By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Police Commissioner, Abdu Umar has confirmed the arrest of four political thugs who attacked and brutalized a female resident of Maiduguri, Ms. Fadila Abdulrahman at her restaurant situated at Shehu Sanda Kyarimi Park on Sunday evening. Parading the suspects before the newsmen...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The emergence of Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) Smart School Program is driven by the fallout from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic which lead to the lockdown of the country and closure of schools for nearly one year. The Executive Secretary, Dr Hamid...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Former Deputy Speaker of Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon. Orok Otu Duke has raised an alarm over irregularities in the annual distribution of rice consignments from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Hon. Duke, who is the state coordinator of the programme, said...
Angry youth in the early hours of Monday set ablaze the school where the kidnappers of Hanifa Abubakarb buried the remains of the five-year-old girl in Kano. The private school, Noble Kids Comprehensive College, is located at Kwanar Dakata in Nassarawa local government area, in Kano metropolis. Hanifa was abducted on...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A female resident of Maiduguri, Fadila Abdulrahman, was on Sunday evening ‘brutalized’ by suspected hoodlums in Maiduguri which drew the attention of Govenro Babagana Zulum, who ordered for the arrest of the perpetrators and full investigation into the matter by the police The thugs...
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) has renewed its commitment to better the lifestyle of its members. The association declared this after its meeting at the Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute, Abuja, on Sunday. The meeting drew Fulani leaders from the 36 states and the FCT Abuja....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – As the world celebrates the International Day of Education, UNICEF has welcomed the Federal Government’s pledge to increase Nigeria’s annual domestic expenditure on efucation by 50 per cent over the next two years, and by 100 per cent by 2025. A statement issued and...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – On a note that signals a momentous year for the Commission, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has already put two awards in its kitty, as it receives The REGULATOR OF THE YEAR Award for 2021. Its Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO),...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Following the numerous but lingered legal battles against corrupt practices perpetuated by some persons in Nigeria, between some state actors and Human & Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA) with its attendant charges and counter- charges, a United States Senator, Patrick Joseph Leahy, has expressed concern...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Damaturu – Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni has expressed appreciation to the Nigerian military for the tremendous sacrifices and efforts in the counter insurgency fight towards ensuring lasting peace and stability in the state and other parts of the North East region. Governor Bunu who...
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...
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...