By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Very few African Union member states have been projected to achieve universal access to safely managed drinking water, safely managed sanitation or basic hygiene services by 2030. In other to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) targets on water, sanitation and hygiene, Africa will...
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – MultiChoice Nigeria has announced an increased in the prices of DStv and GOtv packages. The company in a statement issued on Tuesday, attributed the hike in price to the rising cost of inflation and business operations. “In light of the rising costs of inflation...
The Senate, will, on Wednesday, debate the ruling of a Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia, Abia, which nullified the controversial Section 84 (12) of the amended Electoral Act. This followed a point of order raised by Sen. George Sekibo (PDP-Rivers) during plenary on Tuesday. The section requires ministers,...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Sokoto State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC) has arrested four suspects who specialized in the production of fake currency notes both naira and CFA. Parading the suspects on Tuesday, the Sokoto State NSCDC Commandant, Muhammad Saleh Dada named...
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Lagos on a working visit to commission and inspect some projects in the state. His aircraft touched down at about 10am on Tuesday at the Presidential Wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos. The President was welcomed to the state by Governor Babajide...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Following the Federal High Court judgement in Abuja, which sacked 20 lawmakers from Cross River State who defected from PDP to APC, the Cross River State House Of Assembly has been sealed, early this morning and taken over by combined security forces. NATIONAL ACCORD...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, on Monday gave a total sum of N62,750,000 to 846 elders and labourers providing services at Bolori Stores, a popular area in Maiduguri where trailers offload and move variety of wholesale food and non-food products from Borno to other...
There was drama at Bwera Parish headquarters in Kyeizooba Sub-county, Igara East Constituency in Bushenyi District (of Uganda) after residents reportedly nabbed a 59-year-old woman having sex with an 18-year-old man. Ms Kedesi Katsigaire, a resident of Nyambirizi Village, Bwera Parish in Kyeizooba Sub-county, had previously been accused of...
Some indigenes of Ile-Ife in Osun State on Monday allegedly invaded the Obafemi Awolowo University campus armed with charms and other fetish objects. The indigenes were protesting against the appointment of non-indigene as the institution’s Vice-Chancellor. The News Agency of Nigeria gathered that the protesting Ife indigenes closed the...
The Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19 has lifted per travel testing requirements for COVID-19 vaccinated Nigerians and visitors. Mr Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Chairman PSC on COVID-19, on Monday in Abuja, said that the revised International Travel Protocols, would take effect from...
Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi has assured his supporters that there is nothing to worry about over the Federal High Court ruling in Abuja which struck out the stay of execution motion against his removal from office. Umahi gave the assurance on Monday when he addressed the All Progressives...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum on Monday outrightly rejected the naming of two blocks of hostel in his honour, at the Ramat Polytechnic in Maiduguri, which is owned by the State Government. Zulum was at the polytechnic to commission the hostels for 1,500 students,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja The new Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Arc. Sunny Echono on Monday in Abuja, resumed duty to a rousing welcome from the members of the staff of the agency. Speaking after he received the handover note from his predecessor, Professor Suleiman...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The National Universities Commission (NUC) on Monday recognized Shehu Shagari University of Education as the 58th State University and 206th University in Nigeria. Presenting the certificate of recognition in Abuja, to the Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal , the Executive Secretary of the...
The Anambra State Traditional Rulers Council has reacted to the online video showing former Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In a statement signed by its Chairman and Obi of Onitsha, Prof. Nnaemeka Achebe, the council stated that it...
By BENJAMIN ORISEMEKE, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday commission the newly built international terminal of the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos. The International Airport has the capacity to process 14million passengers per annum. It is built on a land mass of approximately 56,000 square metres, and...
The Chairman of the Lagos Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr Ikechukwu Uwanna, on Monday called for intensified conversations on ways to deepen the nation’s democracy. Uwanna made the call in an address of welcome at the commencement of the 2022 NBA Lagos Branch Law Week, held...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it has been notified about the recall of five brands of male sex enhancement pills sold on Amazon. The public alert with No. 010/2022, signed by the agency’s Director General, Prof. Moji Adeyeye on Monday, that the...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has granted a former governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, bail. Chairman of the commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, disclosed this on Monday in an interview with journalists in Abuja on the sideline of 5th Annual General Assembly (AGA) of the Network...
The future of Nigeria will be the focus on Tuesday as eminent Nigerians meet to propose objective course of action. From Minister to former governors and opinion leaders, the deliberation will focus on “ensuring that Nigeria takes its rightful place in the comity of nations”. Freedom Online, one of...