Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed has indicated that President Muhammadu Buhari lacks the required support to tackle insecurity in the country. The Governor offered to collaborate with the Federal Government to manage the situation as he revealed that one of the local government areas in Bauchi State was recently...
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Popular Nigerian gospel singer, Osinachi Nwachukwu, is dead. Osinachi reportedly died on Friday after battling throat cancer. The song that shot her to the limelight is the hit song “Ekwueme”, released in 2017. Osinachi sings in Igbo language, and her audiences are dominant in the eastern part of Nigeria....
The Coordinator, Nigeria Customs Service Strike Force, Zone B, Mr Faith Ojeifo, says it has seized contraband worth over N143.64 million Duty Paid Value (FOV) in its area of operation. Ojeifo who displayed the seized items to newsmen on Friday in Kaduna, warned smugglers to abandon the illicit trade...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka — Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo has condemned the recent attacks in the state, describing it as an “act of mindless criminality by a bunch”. Governor Soludo was reacting to the arson that visited Aguata Local Government Area Secretariat on Thursday. The governor said that...
By RICHARD ABU, Nasarawa – Heavy rain storm on Thursday destroyed properties worth millions of naira following a heavy down poured that lasted for more than two hours in Auta Balefiin, a suburb in Karu LGA of Nasarawa State. Already residents of Auta Balefi in Karu LGA are counting...
Eight of the 15 counts charges brought against the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has been struck out. The eight charges were struck out by the Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday. The 15 charges which bordered on terrorism were filed against Kanu...
A human rights lawyer, Mr Tope Temokun, has dragged the Department of Security Service (DSS) to court over alleged illegal detention of a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Mr Olupona Adewale. Temokun in a suit number FHC/AK/C5/29/2022 filed at the Federal High Court, Akure, sought the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Abuja said professionals in various fields, especially accounting, provide the strength and framework for thriving economies, assuring that his administration will continue to engage experts to gain measurable and reliable results. Receiving a delegation from Institute of Chartered Accountants...
The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Ltd. has called for the establishment of special courts for the prosecution of oil thieves in the country. Mr Mele Kyari, the Group Managing Director of NNPC, made the call on Thursday in Abuja when he appeared before the House of Representatives Committee...
The Federal High Court of Nigeria has placed a ban on media coverage for cases bordering on terrorism The court’s Chief Information Officer, Dr Catherine Christopher, announced this in a statement on Thursday while outlining FHC’s new practice directions. Terrorism proceedings, according to the statement, will be conducted in...
The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has urged Nigerians that in the 2023 polls they should vote only for political leaders who will guarantee the completion of ongoing projects in the country. Fashola gave the advice on Thursday in Abuja when a delegation of the Trade...
The Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, has ordered the posting of new Commissioners of Police in Imo, Kaduna, Edo, and Adamawa in a bid to tackle the security challenges in the states. While Imo has been faced with attacks by gunmen suspected to be members of the proscribed...
The Federal Government has condemned the Polish Authority for detaining Nigerians and other African students who fled war-torn Ukraine due to their black skin. The Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, who said this in Abuja, expressed displeasure over the development, saying it was wrong...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has directed the reinstatement of political appointees who had resigned to contest elections but were not favoured by zoning. He said, however, that only those whose positions were not replaced will enjoy the privilege. Governor Ortom disclosed this on...
Gunmen have attacked the headquarters of Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra where Governor Chukwuma Soludo hails from. The incident happened on Thursday. Some of the buildings were also set ablaze during the attack in Aguata town. Security officials and men of the fire service are at the scene...
The Federal Government said on Thursday that it has so far completed 2,465 housing units across the country under the National Housing Programme. The acting Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, Mr Chukwunwike Uzo, made the disclosure in Kano at the commissioning of 76 housing units contributed...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – In his continued efforts towards ensuring healthy living in Sokoto State, Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has approved the scheme for the change of cadre for all those willing to undertake special training in Nursing, Midwifery and Community Health Extension workers. The State commissioner of...
Prof Wole Soyinka, the Nigerian Nobel laureate, has said Nigeria is gradually seceding from humanity. Soyinka spoke in Lagos State on Thursday at a media session titled, “Forget the past, forfeit the future: A nation seceding from humanity.” According to him, the widespread cases of injustices in Nigeria and the disposition...
Director – General (DG), National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) Dr Rufus Ebegba, on Thursday said Nigeria has set standard for the African continent in the regulation of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). Ebegba spoke in Abuja while welcoming a team of regulators from Ghana’s Biosafety Management Authority who came to...
President Muhammadu Buhari has received the report on New Revenue Formula from the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) in the State House, Abuja, on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the report was presented to the president by the leadership of RMAFC, led by...