Dr Akinwumi Adesina, the President, African Development Bank (AfDB), has called for more investments in the youth as they are the future of Nigeria. Adesina said this in his acceptance speech after he was conferred with the award of Extraordinary Personality of the year by Silverbird Media Group. A...
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Monday arraigned suspended police officer Abba Kyari and six others over drug trafficking related offences. The NDLEA had filed eight counts of hard drugs trafficking against Mr Kyari, who is also wanted in the United States for his relationship with convicted...
…Thanks Buhari for appointing Benue son By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has congratulated the new Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFUND, Arch Sunny Echono on his appointment by President Muhammadu Buhari. In his congratulatory message, the Governor also thanked President Buhari for...
Award winning Nigerian journalist, Deji Badmus has called out AriseTV anchor, Reuben Abati for refering to a reporter as mannerless on air. Recall that the former presidential spokesman had expressed his displeasure after the correspondent called him by name on live TV. Reacting to the incident via Facebook, Mr Badmus said that journalists...
The scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, has refused to abate despite claims by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited that it has been releasing hundreds of millions of litres of petrol to address the situation. In its latest weekly national PMS evacuation report for February...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Damaturu – Yobe State Government has approved the immediate recruitment of 196 graduates of College of Health Science and Technology Nguru to boost healthcare delivery services in the state. Governor Mai Mala Buni disclosed this in a statement issued by the Director of Press and Media...
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) for more prayers against challenges confronting the country. The President, represented by Minister of Women Affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen, made the call on Sunday at the opening of the first 2022 CBCN Plenary meeting. The meeting...
President Muhammadu Buhari says Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo is now in charge of the country. The president said this shortly before he departed Abuja for a routine medical check-up in London, the United Kingdom. The president had initially planned to embark on the trip from Nairobi, Kenya after attending the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The head of the Catholic Church, His Holiness, Pope Francis, has appointed Most Rev. Fr. (Dr.) Lucius Ugorji as the new bishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Owerri. Most Rev. Dr. Ugorji, who until his appointment was the former Catholic Bishop of Umuahia and...
The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele has expressed satisfaction with the current high level of interest in the agricultural sector of Nigeria and the tremendous impact made across various value chains in the sector within the past six years. Emefiele, while addressing journalists during an...
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has reminded the Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba that Hijab does not protect female officers from AK-47 bullets. HURIWA, in a statement on Sunday, also faulted the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to gift $1 million to Afghanistan through...
A mother has confessed to having sex with her biological son just to have a baby for her husband. Matina Agawua, a native of Yelwata, in Nasarawa State lost her first husband to herdsmen attack in Northern Nigeria. Her first marriage produced a son. She remarried years after the death of...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has congratulated former president Olusegun Obasanjo on the occasion of his 85th birthday. Lawan, in a statement in Abuja on Sunday by Mr Ola Awoniyi, his Special Adviser on Media, joined Obasanjo’s family members, friends, and well-wishers...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted no fewer than 294,440 tablets of Tramadol, Diazepam, Swinol, Rohyphnol, and Exol-5, along with other illicit drugs in major operations. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Media, and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi on Sunday, in Abuja....
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday departed Abuja for a routine medical check-up in London. Recalled that the president had initially planned to embark on the trip from Nairobi, Kenya after attending the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) at 50 in that country. The president’s...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Sunday said it has arrested no fewer than 41 suspects in Abuja and Kaduna State for drug related crimes. The NDLEA spokesperson, Mr Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in a statement in Abuja, said about 30...
The Commissioner for Information and Communication in Plateau, Mr Dan Manjang, has suggested that state governors should be given more control over security apparatuses in their domain for effective community policing. Mr. Manjang spoke during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Jos. He...
Accomplished international journalist and the current Special Assistant to the Nigerian President on New Media, Tolu Ogunlesi sits with Chude Jideonwo, the co-founder of Joy, Inc. and host of #WithChude to discuss a host of topics including his historic Naomi Campell tweet, the CNN interview and his work leading...
Some Nigerians in war-torn Ukraine have rejected the Federal Government’s offer to evacuate them, insisting that it was more dangerous to return home. As of Saturday morning, nearly a thousand Nigerians who fled Ukraine to either Poland or other neighbouring countries, have been evacuated. However, not every Nigerian affected...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, and appropriate anti-corruption agencies to probe the spending on the country’s four refineries, and alleged corruption and...