By HARUNA AHMED, Katsina – His Royal Highness the Emir of Katsina Alhaji Abdulmumini Kabir Usman will on Saturday, April 29th, 2023 confer the traditional title of Sarkin Dawaki Mai Tuta on a prominent son of the State, Engineer Saddiq Musa Kaita . Saddiq Musa Kaita is the grand...
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The Kano State Fire Service on Sunday confirmed five persons dead while six others survived a boat mishap at Kanwa Dam in Madobi Local Government Area of the state. The service Public Relations Officer, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone conversation in...
The Chief Executive Officer of Sanam Home, Alhaji Sanusi Abdul, has urged Igala leaders and politicians to forgive each other in the interest of the race. The businessman in a statement on Sunday, said the appeal become necessary to have a united Igala house ahead of 2023 governorship election...
No fewer than seven persons were burnt to death while 14 others sustained varying degrees of injuries in a lone accident around OPIC on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Sunday. Mrs Florence Okpe, the Public Education Officer, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, confirmed the incident to newsmen in...
Prof. Paul Nnamchi, member-elect for Enugu East/Isi Uzo Federal Constituency, has launched a tech-hub and innovation centre for youth empowerment in Enugu State. Nnamchi, elected on the platform of Labour Party (LP), unveiled the programme at Abakpa-Nike, Enugu on Sunday at the graduation of 150 students that participated in...
Some civil servants in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have commended the Federal Government over the payment of the 40 per cent peculiar allowance together with the April salary. Some of them who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday, described the payment as...
By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau – The Zamfara Government has approved reinstatement of Emir of Birnin Yandoto emirate, Tsafe LGA of the state, Alhaji Aliyu Marafa who was suspended for alleged conferment of a traditional title on a repentant bandit, Ado Aleiru. Governor Bello Matawalle gave the approval in a statement...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Bayero, has commended Governor Abdullahi Ganduje for his development strides and achievements in the state for the last eight years. Emir Bayero gave the commendation on Sunday when he paid the traditional Sallah homage to the governor. He...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “set up a presidential panel of enquiry to promptly probe the grim allegations that over 149 million barrels of crude oil are missing, as documented in the 2019 audited reports by the...
Some residents of Abuja and its environs have expressed fear over the looming flood as a result of poor environmental and sanitation practices. The residents, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said that rainy seasons have been a difficult period for them as floods always submerge...
The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), has said that the approval of the concessioning of its two projects by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) would attract N180 billion revenue to Nigeria. A statement issued in Abuja on Sunday by Ifeanyi Nwoko, Acting Head, Media and Publicity, ICRC), said the projects...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo, on his 57th birthday. The president in a statement by his media aide, Mr Femi Adesina, on Saturday in Abuja, rejoiced with family, friends and professional colleagues of the CNS, who...
By MARK JANG, Jalingo – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has alerted Nigerians over a fake LinkedIn account circulating over the corps’ ongoing recruitment process. The Taraba Sector Commander of FRSC, Corps Commander Selina Williams, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Jalingo. Mrs. Williams explained...
Some residents of Abuja and environs have decried the scarcity of the new naira notes. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has restored the old 200, 500 and 1000 naira notes to remain as legal tender until Dec. 31. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled the former Governor of Imo, Emeka Ihedioha whose mother, Dorothy Ihedioha, passed away on Thursday. The president’s condolence message is contained in a statement ssued by the President’s media aide, Malam Garba Shehu, on Saturday in Abuja. President Buhari...
Alhaji Samaila Maihanci, a member-elect to the 10th National Assembly to represent Jalingo, Yorro, Zing Federal Constituency on the platform of the PDP is dead. Mr Andeteran Irimiya, the PDP State Publicity Secretary, confirmed the news to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Jalingo. According to him, Maihanci,...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has restated its commitment towards evacuating stranded Nigerians in Sudan. The Director-General of the agency, Mr Mustapha Ahmed,stated this in a statement issued by the Head of its Press Unit, Mr Manzo Ezekiel on Saturday in Abuja. NEMA, he said, has set up...
The youth wing of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has endorsed elder statesman and Chairman of Ohanaeze Elders’ Council, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, as the organization’s next President-General. The Financial Secretary, Ohanaeze Youth Worldwide, Mr Chinedu Arthur-Ugwa, said this while addressing newsmen on the outcome of a meeting of the youths and...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and other eminent Nigerians have showered encomium on Rev Dr Stephen Baba-Panya the President Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA). They described him as a man with unique and uncommon qualities which he had used to better the society. They spoke during the 60th anniversary thanksgiving...
The environmental disaster bedeviling Anambra and the need to address it was the crux of the matter at a town-hall meeting held in celebration of the 2023 World Earth Day (WED) in Awka on Saturday. The theme of the celebration in the state is “Clean, Green and Sustainable Anambra:...