Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested a staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission over alleged extortion in Rivers State. INEC confirmed the arrest on Tuesday via a statement issued by its Public Affairs Officer in the state, Geraldine Ekelemu. According to the electoral body,...
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The Federal Government is making plans to prosecute users of PolyChlorinated Biphenyl (PCBs), popularly known as transformer oil, in frying “akara” (bean cake), plantain chips, chicken and other food items. Prof. Babajide Alloy, a Consultant to the Federal Ministry of Environment, made the disclosure on Tuesday in an interview...
The Federal Government says the fixed pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) remains N165 per litre as stipulated in the petroleum product pricing template. The government also advised Nigerians against panic buying of PMS, also known as petrol, saying that the country currently had over 2 billion litres...
President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration is decentralising the nation’s national grid through renewable mini-grids to address the challenges of electricity supply across the country. The president, who revealed this in an interview he granted Bloomberg News, said the Federal Government had earmarked 550 million dollars to provide 20,000...
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) in collaboration with the Joint Task Force on jerrycan peddlers on Tuesday raided and arrested some illegal petroleum products sellers to sanitise the industry. The team, during monitoring and enforcement in Abuja, in view of the current fuel scarcity, seized...
No fewer than 48 million Nigerians still practice open defecation, according to the newly released 2021 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene National Outcome Routine Mapping (WASH-NORM) III Report. This is the thrust at the inauguration of the 2021 WASH-NORM III Report in Abuja on Tuesday. The Minister of Water Resources,...
Youths in the FCT defied torrential rainfall on Tuesday to register for voter cards at the open air Continuous Voters Registration (CVR). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the on-going open air Permanent Voter Cards registration was organised by the INEC, the European Union and civil society...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno Geographic Information Service (BOGIS) has demolished a supermarket built illegally on utility area and drainage along Abba Ashigar/Bama road, new GRA Maiduguri, the state capital. The agency also arrested the suspect and confiscated 28 refurbished big sizes of refrigerators constructed purposely for the...
BY RICHARD ABU, Nasarawa – About 2,500 corps members deployed to Nasarawa State for their National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) have taken their oaths of allegiance and sworn in at the scheme permanent orientation camp. The corps members, who are set of 2022 Batch B stream I, took their...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The abducted Village Head of Zira Village in Toro Local Government Area of Bauchi State and his son, Habibu, have been released by their kidnappers on Tuesday. Recall that kidnappers had invaded Zira Village in Toro LGA of Bauchi State at about 2.00am and...
The Zamfara State Government on Tuesday said it has secured the released of over 3,000 kidnapped victims from their abductors from 2019 to date. The Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Ibrahim Dosara, stated this in Gusau while reviewing progress of security operations in the state. He said the victims regained...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has again directed security agencies to intensify their efforts in ensuring that the remaining kidnapped Abuja-Kaduna train passengers are brought home alive The president gave the directive in a statement by his media aide, Malam Garba Shehu, on Tuesday in Abuja....
The Senate has announced Senator Philip Aduda (PDP-FCT), as Senate Minority Leader. It also announced Sen. Chukwuka Utazi (PDP-Enugu) as Minority Whip of the Senate. The announcement is contained in a letter by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Secretary, Sen. Samuel Anyanwu, to the President of the Senate,...
A Bolt driver, Mr Sunday-Francis Adedokun, has explained why he returned 4,050 dollars (about N1.6 million) belonging to a passenger. Adedokun in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja said the passenger, Mrs Tajuden Toyin-Oke, was involved in a traffic accident and offered...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – A former Secretary of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Alhaji Sani Toro, former Assistant Coach of the Nigeria Super Eagles, Garba Yila and one of their friends, Alhaji Isa Jah, who were kidnapped last Saturday, have been released by their captors. NATIONAL ACCORD had...
President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate seeking the confirmation of seven ministerial nominees. The nominees are: Henry Ikechukwu – Abia State, Umana Okon Umana – Akwa-Ibom State; Ekuma Joseph – Ebonyi State; Goodluck Nana Obia – Imo State; Umar Ibrahim Yakub – Kano State; Ademola Adewole Adegorioye...
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, (CJN). Justice Tanko Mohammad says the country’s Apex Court has to a larger extent, been living up to its constitutional responsibility. Muhammad said this in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media Ahuraka Isah, with the tittle Re: State Of Affairs...
At least, 3,478 people were killed while 2,256 others were abducted across the country from December 2021 to June 15, 2022, a tally collated by The Punch has shown. The figures were obtained from the daily incidents recorded by the Nigeria Security Tracker, a project of the Council on...
The Network of Advocates for Digital Reporting (NADIR) has lauded the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) for drafting a ‘Code of Practice for Interactive Computer Service Platforms/Internet Internet Intermediaries’. NADIR, at a press conference in Kano State, said that the Code of Practice formulated by NITDA will not...
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo said his government was equipping the youth, building infrastructure, and diversifying the economy to ensure a prosperous and progressive state that could compete favourably with other sub nationals globally. Obaseki said this when he received a trade delegation from Miami Dade County, Florida, the...