By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Kayode Egbetokun has called on Nigerians to embrace unity, love and tolerance to foster the peace in the country ahead of 2024. A statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi said the I-G...
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By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu will address Nigerians on New Year’s Day, according to presidential spokesman Ajuri Ngelale. The nationwide broadcast will be on Monday, January 1, 2024, at 7 am. “Television, radio stations, and other electronic media outlets are enjoined to hook...
North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un wrapped up the year with fresh threats of a nuclear attack on Seoul and orders for a military arsenal build-up to prepare for a war that can “break out any time” on the peninsula, state media reported Sunday. Kim lambasted...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Chairman of Sokoto Community Guard Corps, Honourable Yushau Ahmed Kebbe, has said it has gotten to that point where they no longer wait for bandits to attack before they respond. Kebbe, who spoke to journalists after the state...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – As year 2023 draws to an end, the Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dauda Ali Biu has urged Nigerians to be more tolerant on the road, as well as improve on safe road use culture in view of the improved road...
As we enter into the New Year, many do the usual: “thank God for keeping me alive, for my healthy children, for the house I built”. Personally, I have a lot to be grateful for this year. I survived a ghastly motor accident on the 14th of April...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State has urged Nigerians to put the partisan politics of 2023 behind and unite to make the country a better place in 2024. The Lagos State APC Chairman, Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi, make this remark in his New Year Message on Sunday...
Registrar, Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN), Dr Tosan Erhabor, said that so far a total of 10,697 medical laboratory scientists had left the country. Erhabor told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that a policy is being put together by the Federal Ministry of Health...
Key education stakeholders say government at national and sub-national levels must give the much needed attention and show sincere commitment to the development of the education sector, to make necessary impact in 2024. The stakeholders spoke against the backdrop of events that shaped the sector in the outgoing...
The Police in Lagos State have arrested a man, who allegedly paraded himself as a Police officer before commercial motorcyclists, whom he allegedly defrauded the sum of N670,000. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday....
By Bolaji Israel Afrobeat’s sensation, Adekunle Gold, popularly known as AG Baby, mesmerised hundreds of music lovers and inspired youths at a pre-Christmas concert sponsored by FirstBank, Nigeria’s premier financial institution. The event, aptly named “Stacked December Party,” took place on December 22, 2023, at the Palms...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Government and people in Nigeria and elsewhere have been called upon to turn over new leaf and strive towards tolerance, love for one another and stop evil tendencies that have led to incessant mayhem, killings and hatred. Three speakers presented their researched papers...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Government has sealed off the office of an international NGO, iMMAP France, for operating in the state without the necessary registration and authorisation from relevant authorities This is contained in a statement issued and signed on Saturday by the Directorate...
By BARBARA KALU, Asaba – The Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. (Elder) Sheriff Oborevwori, has approved the appointment of Mr. Iwemdi Nwaham, as his Senior Special Assistant (Political). The appointment which took immediate effect was contained in a letter dated Friday December 22, 2023 and signed by...
The National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Malam Shehu Gabam has advocated for true independence for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to add credibility to Nigeria’s elections. Gabam said this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. He...
The Senate has approved President Bola Tinubu’s request on the 2022-2024 external borrowing rolling plan of 7.4 billion dollars and 100 million euros. This followed the adoption of report of the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debt at plenary. Presenting the report, Sen. Haruna Manu, the Vice...
The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Hassan-Kukah, says the repeated and unending killings on the Plateau is beyond herder-farmer clashes, adding that the murderers “want their own kind of Nigeria according to their ideology”. The cleric, in a statement on Saturday, charged the government...
Nigeria’s First Lady, Sen.Oluremi Tinubu, has paid a condolence visit to the family of the late Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu in Ibadan. Mrs Tinubu was accompanied by the wife of the Vice-President, Hajia Nana Shettima. Also with the first lady were the wives of the governors of...
The Senate has passed the N28.7trillion 2024 Appropriation Bill, increasing the budget from the N27.5trillion presented by President Bola Tinubu with about N1.2 trillion. The passage of the bill, followed the approval of report of the Senate Committee on Appropriation at plenary on Saturday. Presenting the report the...