The Victims Support Fund (VSF), has presented starter-packs to 52 out-of-school youths related to 100 District Heads killed by Boko Haram in Borno. The VSF Chairman, Gen. T.Y Danjuma, made the presentation in Maiduguri on Thursday. Danjuma, who was represented by the Executive Director of VSF, Prof. Nana Tanko,...
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The House of Representatives has passed a resolution to invite the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Mahmood Yakubu to brief the House on the cost of conducting direct primaries in the country. The motion to invite the INEC boss was raised by Representative Leke Abejide who informed...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Capital Territory Administration has disbursed a total sum of N4,476,067,191.05 billion to the six Area Councils in the FCT and other stakeholders as its share of statutory allocation for the month of October 2021, The figure indicates a slight decrease in revenue...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – The Kano State Police Command on Thursday said it had arrested 13 suspected thugs for allegedly vandalising office of Sen. Barau Jibrin, representing Kano North. The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Abdullahi Haruna, made the announcement in a statement in Kano. “A report was...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Niger Delta Activists Forum (NDAF) has decried the continued delay in funding the Calabar-Itu -Ikot Ekpene road . The Forum said exactly two years ago “our people, protest over the deplorable state of the road and contracts awarded, to Julius Berger and Sermatech Nig. Ltd,...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi The Bauchi State Government has again reiterated its commitment to lifting the embargo placed on employment in the state particularly, in the health sector. The Deputy Governor, Senator Baba, stated this at the 2021 Primary Health Care Retreat of the Stakeholders, with the theme “Towards...
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to allow the leader of the proscribed IPOB group, Nnamdi Kanu to have maximum possible comfort while in their custody. The trial judge Justice Binta Nyako who gave the order on Thursday also ordered...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River state Governor, Ben Ayade has lamented over the death of the Second Republic Senate President, Dr Joseph Wayas, describing his death as a monumental loss to Cross River State in particular and Nigeria as a whole. Dr Wayas died in the early hours...
President Vladmir Putin of Russia has expressed great optimism for Nigeria’s support in hosting the 2022 edition of the Russia African Summit. Putin who disclosed this while receiving the Letter of Credence from Nigeria’s Ambassador, Prof Abdullahi Shehu, recalled his meeting with President Buhari in Sochi, noting that they...
The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB) was absent in court on Thursday during the continuation of his trial at the Federal High Court in Abuja. One of his lawyers, Alloy Ejimakor told journalists that part of the things that will be heard is the application...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum has explained that his occasional firing and suspension of erring government officials do not make him happy, as they even create political enemies for him. However, the governor said he took such measures to make government officials dedicate...
The Indigenous People of Biafra has said repeated jailbreaks across the country was a plot by the Federal Government to perpetually keep its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, in the custody of Department of States Services. The group alleged that the DSS always arranged a prisons break, each time a suspect...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Area Command has said that the command had collected a record breaking total of N89,097,888,609.00 as revenue for November. The Customs Area Controller (CAC) of the command, Comptroller Malanta Yusuf, made this known in a statement signed on...
The Senate Committee on Agriculture on Wednesday in Abuja said about two million metric tons of rice is currently being imported or smuggled into the country. This is just as the committee said, in 2021, the production of milled rice in Nigeria was estimated to amount to five million...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has departed Abuja for Dubai where he is expected to attend the Expo 2020 in the United Arab Emirates. The Expo 2020 Dubai is aimed at creating an environment for Nigerians to join over 190 countries to forge true and meaningful...
The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has said that the issue of pardoning the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, is premature. “Pardon is a function of conviction in the Nigerian context and as far as I know,...
BY ABU RICHARD, Nasarawa – The Vice-Chancellor of Nasarawa State University Keffi, Professor Suleiman Bala Muhammad has enjoined Nigeria youths to rise up and take their destinies in their hands as potential leaders of the country. Prof. Muhammad gave the change when members of Being Young in Nigeria (BYIN)...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Against the backdrop of Insecurity and political instability in Libya, the Ambassador of the State of Libya, His Excellency, Ambassador Ayad M. F. Attayary has called on the spiritual leader of Brotherhood of the Cross and Star, His Holiness Olumba Olumba Obu to pay a...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The management of The University of Calabar has launched a one-stop Adolescent and Youth Friendly Centre for the benefit of students and staff of the institution. The two storey building, which has an indoor sports facility, digital hub and a section for HIV/AIDs services, was...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – UNICEF has said that around the world, one out of six children live in extreme poverty or less than US$ 1.9 per day and their families struggle to afford the basic health care and nutrition needed to provide them a strong start in life....