The National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Iyiola Omisore, says he is optimistic that Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, will soon return to the state to continue attending to the developmental needs of the people. Omisore said this on Friday in Akure in what he called...
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The Acting Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Kayode Egbetokun, has presented cheques worth N535.6 million to 68 families of officers who lost their lives in the line of duty. Presenting the cheques to the families on Friday in Abuja, the I-G said the money was from the Group Life...
President Bola Tinubu has pledged to protect Benin artefacts returned to the country from different parts of the world as a way of archiving the history of the people. Tinubu made the commitment on Friday in Abuja when he received the Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum on Friday sworn in the newly appointed Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Hon. Bukar Tijani, 3 Special Advisers and one Permanent Secretary at the International Conference Hall of Usman Musa Secretariat Maiduguri. He said the appointment of the...
The House of Representatives ad hoc committee on international boundary dispute between Nigeria and Cameroon on Thursday called for swift action to be taken to prevent the loss of another Cross River State territory to Cameroon like Bakassi. The Danare and Biajua communities and about 7,000 to 10,000 hectares...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) FT-7NI trainer aircraft has reportedly crashed on Friday while on a routine training exercise in Makurdi, the Benue State capital. The NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, confirmed the crash...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu is set to travel to Nairobi, Kenya on Saturday July 15, to participate in the Fifth Mid-Year Coordination Meeting (5thMYCM) of the African Union (AU), the Regional Economic Communities (RECs), the Regional Mechanisms (RMs), and the African Union Member States. ...
Another Abuja High Court has voided the arrest and detention of the Suspended Central Bank Governor, Mister Godwin Emefiele, by the Department of State Services. Delivering Judgement, Justice Bello Kawu held that the arrest, detention and interrogation of Mister Emefiele, is in violation of the subsisting judgment and orders...
A graduate of Lead City University, Ibadan, Ebimotimi Freeborn, who was beaten to death in Yenagoa, Bayelsa for allegedly stealing a loaf of bread had mental issues, family sources have revealed. The sources told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Yenagoa that Freeborn, a graduate of...
Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State on Friday said the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) was not just a programme but a symbol of Nigeria’s strength and diversity. Mohammed stated this in Bauchi during the swearing-in ceremony of 1,756 of the 2023 Batch B stream 1 corps members posted...
The First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, has admonished governors wives across the nation to impact lives both within their states and across the country for good governance. Sen. Oluremi gave this advice in Abuja on Friday during her first official meeting with the wives of governors from the 36...
Brig.-Gen. Mohammed-Aminu Abdullahi, Commandant Depot Nigerian Army, has visited the Emir of Zazzau, Malam Ahmed Bamalli, to seek for royal blessings and strengthen civil-military relationship. Capt. Iliya Dauda, Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, Depot NA, disclosed this in a statement issued in Zaria on Friday. The statement reported the...
Unions in the universities on Thursday resolved to burry their individual differences and work together in order to rescue the education sector and improve the welfare of members. The idea was floated at the 44th National Executive Council, NEC, meeting of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum has approved the appointment of Barkindo Muhammad Saidu as Director General of the State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA. The Governor also appointed Abdulkadir Abdulkarim Harun as Executive Secretary, Borno State Arabic and Sangaya Education Board (BOSASEB). Zulum’s special...
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By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has assured women in the country that his administration is committed to ensuring that Nigeria is retrieved from the vested interests that have stifled her development. He also assured the women that issues of security, healthcare system and industrialization would...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has expressed the interest of the Osun State citizens to participate in the on-going Skill Acquisition Training and Youth Empowerment Programme by the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI). Governor Adeleke stated...
President Bola Tinubu has ordered immediate action to stem rising food prices and ensure sustainable food security in the country. At a briefing on Thursday in Abuja by Mr Dele Alake, Presidential Adviser on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy, Tinubu said the interventions were meant to have immediate impact...
The Senate on Thursday approved $800 million World Bank loan request by President Bola Tinubu. This followed the consideration of the loan by the Committee of the Whole during Thursday’s plenary. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalled that former President Muhammadu Buhari had, towards the tail end of...