Speech by President Muhammadu Buhari at the signing into law of the 2022 Appropriation Bill and the 2021 Finance Bill on Friday at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. PROTOCOLS I am delighted to sign into law today the 2022 Appropriation Bill as well as the enabling 2021 Finance Bill....
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A total of 45 journalists were killed worldwide in 2021, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) said on Friday – “one of the lowest death tolls” it has recorded for any year. The figure tracked closely with a toll of 46 killings of journalists given two weeks ago by...
By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau – Gunmen suspected to be bandits have kidnapped a wife of Dr AbdulRazaq, a lecturer with Federal College of Education (Technical) Gusau and his two daughters, Maryam AbdulRazaq and Hafsat AbdulRazaq. It was learnt that the incident occured on Friday at Mareri Community, an outskirt...
By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – The Federal Government has further extended the deadline for the National Identification Number (NIN)-Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) data verification to March 31, 2022. Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, conveyed the government’s approval for the extension in a statement...
v Expresses concern over worrisome changes to 2022 BUDGET BY NASS v To submit Amendment Bill early 2022 By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has announced that as the 2023 Budget is going to be a transition budget, work will start in earnest to ensure early submission of the...
The negative effects of fireworks popularly called knockouts were today seen within Rumuokwuta-Mgbuoba axis of NTA-Mgbuoba road in Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State after a section of a building was gutted by fire. An eyewitness said the fire started when some men in the building threw the...
Charles Mato Dakat, the kidnapped traditional ruler in Plateau State, has been released. Dakat who is the Paramount ruler in Gindiri chiefdom, Mangu Local Government of the state, was kidnapped when gunmen attacked his palace last Sunday around 1am His abductors had made contact with the family members a...
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the 2022 Appropriation Bill of N17.126 trillion into law. The President signed the national budget on Friday at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The appropriation bill was presented to the President by his Senior Special...
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has ordered the immediate posting of Mr Edward Egbuka to Kogi State Command as the new Commissioner of Police (CP) in charge of the state. Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday said the posting was...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The management of Nigerian Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) has asured that is cooperating with the Auditor General’s office by providing details of the 2017 to 2019 financial transactions including the compliance and due process requirements instituted under the new management of the Authority...
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah, has said he remained unapologetic to those who perceived him to be an ardent critic of President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration. Bishop Kukah disclosed this while speaking with journalists in Sokoto State. He said, “All what I have been clamouring for are not...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has recovered the bodies of three young men who got drowned at the Benue River on Christmas Eve in the Buruku area of the state. The Deputy Commander of NSCDC, Mr Ejelikwu Michael, disclosed this in...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Hundreds of women and youths took to the streets of Tafawa Balewa Town, in Tafawa Balewa LGA of Bauchi State, to protest over the 21st memorial anniversary of the leader and crusader of the Sayawa people, late Peter Gonto, scheduled for Friday, 31st December. The...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Deputy Governor, Baba Tela, has described road traffic crashes in the state as a cankerworm that has been causing destruction of human life. Tela said this in a speech while inaugurating Bauchi State Road Safety Advisory Council, in his office on Thursday. He...
“…Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which isconceived in her is from the Holy Spirit….” (Mathew 1:20) Referring to society often feels like, “society is out there.” Yet, this piece seeks to emphasis that the society we refer to begins...
Three drug traffickers wearing uniforms of security agencies to escape scrutiny have been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), with over 427 kilograms of illicit drugs in Borno State and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi in a statement on...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna- The Katsina State Police Command on Thursday said its operatives have killed no fewer than 38 bandits and arrested 999 suspected criminals in connection with 608 reported crimes in the state. The state police spokesman, SP Gambo Isah disclosed this while giving a report for...
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has congratulated the Och’Idoma-elect, Pastor John Elaigwu Odogbo on his election as the 5th paramount ruler of the Idoma nation. Governor Ortom on Thursday, at the Benue Peoples House Makurdi, received the Och’Idoma-elect, when the later was presented to him by the selection committee,...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has commiserated with Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje and the Supreme Council for Sharia in Nigeria over the death of elder-statesman and president of the council, Dr. Datti Ahmed. He said throughout his life, Dr....
Former Chief Security Officer (CSO) to the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha (rtd), has revealed that rich people with access to weapons and hard drugs were behind the insecurity bedeviling different parts of the country. To deal with the present situation holistically, Major Al-Mustapha...