The Kebbi State Government has condoled with members of immediate families, Yauri Emirate Council, and the Local Government over a boat mishap involving 30 traders. In the ugly accident, 23 people were feared dead. Alhaji Ahmed Idris, Chief Press Secretary to the governor disclosed this in...
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A boat carrying about 22 passengers on board from Kasabu village in Agwara local government area of Niger to Yauri in Kebbi has capsized.bb Alhaji Salihu Garba, overseeing Director General of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA), disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna...
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The Lagos and Kwara States government as well as the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) are drumming support for the 7th annual conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP), scheduled for Thursday, October 5 at the Abuja Continental Hotel (Old Sheraton)...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have agreed to suspend the industrial action planned for Oct. 3 for 30 days. At the end of a five-hour closed door meeting, the Union leaders said that all the agreement have been given a time line...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Vice President Kashim Shettima alongside Deputy Governor of Borno State, Hon.Umar Usman Kadafur and Shehu of Borno, HRH, Alhaji Abubakar Garbai I bn Umaru El Kanemi Iwere were among the sympathizers that attended the funeral rite of the late Professor of...
Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU)Ssanu, has called for the immediate implementation of 25 and 35 per cent salary increments for workers in tertiary institutions. Mr Mohammed Ibrahim, National President, SSANU, said this in a communique issued on Monday in Abuja. The communique was issued at end of...
Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia has charged the Bonta and Okpute communities in Konshisha and Oju Local Government Areas, respectively, to give peace a chance for meaningful development to take place. Alia made the appeal when he held peace meetings with the communities as part of the efforts...
The Police Command in Taraba on Monday confirmed the electrocution of a family of four around Dinyavo area of Jalingo, the state capital. Mr Abdullahi Usman, the command’s Public Relations Officer, confirmed the incident in a statement in Jalingo. According to him, the incident happened around 11:00 a.m....
Nigeria’s first Emeritus Professor, Umaru Shehu, has died at the age of 97. This is contained in a statement by Dr Bulama Gubio, the Secretary of the Borno Elders Forum on Monday in Maiduguri. Gubio said that Shehu, a distinguished Professor of Medicine, died in the early hours...
Niger State has paid N120 million out of the N500 million it owed the National Examination Council (NECO) as examination fees for its Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE) candidates. “We inherited N500 million from the previous administration as SSCE fees. “Gov. Umaru Bago approved a standing order...
Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang has said that Nigeria can defy its current difficulties and strive to become a great nation. Mutfwang said this at the Independence Day parade, organised by the State Government to mark Nigeria’s 63rd anniversary on Monday at Rwang Pam Stadium, Jos. “Despite the odds...
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has appointed Dr. Amos Dangut as its new Head of National Office (HNO).waec Until his appointment as council’s head, Dangut was the Deputy Registrar, HNO’s office. His appointment came on the heels of the expiration of tenure of the council’s immediate past...
Minister of Communications and Digital Economy Bosun Tijani believes the country’s youth are its biggest asset, saying with the right support they can reshape the world. He made the comment while speaking at the Platform’s Independence Anniversary event held in Lagos on Monday. According to him, Africa has...
The First Lady, Remi Tinubu, says President Bola Tinubu’s government is focused on fixing the country’s problems but admitted that her husband is not a magician. With many struggling with a tripling of fuel prices, a sharp naira devaluation, and inflation now at 25 percent, the Nigeria Labour...
Several residents of some states in the South-West zone of the country are lamenting the astronomical increase in the price of cooking gas, saying it is severely affecting them. The residents told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interviews that unless government intervened urgently, the situation may...
Plateau Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Mr Lawandi Datti has warned youths against jungle justice and advised them to report their concerns to constituted authorities. Datti stated this when he visited the family of late Fwinbe Gofwan who gruesomely murdered by a mob in Jos on Sept. 25. It...
Seven communities at the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) Estuary Area (EA) in Bayelsa, have insisted on their autonomy in development matters. The communities in Ekeremor Local Government Area (LGA) said they will continue to resist plans by SPDC to join them with five others in the Host Community...
Sen. Abdul’aziz Yari (APC- Zamfara) on Sunday donated N1 million and 30 bags of assorted grains to the family of the late veteran journalist, Hamisu Danjibga, who was murdered recently in Gusau. Yari announced the donation while condoling members of the state’s Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Senate President, Mr. Eseme Eyiboh, has debunked reports that an office was created for the wife of the Senate President, Mrs Unoma Akpabio, in the National Assembly. Eyiboh, in a statement on...