A Federal lawmaker, Senator Ali Ndume has called on the Federal Government to name and arrest those sponsoring terrorism in the country. Senator Ndume, who is also the Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, made the call during an interview on Channels TV’s Political Paradigm. The lawmaker noted that he...
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Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has urged parents, schools and other stakeholders to inculcate in children societal core values which made the difference between a brute and decent man. Mohammed made the call at the cast of “Death and the King’s Horseman”, produced by the Founder, Terra...
A legal luminary, Chief Afe Babalola, has called on the Federal Government to address the dearth of cash currently being experienced in the banking sector. Babalola, who is also the Founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD) made the call in a statement issued on Monday in Ado-Ekiti. According...
An Ibadan-based lawyer, Chief Michael Lana, has advised Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, not to rush the installation of a new Olubadan of Ibadanland in view of the existence of a suit involving Sen. Lekan Balogun, next in line to the stool and the state government. Lana, in...
An NGO, Coalition for the Promotion of Gender Justice, on Monday said it was possible to achieve 50 per cent and more success in the war against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) by 2030 if the mass media step up reportage of the menace. The Cross River-based group disclosed this in...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed grief over the death of one-time Presidential Candidate in a two-horse race, Bashir Tofa, ”a politician of note, who was also a promoter of Islamic culture and civilization’.’ The president condolence message was contained in a statement issued by...
By EMEKA CHIKWE, Port-Harcourt – The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in Onne Port, Rivers State has generated the sum of N188.6 billion from January to December 2021. A statement issued on Monday by the command’s spokesman, Ifeoma Ojekwu, said the Customs Area Controller (CAC) of the Command, Comptroller Auwal...
The University of Benin (UNIBEN) Admissions Board, says only candidates who have uploaded their O Level results will be offered admission on the JAMB Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS). The board directed admission seekers into the institution to upload their Ordinary Level (O level) results at any accredited centre...
YUNUSA MUSA, Jos – The process for the construction of two bedroom flat and three bedroom flat for local government employees has commenced in Plateau State. The idea to provide permanent homes for local government employees in the state was born out of partnership between the Plateau State Government...
The Kaduna State Government is to spend a total of N4 billion to uplift more people from poverty and vulnerability in 2022. This is contained in the budget N278.6 billion signed by Gov. Nasir El-Rufai on Dec. 22. In the budget, obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has expressed sadness over the death of Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Adetunji Saliu, Aje Ogungunniso I. Tinubu said the death of the top ranking traditional ruler in Yorubaland and precisely in Oyo State, is a big...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Moji Adeyeye, has vowed to ensure that the country do not end up becoming a dumping ground for chemicals banned in other countries. Prof. Adeyeye, who disclosed this in...
Popular Kano businessman and former Presidential candidate of the defunct National Republican Convention (NRC) in the annulled June 12, 1993 election, Bashir Othman Tofa, is dead. A source close to the family confirmed that the Elder Statesman died in the early hours of Monday after a protracted illness. He...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the government and people of Oyo State, the Royal Family, the Olubadan-in-council and the people of Ibadan on the passing of Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji. President Buhari in his condolence message Issued by his spokesman, Femi...
Rep. Sam Onuigbo has said that the House of Representatives will soon embark on oversight on how COVID-19 donations and grants to Nigeria were expended. He disclosed this to newsmen at the 22nd coronation anniversary and birthday of the Ugwu I of Ugwu Ibere, Prof. Samuel Ifenwata, at Chris...
Presidency has dismissed reports of crisis between President Muhammadu Buhari and members of the National Assembly as fictional, saying the president never expressed anger in his dealings with NASS. It however, admitted that there was disagreement between the Executive and legislature over 6,576 new schemes worth N37 billion ”smuggled”...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed no fewer than seven people in separate attacks on villages in three local government areas of Kaduna State. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, identified the affected Local Government Areas are Igabi, Chikun...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has expressed deep pains over the death of the Imperial Majesty of Ibadan land, the Olubadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji. The late monarch, the Aje Ogungunniso I, was 93 years old. Oba Adetunji, who was the first of 17 children...
The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) has asked all those still involved in the illicit drug business to turn over a new leaf or risk losing their freedom and assets in the new year. In his new...
Worried by the menace of moral decadence amongst teenagers globally, and determined to make a positive change, the renowned global Evangelist and holiness preacher, Pastor (Dr) W. F. Kumuyi, is convening the Global Youth Convocation (GYC) with the theme: ‘IMPACT.’ It is designed as a 5-day program, which scheduled...