The Cross River House of Assembly has suspended the recent recruitment of over 300 rangers into its forestry commission, due to the lopsided nature of the exercise. The House made this known during its plenary in Calabar on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the...
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Nurses in Ibadan on Thursday staged a protest against a new policy requiring verification of nursing certificates issued by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN). The nurses, who carried placards with inscriptions such as nurses are not slaves, nurses deserve the best, say no to new...
The Accord Party has urged the Federal Government not to remove subsidy on electricity to avoid more hardship on the citizens. The Lagos State Chairman of the party, Mr Dele Oladeji, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday that removal of another subsidy would be much...
Rear Adm. John Okeke has assumed duty as the new Joint Task Force Commander, Operation Delta Safe (OPDS), with a promise to build on what his predecessors have done. Okeke was handed over the baton of leadership on Thursday at the headquarters of the OPDS in Yenagoa....
President Bola Tinubu is meeting with state governors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting is attended by Vice President Kashim Shettima and National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu. The meeting, which is not unconnected with the food situation and security...
UN refugee agency, UNHCR says civilians in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are once again bearing the brunt of localised violence. UNHCR, in a statement on Wednesday, said this has come amid a sharp uptick in fighting between Government forces and the M23 armed...
The Secretary, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Edo Chapter, Mr Hilary Otsu, has said Governor Godwin Obaseki should be blamed in the absence of a PDP candidate in the upcoming Edo gubernatorial election. Otsu said in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Thursday that...
The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun has urged Nigerians to support the Police to enable it to protect lives and property in the country. He made the call at the inauguration of the Nigerian Mobile Police (MOPOL) 10 Squadron office complex, on Wednesday in Bauchi. The News Agency of...
The Minister of Power, Mr Adebayo Adelabu, says the Federal Government is committed to settling more than three trillion Naira debt it inherited in the power sector. Adelabu said this in Abuja on Wednesday when he briefed newsmen. “Today, we are owing the Power Generating Companies (GenCos) a...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi- Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has said that the State has no bandits but only informants who engage in such acts because of poverty. He stated this in a speech when he received the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, during a courtesy visit...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – A Second Prosecution Witness, PW2, in the trial of Nwachi Chidozie Kingsley, being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for defrauding an American, Nicole Kierulff Sayers the sum of $370,000 in a contrived marriage, Okanne Kelechi, on Tuesday, February 13, 2024,...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Operatives of the Makurdi Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, February 14, 2024, arrested 14 (fourteen) suspected internet fraudsters in a training center of potential internet fraudsters in Makurdi, Benue State. The anti-graft agency in a tweet...
By OLA MUDOPE, Akure – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 14 undergraduates of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Ondo State over alleged Internet fraud. The EFCC Spokesman, Dele Oyewale, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Wednesday. According to him, they were arrested...
The Rivers Chapter of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) has lauded Gov. Siminalayi Fubara for approving the immediate promotion of Local Government workers with full financial benefits. The state President of the union, Mr Clifford Paul, made the commendation in a statement issued in Port...
By MARK JANG, Jos – Troops of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), have uncovered an illegal weapons factory in Pakachi community of Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State. The Media Officer of OPSH, Capt. James Oya, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Jos. Oya explained that the...
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) says there will be haziness and thunderstorms across the country from Thursday to Saturday. It declared in its weather outlook issued on Wednesday in Abuja that there would be moderate dust haze on Thursday with visibility of between 2km and 5km. It anticipated...
The FCT Minister, Mr Nyesom Wike, has threatened to blacklist Setraco Nigeria Ltd. if it failed to deliver the Southern Parkway Road project before May 29. Wike gave the warning in Abuja on Wednesday, after inspecting some road projects in the territory. The southern parkway road project connects...
End users of cement in Benue, have decried the sudden increase in the price of the product from N5,500 to N8,000. They made their feelings known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Wednesday in Makurdi. According to Mr James Toryila, the astronomical increase...
The Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum (PDP-GF) has congratulated Gov. Douye Diri of Bayelsa over his inauguration for a second term in office. The forum Chairman, Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State, said this in a statement by the PDP-GF, Director-General, CID Maduabum in Abuja on Wednesday. Mohammed...
An officer of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abubakar Madaki told an FCT high court on Wednesday that Sagir, a son of former governor of Sokoto State, Attahiru Bafarawa wrote his statements voluntarily. Madaki said this while testifying as the 1st prosecution witness (PW2) in the...