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...
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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,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), the National Population Commission (NPC), and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have announced a new partnership aimed at enhancing birth registration in Nigeria. A statement issued and signed by the UNICEF Communication Officer, Borno State, Folashade Adebayo...
The Chairman, Independent and Corrupt Practices and Other related Commission (ICPC), Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, has described corruption as a dream killer that must be fought to a standstill by the youth. The Chairman, represented by Alhaji Alli Goni Gujba, Board Member, ICPC, said this on Wednesday in Abuja, at...
Bolts drivers in Calabar have announced a three-day nationwide withdrawal of their services to demand an upward adjustment in both their bonus and fare. The drivers, operating under the aegis of the Amalgamated Union of App-Based Transport Workers of Nigeria, announced the planned protest at a news briefing on...
Mr Ade Omole, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says the removal of fuel subsidy by President Bola Tinubu in the country’s best interest. Omole, a former Director of the Diaspora Directorate of the defunct APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), said this when he spoke with the...
An advocacy group, Ilaje Development Summit Group (IDSG), has called on Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo, to intervene over an alleged plot to impeach his deputy, Lucky Aiyedatiwa. The group stated this on Wednesday in an open letter to the governor, signed by its Deputy Executive Administrator, Mr Ola...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – The new Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, has assured that he will not disappoint President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Nigerians in general in the performance of his duties. Akume, a former Governor of Benue State, gave the assurance...
President Bola Tinubu has sworn-in Senator George Akume as the new Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) at the council chamber. Senator George Akume in the brief ceremony which had dignitaries, including some serving and former Governors, took his Oath of Allegiance and Oath of Office. The...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia- Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule has approved the appointment of seven new Permanent Secretaries. The Acting Head of Civil Service in the state, Mrs Abigail Waya, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Lafia. Mrs. Waya said that the governor approved the appointment...
President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu has reconciled Igbo bishops, archbishops, “Anya Ndigbo’’ and other groups back to Ohaneze Ndigbo mainframe to move the Southeast region forward. The declaration was made in a statement issued in Enugu on Wednesday by the National Publicity Secretary of the social-political...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has debunked online reports allegeding that there is a lopsided promotion in the agency. The NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said in a statement on Wednesday that elevation of officers and men remains an ongoing exercise based on...
Ballard Partners, an international governmental affairs firms has appointed Alhaji Lai Mohammed, immediate past Minister of Information and Culture, as Managing Partner of its first office in Africa. In a statement issued by the firm and made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja, Mohammed is to serve as...
BY EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has warned Nigerians to beware of a fake grant scheme being circulated on social media as ‘President Bola Tinubu’s N50,000 Cash Grant’ to Nigerians. Mrs Hadiza Umar, Head, Corporate Affairs and External Relations, NITDA, disclosed this in...
No fewer than 108 Nigerians who have been stranded in Tripoli, Libya, have been received by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). This is contained in a statement by the agency on Wednesday in Lagos. Mr Mustapha Ahmed, Director-General, NEMA who officially received the returnees on behalf of the...
The House of Representative has urged President Bola Tinubu to constitute a high level Presidential committee to undertake a holistic review of the processes of the Nigeria Air project. Rep. Nnolim Nnaji the Chairman of the committee on Aviation said this in Abuja after careful evaluation of the issues...