By EFFIONG BASSEY, Uyo – Operatives of The Akwa-Ibom State Police Command have arrested one fake doctor and a man parading himself as a soldier in the state. A statement issued on Friday by the police spokesman, SP Odiko Macdon, said the fake doctor, who claimed to be a...
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The Plateau Peace Building Agency (PPBA), has described the recent attack on the Jos custodial centre by gunmen as a “bad omen” and threat to Nigeria’s fight against insecurity The Director General of the agency, Mr Joseph Lengmang, said this at an interactive session with journalists on Friday in...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Amid the global surge in cases of COVID-19, President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, stressed the need for world leaders to work together and reinforce partnerships to limit the catastrophic consequences of the pandemic. Speaking at Nigeria Day during EXPO DUBAI 2020, the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – A National Summit on protecting Nigeria’s Critical Infrastructure, Monuments and Business Assets earlier put together by Presidential Think-Tank on defence to hold in Abuja from 6th-7th of December, 2021 has been postponed. The summit will now hold on Monday, 28th February and Tuesday, 1st...
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on countries, businesses, and individuals to work together to overcome challenges and make the world a better place. The President made the call on Friday during Nigeria’s National Day ceremony at the Expo 2020 Dubai. “There is no better time to work together for...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday re-arraigned the former Governor of Ekiti State Ayodele Fayose, and his company, Spotless Limited before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos. Fayose and his company were re-arraigned before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke on 11 charges bordering money laundering and non-declaration...
By HARUNA AHMED, Sokoto – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said repeated attacks in northwest Nigeria have forced over 11,500 Nigerians to flee across the border into neighboring Niger in November, resulting in humanitarian crisis. Armed groups, locally called “bandits”, have repeatedly attacked villages in...
The Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation, Mr. Ben Akabueze, on Friday said funds were withheld for duplicated projects in the 2021 budget. He made the disclosure during an interview on Sunrise Daily where he spoke about the measures taken by the Budget Office to prevent wastage...
Operatives of The Edo State Police Command on Friday said it have arrested no fewer than 88 suspects in connection with various alleged crimes in November. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Phillip Ogbadu, gave the figure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin on...
Alhaji Mukhtar Adnan, the District Head of Dambatta in Kano State, died on Friday at the age of 95, one of his sons, Alhaji Ado Mukhtar has said. Ado said that Mukhtar, also Sarkin Ban Kano, died at a hospital in Kano where he was receiving treatment for an...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno Governor, Babagana Zulum has identified and listed 20 topmost targets he hopes to achieve in the coming year, 2022. Governor Zulum gave the highlight on Tuesday in Maiduguri, while presenting the 2022 budget before lawmakers at the Borno State House of Assembly. The...
The Senate Public Accounts Committee, on Thursday, raised a serious objection to the productivity allowance being paid to staff of the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control amounting to N324m without any approval from the National Salaries, Income and Wages Commission. The SPAC at its sitting presided...
By zOLA MODUPE, Osogbo – The Osun State Government has said it would soon release the names of 3,170 successful applicants, who scored 50 per cent and above, in the state teachers recruitment examination. This is according to a statement issued in Osogbo on Thursday by the state’s Commissioner...
As I sit to write this, I already have a fear that this piece could span into three or more parts. This is because the lessons I have learnt from my recent bereavement abound beyond what my words could fully describe. I lost my dear mother, an Angel sent...
The House of Representatives has ordered an immediate investigation into debts totalling N2.6 trillion allegedly owed the Federal Government by oil and gas companies operating in the country. A report by the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) which contains the figure, said to be accruals from “failure of the...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Ogun State has arrested a 65-year-old man, Rojaiye Balogun, who allegedly raped his 17-year-old daughter. The NSCDC Commandant, Mr Kolawole Taiwo, who paraded the suspect on Thursday in Abeokuta, said the case was reported to the Anti-Human Trafficking, Irregular Migration...
Zamfara state has barred officials from Ministries, Departments and Agencies from disseminating information regarding policies and programmes of the government. The Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Ibrahim Dosara, made the disclosure while addressing members of the Correspondents Chapel in Gusau on Thursday. Dosara said Zamfara government centralized information management to...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has directed the allocation of land for the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB’s) Computer-Based Test (CBT) center in Maiduguri. Govenro Zulum gave the directive on Thursday, when he received the registrar of JAMB, Professor Is-haq Oloyede at the...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Against the backdrop of poor funding and logistics, the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital Calabar has appealed to public-spirited groups and individuals to support the feeding of long-staying patients. Managing Director of the hospital, Dr Joseph Edet made the appeal when Cross River State Bishops’ Forum of...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Former Lagos governor and All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has described the late Senate President, Dr. Joseph Wayas, who died in London on Thursday, as an important statesman and vibrant politician who served his country with total commitment. He said his...