By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has charged his appointees to actively participate in the forthcoming Local Government election and the PDP Ward Congresses. The council elections and the ward Congresses have been slated to take place simultaneously on Saturday, April 30th, 2022. Addressing the...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – It is no more news that Nigeria has good policies and programme in every facet of the society but the reoccurring dilemma has been a lack of political will to implement them. Stakeholders in education sectors including UNICEF, the media, Civil Society Organizations and...
Nigeria recorded more than 100,000 suspected cases of cholera in 2021, its highest in recent times, the WHO declared in Abuja on Monday. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control had said earlier in the year that Nigeria recorded 111,062 cases of cholera in 2021 with 3,604 deaths, figures exceeding...
Why should our 54 countries not lend weight to each other in international bodies, compounding our influence as the EU does? What becomes of the Commonwealth should one of its 15 members that is not a republic join those 39 others which are? With Jamaica considering such a move,...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ilorin Zonal Command, has arrested a 30-year-old man who allegedly defrauded the Emir of Okuta in Kwara of N33, 399, 999. Alhaji Idris Abubakar, the Emir of Okuta in Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara, was a former member of the House...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has given its commitment to providing strong support to Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) ahead of the forthcoming 2023 general elections Prof. Kunle Ajayi, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of the Outreach and Partnership Committee (OPC), gave the commitment at the opening of a...
A suspected billionaire drug baron, Chief Afam Mallinson Ukatu, Chairman of Mallinson Group has been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) over illicit drug trafficking. The NDLEA Media Director, Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, said he is behind the N3 billion...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has disclosed that the death toll in Sunday’s illegal refinery explosion in Abaeze community Ohaji/Egbema Local Government of Imo had risen to 110. Acting Head of Imo/Abia Operations Office of the agency, Mr Ifeanyi Nnaji, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria...
Rep. Kingsley Uju-Chima (APC – Imo) has renewed calls for the integration of artisanal refineries into the country’s refining regulations of the oil and gas industry. Uju-Chima representing Ohaji/Egbema, Oguta, Oru Federal Constituency said the proposed artisanal refinery was a possible permanent solution to the menace associated with illegal...
A molecular biologist, Dr Bamidele Iwalokun, has advised Nigerians to urgently treat malaria attacks to prevent shortage of blood, cerebral malaria, acute respiratory distress syndrome and death. Iwalokun who is also the Director, Central Research Laboratory at the Nigeria Institute of Medical Research, Lagos, gave the advice in an...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says malaria remains a significant public health and development challenge with about 95 per cent estimated 228 million cases occurring in the WHO and AFRO Region, Dr egional Director for Africa, made this known in a message to commemorate the 2022 World Malaria Day...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) started its activities for the week with a move by stakeholders to begin the implementation of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) in the upstream sector of the nation’s oil and gas industry. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Boko Haram insurgents activities have consistently impacted on socio economic and political activities of Borno state for over a decade with attendant killings of hundreds of thousands of people both young and old, male and female apart from the wanton destruction of public and...
A former aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, on Sunday, predicted the outcome of the 2023 presidential election and the chances of both ruling All Progressives Congress and Peoples Democratic Party ahead of the exercise. He said that should the APC zoned its presidential ticket to South...
The Presidency has criticized opponents of government for influencing the perception of the United States government of Nigeria which is believed to have led to delays in the supply of fighter jets to the country to boost the fight against insecurity. According to a statement issued on Sunday by...
President Muhammadu Buhari, at various events last week enjoined Nigerians to partner with the Federal Government in resisting agents of destabilisation. Buhari made the declaration during the breaking of Ramadan fasting attended by governors, ministers and heads of government agencies on April 19. He said some elements were bent...
The Federal Government in partnership with the Sokoto State Governments are set to return over 50,000 Nigerian refugees from Niger Republic. The refugees are mainly from the eastern parts of Sokoto state, especially from Sabon Birnin and Isa Local Government Areas of the state. The lawmaker representing Sokoto East...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday directed the security and intelligence agencies to intensify their clampdown on illegal refineries to safeguard lives of citizens. The president gave the directive in a statement issued in Abuja by his media aide, Malam Garba Shehu. The presidential aide...
The Speaker of Imo House of Assembly, Mr Kennedy Ibeh, has extended his greetings to catholic women and all women in general on the occasion of their Mother’s Day celebration. The speaker, who extolled the unique role of mothers as part of his goodwill message for the occasion on...