By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – Propelled by the ongoing massive construction of new roads and rehabilitation of existing ones across the country, the Acting Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dauda Ali Biu, has engaged the Nigerian Building and Road Research Institute (NBRRI), on the need to tackle...
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has advised British nationals against non-essential travels to the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja over threats of possible terrorist attack. The Updated FCDO’s travel Advisory of Oct. 26 was made available to newsmen by the British...
Pastor Enoch Adeboye, General Overseer, Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), says prayer remains the best option for peace in Nigeria and ending the Boko Haram insurgency in the Northeast. Adebayo made this known when he paid a curtesy visit to the Borno Deputy Governor, Usman Kadafur, at the...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it will continue to partner with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to curb vote buying, especially during the 2023 general elections. The Chairman of the EFCC, Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa said this in an interview with journalists in Abuja on Thursday,...
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Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State says the N2.5 billion AbdulSamad Rabiu (ASR) Initiative’s infrastructure projects will bridge health sector manpower shortfall in the state. Tambuwal said this on Thursday during groundbreaking ceremony for construction of Administration Block at Sultan Abdulrahman College of Health Technology in Gwadabawa Local Government...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed delight as he witnessed signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd and Daewoo Group for the rehabilitation of the Kaduna refinery. The president’s spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina disclosed this in a statement issued...
The Federal Fire Service said property valued at more than N8 billion were destroyed by fire in Cross River from Janauary to Oct. 26. Mrs Olumayowa Olomola, Commanding Officer, Calabar Command of the Federal Fire Service, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar on Thursday....
The Executive Board of the West African Power Pool (WAPP) has adopted a new work document and budget for 2023. Mrs Ndidi Mbah, General Manager, Public Affairs, Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Thursday. Mbah said the adoption was done at the...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Senator Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe has donated the sum of 1,000,000 (one million naira) in support of the Center for the visually handicapped in Obudu, popularly known as the St Joseph Centre For The Visually Handicapped, Obudu. His attention was recently drawn to the abysmal...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has not printed the Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) of Nigerians who participated in the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise from January 15 to July 31, 2022. INEC National Commissioner, Festus Okoye, made this known on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Wednesday....
The United States Government has granted departure status to its Embassy in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, Nigeria’s capital The U.S. Department of State announced the approval in a statement issued on Wednesday. The permission allows the voluntary departure of family members and certain employees due to the...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has applauded the move by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to redesign and reissue higher denominations of the Nigerian currency, the naira. The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, on Wednesday announced that the apex bank had obtained the approval of the Federal...
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has said that his government would retool Nigeria’s disaster awareness apparatus if given the opportunity. Atiku, according to his verified social media account (Twitter), said this when he visited Yenagoa, the Bayelsa Capital, to have a personal experience...
Mr Will Stevens, the United States’ Consul General in Nigeria, says the U.S. government will continue to partner Nigerian universities in the effort to enhance the nation’s economy. Stevens made the remark during the graduation ceremony of the 10 participants of ‘’Learn to Earn Project’’ at the American Corner,...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – As part of its 2022 ember months campaign, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), it to set up mobile courts across the 36 states of the federation to trial road traffic offenders instantly. Speaking before flagging off the ember months campaign at the Kwanawa...
The Head, National Office (HNO), West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Mr Patrick Areghan, says only the second and third floors of the organisation’s Yaba office had minimal damage during Wednesday’s morning fire. Areghan spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos. He also explained how...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, restrained the Kogi State Government from shutting down Dangote Cement PLC in Obajana area of the state. The court also stopped the state government from disrupting or suspending the activities of Dangote Coal Mines Ltd and Dangote Industries Ltd in Okaba, Ankpa...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the number of registered voters in Nigeria, has risen from 84,004,084 to 93,522,272, following the addition of 9,518,188 newly registered voters. Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman, INEC Chairman, said this at third quarterly meeting with political parties for 2022 on Wednesday in...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has began severe disciplinary actions against 23 staff members of the commission involved in unethical conduct during the Continuous Voter registration (CVR).. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu disclosed this at third quarterly meeting with political parties for the year 2022 held...