The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami (SAN) have been dragged before a Federal High Court in Abuja over an alleged unlawful award of 190 km rail line construction to a Chinese firm without due process of law. They were...
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The funeral service of former Head of Interim Government, Chief Ernest Shonekan is holding at the Cathedral Church Of Christ, Marina in Lagos. Leading the Federal Government delegation is Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. Others in attendance are the Secretary to the Government of Federation, Boss Mustapha, Minister of Information...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum and the Nigerian Army have officially reopened Maiduguri – Gamboru Ngala – Chad Republic trunk ‘A’ federal highway which is one of the most busiest and popular commercial federal highway linking Borno, state and Chad Republic for road users...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr Vincent Olatunji, as the National Commissioner/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Data Protection Bureau (NDPB). The approval followed a request made by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami. This is contained...
The Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Maigari Dingyadi, says President Muhammadu Buhari is committed to enhance nation’s security and leave the country better than he met it. Dingyadi stated this at the inauguration of the Northwest Police Public Complaint Committee (PPCC) sensitisation campaign on Thursday in Sokoto. He said...
The Federal Government has said that the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) had tracked 2,000 projects worth over N300 billion, between 2019 and 2021, through its Constituency and Executive Projects Tracking Initiative. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed disclosed this, in Abuja, while briefing the media...
Some residents in Benin, the Edo capital, have said that some men would continue to keep mistresses, popularly called ‘side chicks’, due to their perceived benefits and strong grip. The respondents’ submissions arise from the growing reports of infedility in the lives of men, especially the highly placed and...
The Chancellor, Gregory University (GUU), Uturu, Abia, Prof. Greg Ibe, said his scholarship scheme has selected 350 indigent students from three senatorial districts of the state to boost their education. Ibe, represented by the Director-General, Gregory Iyke Foundation, Chief Emeka Okafor, said this during the launch of his Education...
The Imo Government is to revive moribund industries to empower indigenes to co-own company cited in their locality. This is contained in a statement by Gov. Hope Uzodimma’s Chief Press Secretary, Oguwike Nwachuku in Owerri on Friday. Uzodimma made this known while inaugurating board members of the Adapalm Limited,...
Bank records obtained by Peoples Gazette have exposed connections between Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s law firm SimmonsCooper Partners to Bola Tinubu’s money-laundering front, Ocean Trust Limited. The records show that on April 26, 2013, Ocean Trust Limited transferred N25,001,050 into SimmonsCooper Partners bank account with UBA, contradicting SimmonsCooper’s categorical...
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Aare Afe Babalola, on Thursday educated the political parties and voters on qualities to look out for before adopting or voting anyone to become the next Nigeria’s President. Babalola, in a three-page statement he personally signed and made available to newsmen in Ado-Ekiti,...
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, ahead of the 35th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Africa Union Heads of State and Government. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the president’s arrival in the Ethiopian capital was captured in pictorial reports released by one...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, on Thursday launched 610 taxis, tricycles and buses to enhance urban mass transportation in Maiduguri and parts of Jere and Konduga Local Government Areas which fall under the metropolis. The newly launched vehicles comprise of 100 Toyota LE cars...
The National Pension Commission (PenCom) said that the total pension assets transferred amongst Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs) as at June 2021, were valued at about N 47.8 billion . This is contained in a bulletin published by the commission on its social handles and obtained by the News Agency...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it would soon embark on an indefinite strike to press home their demands one month after it suspended a nine-months-old strike. Dr Lazarus Maigoro, Chiarman of the University of Jos chapter of the Union, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday...
The former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to call the EFCC to order, appealing that the president intervenes by stopping the EFCC from constantly harassing and intimidating him over allegations of a N2.9 billion fraud case. In a chat with State House correspondents...
Organised labour in Cross River has threatened to down tool again if the memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with the state government is not implemented. The body, which comprises the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the Joint Service Negotiating Council (JSNC), issued the threat when...
A group, called Igbos for Progressive and United Nationhood (IPAN) has urged the pan-Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, not to blackmail presidential aspirants from other zones. The National President of the group, Mr Lawrence Onuzulike, made the call on Thursday at a news conference in Awka. Onuzulike said that...
By JIMIN GEOFFREY, Markudi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom looked back at the state since its creation in 1976 and declared that only God deserves praises and thanksgiving for preserving the state. The governor spoke on Thursday at the Chapel of Grace, Benue Peoples House Makurdi during a...
The House of Representatives’ Ad-hoc Committee to ascertain total inventory, assets, interests and liabilities of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Ltd says it will meet with the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company. This is sequel to the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) assented to by President Muhammadu Buhari....