By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Lafia said leaders who take the oath of office, swearing with the Holy Book, must be careful not to abuse the trust of leadership placed on them by the people and God. Speaking at a courtesy visit to...
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PATRICK ABANG Calabar The Cross River State Government has described as false an allegations by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) that it is planning to use the military to disrupt the state byelections. Reacting to the allegation in a statement on Thursday in Calabar, The Deputy Chief Press Secretary...
The Federal Government is planning a special flight operation to evacuate Nigerians from Ukraine amid the escalating crisis in the country. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced this in Abuja on Thursday. Russian President Vladimir Putin had announced a military operation in Ukraine on Thursday with explosions heard soon...
Esan Okpa Initiative (EOI), a socio-cultural nonpartisan organization floated to promote the interests of Esan people, has asked the Edo State Government to immediately reconsider the recently announced plan to make Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma a multi-campus institution, arguing that it is not only a ploy to balkanize...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) has emerged the second highest ranking agency with a score of 89.6% out of 360 Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of the Federal Government in the 2021 Ethics and Integrity Compliance Card (EICS) of the Independent Corrupt Practices...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo was in Maiduguri on Thursday, to launch the 30th edition of the Federal Government’s Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Clinic during which he commissioned four out of over 500 projects executed by Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana...
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has published a list of 23 lawyers who have expressed interest in being appointed Justices of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. In a statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary of the NBA, Dr. Rapulu Nduka, and made available to newsmen in Lagos on...
NDLEA reiterated in Akure on Thursday that the war against drug abuse belonged to everyone and not an exclusive fight of the anti-narcotics agency It declared at a sensitisation programme held at Fiwasaye Girls’ Grammar School, Akure, by the Ondo State Committee on Drug Control that everyone needed to...
Popular music artistes, Oniyide Azeez(Zinoleesky) and Mohbad (Ilerioluwa Oladimeji) have been arrested by officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. Both artistes were busted in the early hours of Thursday in their home in Lekki area of Lagos state. According to eyewitness reports and video footage uploaded...
By NATHANIEL IKYUR, Markudi – In far away Portharcourt, the Rivers State capital, Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State was on Wednesday, honoured with the prestigious “Courageous and Purposeful Leadership Award” by the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion). It was an elaborate ceremony that had the cream of the...
A viral video clip showing the moment a lecturer chased out tons of Nigerian students out of the lecture room for allegedly not wearing their bra has been made a subject of discourse online. The incident is said to have happened in Delta State Polytechnic Ogwashi-Uku. Further reports say the lecturer...
The House of Representatives Committee on Constitution Reviews has recommended immunity clause for Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Reps and heads of judiciary. This is contained in the report of the constitution amendment Bill that was presented before the House by Rep. Ahmed Wase, the...
The House of Representatives has urged the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Director General, Department of State Security (DSS) and other security agencies to deployed officers to Ijesha land in Osun. This is to arrest unwanted killing of innocent Nigerians by suspected cultists operating in the area in a...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in collaboration with the Federal Government has evacuated another set of 159 Nigerians stranded in Libya. The Charge d’ Affairs of the mission, Mr Kabiru Musa, who disclosed this in a statement, said the stranded migrants were evacuated...
Sen. Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Emnployment says without President Muhammadu Buhari’s leadership style, the experience of Nigeria would have been like some nations in severe crises. Ngige therefore described leadership as very critical to the survival of any human society. Ngige said this after his induction...
Unidentified gunmen numbering about 10, on Wednesday, disrupted ongoing council elections at Enugu South council area ward 3, in Obeagu community near Enugu, burning electoral materials and three vehicles. The gunmen stormed the polling units of the ward at about 1p.m. in a Sennia car and Toyota Highlander Jeep...
Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo has described as “unnecessary”, the anxiety of some Nigerians over President Muhammadu Buhari’s delay in signing the electoral Act. The governor said this while addressing newsmen at the Government House, Owerri, on Wednesday. “The amended Electoral Act is already before the President waiting for...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – At least six hundred clergies, amongst them 20 Archbishops, 144 Bishops, and hundreds of reverends converged in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, where the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) honoured Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, with a “prestigious award for courageous and purposeful leadership in...
The Senate has passed a bill seeking to establish the Nigerian Maritime Security Trust Fund. The passage of the bill followed the adoption of the report of Senate Conference Committee on the Nigerian Maritime Security Trust Fund (Establishment) Bill, 2022 at Wednesday’s plenary. The Chairman of the Conference Committee,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, has condoled with the victims of fire outbreak in Muna El- Badawy, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Camp. The Minister’s condolence message was contained in a statement issued on Wednesday by the...