At least eight people were killed and several others injured due to lightning in India’s eastern state of Odisha, state-run broadcaster All India Radio (AIR) said Tuesday. On Monday afternoon, heavy rains accompanied by lightning strikes hit many parts of the state. “Capital city Bhubaneswar experienced very...
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Hundreds of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members deployed to Lagos, on Tuesday, defied heavy rainfall to participate in marching at the closing of their orientation programme. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the corps members are in the 2023 Batch B stream. They completed...
Sen. Abdula’ziz Yari (APC-Zamfara) says the Senate is doing its best to ensure thorough screening of President Bola Tinubu’s ministerial nominees of. Yari stated this when he answered questions from newsmen shortly after he paid a private visit to Vice-President Kashim Shettima at the Presidential Villa on Tuesday in...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Defenders of Constitutional Democracy (DCD) has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for nominating An Ondo State Federal Lawmaker, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo as a minister of the Federal Republic. The group also congratulated the nominee for being among the first batch...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Police Officers’ Wives Association (POWA), and a Non Governmental Organisation, Helpline Foundation for the Needy, Abuja, are to partner on areas to improve the lives of women and children in the country. National President of Police Officers’ Wives Association (POWA), Mrs. Elizabeth...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ado-Ekiti – The Executive Chairman of Ikole Local Government of Ekiti State, Hon. Sola Olominu has commended the State Governor Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji over the ongoing construction of the 18km Ikole-Ara-Isinbode road. Speaking after on the spot assessment of the road construction, Hon Olominu...
A fire outbreak has destroyed no fewer than 14 shelves in Yola Market. The Director, Adamawa Fire Service, Alhaji Abdullahi Adamu confirmed the fire outbreak to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yola on Tuesday. Alhaji Adamu said the incident happened on Monday night at...
The Federal Ministry of Works and Housing (FMWH), says societal development and indiscriminate dumping of refuse are major causes of drainage systems blockage which leads to road failures. Mr Bola Aganaba, Director, Highway, North Central, said this on Tuesday in Abuja in an interview with the News Agency of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has flagged off a fresh phase of palliatives which is targeting about 300,000 households with about six persons per household to reach one million and eight hundred thousand (1.8m) persons in need. Governor Zulum launched the distribution...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says the national broadcast message by President Bola Tinubu on the current economic challenges was not the Silver Bullet that Nigerians expected. The NLC President, Joe Ajaero, who stated this in a statement on Tuesday, expressed...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called on the Federal and state governments and employers to take decisive actions to ensure a supportive breastfeeding environment for all working mothers, including those in the formal and informal sector. The UNICEF Country Representative...
President Bola Tinubu on Monday announced several palliative programmes to cushion the effects of the removal of fuel subsidy by his administration. The initiatives come in the wake of mounting hardship resulting from Tinubu’s inauguration day declaration that “fuel subsidy is gone”. Prices of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS),...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has approved the release of additional one billion naira towards the completion of the ongoing reconstruction works at the Maiduguri Monday Market which was razed in February, this year. Governor Zulum announced the latest intervention on Monday...
U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas -Greenfield says addressing famine and food insecurity will be one of the key priorities for August presidency of the UN Security Council. The United States will serve as President of the United Nations Security Council for the month of August, a...
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), working with officials of Total Energies EP Nigeria limited, has rescued occupants of a distressed fishing vessel belonging to São Tomé and Príncipe. Mr Osagie Edward, Assistant Director, Public Relations, NIMASA, in a statement in Lagos on Monday, said that...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Chief Ajuri Ngelale as his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity. The president’s approval was contained in a statement issued on Monday by the Director of Information, Office of the Secretary to the...
Youths from the five South-East states took to the streets of Enugu metropolis on Monday, in support of efforts to end the illegal sit-at-home order, which is crippling the zone’s economy. Speaking to newsmen after the march, Secretary-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youths Worldwide, Mazi Chukwuma Okpalaezeukwu, said the...
The Jigawa Technical Facilitator on Immunization, Usman Binyaminu, has said that at least 22,000 persons have so far been vaccinated against yellow fever in Malammadori Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. The Information Officer in the LGA, Alhaji Musa Muhammad, disclosed this in a statement issued in...
AFTER DARKNESS COMES THE GLORIOUS DAWN My fellow citizens, I want to talk to you about our economy. It is important that you understand the reasons for the policy measures I have taken to combat the serious economic challenges this nation has long faced. 2. I...
The Commissioner of Police, Kebbi State Command, Mr Samuel Titus-Musa, has presented cheques to the tune of N13.3 million to families of police officers who died in active service. Titus-Musa presented the cheques in Birnin Kebbi on Monday on behalf of the Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr Kayode...