As the Muslim holy month of Ramadan starts, traders in Kano have continued to lament poor patronage by customers. Some of the traders who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Kano, attributed the situation to low purchasing power of customers. A food stuff...
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Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ogun Command, has reiterated its readiness to reduce road crashes on the highway in the state, using the radar gun technology. The FRSC Sector Commander in the state, Mr Anthony Uga, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir-Yusuf, has urged President Bola Tinubu to open land borders to enhance food security in the country. He stated this during a courtesy visit by the Comptroller-General of Customs, Mr Adewale Adeniyi, on Monday in Kano. Kabir-Yusuf, who lamented the harsh economic condition being...
President Bola Tinubu will on Monday inaugurate the renamed Minna International Airport, agro-processing zone and agricultural equipment. The airport was renamed as Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Airport, Minna by Gov. Umar Bago of Niger on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the airport was first...
As part of activities lined up to commemorate this year’s International Women’s Day (IWD), a foremost Non-Governmental Organization in Nigeria, the Integrative Youth Development (IYD) Web of Support Program, on Friday organized a training programme on integrative Youth Development web of support metrics for students in Lagos Nigeria,...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – President Bola Tinubu’s daughter, Mujidat Folashade Tinubu-Ojo has inaugurated an International Centre for Vocational and entrepreneurial skill and research at Havilla University, Nde community, Ikom Local Government Area in Cross River state. Addressing Governing Council members shortly after she was inaugurated as Pro-chancellor...
The Sultan of Sokoto and President General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has declared Monday, March 11, as the first day of Ramadan 1445 AH in Nigeria. Abubakar announced the sighting of the new crescent in Sokoto on Sunday in a radio...
President Bola Tinubu has urged wealthy individuals to assist the indigents in the society to alleviate their suffering particularly during the Ramadan fast. Tinubu made the call on Sunday in Kano while inaugurating the distribution of 140 truck-loads of rice donated by Sen. Abdullahi Yari in honor of...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has enjoined Muslim faithful in Nigeria to extend their charity to the less privileged as they begin the Ramadan fasting. Abubakar, in a statement by his Media Office in Abuja on Sunday, advised Muslims to assume the month of Ramadan by seeking Allah’s...
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), says one of its critical infrastructure, the Shiroro-Katampe 330 Kilo Volt (kV) transmission line has been vandalised Mrs Ndidi Mbah. TCN’ s General Manager, Public Affairs, who disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Sunday, said this is the fifth of...
Mr Emmanuel Ogboo, from Ossamala in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra, has decried the arrest and detention of his 17-year-old son, Chinedu Ogboo, since Feb. 16. Ogboo said on Sunday that, since the arrest, his son had been taken to Atani Division, Okpoko Division and later to...
A former Minister of Works, Sen. Adeseye Ogunlewe, has said it is needless blaming the country’s present challenges on President Bola Tinubu or the immediate past administration. Ogunlewe, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos....
Anambra State Police Command has confirmed the collapsed of a five-storey building under construction at Basden Street in Fegge, the commercial city of Onitsha, Anambra. The command Public Relations Officer, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, who confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Sunday said details...
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), says preparations for the 2024 Hajj exercise has reached about 70 per cent. NAHCON Chairman, Alhaji Jalal Ahmad-Arabi, told journalists in Birnin Kebbi on Sunday, that the commission would ensure a successful Hajj exercise. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...
Some Gas Dealers and FCT residents have decried the surge in the price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), known as cooking gas. According to them, the Federal Government should as a matter of urgency wade into the issue. The dealers and residents who spoke to the News Agency...
No fewer than 74 Directors have bowed out of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) and Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), having clocked 60 years of age or 35 years in service. FCT Minister, Mr Nyesom Wike, stated this in Abuja on Sunday, at an event organised in...
A group under the Urhobo Progressive and Development Union (UPDU) of South-South Nigeria has described a move by some traditional rulers in Kogi State Northern Nigeria seeking to stop the probe of Ajaokuta Steel Company as “shameful act”. Recall that the lawmaker representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Senator...
Niger State Government has renamed the Abubakar Imam Kagara International Airport after Bola Tinubu International Airport, Minna, ahead of the president’s state visit. The Commissioner for Industry, Trade and Investment, Aminu Suleman -Takuma disclosed this while addressing newsmen at the Government House, Minna on Sunday. Represented by the...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have intercepted a consignment of illicit drug consignment concealed in the engine compartment of an interstate commercial bus just as two grandfathers were taken into custody over drug trafficking. No fewer than 5.2kg of...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – Rivers State Police Command has suspended two officers and dismissed another from the Force for allegedly extorting 3,000 US dollars from two persons at gunpoint. The command’s spokesperson, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, confirmed the development in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Sunday. She...