By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – A political group has condemned attempts by some faceless individuals to disparage the immediate former Vice President of Nigeria, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, over recent decisions of the President Bola Tinubu Administration to drop a ministerial nominee and the sack of...
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The House of Representatives ad hoc Committee on the disposal of public property has resolved to invite the Ministry of Water Resources to account for assets of River Basin Authorities disposed from 2010 to 2022. Rep. Julius Ihonbvere (APC-Edo) the chairman of the committee said this at...
PremiumTrust Bank is to celebrate Ekiti governor Biodun Oyebanji’s first anniversary in office with a play on Col. Adekunle Fajuyi, the late military governor of old Western Region. The play, which is to be staged in collaboration with the Duke of Shomolu Productions, a theatrical plays producing...
The Federal Government has appealed to the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to suspend its proposed 2-day nationwide warning strike over economic hardship. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Mr Simon Lalong, made the call at a news conference on Monday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria...
The Department of State Security Service, (DSS) has released the suspended Chairman of Ogun East Local Government, Wale Adedayo. NAN reports that Adedayo had dragged Gov. Dapo Abiodun before the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) demanding the investigation of the governor...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has flagged off the 2023 tree-planting campaign with 1.2m trees expected to be planted across the state. The exercise, conducted at the premises of the Borno State University Teaching Hospital on Monday, is aimed at curbing...
The Nigerian government has taken strategic measures aimed at unequivocally rooting out torture in the country, the Solicitor-General of the Federation, Mrs Beatrice Jedy-Agba, has said. Jedy-Agba who is also the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice, said this on Monday in Abuja at a three-day training on...
Willie Nwokoye, a former Principal Secretary to ex-Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, has advised people eating out to chew their food properly before swallowing. He gave the advice in a Facebook post on Sunday, after he almost swallowed a metal hook in a plate of Egusi soup while...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Department of State Services (DSS) has uncovered plots by some elements in parts of the country to stage violent protests in order to discredit the Federal Government and security agencies over sundry socio-economic matters. DSS spokesman, Dr. Peter Afunanya, who...
The much-anticipated verdict of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPT) is expected to be delivered on Wednesday, September 6th. The Court of Appeal Registrar Umar Bangari confirmed this to Channels Television on Monday, saying the proceedings will be open to live broadcast by interested television stations. The...
President Bola Tinubu has reassured Nigerians of his determination not to fail the country in carrying out a permanent transformation of the nation’s economy to an enduring prosperity. Tinubu said this while receiving members of Tinubu Support Organisation (TSO) on a solidarity visit to the Presidential Villa, Abuja....
Air Peace Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dr Allen Onyema, Olubadan of Ibadan Dr Moshood Olalekan-Balogun, and others have been nominated for the prestigious Afro Awards 2023 for their humanitarian services. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Annual Afro Awards is a. non-profit event...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) said it would continue to advocate inclusion of retirees, both in the private and public sectors, in the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). Its Assistant General Secretary, Mr Chris Onyeka, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
Nigeria Police Academy (POLAC) has confirmed the death of a cadet, Sulaiman Jika, in Kano State. Jika, who was a cadet at the department of computer science, died on Saturday, September 2, 2023, at the premises of the police academy in Wudil. However, Punch reported that his colleagues said he died after being...
African Israeli Stage in partnership with the National Arts Theatre on Sunday in Lagos presented Wole Soyinka’s play titled “The Road”. Originally published in 1965, ‘The Road’ by Wole Soyinka is a play about a day in the strange life of a group of drivers on a Nigerian road....
Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, has assured that dividends of democracy will be delivered to Nigerians as promised during electioneering. Hamzat gave the assurance at a special Thanksgiving Service for President Bola Tinubu, Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and all elected APC candidates in the 2023 general...
At least three persons were confirmed dead in Sunday’s collapse of a-three-storey building under construction in Anambra community. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the incident occurred at Egbu Umuenem, Otolo Nnewi community, Nnewi North Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. NAN learnt that...
The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) has expressed grief over the death of Pa Taiwo Akinkunmi, the man, who designed the Nigerian Flag in 1958, saying his death is a national loss. Commiserating with the family of late Pa Akinkunmi, the NIPR President, Dr. Ike Neliaku...
Th General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has declared that the “glorious days” when the Nigerian currency, naira was more valuable than its American equivalent, dollar will soon return. Adeboye made the statement on Sunday during a preaching titled ‘Uncommon Miracles’...