THELMA CHIOMA THOMAS-ABEKU (Lead Writer) – It is time for Africa to focus on producing vaccines for its population. In February 2021, UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres highlighted vaccine equity as “the biggest moral test before the global community.” This statement was evident during the COVID-19 pandemic which exposed the vulnerability...
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Immediate past Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, has purchased his Expression of Interest and Nomination forms to enable him contest for the governorship ticket of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the scheduled September 21, 2024 election. A former Attorney General and...
Nigerian Navy has lunched “OPERATIONS DELTA SANITY” to further combat crude oil theft and other criminalities in the nation’s maritime space. The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Adm. Emmanuel Ogalla flagged-off the Operation on Wednesday at the NPA Jetty, Warri, Delta. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
Nigeria’s leading ethical bank, The Alternative Bank, has received the endorsement and support of the Emir of Lafia, Justice Sidi Bage (rtd.), in transforming the city’s financial landscape. At the unveiling and launch of The Alternative Bank’s new branch dedicated to bringing an unconventional approach to ethical banking, the...
By BARBARA KALU, Port Harcourt – Chairman of the Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mr. Chiedu Ebie, led other members of the board on a somber visit to the Governor of Ondo State, Hon. Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa at the presidential lodge of the Government House,...
An Upper Area Court in Kubwa, Abuja on Wednesday dissolved a seven-year-old marriage between a woman, Ramatu Ahmed and her husband, Yahaya Salihu for lack of love. The Judge, Mohammad Wakili dissolved the marriage according to Islamic Laws, following Ahmed’s prayer for divorce on the said ground. Wakili...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has assented to the 2024 appropriation bill of N358,732,146,000.00 passed by Borno State House of Assembly with an adjustment amounting to N18.1b. With the increase in the budget size, the revised capital expenditure now stands at over N208.4b...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Following recent notice issued in advance by the Borno Geographic Information Service (BOGIs) to revoke titles of defaulters under the BOGIS Pilot Scheme who refused to comply with the directive of perfecting their documents before the 31st December deadline, the agency has swung...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC) has suspended indefinitely the proposed planned Imo Delegates’ Conference. NLC General Secretary, Mr Emma Ugboaja, said this on Wednesday in Abuja in a statement addressed to all its affiliates. Ugboaja said the suspension of the delegates conference in the state...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has described the death of the Baba Adinni of Lagos, Shaykh Hafiz Abu, who died on Tuesday at the age of 101, as a colossal loss. Executive Director, MURIC, Prof.Ishaq Akintola, stated this in a statement on Wednesday in...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the release of Prof. Cyril Ndifon, the suspended Dean of Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL), on a temporary bail to enable him go for a glaucoma surgery. Justice James Omotosho made the order following an application by Ndifon’s...
The Joint Action for Good Governance (JAGG) says Nigeria is on the path to growth and progress if President Bola Tinubu succeeds in cutting down wastes. The National Vice President of the advocacy group, Mr Abdulwaheed Odunuga, made this remark in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has seized the travel documents of suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation Dr. Betta Edu and her predecessor Hajiya Sadiya Umar-Farouq. The anti-graft agency also impounded the international passport of the suspended National Coordinator of the National Social Investment...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja –. The Bauchi State Government has solicited support from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), for its state-owned institutions to train technical manpower in agriculture, oil and gas and other fields critical to national development. Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, who made the appeal...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has assured its Front-End Partners (FEPs) that all outstanding payments spanning a two-year period would be resolved in the first quarter of 2024. The NIMC Acting Director-General, Mrs Abisoye Coker-Odusote, in a statement on Wednesday, expressed sympathy with...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Lagos State Police Command has removed the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Gowon Estate Division, for allegedly detaining a lawyer who was seeking justice for his client. The police spokesman in the state, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the removal in a statement on Wednesday....
The police is looking into the petition by Nigerian singer and songwriter, Tiwa Savage, over alleged bullying and threat to her life by Grammy nominee, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido. The Command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, made this known on Wednesday in Lagos. ”I can confirm that...
The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite, says major sugar refineries across the nation have assured her of commitment to maintaining sugar price stability. She said they assured that price of sugar would not be increased during the Ramadan period. They gave the assurance via...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) may grant the embattled and suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu bail later in the day. Top sources within the anti-graft agency confirmed the development to Channels Television on Tuesday. Edu, 37, has been in the...