ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Branch, has said that unless the Director-General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa, retracts his comments on the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS), it will be forced to initiate the process...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Yobe – Executive Governor of Yobe State, Hon. Mai Mala Buni has promised to empower 300,000 youth with initial funding to set up their businesses as a way of eradicating poverty in Yobe State. The governor was speaking at a grand reception organized in his honour...
By IBRAHIM OBANSA, Lokoja – Enemona Josh Humanitarian Foundation, has clarified that its founder, Ambassador Gabriel Onoja, who was earlier believed to have been kidnapped by gunmen is currently safe in the hands of the police who whisked him away from his apartment on Thursday night. Recalled that news...
President Muhammadu Buhari has lauded the Bank of Industry (BOI) for creating more than nine million jobs in the last seven years. He also commended BOI for disbursing over N1.24 trillion to 4.2 million beneficiaries in Micro, Small, Medium and Large enterprises. The president made the commendation when he...
Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Ado Doguwa, has said Nigerians should be allowed to bear arms in self-defense considering the deteriorating security situation in the country. The All Progressive Congress (APC) member who is representing Doguwa/Tudun Wada Federal Constituency of Kano State said this during plenary on...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted four persons, including the traditional ruler of Bukpe community in FCT, Alhaji Hassan Shamidozhi. It was learnt that the four victims were abducted on Wednesday evening. Confirming the incident to newsmen, The Head of Information and Protocol...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will shutdown the ongoing nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) Pre-Registration online portal in April in preparation for the 2023 general elections. Mr Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner in charge of Information and Voter Education, said this in an interview with the...
At least one person was feared killed when arsonists attacked Nnewi South Local Government Area Secretariat of Anambra at Ukpor on Thursday. The arsonists were said to have numbered more than 50. Igwe Nwosu Onyimadu, and Mr Emmanuel Nwachukwu, the traditional ruler and President-General of Ukpor community, respectively confirmed...
Gov. Nasir El-Rufa’i of Kaduna State on Thursday restated his call for massive bombardment of all forests inhabited by terrorists. He said this would contain current security challenges in the country. The governor made the call at a stakeholders meeting in Giwa, Kaduna State, where terrorists had been invading...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) has kicked against the 25% deduction from the Treasury Single Account (TSA) of the National Examinations Council (NECO) by the Federal Government. The union, in a letter to the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu,...
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Idris Wase, on Wednesday blasted service chiefs and the ministers of relevant agencies over their failure to honour the lawmakers’ invitation. The lawmakers summoned the service chiefs and ministers of relevant ministries and agencies to appear before it in conjunction with...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have attacked a low-cost housing estate at Kofar Gayan in Zaria Local Government Area of Kaduna State and kidnapped six people including a Customs officer and his son. The police authorities are yet to confirm the incident but a resident of the area told...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello has said that the FCT Administration has no plans whatsoever to shut down the Garki District Hospital, explaining that the 15 year concession agreement signed between the FCTA and the Nisa Medical Group on the management of...
Suspected armed bandits who kidnapped and killed some passengers onboard Abuja-Kaduna on Monday, have told the families of their victims to prepare the ransom which they will pay and secure the release of their loved ones. This was made public by a Twitter user whose relative was kidnapped. According...
The Presidency says President Muhammadu Buhari will host his Nigerien counterpart, Mohammed Bazoum, to a State Visit on Thursday. The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, confirmed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. According to the presidential aide, the two leaders are...
No fewer than 84 border locations in Nigeria will soon be linked with e-border monitoring cameras to check issues of illegal immigrants and other border criminal activities. The Acting Comptroller General of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Alhaji Isah Idris, disclosed this to newsmen on Wednesday in Ibaka Mbo Local...
Repairs on the damaged portion of the Abuja-Kaduna rail line will commence immediately as the Federal Government is considering recruiting locals for security at blackspot areas. The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, disclosed this in Kaduna on Wednesday during a visit to victims of the attack on a Kaduna-bound...
Popular Nigerian rapper, Falz took to Twitter to lament about the worsening state of the nation. In a tweet, while reflecting on the recent train attack, he slammed politicians for going about with their campaign activities despite the wanton killings in the country. He also slammed the Lagos Concession...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has expressed grief over the sustained invasion and killing of Benue people by suspected Fulani herdsmen. The governor l, who was reacting to the recent murderous activities of Fulani herdsmen in Benue with scores hacked to death in unprovoked...
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, says he has been able to scale-up the construction of the East- West road from eight per cent to 80 per cent, since his assumption of office. Akpabio said this in Abuja at the handover and update of the East-West...