Bayero University, Kano (BUK), has announced death of a final year student from the Department of Library and Information Science, Babangida Ahmad. The University’s Deputy Registrar in charge of Public Affairs, Mr Lamara Garba, made the announcement in a statement on Friday in Kano. He said that the deceased...
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The Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Alhaji Idris Ahmed, says President Muhammadu Buhari administration’s financial reform is yielding positive dividends Alhaji Ahmed also said that it has recorded commendable achievement in the management of scarce resources since assumption of office in 2015. He spoke at his investiture as...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with Sen. Teslim Folarin, the lawmaker representing Oyo Central senatorial district, over the demise of his wife, Angela Folarin. The president’s condolence message was contained in a.statement issued his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, on Friday in Abuja. The statement...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Kalu, has condoled with Sen. Teslim Folarin over the death of his wife, Mrs Angela Folarin. The wife of the lawmaker representing Oyo Central Senatorial District died on Friday, Jan. 28, 2022 in the U.K In...
The €250,000,000.00 fraud trial involving a Malaysian, Tan Ah Chai Richard (now late), and his company, Coastal Asia Investments Limited, before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos has been adjourned till March 4, 2022 for continuation of trial. Richard and his company were...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ibadan b- Oyo State Governor, ”Seyi Makinde, on Friday, promised his administration’s support for his alma-mater, the University of Lagos, Akoka, to enable the institution to host the Nigerian Universities Games (NUGA). Governor Makinde, who stated this while receiving a delegation of the University, led by...
The Seme Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on Friday, said its men intercepted a bus conveying religious books which contained cocaine weighing 11.913 kilogrammes with a street value of N3.9billion. In a statement by the spokesman of the command, Hussain Abdullahi, a copy of which was...
A tanker laden with substance suspected to be Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, has exploded in Anambra State. According to reports, the incident occurred on Friday morning at the Upper Iweka junction of Onitsha – the state’s commercial hub. The South East Zonal Coordinator of the...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) women have vowed to mobilize over 45 million young Nigerian women to support the women folks in the forth coming 2023 general elections and to champion the marginalisation of women. The women under the aegis of PDP Angels and...
The Police Command in Gombe State, has arrested six suspects over attempt to defraud residents of the state. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Ishola Babaita made this known at a news conference on Friday in Gombe. Babaita said that the arrest was made possible through its community...
The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubuhas again jetted out of Nigeria to seek medical attention abroad, an exclusive by SaharaReporters has shown. This comes barely three weeks after he informed President Muhammadu Buhari of his ambition to contest the position of president in 2023. Tinubu, who...
Mr Kunle Ademulegun is one of the children of the late Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun, who was killed in the first military coup in 1966. In this interview with PETER DADA, the 65-year-old speaks about the life after the death of his father When Brigadier Ademulegun died, where were you?...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Zone ‘B’ Federal Operations Unit (FOU), has seized 250 parcels of goods amongst other smuggled goods worth N275.989 million between Dec. 22, 2021 and Jan. 27. The Controller in charge of the zone, Al-Bashir Hamisu, made this known to newsmen in Kaduna, on Thursday....
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) led Federal Government of a plot to siphon N3 trillion under the guise of financing fuel subsidy. The National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, who stated this in a statement on Thursday,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has directed the State Ministry of Finance, Budget and Economic Planning to the release the sum of seven hundred and seventy million naira (N770 million) for the payment of three years leave grants arrears of civil servants . Governor...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Nigerian Communications Commission’s Cyber Security Incident Response Team (NCC-CSIRT) has independently identified two cyber vulnerabilities and advised Nigerian telecom consumers on the measures to be taken to get protected from the cyber-attacks. The CSIRT, in its first-ever security advisories less than three months...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola has visited the Palace of Alapomu of Apomu on Tuesday, The governor and his entourage were warmly received by Oba Kayode Adenekan Afolabi the Alapomu of Apomu. Addressing the Monarch and the people in the palace,Oyetola said he has...
The Federal Government is to begin inspection of organisations for the grant of additional slots of Expatriate Quota facilities, Renewal of Expatriate Quota Positions. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that expatriate quota application in Nigeria immediately comes after the registration of company in Nigeria by foreigners seeking...
By HARUNA AHMED, SOKOTO – The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has pledged the Bank’s support for the manufacturing sector in Nigeria and pushed for a reduction in the prices of building materials in the country in order to making housing more affordable....
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Government has announced the approval of the new guidelines on the Administration of Expatriate Quota. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, announced this in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja by the Director of Press in the ministry, Mrs Blessing Lere-Adams....