Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday in Lafia commended Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa’s vision, political will and strides at industrialising the state. Osinbajo gave the commendation at the Nasarawa State Investment Summit where he said Gov. Sule cast the vision in the early life of his administration to rearrange...
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At least three persons have been killed and many others injured in an explosion that occurred in Kabba, Kogi State, on Wednesday evening. Sources told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the incident occurred at a beer parlour around Lewu Junction, Kabba. The source also said that the...
Political bigwigs attended the opening of the two-day Nasarawa Investment Summit in Lafia on Wednesday. Those who graced the occasion included Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, Ghana’s former President John Mahama, and former Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammad Sanusi. Others were Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Enugu Zonal Command, said it has arrested 36 suspected Internet fraudsters popularly known as ‘Yahoo boys’ in Enugu State. Mr Wilson Uwujaren, Head of Media and Publicity of the EFCC, said this in a statement...
Barely 48 hours after disassociating himself from moves by some groups to draft him into the 2023 presidential race, former President Goodluck Jonathan has finally made up his mind to vie for the top post. Nigeria is set to go to the polls next year in a crowded contest...
The Senate Committee on Land Transportation has urged the China Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC) to collaborate with Nigerian security agencies working to rescue victims of Abuja/Kaduna train bomb incident still in captivity. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Land Transportation, Mr AbdulFatah Buhari, made the appeal during his oversight...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The Minister of State for Education, Mr Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba has resigned his position following President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive that all cabinet members vying for elective offices in the 2023 elections, should resign before May 16. The President’s directive was made known on Wednesday, at...
The House of Representatives has passed Section 84(8) of the Electoral Amendment Act, 2022 to allow statutory delegates participate in political parties’ congresses and conventions. The house amended the clause after considering a Bill sponsored by the Chairman, House Committee on Rules and Business, Rep. Abubakar Fulata at plenary...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says its ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) will end on June 30. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, in his remarks at the Commission’s quarterly meeting with Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on Wednesday in Abuja, said that the INEC would suspend online pre-registration...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum has identified corruption, poor funding and poor leadership as major problems bedeviling local government.councils administration in Nigeria. Governor Zulum made the observation on Wednesday while receiving participants of 44th Course Group 7 of National Institute of Policy and Strategic...
A farmer, Mr Williams Famuyibo, on Wednesday prayed a Mapo Grade ‘A’ Customary Court in Ibadan to dissolve his 32-year-old marriage to estranged wife, Sola because she frequently beats him. Famuyibo, who resides in Ibadan, said he can no longer tolerate the beatings. “I ran away from our home...
A gateman with Mabila Hotel in Ikorodu, Lagos State, was killed in the early hours of Wednesday by some unknown gunmen, who robbed some officials of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) that lodged there. The Police spokesman for Lagos Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident to...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – No fewer than three people have been killed by gunmen who attacked Yadagungume and Limi villages in Burra District of Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State. One person also sustained varying degrees of injuries in the attack. NATIONAL ACCORD learnt that those killed...
The Central Bank of Nigeria has come under criticism over its inability to publish its annual reports detailing operations and financial obligations since 2018. According to Premium Times, checks showed that since 2005 when the Bankers Bank started publishing details of its annual report on its website, it has...
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed all cabinet members wishing to contest elective posts in the 2023 general elections to resign their appointments on or before Monday. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, revealed this when he briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the meeting...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The six area councils in the Federal Capital Territory and other stakeholders shared a total sum of N3,965,107,151.48billion as statutory allocation for the month of March 2022. The figure indicates an increase in revenue from, N3,592,846,301.74 billion disbursed in the month of February 2022...
The Minister of State, Budget and National Planning, Prince Clement Agba, has said that the recently inaugurated National Development Plan (NDP) 2021-2025 will provide a blueprint for Nigeria’s economic prosperity. Agba said this at the coordination meeting of the Regional Development Summit in Abuja. He said that government’s regional...
Gov. Nasir El-rufa’i of Kaduna State has called for sustained operations into terrorists’ enclaves to ensure the end of banditry and other security challenges in the state. El-rufa’i made the call at the opening of the Nigerian Army 2022 Combat Arms Training Week at Jaji Military Cantonment in Kaduna....
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on anti-graft agencies to monitor the funds of Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs) of government as the country prepares for the 2023 general elections. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba made the call in a...
….Visits Bauchi, woos APC delegates in Bauchi ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that the unity and security of the lives and properties of all citizens of the country remain crucial and important to him as one vying for the office of the president. According...