President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday met with the leadership of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum over the reported cases of flood across the country. The president, who presided over the meeting in the State House, Abuja, encouraged the governors to meet with the Minister of Water Resources to fashion out...
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Twenty four persons lost their lives as flood and windstorm affected no fewer than 18, 245 people in Katsina State, according to the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA). The spokesperson of the agency, Mr Umar Muhammad, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Katsina on Friday....
The Abuja-Lokoja highway on Friday got blocked for motorists as two articulated vehicles broke down adjacent to each other. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has directed motorists to avoid the road for alternative routes not to get into the built up gridlock around Koton-Karfe, Kogi Local Government Area....
The Kogi Government has again debunked claims by the Dangote Group that Obajana Cement Factory is owned, 100 per cent, by the Conglomerate, insisting that there was no valid acquisition. The state government, in a statement issued by the information Commissioner, Kingsley Fanwo, in Lokoja on Friday, claimed that...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has picketed Alibert Production (Furniture) Limited, Abuja, over the reported sack of 200 workers. The NLC President, Mr Ayuba Wabba, said this when he led the workers to picket the firm’s factory in Idu on Friday in Abuja. The picketing was in commemoration of...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State, following the demise of his older brother, Alhaji Bappa Mohammed. In a condolence message by his media aide, Malam Garba Shehu, on Friday in Abuja, Buhari expressed sadness over the death, saying...
The Federal Government said it spent about 100 million US dollars in feeding 10 million Nigerian children under the National School Feeding Programme. This was part of efforts to eliminate the scourge of child labour in the country. Sen. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment said this when...
The Governing Council of the University of Lagos, has appointed Prof. Folasade Ogunsola as the 13th Vice Chancellor of the institution. This is contained in a statement by Mrs Adejoke Alaga, Principal Assistant Registrar, Communication Unit of the university and issued to newsmen on Friday night in Lagos. She...
The Ministry of Transportation said construction of the Abuja-Kano and Port-Harcourt-Maiduguri rail projects was being delayed by Federal Government’s delay in securing the 85 per cent foreign loan meant for the project. The Minister of Transportation, Mua’zu sambo said this while addressing newsmen on Friday in Abuja. The News...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Housing sector investment guru, My-ACE China, popularly known as Mayor of Housing, has warned Nigerians including politicians and those in authority not to miss the upcoming opportunity to pull Nigeria back from the brink. This is as he fears that the Nigerian economy may...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Friday in Kano received another batch of 180 stranded Nigerians from Agadez region of Niger Republic. Dr Nuradeen Abdullahi, NEMA Coordinator, Kano Territorial Office, made this known while receiving the returnees in Kano. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has urged Muslims to “practice the noble and shining virtues of the Prophet Muhammad”, saying that “the best way to honour him is to follow his good examples.” In his goodwill message to Muslims on the occasion of Maulud to celebrate...
Some senators on Friday, expressed divergent views on the N20.5 trillion Appropriation Bill for 2023. Those who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said it is a bill of sustainability while others said that there were areas the Buhari’s administration needed to address before handing over power...
The President of the Senate Ahmad Lawan says Nigeria loses one million barrels of crude oil daily to crude theft. He made the remarks at the presentation of the 2023 Appropriation Bill to a joint session of the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on Friday. Lawan...
An Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) investigator, Mr Samuel Adelana, on Friday told an Ikeja Special Offences Court how a cleric, Ayodeji Olorunfemi, allegedly defrauded an octogenarian of N36.5 million. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Olorunfemi is standing trial on a three-count charge bordering on...
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the Federal Government has provided N470 billion in the 2023 Budget for revitalisation and salary enhancements in the tertiary institutions. The President said this when he presented the 2023 Appropriation Bill of N20.5 trillion to a joint session of the National Assembly. The...
President Muhammadu Buhari says additional 2,000 kilometres of roads and bridges will be constructed under the Road Infrastructure Tax Credit Scheme. The president revealed this when he presented the 2023 budget proposal of N20.5 trillion at the joint session of the National Assembly (NASS), on Friday in Abuja. He...
Normalcy is returning to Dangote Cement Plant, Obajana after the attempted closure of the company by some youths on Wednesday. Some Kogi Youths had on Wednesday, in company of some armed vigilante group, invaded the premises of the company in an attempt to shut it down. The assembly had...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has approved the appointments of three special advisers and a senior technical assistant. Zulum’s spokesperson, Malam Isa Gusau, who announced this on Friday morning in a statement, said the governor appointed Alhaji Umaru Bako, Alhaji Hassan Zanna Boguma and...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has announced the diversion of traffic on the Lokoja-Abuja Expressway due to the increasing floods in Kogi State. The Corps Public Education Officer, Assistant Corps Marshal , Bisi Kazeem announced this in a statement issued on Friday in...