The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas, has appealed to the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) not to embark on its planned strike action. In his welcome remarks at the resumption of plenary on Tuesday, Abbas pledged that the house would engage and support the Executive to...
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The House of Representatives has invited the Nigeria Copyright Commission (NCC) toward protecting the rights of late Ilerioluwa Aloba, AKA Mohbad’s songs and lyrics. This followed the adoption of a motion by Rep. Babajimi Benson(APC-Lagos) at the resumed plenary in Abuja on Tuesday. Moving the motion, Benson, said that...
The Nasarawa State House of Assembly has constituted a 9-man Ad-hoc committee to investigate alleged sales of government properties in Lagos and other states by the former administration of Tanko Al-Makura. The Speaker of the House, Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi, announced the resolution after Mr Mohammed Omadefu, the...
The Federal Government says, it has taken steps to eliminate Dog – mediated Human rabies in the Nigeria environs by 2030. The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Sen. Abubakar Kyari, stated this at a joint ministerial news conference to commemorate the World Rabies Day on Tuesday in...
President Bola Tinubu has implored the Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies in Africa to renew the fight against substance abuse. Tinubu made the call, while declaring open the 31st meeting of the Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies, Africa (HONLAF), on Tuesday in Abuja. ...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Save the Child Initiative, (STCI) Nigeria in collaboration with Plan International with support funding from EU-INTPA project has commenced a 2-day workshop for for Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and youths in Sokoto State on economic literacy and budget accountability for governance. Speaking in his...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – One of the trainers of National Directorate of Employment (NDE) in Sokoto State, Hajiya Zailhatu Ladan, has appealed to the Federal Government through the agency to urgently consider organizing skills acquisition training for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Nigeria. Zailhatu, who is a trainer...
Zoleka Mandela, an author and granddaughter of Nelson and Winnie Mandela, sadly passed away at 43 years old after her long battle with cancer. In 2022, she revealed her struggle with the disease in her liver and lungs. Her family confirmed her passing in a statement posted on...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – In a bid to reduce the menace of out of school children in the country, the Minister of State for Education, Hon. Dr. Yusuf Tanko Sununu has called on stakeholders, Federal, state, local authorities, and the private sector to collaborate efforts towards immediate, aggressive...
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has pledged to ensure justice for victims of alleged illegal human organ harvesting in Plateau, involving one Noah Kekere and two other suspects. Kekere and his accomplice were alleged to have harvested a woman’s kidney during a...
Some residents of Gwagwalada Area Council in FCT have cautioned against lynching of persons alleged to have ‘stolen’ male genital organs. The residents spoke in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja. They expressed concerns following recent outcry of some men and women...
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) says it has summoned Erisco Foods Limited for allegedly arresting a dissatisfied consumer for her negative review of one of their products. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that one Chioma Egodi Jnr. on Sept. 17, expressed her dissatisfaction on...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo – Taraba State Government has kick-started a one month free computer literacy training for women and youths in the state to tackle the economic challenges through digital and entrepreneurship. The Commissioner of Digital Economy and Innovation, Hon. Gideon Samuel Nonso disclosed this to NATIONAL...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Senate will on Tuesday screen former Chairman of the Board of Citi Bank Nigeria, Dr Olayemi Cardoso for the position of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The senate will also screen four nominees for the positions...
A cleric has boasted that he is capable of resurrecting the late Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, aka Mohbad, if given the chance. Oba Ewulomi while speaking in a now-viral video, claimed he has the power to bring Mohbad back to life if he is granted access to the corpse of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Vice President Kashim Shettima was in Maiduguri Monday evening to attend the Funeral (Jannaiza prayer) proceeding of late Sheikh Khadi Kaka-Imam, the father of Alhabi Mohammed Imam at his residence in Maiduguri. Late Alkali Imam died at the age of 100yrs after a...
Kano State Government says it has no regrets demolishing structures that contravene the city Master Plan. It also alleged that some previous administrations in the state bastardized the City Master Plan, thus the reason for demolition of structures by the Gov. Abba Kabir Yusuf administration. The Chief Press...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, has charged youths of the Niger Delta region, to embrace entrepreneurship as a springboard for sustainable development. Ogbuku, who made the call in his keynote address at the Ogbia...
The Federal Government with the support of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), has repatriated more than 160 stranded Nigerians from Libya. Amb. Kabiru Musa, Chargé D’Affaires En Titre in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja, said the...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has issued a road advisory to motorists and diverted traffic along Enugu–Port Harcourt Dual Carriage Expressway following the collapse of a Flyover Bridge on the road. One of the flyover bridges across Enugu–Port Harcourt Dual Carriage Expressway collapsed on Monday...