Information and National Orientation Minister, Mohammed Idris has said the eight priority objectives of the President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda will help build a just and equitable Nigeria for all.id Idris stated this at an interactive session with senior media editors and executives on Monday in Abuja....
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Managing Director/CEO, North East Development Commission, (NEDC), Ambassador Mohammed Goni Alkali has said that the commission is embarking on reconstruction of the famous Eye and Dental Hospital Maiduguri to expand on facilities and equipments of the hospital in order accommodate more...
The Senate has said it will facilitate the inclusion of dredging of the River Benue in the 2024 appropriation bill, to address the perennial flooding and its multi-dimensional consequences. This followed the adoption of a motion at plenary on Monday on “Need to prevent loss of lives caused...
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Sen. George Akume, says the Federal Government is committed to fair, transparent and accountable electoral system as foundation of democracy in the country. Akume stated this while inaugurating the stakeholders’ Roundtable on Policy Oversight for Electoral Integrity in Nigeria,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – At least 2 persons have been killed and others injured following a diesel tank explosion which gutted a section of the Canadian High Commission in Abuja on Monday. Head of Public Affairs of The Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Agency (FEMA),...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured that it is 90 per cent ready for the Nov. 11 governorship election in Kogi.i The Kogi INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Dr Gabriel Longpet, made this known in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria on telephone in Lokoja...
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti has vowed to expand and improve the outlook of all roads leading into the state in order to mark it out from its neighbours. The governor made the promise on Sunday in Aba while inaugurating Udeagbala Road alongside two others namely, Umuimo Road...
Ondo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has approved the payment of N25,000 and N15,000 to workers and pensioners in the state respectively as wage award to cushion the effects of subsidy removal. Makinde announced the wage award while addressing workers who stormed the Governor’s Office on Monday in Ibadan...
The Kebbi Government has awarded a N3.8 billion contact for rehabilitation of 5.2 km road in Yauri Emirate in the state. The Commissioner for Works and Transport, Alhaji Abdullahi Umar-Faruk, made the disclosure in Birnin Kebbi on Monday at the signing of contact agreement with China Zhounghou Nigeria...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, awarded N5 million damages against the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) for alleging that the corps’ discharged certificate held by Gov. Peter Mbah of Enugu State was fake. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, held that the Director General of the...
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti has expressed the state government determination to build roads that would enhance trade and commercial activities in the state. Otti said this on Sunday during the inauguration of the MCC/Old Express Road in Aba. The governor said his administration considered building good quality...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, has emerged the winner of the maiden edition of an online poll put together by an Ireland based newspaper, The Street Journal. Special Assistant on Media to the minister, Mr Osondu Joseph, stated this in a...
Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang has reaffirmed his readiness to revamp the agricultural sector toward boosting the economy of the state. Mutfwang said this on Sunday at the 37th Reunion Service of old students of Boys High School, Gindiri. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that GOSA...
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has inaugurated the dualisation of an 11-kilometre federal road in Ningi Local Government Area of the state on Saturday. The project costs N10.3billion. Speaking at the inauguration, Mohammed said the road was important to the people of Ningi Emirate and to commuters going...
President Bola Tinubu is to attend the Arab-African and Saudi-Africa summits holding this week in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, disclosed this on Sunday while briefing State House Correspondents in Abuja. He said that the attendance...
Lightning strike has killed three Senior Secondary School (SS3) students in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra on Saturday, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered on Sunday. An eye witness told NAN that the lightning struck nine male students who were playing football with their peers...
The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU), has condemned the recent attack on the President of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr Joe Ajaero. The union’s reaction to the incident was contained in a statement signed by Mr Peters Adeyemi, its General Secretary, a copy of...
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reached a significant milestone as it celebrates its fifth anniversary. The Director General of NCDC, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, made this announcement during an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. NAN reports that in...
Senator Ned Nwoko, (PDP-Delta) has said nobody should be seen as above the law when dealing with issues of oil theft and spillage in the country. Nwoko, who is the Senate Vice Chairman on Environment, and member representing Delta North Senatorial District, said this on Sunday, in an...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The police in Nasarawa State has detained an official of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) for allegedly chaining and locking up his son for twenty four hours without food nor water. Before his arrest, the FRSC official, identified as Mr Asoko...