By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof Ishaq Oloyede, has called for the review of relevant civil service laws to address the lacuna bothering on the death of a staff on the eve of retirement. Oloyede made the call in...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has commended the King of Saudi Arabia, King Salman bin Abdulaziz and the President of Dangote Foundation, Alhaji Aliko Dangote for their humanitarian support to the people of the state, especially victims of Boko Haram insurgency and flood disaster....
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced a revision of weekly cash withdrawal limit to N100,000 for individuals and N500,000 for corporate organisations. According to a memo by Haruna Mustapha, CBN’s Director of Banking Supervision, this is sequel to the official launch of the redesigned naira notes by...
The National Security Adviser (NSA), retired Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno, on Tuesday, inaugurated 11 man Special Investigative Panel on Oil Theft/Losses in Nigeria. The panel, which is chaired by the Interim Administrator, Presidential Amnesty Programme, retired Maj.-Gen. Barry Ndiomu, has seasoned administrators and retired top military and police officers as...
The National Security Adviser, Major General Babagana Monguno, has estimated that the Federal Government may lose $23bn in 2023 if crude oil theft continues. He made the comment on Tuesday during the inauguration of a special investigation panel set up to check crude oil theft in the country. General...
Mr Osita Okechukwu, the Director-General,Voice of Nigeria (VON), says state governors cannot excuse themselves from being major contributor to deepening poverty and insecurity in Nigeria. Okechukwu said this in an exclusive interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, while reacting to the position of Nigeria Governors Forum...
Minister for Police Affairs, Dr Muhammad Maigari-Dingyadi, says the Federal Government has fully implemented the demands presented by the EndSars protesters in October 2020. Maigari-Dingyadi said this on Tuesday in Abuja at the Public Dissemination of the Post EndSARS/Research and Training of Police Oversight Agencies on Oversight Mechanisms. The...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – As Nigeria and Vietnam continue to deepen cooperation across different sectors, when properly nurtured, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, says Nigeria’s friendship with the Southeast Asian country can yield much more beneficial fruits for citizens of both nations. Prof. Osinbajo was speaking on Monday...
The Rigasa Train Station in Kaduna record low turnout of passengers on Tuesday as the Abuja-Kaduna train service resumed operations nine months after its suspension. The resumption of service on the route came 251 days after the Federal Government announced its suspension following terrorists attack on a passenger train...
President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated his commitment to handing over leadership to an elected president on May 29, 2023, saying that his term in office will end on that day in line with constitution. The president stated this at a brief remark when he hosted the Special Envoy of...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Sokoto directed the Nigerian Armed Forces to remain apolitical and continue to operate within the framework of the constitution to ensure the successful conduct of the 2023 general elections. Declaring open the Chief of Army Staff’s Annual Conference...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said it is willing and ready to offer any support required by the National Blood Service Commission (NBSC) to enable the latter to achieve its mandate of regulating, coordinating, and ensuring “the provision of safe, quality blood and...
The Federal Government has restated its shoot on sight order to the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) against intruders and invaders at the centres following threats of attack on the facilities nationwide. The Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, gave the directive at the unveiling of the new service logo...
The Federal Government on Monday berated the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, for accusing the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari of non-performance. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said it was absurd for Atiku to make such accusation when his party PDP...
Vice President Yemi Osibanjo has urged Nigerians to shun ethnic and religious sentiments by allowing a man after God’s heart to emerge as president in 2023. Osinbajo, represented by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha, made the plea in Abuja during the 2022...
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has pledged to privatize the nation’s refineries if elected as President next year. The PDP candidate who spoke on Monday during PDP’s presidential rally in Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos, said he will earmark $10...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Farouq has commended The North East Development Commission (NEDC) for executing its intervention mandate of resettlement, rehabilitation and reconstruction of the north east which has been devastated by Boko Haram insurgency....
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Nigeria Navy has debunked reports making the rounds that it indicted the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited of exaggerating figures of crude oil theft in the Niger Delta region. The Navy Director of Information, Commodore, AO Ayo-Vauhhan, stated this in a statement...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – A man believed to be 30-years old, a resident of Dashem Bakin Kogi village in Tafawa Balewa LGA of Bauchi State, Panshak Arbe, has been found dead in a well. The lifeless body of the man who is suspected to have been drunk was found...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – In a determined effort to deepen the long-standing bilateral relations between Nigeria and Vietnam, both countries plan to work together more, particularly in the areas of digital economy, telecommunications, agriculture and trade, among others, for the mutual benefit of the citizens. The need for...