By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has paid visit to families of over 30 fishermen killed by Boko Haram insurgents on Wednesday at Mukdolo village in Ngala Local Government Area (LGA), some kilometers away from Dikwa. Zulum was in Dikwa town on Friday, where...
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By OLA MUDOPE, Ado-Ekiti – Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji has threaten to arrest and prosecute traders and service providers who reject the old N500 and N1000 old naira notes. Governor Oyebanji stated this in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media, Mr Yinka Olubode on Saturday...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The National body of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) has dissolved its Rivers State chapter over an alleged “gross misconduct and flagrant violation of the provisions of the council’s 2021 Revised Code of Conduct”. IPAC National Secretary, Mallam Yusuf Dantalle, disclosed this in a...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Saheed Aderinto, a Professor of History and African and African Diaspora Studies, Florida International University, for winning the prestigious Dan David Prize- the largest financial reward for excellence in the historical discipline in the world. The President in a...
Some Nigerians have expressed regrets for collecting the old N500 and N1,000 notes from commercial banks, after the Supreme Court judgment validating it as legal tender till Dec. 31. They told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interviews that it had been challenging spending the two old...
he Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has advised the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to desist from making libelous allegations against the person of its Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu. The Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, gave the advice on Friday in Abuja, while responding to PDP’s...
The Inspector General of Police (I-,G), Mr Alkali Baba, has presented cheques of N16 billion to families of police officers who died in active service in Kogi. The IG made the presentations through the Kogi Commissioner of Police, Akeem Yusuf, who was represented by the Deputy Commissioner of Police...
The Wife of Borno governor, Hajiya Falmata Zulum, has renewed the commitment of her husband’s administration to women empowerment through various opportunities. Mrs Zulum made this known in her message to commemorate this year’s International Women’s Day in Maiduguri. She stressed the need to consolidate on achievements made so...
Mrs Ireti Kingibe, the Senator-elect for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has promised to ensure that more women are appointed into elective and appointive positions by the next administration. Kingibe said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja to mark the 2023 International Women’s Day. She said that...
By OJOMA PETER, Lokoja – Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has threatened to arrest and prosecute those rejecting the old Naira notes. The governor stated this in a statement issued by Bello’s Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mr Kingsley Fanwo in Lokoja. It would be recall that the Supreme...
The National President, South-South Youth Initiative, Mr Saviour Oscar-Imeabe, has described Gov. Nyesom Wike’s recent approval of employment and promotion for Rivers workers as ridiculous. Oscar-Imeabe said this at a news briefing in Port Harcourt on Friday. According to him, the major concern of the people of the state...
Gov. Chukwuma Soludo, has said his administration is on track in its determination to deliver good and quality governance to Anambra people in spite the economic challenges. Soludo said his administration had not despised anybody but is only taking policy decisions that were hard headed but in the overall...
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has vowed to shut broadcast stations whose activities are capable of undermining peaceful co-existence. Its spokesman, Mr Ekanem Antia, stated in Abuja on Friday that NBC’s Director-General, Malam Balarabe Ilelah, gave the avowal at a meeting with broadcast stations on the coverage of the...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has described Malawi’s cholera outbreak as the largest in Africa. This came up as the country has so far contributed nearly 40 per cent of total cases recorded in 12 countries across the continent. WHO Regional Health Security Advisor, Ambrose Talisuna said this during...
An early morning fire on Friday destroyed four motor spare parts stores with goods worth over N10 million in Aba. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that only few steel products were salvaged from the fire that gutted some shops situated at No. 65 Jubilee Road in Aba....
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the passing of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), following the passing of the National Welfare Secretary, Friday Nwosu. Buhari, in a statement by his media aide, Malam Garba Shehu, on Friday...
Sheikh Yahya Al-Yolawi, the Chief of Nurul Yaqeen Jumma’at Mosque Life Camp, Abuja, has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to ensure the release of more redesigned naira notes as the months of Ramadan are fast approaching. Al-Yolawi made the call while delivering his Jumma’at Sermon, titled, “the...
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The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, says Nigeria now has a competent electronic border security architecture to effectively secure the country. This is contained in statement by the Deputy Director, Press and Publicity Relations Unit of the ministry, Afonja Ajibola, on Thursday in Abuja. According to him, Aregbesola made...
The Labour Party governorship candidate in Abia State, Alex Otti, has appealed to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to sort out any issues with the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) before the March 18 governorship and state assembly elections. INEC has come under fire, following the failure of...