodun Alamutu, who disclosed this while briefing newsmen in Abeokuta on Wednesday, said the state Police Command would...
A combined team of security operatives on Wednesday rescued 20 victims of kidnapping in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area (LGA) of Edo. The team, comprising the police, military, and a vigilance group, rescued the victims from the kidnappers’ den in a bush along Lakpese Road at the LGA. The...
The Federal Government will soon fish out and prosecute kidnappers of school children, information minister Mohammed Idris has said. Idris spoke in Kano on Wednesday in an interactive session with media executives and practitioners organised by the Ministry of Information and National Orientation. He said President Tinubu had...