By BARBARA KALU, Umuahia – Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu has expressed shock and sadness over the death of Elder Emeka Igara, Chairman of the Ariaria International Market, Aba, who died on Friday. Elder Igara died in Aba at the age of 74. Governor Ikpeazu’s condolence message is contained...
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The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has set up a six- member committee to engage the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to address anomalies in the country’s monetary management and financial system. The forum disclosed this in a communique issued on Saturday at the end of its virtual meeting held...
Edo Coalition for Democracy and Good Governance (ECODAGG) has praised the Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, for facilitating approval of N75bn by the federal government for the reconstruction of Lokoja-Benin federal road and N64b for Benin-Warri dual carriageway. The group, in a...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum has lamented over the non availability of the new naira notes contrary to the CBN directives for compliance on or before 31st January, 2023. Governor Zulum also suggested that there was need for special consideration to Borno citizens, who...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has joined leaders and members of the APC in congratulating the Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Mr Festus Keyamo, SAN, on his 53rd birthday, Jan. 21. In a congratulatory message by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina on Friday in Abuja,...
Sen. Bola Tinubu, APC Presidential Candidate has praised the Minister of State, Labour and Productivity, Mr Festus Keyamo, SAN, for his contributions to the struggle toward sustenance of democracy and good governance in Nigeria. Tinubu in a goodwill message, signed by him on Friday, congratulated Keyamo, as he clocked...
Music Artist, known as Mr Innocent Idibia and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have called on youths and politicians to shun violence before, during and after the general elections so that votes could count . They made the call on Friday in Abuja when the music artist led...
Mr Kunle Alabi, the Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker, Osun House of Assembly, Mr Timothy Owoeye, says there is no impeachment plot against his principal over an alleged misappropriation of fund. Alabi spoke against the backdrop of the report in a section of the media about an intense...
The Independent Corrupt Practice and Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has called on state governors to join its efforts at fighting corruption. Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, the ICPC Chairman, gave the charge on Friday during the inauguration of the ultra-modern prototype office of ICPC in Lokoja. He said that the fight...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated his Chinese counterpart, President Xi Jinping, the Chinese Government and people, as well as the Chinese community in Nigeria on the occasion of the Chinese New Year. The Chinese New Year begins on Jan. 22. The president in a...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – In furtherance of the role of the private sector as a major driver of Nigeria’s industrialization, the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration convened a business summit (a Nigeria International Economic Partnership Forum) on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York,...
Gov. Abdullahi Sule has approved the suspension of Alhaji Mohammed Wada-Yahaya, the Managing Director of the Nasarawa State Urban Development Board (NUDB) over alleged destruction of campaign billboards. The suspension is contained in a letter signed by Malam Muhammed Ubandoma-Aliyu, Secretary to the State Government (SSG) on Friday in...
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Usman Baba, has disbursed Cheque, worth N13.6 billion to families of deceased police officers and those that sustained injuries in the course of their duties. Presenting the cheque to the beneficiaries on Thursday in Abuja, Baba said the disbursement was to pay the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Mohammed Dingyadi, says the appointment of Mr Usman Baba as the Inspector-General of Police (I-G) is for a single tenure of four years. The Press Secretary to the minister, Mr Ošaigbovo Ehisienmen, made the clarification in a statement...
The Association of Anambra State Town Unions (ASATU)-Youth wing, has said it is committed to ensuring a peaceful election in the state. The Association said this during a meeting with management of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Awka on Thursday. Mr Ken Okoli, National President of ASATU-Youth...
The Chairman of Chanchaga Local Government in Niger, Alhaji Aminu Ladan, has disowned a trending video clip of him encouraging some youths to use the council secretariat to smoke weed. Ladan told operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Thursday in Minna that the viral video...
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Thursday in Abuja updated President Muhammadu Buhari on the activities of the bank. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the CBN governor, who briefed the president, had earlier on Thursday morning attended a meeting between the president...
Water Resources Minister, Suleiman Adamu, said the Federal Government had constructed 260 dams that impounded 34 billion cubic meters of water across the country. Addressing participants at the 29th regular meeting of the National Council on Water Resources (NCWR) on Thursday in Sokoto, Adamu said the figure represented the...
Popular Musician, Innocent Idibia, also known as 2Baba, has called on the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to strengthen its fight against drug abuse as the country prepares for the forthcoming elections. He gave the call when he led members of the 2Baba Foundation and a team from...