The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola on Friday defended Nigeria’s worsening economic indicators with a reference to global conditions. According to Mr Fashola, the cost of living is not only rising in Nigeria but across the world. He made the comment while responding to a question on...
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Governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule, has confirmed that the All Progressives Congress has chosen former governor, Abdullahi Adamu, as its consensus candidate for the position of party Chairman. Sule who was a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday, confirmed this while discussing the party’s readiness for...
The Osun State Police Command in Osun says it has arrested one Ganiyat Abass, alleged to have stolen a six-day-old baby and concealed her in a sack. Abass allegedly stole the baby from one Jemilat Musa, 23, of Agbele’s compound, Iwo, Osun. Mr Olawale Olokode, the Commissioner of Police...
Ahead of the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s national convention holding on Saturday, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has prayed a Federal High Court, Abuja, to declare the planned exercise unconstitutional and illegal. The PDP, In a suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/389 2022, also sought a court order deregistering the APC as...
An alleged video of Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma’s, Daughter, Sandra Nkechi as she clashed with her husband’s side chick (girlfriend) in Abuja has surfaced on the internet. The governor’s daughter was seen in a bank at Business Central District trying to drag her husband’s side chick out of...
Mr Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Works and Housing, says the President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC) administration has been delivering infrastructural projects in spite of meagre resources. He said this at the All Progressives Congress (APC) Pre-Convention Policy Conference on Friday in Abuja. According to him, the...
Ghanaian movie star turned senator, John Dumelo has said that he will walk barefoot from Accra to Lagos if Nigeria defeats Ghana in the first leg of their World Cup qualifiers match today March 25. Dumelo added that he will also place ginger on his head during the walk if the...
The United State on Friday donated five mobile detection system vans and other equipment worth $2 million Nigeria Police Force Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the equipment was presented in Lagos byMr Steward Voit, Sustainability Manager, U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Hundreds of youths in Yelwa area, a suburb of Bauchi metropolis, took to the street to protest the alleged stabbing of three residents by a police officer, which led to their death. The irate youth, who blocked the Dass Road from Elim Church junction to...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – A Concerned Nigerians advocacy group has issued a 7 day ultimatum to EFCC to probe Bola Tinubu, an All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential aspirant over his source of income. The group made the call on Friday in a petition that was addressed to the...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will depart Lagos on Friday for Accra, Ghana, to represent Nigeria at an Extraordinary Summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement in Abuja, said the summit would focus on the political situation in Mali...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja admonished the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to avoid being used for partisan politics or to settle personal disputes. The President, who gave the warning at the unveiling of EFCC’s Standard Operating Procedures, Policies and Manuals, at the State House, urged...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – The Enugu State Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) on Friday debunked a report that its officers were smuggling Indian hemp and alcohol into its custodial centres. Its Public Relations Officer, DSC Monday Chukwuemeka, stated in Enugu that the false and malicious allegation...
Did you miss FirstBank’s recent webinar on 8 March 2022, to commemorate the 2022 International Women’s Day (IWD) – themed Breaking the Bias – and are yet to recover from the grumble of missing the event, following the experiences and excitement shared by participants? Letting the cat out of...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Babangida Yaro, a staff of the Jos Electricity Distribution Company (JEDC), Yelwa Office, in Bauchi state, and his wife have been reportedly killed in a ghastly auto crash that happened along Bauchi-Gombe road on Thursday. The vehicle the couple was traveling in was said to...
By BENJAMIN ORISEMEKE, Abuja – Health of Mother Earth Foundation, (HOMEF) has raised concern over another oil spill by Agip PLC at Lasukugbene, a community in Southern Ijaw area of Bayelsa State following the burst of pipelines. The foundation in a statement signed by the Media/ Communication Lead, Kome...
A team of scientists have developed an oral male contraceptive that will expand birth control options — as well as responsibilities — for men, AFP reports. The birth control pill was found to be 99 per cent effective in mice, without causing side effects, and could enter human trials...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. (NNPC) says there is over 1.6 billion litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) available for nationwide distribution. Malam Mele Kyari, NNPC Group Managing Director, made this known at the official unveiling of the Association of Distributors and Transporters of Petroleum Products (ADITOP) on...
By HARUNA AHMED, Yola – The Adamawa State Police Command have confirmed the arrest of two suspects in connection with 1,000 sachets of Tramadol concealed in a Television and Sound speakers in Yola. The state police spokesman, ASP Sulaiman Nguroje, who confirmed the development to newsmen on Thursday in...
The Chairman, Media and Publicity Sub-Committee for the All Progressives Congress (APC) 2022 National Convention, Governor Abdullahi Sule has released the programme of events for the party’s March 26 National Convention. Below is the programme of events for the convention scheduled to hold at the Eagle Square, Abuja, as...