Mr Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has inaugurated Phase II of the rehabilitation and resurfacing of roads in FCT, towards making Abuja a befitting capital city. Wike explained during the inauguration in Abuja on Thursday, that the Phase II would cover 49 roads in...
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Vice-President, Kashim Shettima, says the culprits of the drone bombings in Tudun Biri community, Igabi Local Government of Kaduna State will not be spared. The News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) reports that Shettima disclosed this on Thursday when he visited Kaduna to commiserate with the state government...
Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, says his visit to Kuje Custodial Centre in the FCT was part of advocacy to commemorate his 8th-year ascension to the throne. He said in his palace on Thursday that his visit to the centre was not to visit embattled...
Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Khalifa Muhammadu Sanusi II, has called for a proper audit of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), noting that this call was what cost him his job at the apex bank. Sanusi made this known while delivering his remarks...
The National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI) has disclosed that Cross River is presently home to 52,000 refugees. Mr Innocent Efoghe, South South Zonal Coordinator of the commission, disclosed this at a one-day workshop on Global Compact for Refugees (GCR), organised by the United...
The House of Representatives has restated its commitment to remove tertiary institutions from the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS), to enhance lecturers’ welfare and reduce the brain drain syndrome. Speaker House of Representatives, Dr. Abbas Tajudeen, made this known on Thursday in Zaria at the...
A group, Niger Delta Peace and Development Advocates(NDPDA), has faulted calls for the removal of Mr Nyesom Wike as the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Mr Kelvin Ebi-Thomas, the President, NDPDA, said this when he spoke with newsmen in Yenagoa on Thursday. Ebi-Thomas...
Vice- President, Kashim Shettima has just arrived the Air Force Base, Kaduna to condole the people and Government of Kaduna State over the tragic drone attack on the Tudun Biri community, Igabi Local Government of the state on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the...
By JEROME-MARIO UTOMI, Asaba – .…..We made rule that no staff should intervene in our relationship and we kept to it rigidly …….The secret is understanding. Never carry the things of the world on your head. …….We have never had any form of face off working together....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Government has signed a contract of over 10.9 billion naira with Dan Nene Construction Company for the construction of 3 major roads of about 7.26 kilometres. The occasion took place at the office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Kogi Sector Command, on Wednesday prosecuted scores of motorists in a mobile court over various traffic offences. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the trials, which began early hours of the day, was part of the corps’ operation zero exercise...
The Kano State Fire Service said it saved 15 lives and property worth N104 million from 57 fire incidents in November. This is contained in a statement issued by the spokesperson of the agency, Mr Saminu Abdullahi, in Kano on Thursday. Abdullahi disclosed that two persons lost their...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said the Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIOs) have legal backing to arrest traffic offenders depending on the state within which they operate. Deputy Corps Marshal at the FRSC, Mr Bisi Kazeem, stated in Abuja that the motoring public should give maximum cooperation...
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Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo decorated the new Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Mrs Caroline Wura-Ola, with her new rank on Wednesday in Abuja. Tunji-Ojo also decorated six officers of the Service confirmed as Deputy Comptrollers-General. He told the decorated officers that their elevation came...
Sokoto State Government on Wednesday approved the purchase of vehicles worth N1.1 billion for the governor’s office. The approval was part of other contracts awarded at a sum of N19 billion. Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Bello Danchadi, told newsmen in Sokoto at the end of the weekly cabinet...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – A Bauchi based Civil Society Organization, Young Leaders Network, has condemned the description of the management of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) of its students, who came out to protest the killing of their schoolmate as “miscreants.” Recall that a final...
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday said it has completed over 80 per cent of the power project under the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) N123 billon intervention in power sector. The Programme Manager, TCN, Lagos Mr Matthew Ajibade, disclosed this during the inspection of different...
Some lawmakers in the third Republic, numbering over 18, on Wednesday besieged the National Assembly, demanding the payment of their entitlements and salaries. Mr Basil Okafor, a third republican lawmaker who led the delegation to the House of Representatives in Abuja, said they had not been paid their...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – In pursuance of his infrastructure expansion agenda, Governor Ademola Adeleke has launched road dualisation construction activities at Ede and Osogbo while documentation processes are almost completed on planned flyovers across the three senatorial districts. The roads which is a total of 11.17km...