Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle has approved the appointment of additional 169 top government officials and aides, in a bid to promote unity within the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. This is contained in a nine-page official document issued by the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji...
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The Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU), has resumed its warning strike, which was suspended in 2018, over alleged neglect of the Colleges of Education sub-sector by Federal and State Governments. Its Northwest Secretary, Mr Inuwa Ishaq-Inuwa, announced this to newsmen in a press conference on Saturday in...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The management of Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has cautioned Nigerians against a fictitious website inviting unsuspecting general public to question and answer quiz that attracts monetary benefit. The Deputy Director, Public Relations Department of NRC, Malam Yakub Mahmood, made this known in a statement...
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu, has described President Muhammadu Buhari as a “true leader, brother and friend” who demonstrated a “sense of purpose, composure, and maturity” in the weeks leading to the Special Convention of the Party. Spokesman for the president,...
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has commenced the training of 540 unemployed youths in various vocational skills in Cross River State. Speaking during the flag off ceremony of the training exercise on Friday, the Director General of NDE, Mallam Abubakar Nuhu Fikpo enjoined...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commenced sorting and counting of ballots at the ongoing governorship election. Voting has ended in most of the polling units across the 177 local government areas of the State where the election is taking place in the area. At ward 08, unit...
There were allegations and counter-allegations of money-induced voting leveled against each other by politicians in the conduct of Saturday governorship election in Ekiti. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Correspondents, who monitored the election report that incidences of vote buying were recorded in many polling centres visited. Concerned individuals,...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Osun says it has extended the collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) in Osun ahead of the state governorship election on July 16. In a statement by the commission’s Public Affairs Officer, Mrs Oluwaseun Osimosu on Saturday, INEC said that collection of...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Igbo Leadership Development Foundation (ILDF) has called on Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, to resign as Chairman South-East Governors Forum for what the group termed serious anti-Igbo stances and activities of the Ebonyi state governor. The grouse the ILDF has with Gov. Umahi is...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested persons alleged to have engaged in vote buying in the Ekiti governorship election. The EFCC is part of security agencies deployed to monitor the election. Parading some of the suspects at the Oke Ori Omi Area Division of the Nigerian...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A constitutional lawyer and Human Rights activist, Fidelis Onyebueke has said the popularity of the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi across the country is the handiwork of God in action. ‘This is a man who left over 73billion in the coffers of...
Accreditation of voters began early in most polling units in Ado-Ekiti for Saturday’s Ekiti State governorship election, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. NAN correspondent who monitored the exercise, reports that election materials and officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) arrived early in readiness for the...
Unprecedented numbers of enthusiastic voters on Saturday thronged various polling units in different towns, villages and hamlets in Ekiti to perform their civic rights in the ongoing governorship election. Also, there were combined security personnel on the ground to protect the lives and property in different parts of the...
Chief Bisi Kolawole, the Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti, has commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for making adequate arrangement for the election. Kolawole made the remarks on Saturday in his home town, Efon-Alaaye in Efon Local Government area rea of Ekiti, shortly...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has reiterated government’s commitment on socio- economic potentials inherent in creative arts and cultural tourism of Nigeria for foreign direct investment. Mohammed, in a statement by Ahmed Sule, Director, Media & Public Relations in Abuja, made the remark during a...
The Catholic Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Bishop Calistus Onaga has banned Catholics including the clergy from attending Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka’s Adoration Ministry over his recent utterances in the ministry. This is contained in a letter personally signed by the Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Bishop Callitus Onaga and addressed...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has directed the Borno State Ministry of Health and Human Services to employ all the 40 fresh medical doctors that recently passed out and graduated from various tertiary institutions within and outside the country into the Borno State...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said that as many as 141 suspected cases of monkeypox have been reported in-country, up from the previous 110 cases. The NCDC, via its verified website, disclosed this on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that when scientists investigate the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – A National Centre for the Coordination of Early Warning and Response Mechanism has been established, with the signing of Executive Order 12 by President Muhammadu Buhari. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, disclosed...
The Federal Ministry of Works and Housing on Friday assured the public of its commitment to complete the remaining part of the East-West Road to enhance its economic use. Mr Folorunso Esan, Director, High Way and Rehabilitation, Federal Ministry of Works, disclosed this in Port Harcourt, during the inspection...