By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Thursday presided over the swearing-in of 17 new commissioners to constitute the state executive council for the ongoing second term which began on May 29, 2023. The governor later posted the commissioners to their respective...
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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) , has ordered the deployment of its standby military force to restore democratic order in the Niger Republic. This was made known in a communique issued after the ECOWAS Extraordinary meeting held in Abuja on Thursday to discuss issues about the...
Kebbi State Governor, Nasir Idris on Thursday described the Etsu Nupe, Dr Yahaya Abubakar, as a pillar of national unity. The governor made this known while receiving a delegation from the Emir on a courtesy at Government House, Birnin Kebbi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the...
Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda, says the state government is not ready to call or seek dialogue with any bandit across the state, even as it is ready to accept those willing to repent and return to the society. Radda revealed this during a special prayer session organised...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday took delivery of innovation technology tools to enhance the results management process, accuracy and the commission’s operational effectiveness. The Chairman of the commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, while speaking at the handover of the innovation technology...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says no fewer than 33,983 persons are already affected by the 2023 flooding in different parts of the country. NEMA Director, Planning, Research and Forecasting, Hajiya Fatima Kasim, stated this at the Emergency Coordination Forum Meeting, on Thursday in Abuja. She...
Vice President Kashim Shettima, says the Tinubu administration is prioritising Climate Change interventions to address the menace of desertification, coastal erosion, and flooding in the country. Shettima, in a statement by Mr Olusola Abiola, Director of Information, Office of the Vice President, on Thursday in Abuja, said the...
A Professor of Paediatrics from the University of Port Harcourt, Prof. Kanu Nkanginieme, says Nigeria ranks fourth in the world’s population of medical doctors. Prof. Nkanginieme stated this in his paper presentation at the Theophilus Oladipo-Ogunlesi Memorial Lecture 2023, organised at the 17th Annual Scientific Conference and All...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Secretary to the Cross River State Government, Professor Anthony Owan Enoh has reiterated the state government’s commitment to plan well for its citizens, maintaining that “without the children of today there will be no tomorrow”. Professor Enoh stated this on Friday in...
A total of 54,171 inmates out of the 79,076 inmates in correctional centres nationwide as at July 31, are awaiting-trial persons. Controller-General of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Mr Haliru Nababa gave the figure on Thursday in Abuja at an international conference on prisoners’ justice. The conference...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has rejoiced with the doyen of accounting in Nigeria and Africa, Chief Akintola Williams, on the joyous occasion of his 104th birthday. The president’s congratulatory message is contained in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja by his Special...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – No fewer than 25 unemployed youths have been enrolled to undergo the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) Community Based-Business Training Scheme, (CBBTS) in Sokoto State. Flagging off the training in Bodinga LGA of Sokoto, the State Coordinator of NDE, Ibrahim Faisal...
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The Executive Director Safehaven Development Initiative, an NGO, Margaret Onah-Nnang, has described Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) as evil. Nnang disclosed this in Lagos on Wednesday, during a media roundtable organised by the NGO, supported by Global Media Campaign to End FGM and Frontline Ending FGM. ...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo – Taraba State Governor, Dr. Agbu Kefas, has unveiled the state palliative care initiative to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy removal on the citizens. The unveiling ceremony held at the Taraba State Government House in Jalingo on Wednesday, provided alternative plans, which...
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The 14th Emir of Kano, Sanusi Mohammed, has met with the Niger military leaders who staged a coup two weeks ago. The former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor made this known after a visit to President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday to brief him on his mediation efforts in...
Ekiti State Government on Wednesday approved palliatives to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy removal. Tagged “Ekiti State Subsidy Relief Programme’’, the government approved consequential adjustment of the minimum wage to civil servants on Grade level 14 to Grade Level 17. It approved the payment of leave...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Olukayode Egbetokun has approved the reappointment of the Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Olumuyiwa Adejobi as the Force Public Relations Officer. This is contained in a statement issued by the Administrative Officer in the Force Public...