By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said Nigeria’s headline inflation rate increased to 28.92 per cent in December 2023. The NBS disclosed this in its Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Inflation Report for December, which was released in Abuja on Monday. According to...
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Seven family members have died following fire outbreak near Tudun Wada Juma’at Mosque in Kano, an official of Kano State Fire Service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullah, has said. Abdullahi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Kano that the incident, which occurred on Sunday night, affected...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has outlined its health security agenda for 2024. Its Director-General, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Monday that the importance of health security cannot be overemphasised, hence the need for an agenda. He said...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo Taraba State Governor, Dr. Agbu Kefas has established and inaugurated a responsive civil service committee for the effectiveness of the system. Governor Kefas in a press statement released by the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the governor, Yusuf Sanda, stressed that, the...
Nigeria is the only country in the world in which history is not taught. This policy has done us much harm and represents perhaps the greatest, most savage, most brutal and most destructive blow to the pysche, confidence, knowledge, intellectual acumen and mental health of our people. The...
President Bola Tinubu on Monday led the Senate President, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, members of the Federal Executive Council, National Assembly, service chiefs and the diplomatic corps to honour the nation’s fallen and living heroes. The event, which involved laying of wreath at the National Arcade in Abuja, was...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has directed security agencies to clampdown on criminals vandalising street lights in the federal capital, Abuja. Secretary, Command and Control Centre, Department of Security, Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), Dr Peter Olumuji, disclosed this in an interview...
It is an open secret that Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo state peacefully departed from this world in the early hours of Wednesday, December 27, 2023. Mr. Governor, aged 67, reportedly died after a prolonged health battle. Akeredolu, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), ex-president of the Nigerian Bar...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Rivers State House of Assembly is to re-screen and re-confirm nine former Commissioners who resigned from the state executive council on Wednesday. The Clerk of the house, Mr Emeka Amadi, disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday in Port Harcourt. Mr. Amadi...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – Fire has destroyed a mechanic workshop situated along Onitsha-Enugu Expressway, opposite Building Materials International Market in Ogidi, Anambra. The Director, Anambra Fire Service, Mr Martin Agbili, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Monday in Onitsha. According to him, at about 4:30...
A 300-level student of the Rivers State University, Callistus Uzodinma, also known as C-Fly, has won N10 million and a car grand prizes of the second edition of Big Break Moment (BBM) Africa reality TV show. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that he edged out 15 others...
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By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bauchi State, has called on Governor Bala Mohammed, to sit up and work for the people by addressing the problems existing in various sectors in the State. Chairman of the APC in Bauchi State, Muhammad Hassan, who...
Political calculations are already ongoing ahead of the 2027 general elections three years away. There are reports that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Labour Party (LP), the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) are planning to form a formidable party that will sack the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)....
The President of the Senate, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, has said the blood of the courageous men and women of the Armed Forces of Nigeria sowed the seed of unity and progress of Nigeria. Akpabio said this at the Interdenominational Church Service to mark the 2024 Armed Forces Remembrance...
Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf has commended Supreme Court Justices for standing on the part of truth and law to entrench justice in the country. Governor Yusufu gave the commendation on Saturday while addressing party supporters in Kano after about an unprecedented 8-hour peaceful return rally to the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – NDI-IGBO YOUTH WING has commended President Bola Tinubu for his proactiveness and adherence to the Rule of Law on the recently suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu. National Youth Leader, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Wing, Chukwuma Okpalaezeukwu, who gave the...
A political pressure group in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Concerned PDP League (CPDPL) has urged the party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, not to contest again in 2027. The group gave the advice in Abuja on Sunday in a communiqué of...
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti of Abia has affirmed his commitment to fulfilling his campaign promises to the people of the state. Otti said this at a thanksgiving mass in his honour at the Mater Dei Cathedral, Umuahia to appreciate God for his victory at the Supreme Court...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf has extended a hand of fellowship to his opponents at the 2023 governorship election, urging them to join hands with him to build the state. Governor Yusuf said this in a statement by his Director-General, Media and Publicity, Mr...