By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum on Monday outrightly rejected the naming of two blocks of hostel in his honour, at the Ramat Polytechnic in Maiduguri, which is owned by the State Government. Zulum was at the polytechnic to commission the hostels for 1,500 students,...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja The new Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Arc. Sunny Echono on Monday in Abuja, resumed duty to a rousing welcome from the members of the staff of the agency. Speaking after he received the handover note from his predecessor, Professor Suleiman...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The National Universities Commission (NUC) on Monday recognized Shehu Shagari University of Education as the 58th State University and 206th University in Nigeria. Presenting the certificate of recognition in Abuja, to the Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal , the Executive Secretary of the...
The Anambra State Traditional Rulers Council has reacted to the online video showing former Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In a statement signed by its Chairman and Obi of Onitsha, Prof. Nnaemeka Achebe, the council stated that it...
By BENJAMIN ORISEMEKE, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday commission the newly built international terminal of the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos. The International Airport has the capacity to process 14million passengers per annum. It is built on a land mass of approximately 56,000 square metres, and...
The Chairman of the Lagos Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr Ikechukwu Uwanna, on Monday called for intensified conversations on ways to deepen the nation’s democracy. Uwanna made the call in an address of welcome at the commencement of the 2022 NBA Lagos Branch Law Week, held...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it has been notified about the recall of five brands of male sex enhancement pills sold on Amazon. The public alert with No. 010/2022, signed by the agency’s Director General, Prof. Moji Adeyeye on Monday, that the...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has granted a former governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, bail. Chairman of the commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, disclosed this on Monday in an interview with journalists in Abuja on the sideline of 5th Annual General Assembly (AGA) of the Network...
The future of Nigeria will be the focus on Tuesday as eminent Nigerians meet to propose objective course of action. From Minister to former governors and opinion leaders, the deliberation will focus on “ensuring that Nigeria takes its rightful place in the comity of nations”. Freedom Online, one of...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Kaduna State Government on Monday declared 24-hour curfew in Jema’a and Kaura Local Government Areas of the state. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, made the announcement in a statement issued in Kaduna. Aruwan said following advice from...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has reiterated its stand to close its 2022 registration exercise on Saturday, March 26, as earlier scheduled. The board made this known in its Weekly Bulletin of the Office of the Registrar on Monday, in Abuja. JAMB said that the sale of...
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, AGF has granted a request by the NDLEA to seize the assets of embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari. Malami approved the request by the NDLEA to confiscate assets belonging to Abba Kyari and his co-accused. According...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum on Sunday led key stakeholders on humanitarian visit to Gwoza LGA to assess reconstruction works in Kirawa, ahead of the resettlement of IDPs in the border community. Zulum was accompanied by personalities from Gwoza who included Senator Muhammad Ali...
▪︎ Says it has 106m litres in stock By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – An end to the protracted fuel scarcity in Abuja may be in sight as 49 trucks of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise called petrol will be supplied to the nation’s capital on a daily basis. This...
Fans of Wikki Tourists Football Club of Bauchi on Sunday went on rampage immediately after visiting Enyimba International FC of Aba drew goalless with the hosts. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 2021/2022 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) match day 19 fixture had left the fans...
At least 20 persons have been killed by bandits in Ganar-Kiyawa village of Adabka District, Bukkuyum Local Government Area of Zamfara State The latest attack happened on Sunday morning at about 8:30 am when the gunmen stormed the community and started shooting sporadically, killing 20 persons including the village...
Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo has promised that his government would ensure speedy dispensation of justice in the state. Governor Soludo made the promise while addressing inmates at the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Aguata. He decried the fact that some inmates had spent years in the correctional centre...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has described as “deeply distressing” the destruction in Imo State of the buildings and assets of the Police and the home of President General of the Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo, Prof. George Obiozor. In a statement by his media aide, Malam Garba...
The notorious leader of the Islamic State of West African Province, ISWAP, Sani Shuwaram, and other terrorists of the sect might have been killed after an airstrike in the Marte axis. PRNigeria revealed that super Tucano jets and other aircraft of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) executed multiple bombardments...
A middle-aged woman, identified as Chinwe Okafor, has been arrested for attempting to kidnap and sell children in Umuchigbo, Iji Nike community in Enugu East LGA of state. She pretended to be insane while perpetrating the act. The woman said she hailed from Iyi-Ozubulu in Nnewi, Anambra State but...