Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu, says Nigerians will determine who becomes their leaders in the 2023 general elections. Yakubu stated this while receiving a team of Special Representatives of the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, led by the Head of the UN Office in...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum has sworn in the newly appointed and approved State Commissioners with a charge on them to be in the forefront of promoting good governance and dedication to work. The governor gave the charge on Monday during the swearing in...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has urged the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and other stakeholders to step up efforts toward breaking illicit drug supply and distribution chains. Osinbajo was the Special Guest of Honour at the United Nations International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Drug Trafficking on...
The National Population Commission (NPC) will conduct trial census in six Local Governments Areas (LGAs) of six states of the six geopolitical zones. Alhaji Nasir Kwarra, Executive Chairman National Population Commission (NPC) said this in a News Conference in Abuja on Monday. Kwarra said that the six local government...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday swore in Justice Olukayode Ariwoola as the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). The swearing of Ariwoola, the next most senior in the hierarchy of the Supreme Court, as the new CJN followed the resignation of Justice Tanko Muhammed on health ground. Justice Ariwoola...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to swear in Justice Olukayode Ariwoola as the next Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) after the resignation of Justice Tanko Muhammad. Justice Ariwoola who is the most senior Justice of the Supreme Court will be sworn-in by President Buhari...
Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra has warned that states may no longer pay their basic bills if they don’t move away from FAAC-based revenue to agriculture driven economy. Soludo, an erudite economist, said this at a parley in Awka on the occasion of his 100 days in office. He...
The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HOCSF), Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan, has described the Nigerian civil servants as exceptional and highly productive in their services to the development of the country. Yemi-Esan made the assertion at the Thanksgiving Service, in commemoration of the Civil Service Week, at...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said one person died while 10 others sustained injuries in an accident at Kobape on the Abeokuta -Sagamu expressway on Sunday. Mr Ahmed Umar, the FRSC Sector Commander in Ogun, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta. The FRSC Officer explained that the...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Christians in Bauchi State have been urged to get their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) in order to vote in the 2023 general elections because their votes will count. This was the general call of Pastors to their members across PFN Churches in Bauchi State...
The Nigerian Immigration Service(NIS) has clarified the man at the centre of the alleged transplant saga involving former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, Nwamini David Ukpo, is actually 21 and not 15 as alleged in many media reports. The Comptroller General of NIS, Isa Jere,...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday returned to the country, fo his 4-day official visit to Rwanda where he attended the 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2022. The President while away in Kigali, the Rwandan Capital, joined other leaders to participate in discussions focused on the progress and...
NDLEA arrested 774 suspects and seized 3,874.3kgs of various narcotics and psychotropic substances in Nasarawa, Benue and Plateau in the first half of 2022. The three states make the Zone D of the narcotics agency. Umoru Ambrose, Zonal Commander in the zone said this in Lafia on Sunday while...
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB), says it is working with ECOWAS through the West African Power Pool (WAPP) to develop the energy market. According to the bank, the aim is to ensure improved quality and quantity of energy supplied to West Africa. Ms Marie-Laure Akin-Olugbade, the Director-General, West...
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) says access to finance, markets and technologies for women will guarantee full transformation on the continent’s food system. Ms Marie-Laure Akin-Olugbade, the Director-General, West Africa Regional Development and Business Delivery Office of the Bank, said this in a telephone interview with the News...
An economist, Dr Muda Yusuf, has advised the Federal Government to leverage on economic opportunities provided by Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to address unemployment in the country. Yusuf, who is the Chief Executive Officer, Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE) gave the advice at a workshop...
Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra says the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) remains the most formidable political party in Anambra and third in Nigeria as the country inches closer to the 2023 general elections. Soludo, who stated this while addressing party faithful at the Governor’s Lodge Amawbia, Awka South...
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has approved the recruitment of additional 500 corps into the State Western Nigeria Security Network (WNSN) codenamed Amotekun. This is contained in a statement issued by the State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Dr Wasiu Olatunbosun, on Sunday in Ibadan. The statement...