Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori has said the state government and military authorities have agreed that no innocent citizens will suffer from the outcome of March 14 killing of soldiers. Governor Oborevwori said this on Tuesday while speaking with State House Correspondents after a meeting with President Bola...
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In what was his first public appearance since reports of his death started spreading online, United Kingdom’s King Charles III hosted Korean War veterans at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday. The royal family said this in a post on social media. “This morning, the King met veterans of the...
The Senate has mandated its committees on Army, Defence, Air Force and Navy to investigate the March 14 killing of 16 Nigerian Army personnel in Okuama Community of Delta. This followed a point of order raised by Sen. Abdulaziz Yar’adua (APC- Katsina) during Tuesday’s plenary. The motion was...
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Defence, Ahmad Lawan, has said the killing of military personnel in Okuoma community in Delta on March 14, is an assault on security and stability of the Niger Delta region. Lawan made his position known in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. He...
The Chairman of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Christopher Maikalangu on Tuesday dispatched a an response team to Wukara community of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to curtail the further spread of chicken pox. Maikalangu, who was represented by Tunji Faoye, the Supervisory Councillor on Health at...
The House of Representatives Committee on Malaria, HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis has summoned the Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof.Mohammed Pate, over alleged misappropriation of 300 million dollars antimalarial funds. Rep. Amobi Ogah, the Chairman of the Committee read the resolutions in Abuja on Tuesday. Ogah expressed the...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – A group, ‘Amalgamation of Bauchi State Concerned Groups’ has condemned the Senate for suspending Senator Abdul Ningi for alleging that the 2024 budget was padded and called on the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio to “step aside and allow for investigations.” Chairman...
By AUSTINE TSENZUGHUL, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has said arrangements have been concluded to begin the distribution of palliatives to vulnerable people in the state. The move is to reduce hunger and hardship with effect from Wednesday, March 20,2024. The Governor disclosed when he...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo – The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities, (SSANU) and Non Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU) in Federal University Wukari Taraba State, have joined the 7-day warning strike declared by the national body of the association. The chairman of SSANU, Federal University Wukari...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The chairman Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu has disclosed that less than one week to the close of nomination for Edo state off cycle election, only six political parties have so far submitted the names of their candidates to...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said that no fewer than 10 passengers were killed in a lone traffic accident involving a DAF trailer on Abuja-Kaduna expressway. The Corps Public Education Officer, Jonas Agwu, said in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja that the Monday crash was...
By EZEKIEL OBi, Abuja – The Air Component of Operation Whirl Punch (OPWP) has destroyed terrorists’ logistics storage in Palele near Shiroro, on March 15. AVM Edward Gabkwet, Director, Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force (NAF), confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. AVM Gabkwet said...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has approved N1 billion for the training of basic-level teachers across the 27 local government areas of the state. He announced the approval on Tuesday while inaugurating the newly appointed 27 local government council education secretaries who will...
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti has said the Islamic Development Bank(IDB) has approved a loan of $125m, to finance some of the capital projects in the state. The governor made this known on Monday during the monthly media parley in Umuahia. He also disclosed that the African Development...
Forced labour in the private economy generated 236 billion dollars in illegal profits per year, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) reported from Geneva on Tuesday. The total amount of illegal profits from forced labour had risen by 64 billion dollars, or 37 per cent, since 2014, the ILO...
A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday ordered the remand of a 35-year-old man, Tijjani Bala in Correctional Centre over alleged sodomy. Bala, who lives at Kinkinau, Kaduna, is being tried on a one-count charge of unnatural offence. The Magistrate, Ibrahim Emmanuel, who did not take the suspect’s...
“I started the Heart of Gold Hospice after I almost lost my legs” Laja Adedoyin shares on #WithChude
“I started the Heart of Gold Hospice after I almost lost my legs” Laja Adedoyin shares on #WithChude
Chude Jideonwo sat with Heart of Gold Hospice Founder, Laja Adedoyin, for his Birthday Special. As the hospice celebrates its 20th anniversary, Laja Adedoyin shares why she runs the hospice, what she thinks about when any child passes, how she takes the children everyone else has abandoned –...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia has been urged to expedite action by declaring public a woman to serve as first lady of the state to avoid a situation where opportunities both national and international has eluded women of the state within the...
By PATRICK ABANG, Càlabar – No fewer than thirty two students of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) has bagged First Class degrees from the University. Also, the university will commission 5 projects at the cost of two billion naira constructed by the administration. The Vice Chancellor of the...
The Federal Government has appealed to the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) to call off their seven-day warning strike. Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Mrs Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, made the appeal in a statement signed by...