The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Zone D, on Monday threatened to shutdown major airports if the face-off between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government continued. NANS South West Zone Coordinator, Mr Adegboye Olatunji, made this known in Abuja on Monday, at a...
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The Office of the Auditor General for the Federation has queried the management of the Ogun-Osun River Basin Development Authority for selling off government plant, property and equipment valued at over N2bn at a paltry sum of N13.618m. The House of Representatives’ Committee on Public Accounts has consequently summoned...
The Executive Vice-Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), Mr. Babatunde Irukera has revealed measures it has taken against loan shark apps. Mr. Irukera in an interview with newsmen, disclosed that the agency had taken strong actions against loan apps and other firms violating...
Save Our Heritage Initiative (SOHI), an NGO, says under-age marriage is one of the greatest causes of fistula in women and girls. Ms May Ikokwu, the group’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), said this in Abuja on Monday, during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in commemoration...
A community leader in Birnin Gwari LGA of Kaduna state Zubar Abdurra’uf has revealed how Ansaru terrorists have taken over some communities and are protecting the residents from attacks by armed bandits. He made the assertions on Channels Television’s breakfast programme Sunrise Daily while speaking on the security situation...
The British Council’s Agents for Citizens-driven Transformation (ACT) has strengthened the capacity of 200 civil society organisations (CSOs) to enable them to become credible drivers of change and sustainable development in Nigeria. The Component Manager, ACT programme, Hafsat Mustapha the CSOs received thematic support although they do not provide...
BY EMEKA CHIKWE, Yenegoa – Energy company, Shell, has inaugurated the second and final phase of its comprehensive health care projects for Oloibiri and other communities in Ogbia Local Government area of Bayelsa State. “Corporate Social Responsibility means doing well. What you have done today means you’re doing well....
The Federal Government has appointed Mr Anamekwe Nwabuoku as the acting Accountant General of the Federation. Nwabuoku’s appointment was conveyed in a letter dated May 20th, 2022 and signed by Aliyu Ahmed, the Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning. President Muhammadu Buhari’s former...
Activities for the week at the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd), started with a cheering news that President Muhammadu Buhari will unveil the new NNPC on July 18. This was disclosed within the week by the Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of NNPC, Malam Mele Kyari, at...
By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – The National Lottery Regulatory Commission (NLRC), has vowed to deploy every available legal instrument to weed out all criminal elements operating within the Nigerian Gaming Industry. Director-General of the Commission, Mr. Lanre Gbajabiamila, gave this warning following the discovery of a forged Sports Betting...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 37,876 tablets of pharmaceutical Opioids, especially Tramadol, across Zamfara, Kogi, Rivers, Kaduna and Kano states. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that 10,884 bottles...
BY RICHARD ABU, Nasarawa – Keffi Old Boys Association (KOBA) has generated the sum of one billion naira to renovate her alma mater’s infrastructures and academic activities of the college. President of KOBA, Engineer Edward Ujege disclosed this on Friday during the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the association...
BY EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Professor Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to “widely publish the reports on the accounts and balance sheet of every political party submitted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to...
Gunmen who abducted a member of the Anambra State House of Assembly, Okey Okoye, have beheaded him. After beheading him, his head was reportedly displayed at a motor park in Nnobi, Idemili South Local Government Area of the state. The incident, which happened on Saturday, created panic in the...
Mrs Mary Afan, the President, Small Scale Women Farmers Organisation of Nigeria (SWOFON) says Nigeria may not end hunger by 2025, if it does not invest massively in boosting agricultural production. Afan made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Abuja on the sidelines...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Teachers Registration Council (TRCN) says it has rescheduled its teachers Professional Qualifying Examination (PQE) in Sokoto and Zamfara states over recent security concerns. TRCN’s Acting Director of Certification and Licensing, Dr Jacenta Ogboso, who disclosed this in Abuja while supervising the examination at...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) received 129 Nigerians stranded at Agadez, Niger Republic on Saturday in Kano NEMA Coordinator, Kano Territorial Office, Dr Nuradeen Abdullahi, gave the figure when he received the returnees. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the returnees arrived in Kano in three...
President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja after a two-day visit to the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Abu Dhabi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Presidential aircraft carrying the president and members of his entourage landed at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi...
The remains of maverick politician and astute businessman, late Chief Francis Arthur Nzeribe was on Saturday, laid to rest at his country home of Oguta, in Oguta Local Government Area of Imo. Born Nov. 2, 1938, late Nzeribe, known as a de-tribalised Nigerian Senator, died on May 5, 2022...