The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted sunshine and cloudiness from Sunday to Tuesday across the nation. NiMet`s weather outlook released on Saturday in Abuja predicted sunny skies on Sunday with few patches of clouds over the Northern region. It envisaged prospects of thunderstorms over parts of Taraba during...
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on the Federal Government to guarantee the safety of lives of Nigerians in the ongoing conflict in Sudan. Mr Joe Ajaero, NLC President, said this on Saturday in Abuja in a statement titled, “Nigerians in Sudan Should...
By LEKAN AGBOOLA, Ilorin – The Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Wahab Olasupo Egbewole, SAN, has felicitated with the Emir of Ilorin and Chairman, Kwara State Council of Chiefs, Alhaji (Dr) Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, CFR, on his 83rd birthday, saying that the prominent royal father deserves to...
The Oyo State Government, has called on residents to contribute their quota in the ongoing efforts to ensure sustainable waste management. This is contained in a statement by issued in Ibadan the Oyo State Commissioner for Information, Dr Wasiu Olatubosun, on Saturday. He quoted the Chairman, Oyo State Waste...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says the commission is beaming its searchlight on suspected fraudsters using real estate for money laundering. Chris Mishela, a lawyer with the commission, disclosed this in Benin during a training for journalists on effective reporting of economic and financial crimes. Mishela said...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will on Saturday depart Abuja for the U.S. to deliver a Special Lecture at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) in Philadelphia. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement, said the vice president would also participate in an interactive session with...
The Anambra state government has approved the establishment of a bureau of missing persons. Paul Nwosu, the Commissioner for Information in a statement on Saturday said the approval was made at the State Executive Council meeting. He said that the bureau would be domiciled in the ministry of Justice....
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Government on Saturday said it is making frantic efforts to evacuate stranded Nigerians from the ongoing conflict in Sudan. Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), who disclosed this in a statement, explained that it is impossible for any flights...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) signed grant agreements worth 1.3 million euros with 15 training centres to build capacity on agroecology in member states. In a statement on the website of the ECOWAS, President of the commission, Dr Omar Alieu Touray, signed the grant agreements. The...
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has donated 100 hectares of land to the Nigeria Peace Corps ( NPC) for the construction of South-West Zonal Training School. The monarch said this at his palace during a familiarisation visit by the Corp’s Commandant General of NPC, Dr Mustapha Abubakar,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has indicated that while he will seriously miss the huge support he got from President Muhammadu Buhari, he is highly relieved that the combination of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Senator Kashim are the ones stepping in. Zulum described the...
Sen.Gabriel Suswam has urged the incoming administration to make tackling power deficit and insecurity in the country a priority. Suswam made the call in an interview with newsmen in Abuja on Friday. Suswam, who spoke while responding to questions on agenda setting for the incoming administration , said there...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Senate has rescheduled its plenary resumption from April 25 to May 2. The Clerk of the Senate, Mr Chinedu Akubueze, made the announcement in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday. It would be recalled that the Senate had on April 5,...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Nigerian First Lady, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has called on Muslim faithful to continue to pray for sustainable peace and security in the country. Mrs. Buhari made the call in a statement issued by the Director, Information, Mr Suleiman Haruna, on Friday after performing Eid-el-Fitr...
Kano State governor Abdullahi Ganduje has pardoned 4,000 inmates in the last eight years, Chief Press Secretary to the deputy governor, Malam Hassan Fagge, said on Friday in Kano. Fagge, in a statement, quoted Ganduje as stating this while pardoning 43 inmates at the Goron Dutse custodial facility to...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari and the incoming President, Sen. Bola Tinubu, on Friday exchanged Eid greetings in a phone call to mark the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s spokesman, confirmed this in a statement on Friday in...
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State says he holds no grudge against anyone as his eight years stewardship ends May 20. The governor stated this in his Sallah Message issued in Kano on Friday and signed by the Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs, Malam Muhammad Garba. Ganduje said...
Northern clerics in collaboration with project one Nigeria on Friday converged in Kaduna for a special prayer session for the success of president-elect, Bola Tinubu and the speaker of House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila. The event coincided with the 2023 Eidel kabir celebration, held a special prayers for their...
The Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji-Uzor Kalu, has urged the incoming governments at all levels to partner the Church in accelerating the reconciliation of Nigerians. Kalu made the call in Abuja on Friday at a mass to mark his 63rd birthday anniversary. Kalu said there was an...
President Muhammadu Buhari says democracy has a bright future in Nigeria. Fielding questions from newsmen after Friday’s Eid-el-Fitr prayers in Abuja, the president said his conviction was based on Nigerians’ disposition to defend democracy against all threats. “Nigerians appreciate the stability of democracy. “The outcome of the 2023 elections...