The Director-General of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), Salihu Lukman, has resigned from his position. Lukman submitted his resignation letter to the Chairman of the Forum Abubakar Bagudu on Monday. Details of the letter are not available at this time but it is not unconnected to the convention controversy...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Igede Youth Council (IYC) has condemned in totality the extortion of poor people by enumerators mandated by the Federal Government to collate primary data of residents in some clans of Igede that are yet to benefit from the government largesse. The President of...
Gunmen have kidnapped Da Gyang Balak, the Gwom Rwei (District Head) of Vwang District of Jos-south Local Government Area of Plateau. It was gathered that the traditional ruler was kidnapped few metres before the main gate of the National Institute For Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru in Jos....
Nigeria recorded 222 new Lassa fever cases and two new deaths in one week across 15 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) . The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed this in its weekly situation report on Monday. According to the report, 69 persons are currently undergoing...
The Zamfara State Government has announced the reopening of some primary and secondary schools on Monday, Jan. 17. The Acting Director, Quality Assurance, in the Ministry of Education, Malam Shehu Ibrahim, announced this in a statement issued to newsmen on Sunday. The statement said public and private schools that...
Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari on Sunday said his administration has established village security structure as part of efforts to tackle insecurity in the state, especially banditry. The governor disclosed this in Katsina when he received the APC national leader, Bola Tinubu, on a condolence visit over the recent...
By BARBARA KALU, Abakaliki- The Ebonyi State Government has directed markets, parks and business premises to disregard the sit-at-home order on Tuesday, Jan. 19 by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). IPOB had issued a sit-at-home order in solidarity with its Leader, Nnamdi Kanu, whose case comes up...
The National Leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, says Nigeria will win the ongoing war against banditry, kidnapping, killing and other security challenges facing the country. Tinubu gave this assurance on Sunday when he paid a condolence visit to Gov. Aminu Masari of katsina State over...
The former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Attahiru Jega, on Sunday told the National Assembly that overriding President Muhammadu Buhari over the Electoral Act Amendment Bill is not the best option. Jega said this on Sunday at the citizens’ townhall Electoral Bill 2021, organised by Yiaga...
Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, has urged the National Assembly and President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately pass the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2021. According to him, the passage of the bill will go a long way in improving the integrity of Nigeria’s...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Aliyu has identified poverty, social exclusion, distance from school facilities and poor quality education coupled with gender disparities as factors working against women’s leadership roles in Africa. The minister stated this at the African Women in Leadership Organisation...
The management of Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC), on Sunday, decried the raising spate of outright energy theft and meter bypass within the South-East. “This development has consistently impacted negatively on the revenue of the company and ultimately impacted its ability to meet up with its obligations to market...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a fake security agent, Babagana Ma’aji through a controlled delivery of 5.6kg cannabis from Lagos in Plateau. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said the suspect based...
By JACOB KUBEKA, Abuja – In an apparent move aimed at avoiding a situation where the next President would spent more time on medical trips abroad than remain at home to fix Nigeria’s problems, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), has called for proof of medical fitness of those aspiring...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – As the Federal Government commenced full implementation of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) in earnest, the new legislation has been tipped to provide business opportunities that will enable the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) earn more revenue for the country. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of...
By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and Governor of Ekiti State, Dr John Kayode Fayemi, has invited all the 36 Governors to a very crucial meeting where pressing national concerns will be discussed. The meeting is for Wednesday January 19th 2022, Head, Media...
The Plateau State Commissioner for Land, Survey and Town Planning, Mr Yakubu Dati, has said that empowering people by turning land to capital will be given attention in 2022. “This can be done through the process of title issuing,” he told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in an...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to use his good offices and leadership position to “direct the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed to provide our organization with a copy of the agreement recently signed with Twitter,...
Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has expressed appreciation to the nation’s security forces for the achievements so far recorded in the fight against banditry and kidnapping in the North-West. Matawalle spoke at the 2022 Armed Forces Remembrance Day celebration in Gusau on Saturday. He said through the efforts of...
Katsina State Governor, Aminu Bello Masari has approved for the immediate reopening of all filling stations and cattle markets earlier closed down on account of cattle rustling and armed banditry in the state. The governor however instructed the two Emirate Councils in the State to admonish District and Village...