President Muhammadu Buhari has sworn in Justice Olukayode Ariwoola as substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria at the Council chamber of the State House, Abuja, on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the swearing in of Ariwoola followed his confirmation by the Senate on Sept 21 three...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A Non Governmental Organization (NGO), Search For Common Ground has organized a two day training workshop for Borno and Yobe State journalists and social media influencers on sensitive conflict information and communication strategies and programing at the grassroots level. The capacity building training workshop...
The Federal Government will begin the pilot phase of the emergency ambulance services on Friday in Abuja to facilitate access to first aid and healthcare in life-threatening situations. Dr Felix Ogedegbe, the Chairman, National Emergency Medical Treatment Committee (NEMTC), made this on Wednesday in Abuja during a Bi-Weekly Ministerial...
The Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, has commended three U.S. museums for the repatriation of 31 Benin Bronze artifacts, which were violently taken away from the Royal Palace of Benin by British forces in 1897. Ewuare II, represented by his brother, Aghatise Erediauwa, gave the commendation at the Benin...
Nigeria has so far recorded 1,180 suspected cases of monkeypox. The country also recorded 482 cases and seven deaths resulting from monkeypox in 2022. These were made known in Abuja by the Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Ifedayo Adetifa at a bi-weekly ministerial media conference anchored...
The management of Dangote Industries Ltd. (DIL) says it owns Obajana Cement plant 100 per cent and its acquisition in 2002 followed due process. The company said this in a statement issued by Mr Anthony Chiejina, Group Head Branding and Communications, DIL, titled, ‘Obajana Cement Plant: Separating Facts from...
Nigeria’s Information and Culture Minister Lai Mohammed says Nigeria has signed an agreement with Germany for the repatriation of over 1,130 looted Benin Bronze artifacts back to the country. Mohammed disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Washington DC on Tuesday, after three...
The conferment of national honours on Adamu Adamu and Mohammed Bello — the respective ministers of education and the Federal Capital Territory — has been described as ‘scandalous’ and injurious to Nigeria’s image. Inibehe Effiong, a Lagos-based human rights lawyer, condemned the awards in an interview with THE WHISTLER on Tuesday....
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has commended the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, for his intervention in the protracted crisis between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government. Mr Ayuba Waba, the NLC President, gave the commendation at the inauguration of the...
The Federal Government on Tuesday called for more synergy among the stakeholders to tackle headlong the perennial problems of regional piracy activities in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG) nations. The Minister of State Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Agba, made the call at the opening of a 3-Week...
The Nigerian government on Tuesday reclaimed 31 stolen Benin Bronze models from three U.S. Museums after 125 years. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 29 Benin Bronze artifacts were returned by the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, one from the National Gallery of Art, and another...
Mr Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour party, says he will be committed to high gender balance and broad inclusion of women and youths if elected. Obi, in a tweet on Tuesday, also congratulated former Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Mrs Amina Mohammed for bagging national honours....
The President of the Senate, Alhaji Ahmad Lawan, says the National Assembly will pass the 2023 Appropriation Bill of N20.5 trillion before the end of December. He made this known on Tuesday in Abuja at a reception organised to celebrate the national honour of Grand Commander of the Order...
A Lagos High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square on Tuesday watched the video recording of lifeless body of the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, allegedly murdered on June 15, 2021. An undergraduate, Chidinma Ojukwu, and one Adedapo Quadri are standing trial for Ataga’s murder. They...
DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Nasarawa – The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Keffi branch in Nasarawa State has commenced the building of NBA secretariat to enhance the effectiveness of the profession Laying the foundation of the multi-million naira project on Tuesday, The Deputy Governor of Nasarawa State, Dr. Emmanuel Akabe said in...
Without prejudice to extent of preparations, has government genuinely evaluated reasons for dispute and rejection of previous census results in Nigeria before proceeding to organize another headcount? Results of census conducted in 1962, 1963, 1973, 1991 and 2006 were all marred by anomalies and controversies allegedly engendered by manipulation...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and Department of Security Service (DSS) in Sokoto State on Tuesday renewed commitment to fight corruption in the state. The two organisations made the commitment at a meeting held at the state DSS office when Mr Garba Idris, the...
The United States has repatriated to Nigeria, 23 Benin Bronzes, part of the thousands of artifacts that were looted by the British during their invasion of Benin Kingdom in 1897. At the repatriation ceremony in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed commended...
President Muhammadu Buhari has conferred National Honours on 450 Nigerians and non-Nigerians, assuring that he will hand over a Nigeria that is free from insecurity to the next generation of leaders. The president, who stated this while conferring the awards on the recipients in Abuja on Tuesday, said the...
By ORKULA SHAAGEE, Abuja – Experts in health, agriculture and food value chain have canvassed the need for collaborative effort to tackle the rising menace of aflatoxins in foods in Nigeria. Speaking at a three-day stakeholders convention in Abuja today, experts from the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, government agencies,...