By ESTHER OLAMA, Abuja – Nigerian music star, performer, song writer, music producer and executive producer, Zaaki Azzay, is set to release a new song as part of activities to mark his 49th birthday on February 19, 2024. Widely recognised as pioneer of Hip-Hop Music in Nigeria, Zaaki...
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By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Mr Mele Kolo Kyari, Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited to “promptly account for and explain the whereabouts of the alleged missing USD$2.04 billion and N164 billion oil revenues.”...
Kidnapped victims recently freed from captivity have revealed that kidnappers use poisonous snakes to terrorise them. Some of them, who recounted their ordeals in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), said that there were many snakes in the forests inhabitated by the bandits. They said that the...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, and the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC), have agreed to transform the living conditions of Nigerians and other member countries of the commission. Mrs Marie-Laure Akin-Olugbade, AfDB’s Vice-President in charge of regional development, integration, and execution of activities, said this in a...
A Federal High Court, Abuja has fixed Monday for the hearing of motions on notice filed by Edison Ehie, the Chief of Staff (CoS) to Gov. Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers, seeking an order vacating its earlier arrest warrant order against him and others. Justice Emeka Nwite fixed the...
President Bola Tinubu has said the transnational collaboration is essential for addressing the complex challenges in healthcare on the continent. He said this at the Ministerial Executive Leadership Programme on the margins of the 37th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Theatre Commander Joint Task Force (JTF) North East Headquarters, Operation Hadin Kai’(OPHK) Maimalari Cantonment Maiduguri, Major General Shaibu Waheed, has reiterated the commitment and determination of the Nigerian military to decimate all the remnants of Boko Haram insurgents and rid them from...
The Ebonyi State Ministry of Health disclosed that Lassa Fever killed 10 persons in the state from Jan. 4 to Feb. 16, 2024. The Disease Surveillance Notification Officer of the ministry, Mr Sampson Orogwu, made the disclosure in a statement issued in Abakaliki. Orogwu stated that 25 persons...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – A joint raid operation between the NDLEA and men of the State Homeland Security at 23 Arochukwu street, Umuahia around 11pm on Wednesday 14th February led to the arrest of a female lawyer, Adaobi Nweke, 36; her boyfriend, Emeka Nkemefola, 36; her mother,...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, has congratulated Rep. Dennis Idahosa (APC-Edo) over his emergence as the party’s Edo governorship candidate. Ganduje’s congratulatory message in a statement by Mr Edwin Olofo, his Chief Press Secretary on Sunday in...
The Minister of State for Youth Development, Mr Ayodele Olawande, has said the Federal Government is working to ensure enabling environment for youths to excel in their chosen career and to stem the “Japa Syndrome.” Olawande told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that with enabling...
The Chief Of Army Staff (COAS) Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has assured officers, soldiers, and their families, that their welfare would continuously be top priority in his leadership of the Nigerian Army (NA). The GOC 81 Div, Maj.-Gen. Mohammed Usman alongside the Commander, Nigerian Army Signal Corps, Maj.-Gen. Gbemiga...
Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda has approved the establishment of a 27-member committee to enforce ban on hoarding of food items and rent-seeking in the state. This is contained in a statement by Adullahi Aliyu-Yar’adua, Director Press, Office of the Secretary to the State Government, in Katsina on...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has said with the alliances his political camp has formed, the 2027 elections will be a walk in the park for them. The minister spoke of his readiness for the 2027 elections during a thanksgiving service by Senator...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has raised an alarm that rising prices of fuel and other commodities could lead to social unrest in Nigeria, Ethiopia, Angola and Kenya. The AfDB sounded the warning in its macroeconomic performance and outlook for 2024 in which it projected Africa’s economy to...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Chairman of BUA Group, Abdul Samad Rabiu, has approved a 50 per cent salary increment for staff across board. Rabiu made the disclosure in an internal memo signed on Sunday in Lagos by Mr Mohammed Wali, BUA’s Head of Human Resources. The memo...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 15 trucks containing food items in Sokoto State as part of its efforts to prevent smuggling which has aggravated the rising cost of commodities in the country. Mr Abubakar Chafe, Spokesperson, NCS, Sokoto Command, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
Dr Asue Ighodalo, a frontline aspirant in the forthcoming Edo governorship primary election for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said he will redefine governance with focus on accountability and transparency. Ighodalo, an investment banker and a commercial lawyer, said this while answering questions from newsmen on Sunday...
By MARY RONKE, Minna – Niger State Police Command has denied blocking trucks conveying food stuff and animals to the Southern part of the country at Kara-Jebba-Mokwa Road in the state. The command’s spokesman, Mr Waisu Abiodun, said in a statement issued in Minna, that the purported video circulating...
An entrepreneur and youth advocate, Mohammed Algoni has shared insights on how youths can navigate the entrepreneurship space in the country. Algoni revealed insights during a youths engagement advocacy held in Mashamari, Jere local government of Borno state. The event was attended by a diverse audience representing a...