By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has partially dissolved the State Executive Council. Governor Ortom also forwarded names of eight new commissioner nominees to the State House of Assembly for screening and confirmation. The dissolution took place Tuesdat via a letter titled: “Partial Dissolution of...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has commended the doggedness and untiring efforts of the founder and president of the Al-Ansar foundation Dr.Mohammad Kyari Dikwa for chosen the path of investment in his home state inspite of the lingering security challenges in the state. The...
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Abductors of the wife and two daughters of a lecturer with the Federal College of Education, Technical (FCET) Gusau in Zamfara State, Abdurrazak Muazu, have demanded N50 million ransom. A family member who pleaded anonymity said on Tuesday that the bandits called and informed them that they needed the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – A Chief Economic Adviser to the President (CEAP) has been appointed. Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity, Femi Adesina, who made this known in a statement on Tuesday, named the new CEAP as Dr Doyin Salami, who was until his appointment,...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed seven members of the same family during an attack on Sabon Birnin Birnin village in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said the security agencies are working assiduously to...
The Department of Energy has announced the official fuel price adjustments set to come into effect in South Africa on Wednesday, 5 January 2022. All grades of fuel will see prices decreases this month, with petrol down between 68 cents and 71 cents per litre, and diesel decreasing by 67 and...
The Kano State Fire Service on Tuesday said it has saved 1,240 lives and property worth N1.58 billion in 831 fire incidents recorded in the state in the past one year. The spokesman of the service, Saminu Abdullahi, who disclosed this in a statement, said 182 persons lost their...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Chef Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Kalu, has expressed sadness over the death of the Presidential candidate of National Republican Convention (NRC) in the June 12, 1993 election, Alhaji Bashir Tofa. In his condolence message issued on Tuesday, Senator Kalu, described the...
The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has announced that the Nigerian national anthem will no longer be sung in schools across the Southeast. IPOB’s Head of Directorate of State, Chika Edoziem, who disclosed this as part of its action plan for the year 2022, also announced the ban...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has poured encomiums on elder-statesman and former Foreign Affairs Minister, Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, on the occasion of his 80th birthday. Tinubu commended the professor of Political Science for his contributions to the socio-political developments...
A Federal lawmaker, Senator Ali Ndume has called on the Federal Government to name and arrest those sponsoring terrorism in the country. Senator Ndume, who is also the Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, made the call during an interview on Channels TV’s Political Paradigm. The lawmaker noted that he...
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has urged parents, schools and other stakeholders to inculcate in children societal core values which made the difference between a brute and decent man. Mohammed made the call at the cast of “Death and the King’s Horseman”, produced by the Founder, Terra...
A legal luminary, Chief Afe Babalola, has called on the Federal Government to address the dearth of cash currently being experienced in the banking sector. Babalola, who is also the Founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD) made the call in a statement issued on Monday in Ado-Ekiti. According...
An Ibadan-based lawyer, Chief Michael Lana, has advised Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, not to rush the installation of a new Olubadan of Ibadanland in view of the existence of a suit involving Sen. Lekan Balogun, next in line to the stool and the state government. Lana, in...
An NGO, Coalition for the Promotion of Gender Justice, on Monday said it was possible to achieve 50 per cent and more success in the war against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) by 2030 if the mass media step up reportage of the menace. The Cross River-based group disclosed this in...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed grief over the death of one-time Presidential Candidate in a two-horse race, Bashir Tofa, ”a politician of note, who was also a promoter of Islamic culture and civilization’.’ The president condolence message was contained in a statement issued by...
By EMEKA CHIKWE, Port-Harcourt – The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in Onne Port, Rivers State has generated the sum of N188.6 billion from January to December 2021. A statement issued on Monday by the command’s spokesman, Ifeoma Ojekwu, said the Customs Area Controller (CAC) of the Command, Comptroller Auwal...
The University of Benin (UNIBEN) Admissions Board, says only candidates who have uploaded their O Level results will be offered admission on the JAMB Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS). The board directed admission seekers into the institution to upload their Ordinary Level (O level) results at any accredited centre...
YUNUSA MUSA, Jos – The process for the construction of two bedroom flat and three bedroom flat for local government employees has commenced in Plateau State. The idea to provide permanent homes for local government employees in the state was born out of partnership between the Plateau State Government...