By EMMANUELLA JIMOH, Benin – Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, is to be conferred with the customary title of The Oduma (Lion) of Auchi Sacred Kingdom on Saturday, January 29, 2022. A statement issued by the Conferment Planning Committee, working in concert...
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Government has intensified measures on environmental health and sanitation in order to curtail the outbreak of Lassa fever in the country. The Minister of State for Environment, Chief Sharon IKeazor, made this known in a statement issued by Mr Saghir el Mohammed,...
President, African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has described the Dangote refinery and fertiliser plants as projects that would positively affect Africa’s economic growth and development. Adesina made the assertion on Sunday in a statement from his tour of the Dangote facilities over the weekend. He said that...
Tragedy struck in Kano metropolis when a train crushed a truck and a commercial tricycle in the north-western state. The accident, which occurred on Sunday afternoon, left an unspecified number of passengers are feared dead. Channels Television gathered that the accident the truck was loaded with about 300 bags...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the late Soun of Ogbomosho, Oba Jimoh Oyewumi, believed in the huge benefits of unity in diversity. Osinbajo paid this tribute in his message on Sunday at the Thanksgiving Service of the late traditional ruler held at the First Baptist Church, Okelerin, Ogbomosho. The...
The incoming governor of Anambra State, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, has vowed to terminate all revenue collection contracts in the state as soon as he is sworn-in into office on March 17, 2022. Soludo, who frowned on the many leakages in revenue collection in the state, said he would use...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says over 300 lives were lost in various road accidents in Ogun State in 2021. Mr Ahmed Umar, the FRSC Sector Commander in the state, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Sunday and signed by the command’s Public Education Officer,...
The National Integration Forum (NIF) has urged the Senate to confirm the seven National Commissioners and Resident Electoral Commissioner for the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday by Alhaji Aminu Alkali, Chairman of the NIF. Alkali also called on...
At Least 112 illegal refineries have been discovered in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State. Chairman of the council, Samuel Nwanosike told Channels Television that 99% of the discoveries were made in a particular community located along the OML 17 trunk lines. The discovery comes on the heels...
Senate President Ahmad Lawan, has expressed sadness over the incident at Garin Alkali in Bursari Local Government of Yobe State where a military personnel allegedly shot and killed a driver who was identified as Mohammed Musa. The incident ignited violent protests on Saturday in Gashua, the headquarters of Bade...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Commissioner of Education, Engr Lawan Abba Wakilbe has assured that justice would be served to the 15 year-old student, Jubril Said Mato, whose throat was slit by a fellow student in El Kanemi College of Theology Maiduguri. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that...
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Patanmi, has said that the Federal Government Data Centre in Kano State would be ready by the first quarter of 2022. Patanmi, who made revealed this while inspecting the centre on Saturday in Kano, ssaid that the centre has 41...
The Managing Director, Coleman Wires and Cables, Mr George Onafowokan, says fuel subsidy removal will impact positively on the business environment and as well stabilise the country’s economy. Onafowokan made the assertion at a news conference on Saturday in reaction to the proposal by the Federal Government to remove...
The Trade Union Congress on Saturday gave conditions for the removal of fuel subsidies. The Federal Government has hinted that it may end the subsidy programme in June but the move has been opposed in several quarters. At the end of its National Executive Council, the TUC in a...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Damaturu – The Executive Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni, has called on youth in Gashua, to remain calm following the alleged shooting of a youth by security operative in Garin Alkali, Bade LGA of the state. A statement issued by Malam Mamman Mohammed, the...
The Managing Director of the Federal Housing Authority (FHA), Sen. Gbenga Ashafa, says the agency is creating mass employment opportunities through astronomical increase in housing delivery nationwide. This is contained in a statement issued by FHA Spokesman, Kenneth Chigelu, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
By HARUNA AHMED, Katsina- The management of Al-Qalam University in Katsina State has debunked the reports making the rounds on social media that there was a bomb blast at the university’s campus. In a statement on Saturday, The spokesperson for the university, Alhaji Akilu Abubakar, called on the public...
The Special Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), maintaining peace in Plateau and parts of Kaduna and Bauchi states, has trained 103 youths on armed combat and intelligence gathering. The training is part of efforts of the military aimed at tackling insecurity in southern parts of Kaduna state. The...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Police Command has paraded one Ahmed Umar Goni, a 16yrs old SS 2 student of Elkenemi Islamic College of Theology, Maiduguri for cutting the throat of Pre JSS student, Jibrin Mato with razor blade and 46 others for various offences. Addressing...
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has announced the disbursement of N10.8 million loans to 108 unemployed people in Kebbi, under its Rural Employment Promotion Programme. The Director General, NDE, Malam Abubakar Nuhu-Fikpo, disclosed this at the orientation ceremony of the beneficiaries in Birnin Kebbi, on Friday. Nuhu-Fiko, represented...