President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday morning, arrived on the parade ground of the Mambilla Barracks, where he joined other Muslim faithful to perform the Eid-el-Fitr prayer. The President, who arrived around 9:10 am, was accompanied by some of his family members and personnel aides. Others at the praying ground...
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The Federal Government says it is considering how best to achieve subsidy removal without disrupting livelihoods in Nigeria. Amb. Gabriel Aduda, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum Resources, said this while briefing newsmen on Thursday at the end of the Nigeria International Energy Summit (NIES 2023). He said the Federal...
Buhari names one of his ‘proudest achievements’
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari says the peaceful outcome of the 2023 general elections”will go down on record as one of the proudest achievements of my administration in addition to our neutrality in the conduct of the elections.” President Buhari stated this in his goodwill message...
A mushroom plant scientist, Prof. Sami Ayodele, has urged the Federal Government to create an opportunity for farmers to embrace mushroom cultivation to serve as alternative means of farming and income generation for the country. Ayodele made the call in Abuja on Thursday while delivering the National Open University...
By HARUNA AHMED, Sokoto – Sen. Aliyu Wamakko has secured the release of 62 inmates serving various jail terms in various Correctional Centres in Sokoto State. This was contained in a statement issued on Thursday in Sokoto by Bashar Abubakar, Wamakko’s Special Assistant on Media and Publicity. The statement...
Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto and President General Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has declared Friday, April 21, as the first day of Shawwal, 1444 AH in Nigeria. Abubakar, in a broadcast in Sokoto on Thursday said the reports for the sighting of the crescent...
The National Assembly (NASS) says the first batch of induction programmes for the 10th assembly Senators and Reps-elect is slated for May 7 and 8. It also announced that the second batch is for May 14th and 15th. The management expressed readiness for the inauguration of Senators and Reps-elect...
The management of the National Assembly says training of members-elect will begin on May 7 ahead of inauguration of the 10th Assembly. The announcement is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday by the Chairman, Planning Sub-Committee on Media and Publicity, Dr Ali Umoru. Umoru stated that...
The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Mr Abubakar Malami, has indicated readiness to appear before the House of Reps adhoc committee investigating alleged loss of over $2.4 billion unremitted oil revenue The revenue is from illegal sale of 48 million barrels of crude oil export from 2014 till...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Inspector General of Police, IGP, Usman Goni Alkali has disbursed the sum of N38.1 million to the families of 43 police officers and men who died while in active service in Borno state. Presenting cheques to the Next of Kin of the deceased...
The crescent of Shawwal, the 10th lunar month, signifying the end of Ramadhan, has been sighted in Tumair and Sudair, in Saudi Arabia on Thursday. Consequently, Friday, the 21st of April, 2023, is the Eid-l-Fitr celebration in the country. This was announced via a verified twitter handle of the...
The G36 Supporting Groups, a body of support groups for Sen. Bola Tinubu’s presidential ambition, has urged the President-elect not to give room for cabals in his administration. The Chairman of the group, Dr Samson Bilesanmi, who spoke at a news conference on Thursday in Lagos, also urged Tinubu...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says conviction figures from economic and financial crime prosecutions in 2023 are rising across various commands of the commission. Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa, Executive Chairman of the commission, made the disclosure on Thursday in Benin during a one-day training on effective reporting of...
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine, has invited Sen. Bola Tinubu, the President-elect for a state-visit to Ukraine after his official inauguration on May 29. Mr Tunde Rahman, the media officer of the President-elect said this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Rahman said that the invitation was part of...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Association of Nigerian Students in Sudan has called on the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) for a possible evacuation from Sudan. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Gabriel Odu, Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit, NIDCOM on Thursday in...
The National Pension Commission (PenCom) said it would intensify efforts to ensure further diversification of investments in pension fund portfolio assets. The Director-General, PenCom, Mrs Aisha Dahir-Umar, stated this in the Commission’s 2022 fourth quarter report made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos....
A WhatsApp Platform, Katsina City News, has raised donations totalling N5.1 million to assist the needy during the Ramadan fasting period. Danjuma Muhammad-Katsina, Founder of the platform, confirmed this development to the News Agency of Nigeria. Muhammad-Katsina, who spoke on Wednesday in Katsina, explained that members of the platform...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Network Against Child Trafficking, Abuse and Labour (NACTAL) has commended the Federal Government of Nigeria for approving the National Action Plan on human trafficking. NACTAL gave the commendation through a communique issued at the end of a 3-day workshop held in Keffi, Nasarawa...
The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari did not confer any advantage on his ruling All Progressives Congress(APC) during the Feb. 25 Presidential election. Mohammed briefed State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday at the...