Former EFCC Acting Chairman, Mr Ibrahim Magu has described his exit from the anti-corruption agency as corruption fighting back. Magu made the assertion on Sunday in Abuja at an award ceremony organised in his honour by Northern Female Students Association. “I am a victim of corruption fighting back; but...
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PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Against the backdrop of poor roads infrastructure in Nigeria, The Chairman, Senate Committee on Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA), Senator Gershom Bassey has called on the presidency to clear the N1 trillion owed the agency as backlog, adding that the agency needs about N300 billion...
The Chairman, Southern Senators’ Forum, Sen. Opeyemi Bamidele has said that Nigerians needed a leader with scientific understanding to fix the nation’s economy. Sen. Bamidele who said this in an interview with newsmen in Abuja on Sunday, added that the President for 2023 should have the recipe to save...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has supported call by Chief Segun Runsewe for the National Assembly (NASS) to give the National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC) powers to go after BBNaija for the purpose of stopping nudity. Director of MURIC, Prof. Ishaq Akintola...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi has condoled with victims and communities affected by flood in Nigeria. Mr. Obi, whose condolence message was contained in tweet on Sunday, said that he received the reports with sadness. He said: “Earlier,...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) youths in South-East and South-South regions jogging team that left Yenagoa enroute Lagos to drum support for the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, has arrived Ondo State. The youths, under the auspices of South-East/South-South Jogging for Tinubu Campaign Initiative, constituted a team of fitness...
Commuters plying the Aba-Port Harcourt Expressway have appealed to the federal and Abia governments to save road users from untimely deaths on that stretch of the road. The commuters made the appeal on Sunday in Aba, Abia when they spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). The appeal...
Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola has urged Nigerians to report suspicious activities that could affect the security of lives and property, so as to help tackle the various security challenges facing the country. Aregbesola made the call when he featured on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – The Enugu State Police Command has commenced full-scale investigation to unravel the circumstances surrounding the sudden and unnatural death of family of five in the state. The Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Mr Ahmed Ammani, gave the order in a statement issued in...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari and 36 state governors to “publicly instruct the Nigeria police and state security outfits to respect, protect, and facilitate the rights of everyone to freedom of expression, assembly, association, and equal participation during...
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The Federal Government has said that no kobo was paid for the release of the 23 kidnapped passengers earlier abducted on the ill-fated Abuja-Kaduna train attack of March 28, 2022. Addressing a news conference in Abuja, the minister of Transportation, Mr Muazu Sambo, said the released passengers have already...
The Kogi State Government and the management of Dangote Cement Plc. are at loggerheads over the ownership of the company. The previous temporary closure of the company by some youths recently has caused a stand-off between the state government and the company, located in Obajana, near Lokoja. On Saturday,...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo, has said that his government would continue to do its best to reduce the negative effects of flood disaster in the state. Governor Soludo stated this in a release signed by his Press Secretary, Mr Christian Aburime, on Saturday...
By AISHA NANA, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has directed the 20 local government council chairmen, their deputies, councilors and secretaries to step down. The Special Adviser to the governor on Media and Publicity, Mr Mukhtar Gidado disclosed this in a statement issued in Bauchi on Saturday....
The Police Commissioner in Borno, Mr Abdu Umar has said that 389 policemen paid the supreme price and 450 others injured in the fight against Boko Haram insurgency from 2011 to date. He said that over 24 police barracks and 30 stations razed or destroyed, while several fighting equipments...
The Nigerian-Canadian Association of Calgary (NCAC) has conferred its Distinguished Citizen Award on the Chairman and Founder of NOVA Merchant Bank, Mr. Phillips Oduoza, in recognition of his sterling contributions to the development of the financial services sector in Nigeria and beyond. The association also honoured Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala,...
The Chairman, Ogbaru Flood Committee in Anambra, Mr Ogochukwu Nwasike, has cried out for help as over 20 person were still in a boat mishap that occured at Umunankwo in Ogbaru Council Area of the state State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that about 85 passengers were...
A one-storey building has collapsed in Kano State, killing two siblings aged 15 years and 11years on Friday. Their eldest sibling aged 17 years, was rescued alive, however. Spokesman of the Kano State Fire Service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, stated on Saturday in Kano that the house was located at...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has pledged to promote eastern education through the establishment of higher Islamic schools across the 27 Local Government Areas of state. Governor Zulum made the pledge on Saturday during the Eid Maulud festival which mark the birth of Prophet...