Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda, said the appointments of two key leadership positions in President Bola Tinubu led administration were well deserved. Tinubu had appointed Femi Gbajabiamila, ex-Speaker of House of Representatives as Chief of Staff and Sen George Akume as Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF)....
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Gov. Nasir Idris of Kebbi State, on Thursday inaugurated the 10th Kebbi State Assembly at the legislative chambers in Birnin Kebbi. Idris, represented by the Clerk of the assembly, Alhaji Sulaiman Shamaki, cited Section 105 sub-section 3 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended....
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Government has declared Monday June 12, public holiday in commemoration of the 2023 Democracy Day celebration. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Dr Oluwatoyin Akinlade, announced this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Akinlade who made the declaration on behalf of...
The National Population Commission (NPC) says the expenditure toward the 2023 National Population and Housing Census is not wasted. The NPC Federal Commissioner in charge of Delta, Chief Richard Odibo said this during a breakfast meeting for media executives on Thursday in Asaba. Odibo said that former President Muhammadu...
Two subpoenaed Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ad hoc officers said the election umpire had difficulty uploading presidential results during the Feb 25 election. The officers, Friday Egwuma and Grace Timothy who testified as subpoenaed witnesses before the presidential election petition court (PEPC) made this known on Thursday. In...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has nullified recent appointments into the State Civil Service made by the immediate-past governor, Samuel Ortom. The governor in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Kula Tersoo, also demoted some permanent secretaries appointed by the immediate...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has urged the Federal Government to rebuild the nation’s refineries with a view to reducing the negative effect of the fuel subsidy removal. The Union’s National President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, gave the advice on Wednesday at a Maiden Public Lecture and Groundbreaking...
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has called for the arrest of the immediate past Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, over what it described as the “fraudulent” Nigeria Air. This is contained in a statement signed by the group’s National Coordinator, Mr Emmanuel Onwubiko, and made available...
Senator Annie Okonkwo, a former lawmaker who represented Anambra Central senatorial district in the National Assembly, has died. He was 63. He reportedly died in the United States after a long battle with a terminal illness. A family member who spoke to Vanguard via the telephone on condition of...
By GRACE AUDU – The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund), have signed a new and revised Strategic Framework for Collaboration, designed to build stronger and more resilient health systems and maximize collaboration and impact in support of...
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The police has sealed off the Nasarawa House of Assembly Complex, to avert a breakdown of law and order following the emergence of two speakers for the seventh assembly. DSP Ramhan Nansel, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) said this on Wednesday in a statement in Lafia. Nansel...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board(JAMB) has rolled out modalities for the absorption of returnee students from war-torn countries into Nigerian universities. The modalities are follow-ups to the high level meeting between the Federal Ministry of Education(FME), Federal Ministry of Health, Joint Admissions and...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – State Governors on Wednesday expressed strong support for President Bola Tinubu’s decision to end fuel subsidy payments in the country and other early policy initiatives of the administration. The governors, who took turns to speak when the President hosted members of the Nigerian Governors’...
Gov. Ahmad Aliyu of Sokoto State has constituted a 19-member committee to review the auction of government assets by his predecessor. Addressing newsmen in Sokoto on Wednesday, Malam Abubakar Bawa, the Press Secretary to the governor, revealed that the committee is to be Chaired by Alhaji Jelani Kalgo with...
The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), has urged government at all levels to consider establishing a Ministry of Public Relations. A former Chairman of the NIPR in Imo, Mr Onyema Ubaka, made the appeal at the institute’s questioning public lecture series in Owerri, on Wednesday. He spoke on...
The Chairman of Ringim Local Government Area of Jigawa, Alhaji Shehu Sule-udi, has said that two persons died in Monday’s windstorm in the area. Sule-udi, who spoke on the incident in an interview with newsmen in his office on Wednesday, said that 20 houses were also destroyed by the...
Authorities of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, have debunked the rumour making the rounds that a University lecturer stole some phones belonging to some students who were writing their examinations. This is contained in a Press Release by the Public Relations Officer of the University, Mr Abiodun Olanrewaju, on...
President Bola Tinubu has directed the National Economic Council (NEC) led by Vice President Kashim Shettima to device an approach and begin the process of working on interventions to mitigate the impact of subsidy removal on the Nigerians. Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, stated this after leading some...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday called on the European Union to assist Nigeria and Africa in strengthening security and economic development to alleviate poverty in the continent. The President spoke during a telephone conversation with the President of the European Council, Mr. Charles Michel,...