By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has flagged off the second phase of Conditional Cash Transfer Programme, where 6000 citizens would be collecting N7000 as monthly stipend for the next 24months. The governor, while flagging off the exercise tagged (Kudin A.A. Sule) today in...
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President Bola Tinubu has awarded the Super Eagles team the Member of the Order of the Niger(MON) national honour for their impressive display at the just concluded AFCON 2023 tournament held in Ivory Coast. They were also given one flat each and a plot of land in...
FG places N2m bounty on lawyer, who used hot pressing iron, knife to burn private part of house help
FG places N2m bounty on lawyer, who used hot pressing iron, knife to burn private part of house help
The Federal Government has placed a N2 million bounty on Anambra based lawyer, Adachukwu Chukelu-Okafor, currently at large, for allegedly burning her 11-year old house help. She was alleged to have used hot pressing iron and knife to burn and chop in pieces, the private part of her...
Some financial experts have advised the Federal Government not to remove electricity subsidy, saying such act can lead to tough economic conditions. They said this in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos. Prof. Bright Eregha, Lecturer of Economics at the Pan-Atlantic...
The Imo Police Command has deployed a Special Tactical Squad to hunt down hoodlums responsible for the attack on Correctional Service Farm Settlement at Umualomoke in Okigwe Local Government Area of the state. The command’s Spokesperson, ASP Henry Okoye, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Owerri....
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Board of Directors of Access Holdings Plc has appointed Ms Bolaji Agbede as the Acting Group Chief Executive Officer of the company. The company’s Secretary, Mr Sunday Ekwochi, stated this in a notification to the Nigerian Exchange Ltd. (NGX) on Tuesday in Lagos....
The Police command in Lagos State says it has arrested a middle aged woman, Cynthia Aigbondon, for allegedly stabbing her neighbour to death. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday. Hundeyin said...
Despite being surrounded by water, many residents of Bwari Area Council in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have decried lack of potable water in their areas. The residents say, it is ironic, that Usuma dam, the main source of water supply within FCT and its environs, is located...
Russia declared Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas as “wanted” on criminal charges Tuesday in an unprecedented step against its Baltic neighbours. It was not immediately clear why Kallas, who has led Estonia since 2021, was listed as “wanted”. Relations between Moscow and EU member Estonia, which...
The Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum (PDP-GF) has urged the Federal Government to strive hard to address the security challenge and economic hardship facing Nigerians. The governors said this in a communique at the end of their meeting and read by Gov. Bala Mohammed, the Chairman of the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested four brothers and 30 others, for alleged internet fraud in Enugu State. EFCC spokesman, Mr Dele Oyewale, said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. He gave the names of the siblings as Chukwuebuka...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested one Simon Bassey Idio over alleged currency racketeering in Uyo. The EFCC Spokesman, Dele Oyewale, said this in a statement made available to newsmen on Monday in Abuja. According to him, the 59-year old ‘Naira...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, through her initiative, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan Foundation (NAUF) has launched scholarship programme, to mitigate the suffering faced by indigent students in Kogi Central. This was contained in a statement personally signed by the lawmaker on Monday. The ₦24 million Educational Intervention Fund,...
Staff members of Access Holdings on Monday promised to uphold the legacies of their late co-founder and Group Chief Executive Officer of the Access Holdings Group, Dr Herbert Wigwe, who died in a helicopter crash. Wigwe died with his wife, Chizoba, and son, Chizi, alongside Otunba Abimbola Ogunbanjo,...
Police in Imo State have confirmed an attack on a Correctional Service Farm Settlements, in Umualomoke community in the Okigwe LGA of the state leading to the release of seven inmates, the abduction of the officer in charge of the farm settlement, and the death of a...
The President of the Senate, Sen. Godswill Akpabio has tasked stakeholders in the energy sector to work toward accessible and affordable renewable energy for Nigerians in the nearest future. Akpabio said this at the opening of the maiden Legislative Summit on Renewable Energy in Nigeria organised by the...
The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC), has said the poor power supply currently experienced across the South-East is beyond its powers. The company attributed the situation to low energy generation, which has resulted in a drop in power supply availability generally. The Head, Corporate Communications, EEDC,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda, has sought support from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) to help tackle the challenges of insecurity affecting tertiary institutions in the state. Radda was speaking when he led the Katsina state delegation on a working visit to...
By BARBARA KALU, Port Harcourt – Mayor of Housing, My ACE-China, believes that Dr Herbert Wigwe, who died in a tragic air crash in the United States of America at the weekend, can be made to live on. The investor and real estate success strategist also said the deaths...
FCT Chapter, on Monday, protested against the new verification certification guidelines recently released by Nigeria and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that NMCN recently released a circular stating that nurses must have a minimum of two years post qualification experience from...