Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, has sworn-in the first female Chief Judge of the state, Justice Dije Audu Aboki, with an appeal for support from the judiciary. Yusuf urged the judiciary to support his administration’s demolition and anti-graft policies to enable it recover public assets allegedly acquired illegally by...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum on Monday flagged off the distribution of food palliatives residents of Maiduguri Metropolitan Council (MMC) and Jere Local Government Council with a view to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy removal by the federal government. The Governor...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has approved the immediate recruitment of 52 medical staff amongst them two doctors, eight nurses and midwives and 42 other supporting staff. Zulum’s approval was disclosed by the Chief Medical Director, Borno State Hospital Management Board, Professor...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Spotify, an online music streaming service, says Nigerian songwriter, Teniola Apata, popularly known as Teni, is its EQUAL Africa artiste for August. This is according to a statement issued on Monday in Lagos by Spotify’s Head of Music for Sub-Saharan Africa, Phiona Okumu, Okumu...
The FCT Chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA-FCT), has urged the Federal Government to reconsider its plans of “No work no pay” on medical workers, saying the act will further destroy the sector. The call by the association was made in collaboration with the Nasarawa and Kogi states...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The management of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has alerted the public to the activities of fraudsters dangling fake contracts and forging the official website of the Commission. The Commission’s Director, Corporate Affairs, Ibitoye Abosede, said in a statement on Sunday, that the...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – As stakeholders in the Nigerian economy take stock of the recently signed Nigeria Electricity Act 2023 by President Bola Tinubu with the hope that it will address the multifarious challenges across the electric power sector, the WorldStage Economic Summit (WES) has resolved to...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has condemned Abia State Government’s interference with the leadership structure of the State Council of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW). The NLC President, Mr Joe Ajaero, made the condemnation in a letter addressed to Gov. Alex Otti, on Sunday in...
No fewer than 294 Army Officers on Sunday begun a week long Senior Staff Course Qualifying Examination, holding at Jaji Military Cantonment, Kaduna State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)reports that the examination is being conducted by the Nigerian Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC). The President of...
A former presidential candidate of the Action Democratic Congress (ADC), Mr Dumebi Kachikwu, has urged the Federal Government to set up an investigation panel over an alleged oil theft involving the Nigerian Navy. Kachikwu said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. “The Nigerian Navy...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – In the wake of the devastating loss of Dr. Vwaere Diaso, a medical house officer at Lagos Island General Hospital, the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) emphasizes the immediate necessity for robust healthcare reforms to strengthen infrastructure, accountability, and...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The African Women Conference (AWC), has announced a new venue for the 7th Edition of the conference, scheduled to hold from October 25-27, 2023. This year’s conference will now hold in Adis Ababa, the Ethiopia capital with the theme: Reviewing the Economic, Social...
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) says it has arrested 21 persons including touts, illegal foreign exchange dealers, hawkers and scavengers at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos. Mr Abdullahi Yakubu-Funtua, Director, Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, FAAN, made this known in a statement on Sunday in Lagos. He...
Sheila Sullivan had brushed off Frank Sinatra, shut a door in Joe DiMaggio’s face and married one of the top stars of 1960s TV The mysterious neighbor claimed to have witnessed a nuclear detonation, marched on Selma and acted on Broadway. Would an overlooked form letter be her downfall?...
A ministerial nominee from Kogi State, Shuaibu Audu, has expressed optimism that Nigeria will emerge among the 20 largest economies in the world, under the administration of President Bola Tinubu. Shuaibu, a son of the late Kogi governor, Alhaji Abubakar Audu, said this when he appeared for screening at...
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) says it will embark on a daily peaceful protests from Wednesday as part of measures to ensure its demand are met. The association gave the notice on Saturday in a letter addressed to the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH)...
The First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, has renamed the main auditorium of Maryam Babangida National Centre for Women Development after Dr Maryam Abacha. Maryam is the wife of late Gen. Sani Abacha, former military Head of State. The hall, formerly known as African Peace Mission Hall, was...
Senate has urged President Bola Tinubu, as Chairman of ECOWAS, to encourage other ECOWAS leaders to explore further the political and diplomatic options and other means towards resolving the political impasse in Niger Republic. The upper chamber also called on the ECOWAS Parliament to rise to the occasion by...
First Lady Oluremi Tinubu has distributed food stuff, clothes and other household items to Nana Berry Orphanage and Children Home in New Karu, Nasarawa state through her Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) pet project. The Senate President’s wife, Mrs Ekaette Akpabio, who presented the items on behalf of the...