Mr Mohammed Bello-Koko, the Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), on Sunday said that automation would be the backbone of efficiency in the ports. Bello-Koko who said this at a media chat with maritime journalists in Lagos noted that modern ports were all moving towards automation. He stressed the...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Guzamala Social Media Forum has raised alarm over threats of loosing their Jobs for supporting their choice of political party other than the All Progressive Congress (APC), ruling party of aspirants that are currently serving in office. The Chairman of Guzamala Social Media Forum,...
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Father Matthew Kukah, has denied the reports that an angry mob burnt down his Sokoto residence on Saturday. There has been tension in the state since the killing of Deborah Samuel, a 200-level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, over alleged...
Renowned Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, said that the Holy Prophet Muhammad (SAW), was at several points during his lifetime insulted by non-Muslims, yet he refused to attack or even kill persons who assassinated his characters. Gumi made this known while conducting a religious teaching class in his Kaduna...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The Zone 6 Police Headquarters have commenced medical screening exercise for police constables from Akwa Ibom and Cross River States who were successful in the just concluded Computer-Based Test (CBT) in the ongoing 2021 recruitment. The police spokesman, DSP Nelson Okpabi said in a statement...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps(NSCDC), Ondo State Command, has rewarded 103 officers for exceptional service in the fight against pipeline vandalism, illegal bunkering and other vices in the state. Dr Hammed Abodunrin, the state Commandant, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
The Jigawa State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (JSPHCDA), says about 1.7 million children are targeted for immunisation against polio virus in the ongoing round of immunisation campaign in the state. Dr Kabir Ibrahim, the Executive Secretary of the agency, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse on...
Sokoto State Government has announced the suspension of the resumption of basic and secondary schools in the state by one week. The News of Nigeria ( NAN) reports that the schools are supposed to resume on Sunday and Monday, for boarding and day students. The suspension was announced via...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari “over his failure to probe allegations that over N1.48 trillion reportedly spent on maintaining the country’s four refineries between 2015 and 2020 may have been stolen, mismanaged or diverted into private pockets.” The government reportedly...
Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra says Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the terrorist group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), is unhappy with the killings and enforcement of the protracted sit-at-home order in the South-East. The order has always been enforced by groups claiming to act on his...
By ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto- The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Reverend Matthew Hassan Kukah, has appealed to Christians in Sokoto to remain law abiding and pray for the return of normalcy in the state. Bishop Kukah made the appeal in his reaction to the current development in Sokoto,...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Cross River State Government has urged religious leaders, traditional rulers, parents, schools, churches, and caregivers to support public enlightenment campaigns meant to eradicate Polio Virus Type Two amongst children and reduce childhood diseases. Addressing mothers, caregivers, teachers, and students at the flag-off of the...
Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers on Saturday said he would end banditry in six months, if elected as the president in 2023. Wike, a presidential hopeful on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), made the declaration in a press statement issued by Mr Kelvin Ebiri, his Special...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the new President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed. Zayed was elected President by a Federal Supreme Council to succeed his half-brother, the late Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed. The president’s congratulatory message is contained in a...
Pastor Emmanuel Maaaji of the First Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), Tunga Magajiya, Niger, has confirmed the arrival in Magajiya of the body of the slain student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, Miss Deborah Samuel, for burial. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the late...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Following the gruesome murder of a female student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, identified as Deborah Samuel, over alleged blasphemy, the Sokoto State Government has declared 24 hours curfew in the state as a measure towards ensuring peace and stability in the state....
BY BARBARA KALU, Abakaliki – Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi has confirmed three deaths from the collapse of a market stall’s roof in his hometown Uburu, Ohaozara Local Government Area on May 13. The governor in a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr Francis...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Kalu, has felicitated with the government and people of Anambra State on the occasion of the 81st birthday anniversary of the Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Nnaemeka Alfred Achebe. Senator Kalu, in a congratulatory message issued on...
Relationships are formed daily based on human interactions and it is not out of place when some of these relationships progress from platonic friendship into a romantic relationship. However, concerns have been raised whether it is appropriate or inappropriate to go into a romantic relationship in the workplace and...
The Nasrul-Lahi-l-Fatih Society (NASFAT) Nigeria on Saturday condemned the alleged extra-judicial killing of Ms Deborah Samuel, a female student of Shagari College of Education, Sokoto. The Chief Missioner NASFAT, Imam Abdul Azeez Onike, said this in a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Mr Abdul Akeem-Yusuf, made available to...