The Generation Next Collective (GNC), a coalition of groups of pragmatic youths and women development strategists, has said that the timing and festivity associated with the presidential declaration of the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, weekend, was horrendously callous, distasteful and questions his humanity and leadership value. Amaechi publicly...
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The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a young man identified as Ifeanyi Njoku for allegedly killing his girlfriend, Precious Okeke, 24, in an estate at Badore, in the Ajah area of Lagos State. The live-in lovers stayed on Oke Street and it was alleged that Njoku killed his...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has said that over N150 billion liabilities inherited from previous administrations have been cleared by the present administration. This revelation was one of the outcomes of FCTA Executive Committee meeting chaired by the FCT Minister of State, Dr....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – River State Governor, Nyesom Wike has pledged to tackle the rising insecurity and poverty bedeviling the country, if elected as president of Nigeria in 2023. Governor Wike gave the pledge on Monday while addressing the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) delegates on Monday in Maiduguri,...
Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, on Monday, expressed optimism that Daura Transport University will take-off in September. Amaechi said this after inspecting the level of work at the university, in company of his Permanent Secretary, Magdalene Ajani, the Managing Director of Nigerian Railway Corporation, Fidet Okhiria, and other...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), and members of National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) on Monday repaired the Obajana junction that had consistently caused traffic gridlock along the Kabbah-Lokoja-Abuja road. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the repairs on the dilapidated point of the highway...
The Federal Government has restated its commitment to the renegotiation of the conditions of service of all workers in public universities across the country. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige said this when he received members of the government side of the 2009 Federal Government/University based...
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) mock examinations conducted on April 9. Announcing the results in its weekly bulletin released on Monday in Abuja, the board said that candidates could now visit the board’s site to check their...
BY THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has sent a message of condolence to his Rivers state counterpart, Nyesom Wike over the fire incident at Bonny Jetty in Port Harcourt that claimed several lives today . Several persons were said to have died from the...
The Federal Government has spent about N12 billion on the National Home-Grown School Feeding Programmes (NHGSFP) monthly under the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development (MHADMSD). Dr Umar Bindir, National Coordinator, National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) of the Ministry stated this on Monday. Bindir disclosed this...
By BARBARA KALU, Owerri – The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Monday said it would begin the enforcement of the ban on open grazing which has since been pronounced by South East Governors and passed into law by many States in Biafran land. A statement issued by IPOB...
Amb. Bianca Ojukwu has provided a clearer video of what really happened on the day Prof. Soludo was sworn in as Governor of Anambra State. Watch and see for yourself. According to Bianca, Mrs Obiano should be kept very far from any public office. “What manner of barbarism is...
Gunmen suspected to be hired assassins have killed the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Atakumosa East Central Local Government Area of Osun state. Chief Gbenga Ogbara was shot dead in his sitting room in the early hours of Monday in Igangan, his hometown. The Police Public...
The Federal High Court (FHC)’s vacation has stalled the judgment in suit seeking for the declaration of the seat of Rep Yakubu Dogara vacant on account of his defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) had, on March 23, reported that the judgment,...
Osun State Police Command on Monday said it is investigating alleged extra-judicial killing of one Afolabi Abiola in Osogbo. Police spokesperson in the state, SP Yemisi Opalola, stated on Monday in Osogbo that Mr Olawale Olokode, Commissioner of Police in Osun directed the investigation to unravel circumstances leading to...
A support group, Emefiele Mobilization Team (EMT) says the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr Godwin Emefiele remain focused on delivering on his mandate as governor of the apex bank. The group stated this in statement by its spokesperson, Bashir Mohammed, in Abuja while reacting to...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Government on Saturday said the vandalism of transmission towers at Odukpani, Ikot Ekpene 330 Kilovolt double circuit line was responsible for Friday’s collapse of the national grid. The Minister of Power, Mr Abubakar Aliyu, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Saturday brought a 48-hour gridlock at Obajana, Kogi, to an end. The gridlock was caused by multiple breakdown of obsolete trucks along the Kabba-Lokoja-Abuja Road. The Obajana portion of the road which hosts the Dangote Cement factory is notorious for the perennial...
Anambra Governor, Prof. Charles Soludo, has sworn in 20 Commissioners selected across the 21 local government areas of the state, to help him achieve all his electoral promises to the electorates. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports on Saturday in Awka that the list of commissioners was sent...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday visited his Security Aide, Inspector Gambo Joseph, who was injured in the Wednesday’s accident at the vicinity of the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja. Jonathan expressed joy that the injured officer, Joseph was responding to treatment and recovering fast. He also stated that the...