Life expectancy rate for males and females in Nigeria witnessed a gradual and continuous increase from 2015 to 2022, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). This is contained in the 7th Edition of the NBS Demographic Statistics Bulletin 2022 released in Abuja on Tuesday. The statistical...
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The Zamfara Command of the Federal Roads Safety Corps (FRSC), has confirm the death of six persons from roads crashes in Gusau, caused by the ongoing road reconstructions. The Sector commander, Mr. Iro Danladi, made the disclosure in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gusau...
The Kano State Police Command has arrested one Abubakar Gambo, Director, Administration and General Services, in the State Ministry of Water Resources and two others for allegedly misappropriating government properties. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Hussaini Gumel, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) in a telephone...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The lawmaker representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has tasked the federal government to take advantage of investment opportunities in the blue economy to turn the fortunes of the country. The lawmaker stated this Wednesday when the joint Senate/House of Reps...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The wife of Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and National President Nigerian Army Officers’Wives Association (NAOWA), Mrs. Mariya Abiodun Lagbaja on Tuesday commended repentant terrorists and their families for taking the right step by distancing themselves from their previous lives and embracing...
Operators of Point of Sale (PoS) in Calabar, the Cross River State capital have increased their charges by 100 per cent for all transactions, following the scarcity of naira notes in the capital city. The operators spoke on the development in separate interviews with the News Agency of...
The Federal Government on Tuesday said it plans to restructure the Transmission Company of Nigeria(TCN) to align with the Electricity Act 2023 and the industry demands. Minister of Power, Mr Adebayo Adelabu said this in Abuja at the Ministerial Retreat on the Integrated National Electricity Policy and Strategic...
Vice-President Kashim Shettima on Tuesday in Abuja unveiled a bold vision for reforming Nigeria’s transportation sector. Shettima, represented by Special Adviser, General-Duties, to the President, Office of the Vice-President, Aliyu Modibbo, unveiled the blueprint at the 5th National Summit of Chartered Institute of Transport Administration (CIOTA). He said...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Kayode Egbetokun, has deployed Commissioner of Police, (CP) Fayoade Adegoke to take over as new CP, Police Command in Lagos. The Force Secretary, AIG Olanrewaju Oladimeji, announced the redeployment in a statement issued on Tuesday. ...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Tajudeen Lagbaja on Tuesday commissioned a block of classrooms in Zajiri area of Bolori II community of Maiduguri metropolis and a solar powered industrial Borehole at Jiddari Polo community of Maiduguri City. The...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A community based and development foundation, Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development on Tuesday in Maiduguri organized a one day intensive training workshop for community advocates on Transitional Justice in Borno State. The community stakeholders were drawn from Jere, Konduga, Mafa,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has on Tuesday, sworn-in nine (9) out of the newly appointed Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs). Mahmood disclosed that the tenth REC-designate will be sworn-in next month on the expiry of the...
No fewer than 10 persons died in an accident that occurred on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Tuesday. The Public Education Officer, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, Mrs Florence Okpe, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta. She noted that the accident involved Iveco truck marked KRA...
Against the backdrop of the recent accidental military air strike at Tudun Biri village in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has called on the Federal Government to provide adequate funding for the military and...
Some Vice-Chancellors, (V-C) Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other stakeholders on Tuesday expressed concern over the decline in the number of lecturers in the nation’s universities. The university education stakeholders bared their minds in interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). President Bola Ahmed Tinubu...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Nigerian educator, Michael Chiangi Gbagir has won the Commonwealth Sustainable Energy Transition’s Best Educator Award for his initiative ‘EcoPower Adventure’, which engages different communities through interactive learning activities, such as energy scavenger hunts. The Commonwealth Secretariat in a statement on Monday, announced...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – Osun State Government has ordered full investigations into the reported cases of food poisoning at St James primary School B ,Owoope Osogbo The State Governor , Senator Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke directed immediate action when the matter was reported to him by...
In its efforts to tackle illicit financial flows and corruption in Africa, the African Development Bank (AfDB) has begun the training of relevant stakeholders to build their capacity. The Acting Director and Division Manager, Policy Management at the African Development Institute of the AfDB, Dr Eric Ogunleye, said...
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, says the administration of President Bola Tinubu will account for revenue from oil. Edun said this when he appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation to defend the 2024 appropriation bill. He said...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The President of the Nigerian Army Officers Wives Association (NAOWA), the Wife of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Mrs Mariya T. A. Lagbaja, on Monday commissioned a 25,000-litre borehole to provide water supply for 60 families in Maimalari Cantonment, Maiduguri. Mrs...