ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – No fewer than 25 AK-47 riffles, other arms and ammunition seized have been handed over to the Federal Government by the Bauchi state Police Command. The arms and ammunition which were seized across Bauchi State between June, 2021 and February, 2023 were handed over to...
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Osun State Government on Tuesday denied a claim that there was a plan to assassinate Minister of Interior and former governor of the state, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola. Sunday Akere, Special Adviser to Gov. Gboyega Oyetola on Political Matters, gave the denial while addressing All Progressives Congress (APC) party members...
By EMMANUEL JIMOH, Benin – The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, will on Saturday take a physical possession of another two bronzes from Cambridge and Aberdeen in the United Kingdom. The Secretary to the Benin Traditional Council, Frank Irobor, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday in...
Some international relations experts have attributed recent coups in several African countries to economic depression, environmental degradation and Islamist fundamentalists in the Sahel region. They told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interviews that countries suffering from economic depression were more likely to resort to disorder, considering...
President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja, on Tuesday, to join European and other African leaders as well as heads of multilateral organisations at the 6th European Union-African Union Summit in Brussels, Belgium. The Presidrnt’s media aide, Malam Garba Shehu, confirmed this development in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja....
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has decided to devolve Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) exercise in Ekiti and Osun states to ward levels. The INEC Chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu disclosed this on Tuesday during a meeting with the Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) in Abuja....
By OLA MUDOPE, Ibadan – Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 25 suspected Yahoo boys in Soka area of Ibadan, the state capital. The EFCC spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, who disclosed this in a statement, said the arrests followed...
Some yet-to-be identified ritualists on Saturday allegedly cut off a 94-year-old woman’s head in her house at Ikun-Ekiti, Moba Local Government Area of Ekiti State The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the body of the old woman, Mrs Ayodele Asaolu, was found in her house on Saturday...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has identified paucity of funds as one of the major obstacles to implementing the National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS). NCDC Director-General, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, said this while presenting a paper at a two-day retreat on COVID-19 and health security in...
President Buhari on Tuesday submitted the 2022 Appropriation amendment proposal to the National Assembly. The amendment proposal is contained in a letter from the President which was read during the plenary. Senate President Ahmad Lawan and Speaker of the House of Representatives Femi Gbajabiamila read the letter in their...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has expressed Federal Government’s readiness and commitment to the effective actualisation of the Strategic Roadmap (2021 to 2025) of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development. Osinbajo made the commitment at the official inauguration of the Strategic Roadmap in Abuja. According to...
Mr Akaniyene Tommy, the Chairman of Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom, has promised to sponsor Miss Matilda Wills in the first year of her University education in Nigeria. Miss Matilda Wills, a native of Usung Inyang village, in Eket Local Government Area, scored an eye popping 380...
Assures doctors of improved salaries By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, alongside Senator Kashim Shettima were in the border town of Gamboru in Ngala Local Government Area, undertaking humanitarian responses, from Sunday to Tuesday. The leaders supervised and also got directly involved in the distribution...
A group, Coalition of Saraki Advocates (COSA), Kaduna State Chapter, has supported the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on its plan not to zone the 2023 presidential election to any of the six geo-political zones. The State Coordinator of COSA, Yasir Kamal, in an interview with the News Agency of...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Monday said it was mobilising the electorate ahead of the 2023 general polls to determine those who would emerge political leaders in the country. Rt. Rev. Stephen Adegbite, Chairman, Lagos State Chapter of CAN, disclosed this in an interview with the News...
The UN Joint Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Fund on Monday announced an additional $54.5 million in investments for projects across five countries to put the SDGs back on track. UN, in a statement, stated that Kenya, Madagascar, North Macedonia, Suriname and Zimbabwe were selected from proposals submitted by more than 100 countries, as being the...
The Image Merchants Promotions Limited (IMPR), publishers of PRNigeria and Economic Confidential has instituted annual Prizes/Awards for Best Graduating Students in Public Relations and Digital Economy at Bayero University Kano (BUK). The awards which are named after a former Head of Department of Mass Communication at the university, Professor...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has said its investment in research was geared towards innovation and national development. This was contrary to some reports on some media platforms crediting the Executive Secretary of National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), Prof. Idris Muhammad Bugaje...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commended the Training of Supervisory Presiding Officers (SPOs) ahead of the constituencies by-election holding on Feb. 26 in Plateau, Cross River, Imo and Ondo States. The commission in a Bulletin made available to newsmen on Monday in Abuja, said the training was...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Sen. Lekan Balogun on his appointment as the 42nd Olubadan of Ibadanland. In a statement issued by the presidential spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, on Monday in Abuja, said the president noted that the dedication of High Chief Balogun, the...