By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Niger Delta Rights Assembly (NDRA) has described Delta Governor and Vice-Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, as a transparent and frugal manager of resources. Against the controversy over the release of arrears of 13 percent derivation and other...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum was in Bosso, a border town in Niger Republic on Sunday, to visit citizens of the state, who were displaced by flooding. The citizens were residents of Malam-Fatori, headquarters of Abadam Local Government in the northern part of Borno...
Thirty youngsters from northern Nigeria who are under the age of 30 have been honoured by Arewa Agenda, a publication of Image Merchants Promotion Limited (IMPR) – publishers of PRNigeria and other titles in a collaboration with Daily Nigeria for their outstanding success in various areas which include innovation,...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Iyede-Ame Progressive Union (IPU) in Ndokwa East LGA of Delta State has commended the appointment of Mrs. Lauretta Onochie, as the substantive Board Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), by President Muhammadu Buhari. The commendation was contained in a press statement issued...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has dragged President Muhammadu Buhari to court for failing to probe the missing ecological funds at all levels. Joined in the suit as Respondents are the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN),...
A student critic Aminu Adamu has apologised to the wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari over an alleged defamatory post made on social media. The final-year student in the Department of Environmental Management and Taxocology, at the Federal University Dutse, Jigawa, also said he will deactivate all his...
The Ogun State government on Sunday said Bidemi Rufai did not bring any business concern to the state during his short stint as a special assistant to Governor Dapo Abiodun. The state government also debunked a news report suggesting that Rufai was being paid $2,000 as an aide to...
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has spent at least 225 days away from the country on medical trips since assuming office in 2015, Sunday PUNCH investigation has uncovered. On February 5, 2016, eight months after assuming office, the President took his first medical trip to London, the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – In less than 24 hours after a surprise visit by Governor Babagana Umara Zulum, a solar system as an alternative source of power, has been installed at Umaru Shehu Ultra Modern Hospital located around Bulumkutu axis in Maiduguri. The solar system was installed on...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – His Royal Highness, the Shehu of Borno, Dr. Abubakar Ibn Umar Garbai El-Kanemi has said there is no alternative to peace and peaceful coexistence in Borno state. The royal father, who is also the Chairman of Borno State Council of Emirs and Chiefs stated...
The Centre for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) has called for the recognition of persons with disabilities by the Federal Government and 17 state governments in the country. The CCD Director, David Anyaele said this in a statement to commemorate this year’s edition of the International Day of Persons with...
The Managing Director, Nigeria Railway Corporation, Fidet Okhiria, said the Federal Government lost about N113m over the closure of the Abuja-Kaduna railway. The route was closed for over eight months after terrorists attacked an Abuja-Kaduna passenger train on March 28, 2022. During the attack, about 14 persons were killed...
The Rivers State Government says seventeen persons are to be conferred with the highest state honour of Grand Service Star Of Rivers State (GSSRS). The seventeen (17) include the PDP G5 Governors: Samuel Ortom of Benue State, Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State, Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, and Ifeanyi...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, departs Abuja today for the Socialist Republic of Vietnam for high-level bilateral engagements in the Southeast nation, including meetings with the President of Vietnam, President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc; Vice President Vo Thi Aah Xuan, Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính, other...
Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji, has accented to the N21 billion supplementary budget duly passed by the state House of Assembly. With the development, the Appropriation for the 2022 fiscal year stands at N122,669,039,657.27, (one hundred and twenty-two billion, six hundred and sixty-nine million, thirty- nine thousand, six...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have urged the Federal Government to put an end to the fuel shortages and price hike in the country. The Presidents of NLC and the TUC said this in a statement, signed by Mr Ayuba Wabba and Mr Festus...
The First Lady, Aisha Buhari, has withdrawn the case against a final-year student of the Federal University, Dutse, Aminu Adamu. Adamu, 24, was arrested by the police in Dutse for allegedly publishing a defamatory statement on his Twitter handle against the First Lady. In the alleged tweet, Adamu, who...