The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has announced plans to demolish “Yar Kasuwa”, a popular market in Gwarinpa, for operating illegally. Mr Mukhtar Galadima, Director, Department of Development Control, FCTA, made the announcement during a meeting with stakeholders in Abuja on Sunday. Galadima informed the stakeholders, including the...
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The President ,Mr Femi Gbajabiamila on Sunday thanked members of Surulere 1 Federal Constituency for voting overwhelmingly for APC in Saturday’s by-election. Gbajabiamila, in a statement he issued in Lagos,said the victory of APC and its candidate, Mr Fuad Laguda ,in the by-election was a clear testament to the...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) day held its ward delegates election to elect the three adhoc delegates across each of the 18 local government areas (LGAs) and 192 wards in Edo. A statement by the State Organising Secretary of the party in Edo, Mr Anthony Anenih, said that...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has received the news of the passing of Senator Bukar Abba Ibrahim, former governor of Yobe State and Senator representing Yobe East, with immense grief. On behalf of the Federal Government, the President extended his heartfelt sympathy and condolences to the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The former Governor of Yobe State, Sen. Bukar Abba Ibrahim, has died. Sen. Bukar died today while receiving treatment for a protracted illness in Saudi Arabia and will be buried there. This is contained in a statement issued on Sunday by...
More than 500 personnel of the National Hospital, Abuja (NHA), left its services in search of greener pastures in the last two years, its Chief Medical Director, Prof. Mahmud Raji, has disclosed. Raji told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja that most of them...
Chief Medical Director of the National Hospital, Abuja (NHA), Prof. Muhammad Raji, has said Nigerian universities are still very good choices for the study of medicine. Raji told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja that medical graduates from the West African nation were a...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Air Force (NAF) on Sunday said the air and land operations by military troops of Operations Hadarin Daji, have eliminated scores of terrorists at Tora Hills in Safana LGA of Katsina State. The NAF spokesman, AVM Edward Gabkwet, who disclosed this in...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in Saturday’s Ebonyi South Senatorial by-election, Salis Onu, has said it would be a waste of time going to court to challenge APC’s victory at the poll. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that APC candidate, Prof. Anthony Ani polled a total...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday declared Dr Alhassan Zakariya Ishaq of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) as the winner of Saturday’s rerun election in Kura/Garun Mallam state constituency in Kano. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Returning Officer, Prof. Shehu Galadanchi, announced...
The suspense ahead of the 66th annual Grammy Awards is growing as the seating arrangements for the ceremony have been unveiled. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that organisers of the awards ceremony, Recording Academy, in videos on social media platforms, revealed how the award nominees will...
Sen. Jarigbe Agom-Jarigbe (PDP – Cross River), has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) remained the dominant party in the state from the results of Saturday’s rerun elections in four Local Government Areas. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Chairman, senate Committee on Gas, stated...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Chinwe Nnabuife of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) as the winner of the rerun election for Orumba North and Orumba South Federal Constituency in Anambra. INEC’s Returning Officer for Orumba North and Orumba South Federal Constituency, Prof. Gabriel Anene, declared...
The Action Democratic Party (ADP) is leading in five of the six Local Government Areas in the Plateau North Senatorial re-run elections held on Saturday, according to official results. The Returning Officer for the exercise, Prof. Nestor Chagok, announced that the ADP Candidate, Mr Pam Dachungyang, was leading...
Against the backdrop of the current forex crisis in Nigeria and apparent move to restore the value of the Naira, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has warned against the use of foreign currencies in the domestic economy as a means of payment for goods and services by...
Namibia’s President, Hage Geingob has died on Sunday in a hospital in Windhoek at the age of 82, the presidential office said in a statement on X, posted by acting president Nangolo Mbumba. Geingob was receiving treatment for cancer before his death. “It is with utmost sadness and...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Hon. Pogu Lawan of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has emerged winner of the By-election for the Chibok LGC State Constituency in Borno State He scored a total 9,101 votes and was returned elected. He was followed by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Speaker, Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Danladi Jatau, has hailed the victory of two members of the House, Muhammed Adamu Omadefu of APC Keana constituency and Musa Abubakar Ibrahim, of NNPP Doma South constituency, at the just concluded re-run elections...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Despite the heavy security presence and vote buying that characterised the just concluded re-run elections, electorates in Sokoto State seem to have made their preferences known as indicated in results declared by the various Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) Returning Officers. The results...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The battle of supremacy between the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) and the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has been settled through the ballot box on Saturday. Announcing the results for the re-run election in Akamkpa /Biase Federal Constituency and Yala/ Obudu State...