By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Yola – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has commended The Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri for signing Child Protection Law in the state. Ms. Cristian Munduate, UNICEF Representative in Nigeria, gave the commendation in a statement issued ay the UNICEF Communication Officer, Borno State, Ms...
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By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corp in Bauchi State, Yusuf Abdullahi, has confirmed that five people were killed in a fatal crash that occurred at Isma Village, along Bauchi – Jos road. He said that two other people sustained varying degrees of injuries...
The Federal Government has denied the accusation that it paid members of the Academic Staff Union of Nigeria (ASUU) half salaries in October. Mr Olajide Oshundun, Head of Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, said this in a statement he signed on Saturday in Abuja....
President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with Amb. Mohammed Rimi, the Baraden Katsina and Nigeria’s representative in the United Arab Emirates, on the passing of his mother, Hajiya Aishatu Muhammad (Indon Ankeke). Muhammad died on Oct. 30 at the age of 90 and was buried in Katsina on Oct. 31....
There are indications that Nigerian Instagram celebrity, Ramon Abbas, popularly known as Hushpuppi, would know his fate over fraud charges on Monday in the United States. Earlier on Friday, reports flooded the media space that Hushpuppi has been sentenced to 11 years in prison in the US, but according...
The Federal Government has rescinded its earlier plans to terminate the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP). The Interim Administrator, PAP, Gen. Barry Ndiomu, confirmed the government’s new position in a statement on Saturday. Ndiomu, in the statement issued by PAP’s Media Consultant, Donu Kogbara, expressed gratitude to the Federal Government...
Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross Rivers says his administration has received N45 billion only from the Federal Government as Bakassi stabilisation fund. Mr Christian Ita, Special Adviser on Media to the Governor, made this known in a statement made available to newsmen in Calabar on Saturday. He said that...
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, on Friday, criticised the planned redesign of the N200, N500, and N1,000 banknotes by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The revered cleric expressed displeasure that the Federal Government is concerned with the redesigning of...
The National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies (NANTA) has hoisted Nigeria’s national flag at the World Travel Market (WTM), holding in the United Kingdom from Nov. 7 to Nov. 9. Mrs Susan Akporiaye, NANTA’s National President, stated on Saturday that the hoisting was strategically done to herald the hosting...
In his bid to peacefully resolve the 400 years rift between the Ewi-in-Council and people of Imesi-Ekiti, Oba Rufus Adejugbe, Ewi of Ado-Ekiti, is set to visit the town on Monday. The Onimesi of Imesi-Ekiti, Oba Olatunji Olatunde, made this known in a statement on Saturday in Ado-Ekiti. The...
Yobe State Government has clinched the due process and good governance best state award by the Association of Public Procurement Practitioners of Nigeria. Mr Mamman Mohammed, Director-General, Press and Media Affairs to Gov. Mai Mala Buni, made this known in a statement on Saturday. He said the Association adjudged...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC, has listed some of the 40 properties belonging to Senator Ike Ekweremadu that Federal High Court ordered their interim forfeiture.
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The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Friday, held a national prayer over the security challenges in the the country and for peaceful election in 2023. The CAN President, Archbishop Daniel Okoh while speaking with journalists after the prayers in Abuja, said the aim was to bring about a...
The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, on Friday inaugurated the Electoral Logistics Committee (ELOC) for 2023 general election in Abuja, toward a hitch-free poll. Speaking at the ceremony, Yakubu said that inaugurating the committee was critical to the successful conduct of the 2023 election. He...
An accident involving a Mazda car and two motorcyclists at Oke-Odan, on Ota-Idiroko Expressway on Friday took the lives of a nursing mother and her baby. Spokesman of the Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed accident when he spoke with the News Agency of...
The President, Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), Mr Tasiu Gadari-Wudil, on Friday in Lagos challenged local engineers to redouble efforts towards resolving energy and development challenges in the nation. Gadari-Wudil, represented by the inaugural Chairman, Apapa NSE, Chief Akintunde Zedomi, made the call at the combined physical/hybrid inauguration of...
The Rivers State Government has expressed commitment to partner with the Nigerian Army to sensitize its citizens to join in the ongoing recruitment exercise into the Military. Dr.Tammy Danagogo, the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), disclosed this on Friday while receiving Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Jallo, the Nigeria Army Director...
A 12-year-old pupil of a Qur’anic school died on Friday at Rummawa Gabas in Ungogo Local Government Area Kano State on Friday after slipping into a well. Spokesman of the Kano State Fire Service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, stated in Kano that the pupil was brought out of the well...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has ordered a review of primary school teachers’ verification exercise conducted in December 2020, which found 7,794 ghost teachers among 22,556 ghost workers across the 27 LGAs of the state. Zulum had set up a Primary School Teachers Verification...