The Catholic Diocese of Zaria on Friday confirmed the passing of its pioneer Bishop, Most Rev. George Dodo at the age of 65. The Diocesan Vice Chancellor, Rev. Fr. Abraham Nake, who announced this in Zaria said Dodo died in the early hours of Friday following an illness. “While...
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By BARBARA KALU, Awka – Governor Chukwuma Soludo has inaugurated a nine-member board for the Anambra State Waste Management Authority (ASWAMA). The Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Christian Aburime, disclosed this in a statement issued in Awka and made available to newsmen on Friday. The statement added that...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has issued a public health advisory on its website to members of the public to prevent further spread of the COVID-19 pandemic during the Eid-el-Kabir celebration. The Director-General, NCDC, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, issued the guidelines in view of the recent increase in...
President Muhammadu Buhari has summoned emergency National Security Council meeting with Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, some cabinet Ministers and all security and service chiefs in attendance. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that others attending the security meeting include Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, Chief...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Government on Friday declared no fewer than 69 Boko Haram suspects wanted following an attack by ISWAP terrorists on the Kuje Prison facility in Abuja, which led to their escape. This is according to a statement issued on Friday by The Nigerian...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says there is need to sustain the campaign against polio, warning that the disease is “very crafty.” Osinbajo gave the warning on Thursday at Presidential Villa, while receiving the Nigerian Biker, Kunle Adeyanju, who embarked on a polio-inspired charity ride from London to Lagos. Adeyanju,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Usman Baba, has ordered security beef-up nationwide ahead of the 2022 Eid-el-Kabir celebration. In a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja, The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi said the IGP had directed Commissioners of Police (CPs),...
The Federal Government on Thursday began uploading the data of 60 terrorists and other criminals to the International Criminal Police Organisation database. The terrorists and the other criminals were among those who escaped when a terrorist group, the Islamic State of West African Province , bombed the Kuje Correctional...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday joined African leaders in Dakar, Senegal, to inaugurate “the largest financial package” of $93 billion ever mobilised in the history of the International Development Association (IDA). Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s media aide, in a statement, quoted the president as saying that the IDA...
The Mountain of Holy Ghost Intervention and Deliverance Ministry, run by popular Prophet Chukwuemeka Ohanaemere aka Odumeje in Onitsha, has been demolished by the Anambra State Government. The demolition exercise is in line with the urban renewal plan for Onitsha that Governor Charles Soludo is directing. The building, which...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum on Thursday affirmed that there is direct link between food transformation and the social problems of hunger, poverty, healthcare, insecurity and unemployment. Governor Zulum stated this during the North-East Sensitization Workshop on National Food System Transformation Pathways, which was...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Cross River State Government has commenced the distribution of improved cocoa seedlings to farmers in the Southern Senatorial District of the state. The distribution exercise was carried out at the Cocoa Demonstration Farm in Cross River Broadcasting Corporation, (CRBC). Flagging off the exercise,...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Secretary-General, African Petroleum Producers’ Organisation (APPO), Omar Ibrahim, has condoled with President Muhammadu Buhari on the passing of Mohammed Barkindo, the Secretary-General of Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). APP Secretary General’s condolence message is contained in a letter of condolence addressed to the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Government has declared Monday and Tuesday as public holidays to mark this year’s Eid-el-Kabir celebration. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Dr Shuaib Belgore, stated this in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja. Dr Belgore said the Minister of Interior, Rauf...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Catholic Diocese of Maiduguri has organized The Episcopal Ordination of Most Rev. Dr. John Bogna Bakeni, the Auxiliary Bishop of Maiduguri Diocese on Thursday at the St. Patrick Catholic Church of Christ in Maiduguri. The Holy Father, Pope Francis, was represented by Papal...
Sen. Orji Kalu, the Chief Whip of the Senate, has described death of the Secretary-General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Dr. Mohammed Barkindo as a huge loss to Nigeria. Kalu, in a condolence message issued on Thursday in Abuja, acknowledged the remarkable contributions of Barkindo to...
…Okoh says power sector remains viable investment By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Director General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Mr. Alex A. Okoh has announced that 16 firms have been pre-qualified for the privatisation of five National Integrated Power Projects (NIPPs) in Nigeria. Mr. Okoh announced...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said fresh registration in the ongoing nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) has hit 10,487,972 as at 7 a.m., on July 4. INEC disclosed this in its Quarter four, week 12 update released in Abuja on Wednesday. The...
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By BARBARA KALU, Awka – Anambra State Government has dismissed allegations of budget padding for some projects by margins as wide as 300 per cent in some ministries Governor Charles Soludo debunked the allegations in a statement issued by his Press Secretary, Christian Aburime, on Thursday. Reacting to an...