Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has called on the Federal Government to build new dams and dredge major rivers in the country to check flooding. Okowa, who made the call while addressing newsmen after visiting flood victims at some Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps, said five persons lost their...
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Ugandans living in Nigeria on Tuesday marked their country’s 60 years of independence from British rule. Uganda became independent from British colonial rule on Oct. 9, 1962. Speaking at an event organised by the Ugandan High Commission in Nigeria, Amb. Nelson Ocheger said his country had recorded tremendous achievements...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (Rtd), on the occasion of his 88th birthday, October 19, 2022. President Buhari, in his congratulatory message issued by his spokesman Mr Femi Adesina on Tuesday in Abuja, celebrated with the...
The South East Council of Traditional Rulers and Representatives of Igbo Archbishops and Bishops have joined the call on the Federal Government to release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). They made the call in a statement issued in Awka on Tuesday signed by...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) said it had succeeded in closing down 62 illegal degree awarding institutions in the country. The commission also said it closed down a fake NYSC Orientation Camp in its bid to tackle corruption in the education sector. The Chairman,...
Gov. Nasir El Rufai of Kaduna State on Tuesday presented the 2023 draft budget of N370 billion to the State House of Assembly. The estimates conform with his administration’s 60:40 ratio of capital to recurrent expenditure. It is the eighth and final budget of El-Rufai’s tenure which ends in...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Atiku Abubakar, The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate, has travelled to Europe for a business meeting . Mr Paul Ibe, the Media Adviser to Abubakar, disclosed this in a statement he issued on Tuesday in Abuja. Ibe said that the former Vice President...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has advised the motoring public travelling through Ondo State from Abuja and those traveling from the western part of the country through the state to the north to ply Akure-Ondo-Ife-Ibadan-Lagos or Lagos-Ibadan-Ife-Ondo-Ore-Benin Road. The Acting Corps Marshal, FRSC,...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the use of Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) and Result Viewing (IReV) portal for accreditation and transmission of election results, has come to stay in Nigeria. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu said this at the opening of a training for 82 master...
The unending flood across Bayelsa has continued to wreak havoc as it had washed up several corpses at Azikoro Government Cemetery in Yenagoa, raising health concerns from the offensive odour in the neighbourhoods. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the flood, which has displaced hundreds of thousands...
By GRACE AUDU (Health Correspondent) – More than 3000 scientists and health experts from 115 countries urge the world to fully fund eradication strategy following resurgence of disease Global leaders have confirmed US$ 2.6 billion in funding toward the Global Polio Eradication Initiative’s (GPEI) 2022-2026 Strategy to end polio. The amount...
….Directs SGF, ministers to start preparing transition documents By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja warned Ministers, Permanent Secretaries and Heads of Government Agencies not to abandon the business of governance for electioneering, saying ”any infraction will be viewed seriously.” The President issued the...
The National Assembly has urged the remaining 25 States Houses of Assembly, who are yet to pass the constitution amendment bills to do so in the interest of Nigerians. Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, the Chairman, National Assembly Joint Committee on Constitution Review and Deputy Senate, said this at a news...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has cautioned political parties and their supporters against violence, saying it could further complicate the security situation in the country. Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman, INEC said this at the Training of Master Trainers on Election Technology for the 2023 General Election on...
Mr Vincent Ehiwario, Director of Vehicle Inspection Office (VIO), Delta State has urged motorists and other road users to be extremely careful in flooded areas not to fall victim of unpleasant consequences. Ehiwario said this in a statement on Tuesday while showing concern over reports of deaths and loss...
Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri on Tuesday said that so far, one million residents have been displaced by the ravaging floods, indicating that the worrisome phenomenon has created a humanitarian crisis beyond the capacity of the state. He also announced a one-week break for civil servants except those on...
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has scheduled a roundtable for Oct. 20 with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor and the Minister of Finance over the crisis in the aviation sector. Gbajabiamila said this at the end of a meeting with stakeholders in the aviation...
Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji says he has committed the state to God’s hands for direction and guidance. Oyebanji stated this on Monday in Ado-Ekiti during a brief prayer session at the Government House Chapel. The prayer session was attended by his wife, Folake, family members and officials, including...
Kogi State House of Assembly on Monday summoned cement manufacturing firm, BUA Group, over a 50,000-hectare land it acquired 10 years ago but has yet to pay for it. The lawmakers gave the summons at a public hearing of one of its ad-hoc committees held at a hotel in...
Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo has unveiled the state’s digital economic agenda for the years 2022 to 2026 to capture all communities in the state in an organised economic net. Uzodimma, who launched the agenda in Owerri on Monday, said that it was anchored on six strategic pillars aimed...