The Statistician-General of the Federation, Simon Harry, is dead. His death was confirmed by the Director, Statistician-General of the Federation Dr Simon Harry (NBS) and Public Relations Department, Ichedi Joel, on Wednesday, in Abuja. Joel said, “It is not a rumor anymore, the SG is dead, he died from...
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The Supreme Court has affirmed the six years imprisonment imposed on a former Federal Director of Pensions, Mister John Yakubu, and also ordered him to refund the sum of N22.9b to the Federal Government. The N22.9b was part of the police pension fund he admitted before a High Court...
The Federal Road Safety Corps, (FRSC) has deployed 25, 225 operatives to cover 29 critical road corridors during Easter celebrations. Its spokesman, Mr Bisi Kazeem stated in Abuja on Wednesday that the Corps Marshal, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, gave the directive for the deployment. The operatives are Regular and Special...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday in Abuja released the final list of candidates for the 2022 Osun Governorship election. It would be recalled that on Friday, 25th March, 2022, the Commission published the personal particulars and list of candidates (Form EC9)...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Worried by problems of water shortage in some areas, Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has visited some communities in Maiduguri Metropolitan Council and Jere LGA, during which he ordered the State Ministry of Water Resources to ensure quick restoration of water supply to...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the brutal terrorist attacks in Kanam and Wase Local Government Areas of Plateau, describing the killings as heinous. The president in a statement issued on Tuesday by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu said the perpetrators should not be allowed...
Lawmakers in the Senate have again passed the Nigerian Peace Corps (Establishment) Bill, four years after President Muhammadu Buhari rejected the proposed legislation. They also approved another bill seeking legal backing for the establishment of a council for hunters across the country. This followed the consideration of two reports...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved immediate release of 40,000 metric tons of assorted grains from the Strategic Grains Reserve, to assist less-privileged Nigerians to celebrate the forthcoming Easter and Sallah festivities. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Muhammed Mahmood, made the announcement when he briefed State House...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Government on Tuesday declared Friday, April 15 and Monday, April 18, as public holidays to mark the Easter celebration. The Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government. A statement issued on Tuesday by The...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has again lamented over the gruesome murder of 23 persons in fresh attacks on two communities by the invading Fulani herdsmen on Monday night. No fewer than 8 persons were mowed down on Monday night by Fulani herdsmen who...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Chairman Senate Committee on Appropriation, Senator Jibrin Barau, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for siting one of the three newly-approved federal polytechnics in Kano State. Barau, who represents Kano North Senatorial District – APC, expressed faith that the new polytechnic will expand access...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – No fewer than 900,000 children between the ages of 0-59 months are set to be vaccinated against Poliomyelitis which is one of the deadliest disease in the history of mankind . The Director General of the Cross River State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Janet...
It’s been long tortures and agonising moments for families whose relatives were abducted when bandits attacked an Abuja-Kaduna-bound train last month. The attack which occurred on March 28 at Dutse forest in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State left eight people killed and 26 others injured while scores...
The Generation Next Collective (GNC), a coalition of groups of pragmatic youths and women development strategists, has said that the timing and festivity associated with the presidential declaration of the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, weekend, was horrendously callous, distasteful and questions his humanity and leadership value. Amaechi publicly...
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a young man identified as Ifeanyi Njoku for allegedly killing his girlfriend, Precious Okeke, 24, in an estate at Badore, in the Ajah area of Lagos State. The live-in lovers stayed on Oke Street and it was alleged that Njoku killed his...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has said that over N150 billion liabilities inherited from previous administrations have been cleared by the present administration. This revelation was one of the outcomes of FCTA Executive Committee meeting chaired by the FCT Minister of State, Dr....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – River State Governor, Nyesom Wike has pledged to tackle the rising insecurity and poverty bedeviling the country, if elected as president of Nigeria in 2023. Governor Wike gave the pledge on Monday while addressing the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) delegates on Monday in Maiduguri,...
Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, on Monday, expressed optimism that Daura Transport University will take-off in September. Amaechi said this after inspecting the level of work at the university, in company of his Permanent Secretary, Magdalene Ajani, the Managing Director of Nigerian Railway Corporation, Fidet Okhiria, and other...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), and members of National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) on Monday repaired the Obajana junction that had consistently caused traffic gridlock along the Kabbah-Lokoja-Abuja road. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the repairs on the dilapidated point of the highway...
The Federal Government has restated its commitment to the renegotiation of the conditions of service of all workers in public universities across the country. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige said this when he received members of the government side of the 2009 Federal Government/University based...