By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Despite leaving office, Former First Lady Dr Aisha Buhari is still sowing the milk of human kindness into people’s lives. Her Foundation, the Aisha Buhari Foundation in collaboration with the Emeka Offor Foundation, has presented a cheque to the National Hospital Abuja for intervention...
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By BARBARA KALU, Owerri – President Bola Tinubu has been urged to appoint a southerner as the next Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The National Coordinator of Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) , Mr Emmanuel Onwubiko, made the call in a statement issued to...
By ARMSTRONG BAKAM, Bauchi – A Bauchi based Non-Governmental Organization Azurfa Women and Youth Development Initiative (AWOYDI), has empowered no fewer than 100 women in farming to boost food production and storage in Bar and Bom communities of Bogoro Local Government Area of the State. The Founder of the...
By PHILIP EDET, Calabar – Dead bodies of three of the 13 medical students declared missing following a boat cruise mishap in Calabar, Cross River State at the weekend have now been recovered, according to Police Commissioner Gyogon Augustine Grimah. The 3 medical students had been declared missing after ...
No fewer than two million pilgrims from different parts of the globe who arrived the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for this year’s Hajj, have converged on the plains of Arafat for the most important Hajj ritual. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that pilgrims, from the wee hours...
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) on Monday sealed up 50 filling stations for operating without storage and sales licenses. sealed up 50 filling stations for operating without storage and sales licenses. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports in Lokoja that the state Coordinator of...
The Kano State Government has ordered the suspension of salaries of 10,000 workers employed by former governor Abdullahi Ganduje’s administration, pending investigations. Mr Abdulkadir Abdulsalam., The Accountant General of the state, made this known to newsmen in Kano on Monday. Abdulsalam said the affected staff were employed at...
UN humanitarian agencies on Monday said that no fewer than 60 million people in the Horn of Africa were in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. Liesbeth Aelbrecht, the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) incident manager for the greater Horn of Africa emergency, said in a statement that children in the...
The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has appointed Chief Sylvester Okonkwo as his Chief of Staff and Mr Saviour Enyiekere as his Deputy Chief of Staff.akpa A statement on Monday in Abuja from the Media Office of President of Senate made the disclosure in Abuja on Monday. According...
By ERDOO AVAAN, Makurdi – The Story: Benue civil servants are currently in wild jubilation as the first bank alerts have hit their phones in 7 months The full gist: True to his promise during electioneering campaigns, Governor Hyacinth Alia has put smiles on the faces of Benue workers,...
A retired Assistant Inspector General of Police, Nuhu Ribadu, has officially taken over from Maj-Gen Babagana Monguno (retd) as Nigeria’s National Security Adviser (NSA). At a brief event in Abuja on Monday, Ribadu promised to live up to the expectations of Nigerians and secure the country from...
BY RICHARD ABU, Lafia – The Executive Governor of Nasarawa State, Engineer Abdullahi Sule has advised traditional rulers in the state not to engage in partisan politics as they remain the custodian of culture and tradition of the people. Governor Sule gave the charge recently in Lafia during the...
It’s official. Nigeria’s foremost book on development, Nigeria Heroes and Sheroes: Diary of a Journalist of Courage, authored by Mr. Ken Ugbechie, Publisher of Political Economist NG, is now listed on Amazon.com and already attracting global patronage. The 644-page book which chronicles the nation’s uneven steps in her march to development was presented to...
Alhaji Buba Mashio (APC) on Monday emerged the new Speaker of the 8th Yobe State House of Assembly. The Speaker was nominated on the floor of the House by Alhaji Dala Dogo of Karasuwa constituency, seconded by Alhaji Bukar Mustapha, representing Geidam Central constituency. In his inaugural speech, Mashio...
Vice President Kashim Shettima on Monday decorated the newly appointed acting Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Adewale Adeniyi, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Olusola Abiola, Director Information, Office of the Vice President, in a statement in Abuja, said the ceremony was witnessed by the Chief of...
The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, says that there will be an upward review of electricity tariff from July 1. According to a statement issued by the company’s management on Monday, the tariff increase is influenced by the fluctuating exchange rate. “Effective July 1, 2023, please be informed that there...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Jamiyyatu Ansaarudeen Attijaniyya (JAMAA) has appointed its Director General who will coordinate, manage and conceptualise the establishment and operations of the First Aid Group of the Jamiyyatu Ansaarudeen Attijaniyya (JAMAA) in Nigeria. A statement issued and signed on Monday by the National...
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By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Provost, College of Education Akwanga in Nasarawa State, Rev Dr. Jonathan Thani, has called on Nigerians to imbibe the culture of thanking God in all circumstances for more of His (God’s) blessings. The provost made the call on Sunday, during a thanksgiving service...
Ram sellers in Birnin Kebbi are complaining of low patronage as buyers lament exorbitant prices ahead of the Eid-el-kabir celebrations.ram A check by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in some livestock markets in the state capital on Sunday showed that in spite of the sales moving at a...