President Muhammadu Buhari has again expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the 2023 general elections in Nigeria, considering the turnout of voters and the generally peaceful atmosphere under which it took place. The president, who stated this while addressing his colleagues at the Commonwealth Leaders Summit on Friday in...
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is yet to receive official communication from the House of Representatives on its resolution regarding the nation’s voter register. The Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, told newsmen on Friday in Abuja, while reacting to a media publication...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The former Chief Justice of Nasarawa State, Justice Ahmed Ubangari (rtd), has emerged as the new paramount ruler of the Eggon nation. Governor Abdullahi Sule, in a meeting with the leadership and members of the state’s Traditional Council of Chiefs in Lafia, on Friday,...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Senate to confirm the appointment of 12 nominees as members of the Governing Board of the North East Development Commission (NEDC). The President’s request is contained in a letter addressed to Senate President Ahmed Lawan dated May 3,...
Talking on a mobile for 30 minutes or more per week is linked with a 12 per cent increased risk of high blood pressure, says a research published by European Society of Cardiology (ESC). The findings of the study published in European Heart Journal – Digital Health, a journal...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reappointment of members of the Board of Trustees of the Nigeria Police Trust Fund (NPTF) for a final term of three years. The Ministry of Police Affairs stated on Friday in Abuja that the renewed appointment takes effect from May 19, pursuant to...
The Centre for Human and Social-economic Rights (CHSR) says it is illegal for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to delete inactive voters from its register. The National President, CHSR, Mr Alex Omotehinse, said this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos....
LEKAN AGBOOLA, Ilorin – The Chairman, National Population Commission (NPC), Alhaji Nasir Isa Kwara has expressed the readiness of the Commission to conduct an accurate, reliable and acceptable census exercise across the country. The Chairman made the disclosure when he led the National Executive Members of the commission on...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The helmsman of the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria, (TRCN), Prof. Josiah Ajiboye, says 70% of private school teachers in the South- West are not qualified to teach in the country. Prof. Ajiboye noted that such unqualified persons in the teaching profession are not...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said the agency remained a safety corps and not a revenue generating agency. Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO) Bisi Kazeem said this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja. NAN reports that there have been reports about FRSC...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The population of unemployed graduates, youths and the vulnerable groups in Hawul Local Government Area of Borno State, has been described as alarming and dangerous. Chairman, Transition Council of Hawul, Local Government Council, Hon. Inuwa Bwala stated this on Friday while inspecting the ongoing...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – 7 aggrieved kingmakers (Etuboms) from the Palace of The Obong of Calabar have petitioned Governor Ben Ayade over what they described as wrong interpretation of the Supreme Court Judgement on the recent re-election of the Obong of Calabar, Etubom Ekpo Okon Abasi Otu. It...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A humanitarian and Non Governmental Organization, Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development has trained 40 early/forced marriage victims and mothers of invisible children affected by the over decade of insurgency in Borno state on various skills acquisition for a period of one month. The...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre), a leading Anti-Corruption Organization has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately constitutes the National Council on Public Procurement in compliance with the Public Procurement Act as measures to stop the illegal interference of the Federal...
By ORKULA SHAAGEE, Abuja – As part of measures to ensure that cassava seed entrepreneurs report on quality of seed produce, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and National Agricultural Seed Council (NASC) and Catholic Relief Services under Building an Economically Sustainable Integrated Cassava Seed Systems in Nigeria...
Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State says his administration will aggressively woo investors, to increase the state’s Internally Generated Revenue (IGR), and create more jobs for the teeming youth population. Makinde said this on Thursday during the State Workers Productivity Day/Merit Award celebration, held at the Theophilus Ogunlesi Hall,...
The Abia House of Assembly Committee on Anti-Corruption and Public Accounts says it will meet with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and other anti-graft agencies over petitions against some State Government functionaries. This is contained in a statement issued to newsmen in Umuahia on Thursday by the Chairman...
The House of Representatives has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to develop a system to delete dead voters from the voters register. This was the resolution of the lawmakers after a motion of urgent national importance by a member, Leke Abejide, drawing the attention of the House...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Sokoto State Governor-elect, Ahmed Aliyu has debunked media reports alleging that the incoming All Progressives Congress (APC) led government would probe the administration of Governor Aminu Tambuwal. The governor-elect known made this known on Thursday in a statement signed by his Special Assistant...