Gunmen have attacked the headquarters of Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra where Governor Chukwuma Soludo hails from. The incident happened on Thursday. Some of the buildings were also set ablaze during the attack in Aguata town. Security officials and men of the fire service are at the scene...
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The Federal Government said on Thursday that it has so far completed 2,465 housing units across the country under the National Housing Programme. The acting Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, Mr Chukwunwike Uzo, made the disclosure in Kano at the commissioning of 76 housing units contributed...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – In his continued efforts towards ensuring healthy living in Sokoto State, Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has approved the scheme for the change of cadre for all those willing to undertake special training in Nursing, Midwifery and Community Health Extension workers. The State commissioner of...
Prof Wole Soyinka, the Nigerian Nobel laureate, has said Nigeria is gradually seceding from humanity. Soyinka spoke in Lagos State on Thursday at a media session titled, “Forget the past, forfeit the future: A nation seceding from humanity.” According to him, the widespread cases of injustices in Nigeria and the disposition...
Director – General (DG), National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) Dr Rufus Ebegba, on Thursday said Nigeria has set standard for the African continent in the regulation of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). Ebegba spoke in Abuja while welcoming a team of regulators from Ghana’s Biosafety Management Authority who came to...
President Muhammadu Buhari has received the report on New Revenue Formula from the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) in the State House, Abuja, on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the report was presented to the president by the leadership of RMAFC, led by...
Residents of Kogi were on Thursday advised to shun cow meat for at least one week as 20 cows died mysteriously in Lokoja. The state government says there is the possibility that the cows ingested poisonous substances while grazing. Director of Veterinary Services, Kogi Ministry of Agriculture, Dr Salau...
Says Borno to get 30 megawatts solar power supply By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has arrived Maiduguri , the Borno State capital on Thursday on a day state working visit . Osinbajo, who landed at Maiduguri Air Force base airspace at 11.20 am was...
President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the House of Representatives seeking an increase in the 2022 budget deficit to be financed through borrowing from the domestic market. Buhari said this in a letter read by Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila during plenary on Thursday. The President also requested for the review...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Thursday demolished over 300 illegal structures in a densely populated Bassa-Jiwa village, near the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that most of the affected structures were residential buildings, shanties, batchers and kiosks sitting on the...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday dismissed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) suit seeking the removal of Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River. Justice Taiwo Taiwo, in a judgment, said he was bound by the decision of a higher court which delivered a judgment on April 1...
BY RICHARD ABU, Nasarawa – A total of one thousand, nine hundred and thirty seven (1937) NYSC members on Thursday participated in the national orientation camp Passing Out Parade (POP) which has the Deputy Governor of Nasarawa State, Dr. Emmanuel Akabe in attendance. The event took place at the...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has directed all public servants and political appointees in the state who have interest in contesting the 2023 general to immediately resign from their various offices. This was disclosed by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the...
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, says most youths are unemployed because of lack of functional skills. Ngige said this while declaring open a one-day trade Job, Career and Employability Fair, on Thursday in Abuja. The fair was organised by the Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA)...
A group of pastors under the umbrella of Interfaith Alliance have staged a peaceful protest against the incessant attacks and killings by bandits in Kaduna State. The protesters are asking the Federal Government to step up actions against banditry with the aim of wiping them out. The protest comes...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Police command has convened a stakeholders meeting with the Ulamas, traditional rulers and media on the need to regulate Islamic preaching and do away with the use of abusive language and inciting words. Addressing the stakeholders at a meeting in Maduguri,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt General Umar Farouq Yahaya, has commended the 305 officers and soldiers of 402 Special Forces Brigade for the successes recorded in clearance operations at the Sambisa, Tumbuktu Triangle, Tumbus and Mandara mountains among others. COAS gave the...
The Nigerian passport has been ranked 99 according to a new global ranking of the most powerful passports. The Henley Passport Index ranked all of the world’s passports according to the number of destinations their holder can visit without a visa. The report compares the visa-free access of 199...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Project ReNew Nigeria, a group supporting the presidential aspiration of Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike of Rivers State, has sympathied with former President Goodluck Jonathan over the ghastly accident that claimed the lives of two policemen in his convoy. In a statement released to...
Former Nigerian President, Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has, Wednesday, escaped death when his convoy got involved in an accident earlier today in the vicinity of the Abuja airport, while on his way out of the airport. The crash resulted in the loss of two police officers attached to him....