PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Executive Director of Development Concerns, (DEVCON), Dr. Martins Egot has called on the Cross River State Government to protect forest communities in the state. Mr. Egot, a forest conservation expert made the call at the end of a workshop held in Calabar on Wednesday...
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Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court, Abuja on Wednesday, fixed March 17 for judgment in the remaining one count charge of money laundering leveled against former Chief of Air Staff, Mohammed Umar. Umar, who retired as an air marshall is charged with one count of money laundering,...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved $8.5 million for immediate evacuation of about 5,000 Nigerians caught in Russia, Ukraine war. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that majority of the affected Nigerian citizens are currently taking refuge in Poland, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia. The Minister of State for Foreign...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Government has commenced the evacuation of stranded Nigerians who fled Ukraine to neighbouring countries, following the conflict between the country and Russia. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Gabriel Aduda, said the stranded Nigerians...
A couple have been reportedly found dead while allegedly having sex in a car along Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Eyewitnesses claimed that the couple might have been dead for two days. The car’s number-plate was displayed in the video and those who know the couple have been asked to contact Owe-Ibafo...
Nigerian women in various groups on Wednesday occupied the gate of the National Assembly in protest against the failure of a bill meant to create ‘special seat‘ for women. The women gathered early morning at the three arm zone and marched to the National Assembly gate chanting songs of...
The Metropolitan Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, Most Rev. Ignatius Kaigama has advised Christians to engage in charity and almsgiving during the Lenten season. The prelate gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, as Christians mark the Ash Wednesday, which signifies the...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said it had received 128 Nigerian returnees from Libya. The Director-General of the Agency, Alhaji Mustapha Habib told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos that the returnees were received through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. Habib, represented by...
Lawmakers on Tuesday voted against a bill seeking to provide special seats for women in the National and State Houses of Assembly. The bill was defeated in the Senate with 58 votes out of 91. In the House of Representatives 208 out of 290 lawmakers voted against it. Wife...
The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Tuesday said Nigeria needs to increase its revenues in order to address complaints over the sharing formula of federation proceeds. The Governor made the comment at the State Government House in Benin-City during a courtesy visit of the Chairman of the Federal...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Police Command in Kaduna State said it had deactivated an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in a bar on Feb 27, same day explosion occurred in an hotel in Kaduna. The Command’s spokesperson, Mohammed Jalige, said who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday,...
The Catholic Archdiocese of Onitsha has dedicated the 40-day prayer and fasting of the Lenten period to supplication for peace and security in the Southeast. Most Rev. Valerian Okeke, Archbishop of Onitsha and Metropolitan Onitsha Ecclesiastical Province said this in a statement made available to journalists on Tuesday. The...
The Federal Government says the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) has addressed the relationship with host communities with the creation of the Host Community Development Trust Fund (HCDTF). Sylva said this at the PIA session of the ongoing fifth Nigeria International Energy Summit (NIES 2022) on Tuesday in Abuja. He...
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi and the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, on Tuesday held a closed-door meeting in Ibadan with the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, in respect of his rift with Bola Tinubu, a National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The...
Senate, on Tuesday at plenary, passed a bill to empower lawmakers at the National and State Assemblies to summon the President and State Governors on issues bothering on security or any other issues on which they have powers to make laws. The bill seeks alteration to Section 67 of...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu has lauded the Benue State government for the establishment of the Benue State E-Learning-Virtual Education Information Communication Technology, ICT Resource Centre, BESEVIC. The Minister gave the commendation on Tuesday through his Technical Adviser on Education, Mr Mahmud Mohammed...
***rejects pension for Presiding Officers of Legislature By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Senate has approved financial autonomy for state legislatures, judiciary and local governments in the country. The approval came on Tuesday during voting on the report of the Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution...
The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Prof. Mansur Auwalu-Bindawa as a non-executive commissioner on the governing board of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The confirmation of the nominee at plenary on Tuesday followed the consideration of a report by the Senate Committee on Communications. The report was laid and...
The Senate has received a letter from President Muhammadu Buhari seeking an amendment of section 84 (2) subsection 12 in the 2021 Electoral Act. Specifically, President Buhari wants the National Assembly to amend section 84 (2) Subsection 12 which states that no political appointee shall be a voting delegate...