By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State House of Assembly BOSHA has confirmed the list of 26 Local Government Councils Transition Committee which was purportedly dissolved on Monday at the expiration of their 6 months transition period as LGC Caretaker Chairman. The dissolution of the caretaker committee was in...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – To reduce high cost of living caused by withdrawal of fuel subsidy, Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, on Tuesday, released 80 buses and pick up vans for free transportation of farmers from their communities to farmlands. The 80 means of transport will comprise of...
The Delta House of Assembly on Tuesday approved the request of Gov. Sheriff Oborevwori to appoint 20 Special Advisers (SAs) to assist in driving the administration of the state. The approval of the governor’s request followed a motion moved by the Majority Leader of the Assembly, Mr Emeka Nwaobi, during...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah has appointed Mr. Ladi Akeredolu-Ale as the Managing Director of Enugu State Broadcasting Service (ESBS). Akeredolu-Ale was before his appointment, the Controller, Current Affairs at Channels television headquarters in Lagos State. His appointment was contained in a...
A Federal lawmaker, Rep. Tolulope Akande-Sadipe has reinforced the need for the pending Bill on the validity of United Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to passed by the 10th National Assembly. This came to the fore during an online seminar, where the lawmaker argued that the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board,...
In continuation of the Nigerian Army Day Celebration (NADCEL), officers and soldiers of 35 Artillery Brigade on Tuesday embarked on massive environmental sanitation along Lafenwa-Rounder road in Abeokuta North Local government area of Ogun. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the soldiers alongside some National Youth Service...
The Youth Wing of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has urged the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to bring Miss Mmesoma Ejikeme’s alleged results falsification case to rest by testing her with another examination. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Miss Ejikeme, erstwhile student of Anglican Girls Secondary School,...
The President-elect of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Dennis Francis, has unveiled the theme of the 78th session in collaboration with the Member States and UN top officials. The theme will be “Rebuilding trust and reigniting global solidarity: Accelerating action on the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development...
Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, has reiterated his administration’s commitment to ending water scarcity in Enugu metropolis and other towns in the state within 154 days. He expressed the hope that the availability of water would end the construction of water storage towers in homes. Mbah gave the assurance...
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Road sweepers in Edo, on Monday, took to the street of Benin City to protest against the payment of N17,820 as salary by the State Waste Management Board. The sweepers, who were majorly women, in their numbers, stormed the secretariat of the Edo council of Nigeria Union of Journalists...
Gov Bassey Otu of Cross River has begun the probe of the administration of his predecessor in office with the setting up of a committee to dig into concessioned industries and land related matters. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the committee is named “Fact Finding Committee...
By BASSEY EFFIONG, Calabar – The Cross River State Government has imposed a dusk to dawn curfew in Akpabuyo and Bakassi Local Government Areas of the state , following crisis for weeks which have led to the lost of lives and properties in the two LGAs. Governor Bassey Otu...
The Delta Chairman of Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), Mr Victor Ebonka has said that local councils in the state have secured a N40 billion loan to settle pension arrears owed retirees from 2016 to date. Ebonka explained that contrary to insinuations, the loan was secured by...
One of the greatest challenges the administration of President Bola Tinubu faces is in the area of insecurity. And the burden of tackling Tinubu’s inherited security challenge is not made lighter by Chapter II of the 1999 Constitution – Fundamental Objectives and Directive Principles of State Policy. Section 14...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum says the state government has set up a committee that will look into the possibility of establishing another market as the reconstructed famous Monday market master plan have existed for over 25-30 years. “We have given go ahead to...
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says Nigeria will need to build no fewer than 3.9 million toilets annually to meet the open defecation-free target by 2025. Dr Jane Bevan, UNICEF Chief of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), said this on Monday at the opening of a two-day Maiden...
Sokoto State Governor, Ahmad Aliyu, has set up a nine-man panel to review all appointments made by former governor Aminu Tambuwal close to the end of his administration. The panel headed by former Police Affairs minister, Malami Dingyadi was specifically mandated to review the appointments of some traditional rulers...
An early morning fire has gutted the popular Soprom Hotel in the commercial city of Onitsha, Anambra, and property worth millions of naira were lost to the inferno. The State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...
Primate Elijah Babatunde Ayodele, the Spiritual Head of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Ministry, has affirmed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s victory in the 2023 presidential election was a spiritual triumph. He made this assertion during the launch of his annual ‘Warning to All Nations’ book over the weekend in Lagos....