By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Nigeria’s decision to unbundle the Nigerian Railway Corporation has started with the Minister of State for Transportation, Senator Gbemisola Saraki chairing the first meeting of the Ministerial Committee on the unbundling of the corporation. Addressing the members drawn from private and public sectors, Senator...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has vowed to continue its practice of remitting the operating surpluses, maintaining that it is constitutional. The board disclosed this Monday in a statement signed by its Head, Public Affairs, Dr Fabian Benjamin. “In line with extant...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – The Kwara State Fire Service has saved a 60-room building, consisting of 40 living rooms and 20 shops, from being razed by fire. This is according to a statement issued by Mr Hassan Adekunle, Head of Department, Media and Publicity of the Service in...
National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) has urged the Federal Government to deploy software such as the union’s e-tracking platform to help tackle insecurity in the country. The Deputy General Secretary of NURTW, Mr Anthony Asogwa, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday, that...
Sen Ali Ndume has called on President Mohammadu Buhari, to urgently sign or issue an Unexplained Wealth Order, as a way to strengthen the fight against corruption. Ndume made the call on Saturday, in Ibadan while delivering the 2021 Distinguish Leadership Lecture Series, organised by the University of Ibadan....
Supporters and well-wishers on Sunday night, gathered at the home of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA)’s candidate, Prof.Chukwuma Soludo in Isuofia, Aguata Local Government Area, as they await election result. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced results of 19 out of the 21 Local Government Areas in...
The candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Charles Soludo, on Sunday opened and maintained the lead in the Anambra State governorship election. Soludo, a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), won 18 of the 20 local government areas for which results were declared by...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended the collation of results for the Anambra State governorship election. INEC’s Chief Returning Officer for the election, Professor Florence Obi, announced this on Monday at the commission’s head office in Awka. Party agents, reporters, and observers among others had waited until...
The Kwara Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says 48 lives were lost to 61 Road Traffic Crashes (RTCs) in October this year, in the state. The Kwara Sector Commander of the FRSC, Jonathan Owoade, who revealed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin,...
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammed Abubakar, says the Ministry will continue to strategise and collaborate with security agencies, to reduce the illegal importation of rice through land borders. A statement issued by Mabel Mbosire, Senior Information Officer in the Ministry, on Sunday, said the minister...
An Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ad hoc staff has absconded with 41 result sheets in Oba 1, Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra state. The Local Government Collation Officer, Gabriel Odoh said this on Sunday while presenting the result of the Local Government Area at the collation...
A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), SING Nigeria, has said that Nigeria’s democracy could be destroyed if the activities of moneybag politicians are not checked and tamed by the law. Executive Director of SING Nigeria, Mr Idris-Etanami Usman said this while monitoring the Anambra Governorship election from the SING Situation Room...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Sunday said it has arrested some drug traffickers who are attempting to export large kilogrammes of Cocaine, Methamphetamine and Cannabis in three different states of the country. NDLEA’s spokesperson Femi Babafemi disclosed this in a statement...
The National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), says it has received 88 rescued victims of human trafficking from the authorities in Côte d’Ivoire. Its Director-General, Dr Fatima Waziri, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sideline of a meeting...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has rejoiced with Mrs Pauline Alao, wife of the first Chief of Air Staff in Nigeria, Col Shittu Alao, as she turns 80 today. The President also saluted the courage and resilient spirit of the celebrant who for not allowing the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari joins people and Government of Kogi State in celebrating investiture of Attah Igala Kingdom, Alhaji Matthew Opaluwa Oguche, commending the Four Ruling houses for a choice most befitting, and reflective of the values of the revered tribe. The president’s congratulatory message...
Security operatives of the Nigerian Army and Nigeria Police Force beef up security around the INEC office in Awka ahead of the collation of the results of the election. The collation exercise is scheduled to commence by 11 am as results from 19 of the 21 local governments have...
By BABARA KALU, Akwa – Yiaga Africa, an independent election observer group, said late arrival of electoral officials, materials, accreditation and voting, denied many electorates the right to vote in the Anambra governorship election. Yiaga Africa said this in a situational statement on the 2021 Anambra Gubernatorial Election held...
The Senior Pastor of Dunamis International Gospel Centre, Dr Paul Enenche has urged Nigerians to remain steadfast in prayers for God’s intervention in the insecurity and other challenges facing the country. Enenche, who said this at the end of a 3- day crusade in Lafia, Nasarawa State tagged “Lafia...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – No fewer than 3 students were injured and properties destroyed in a fire outbreak at the University of Maiduguri Murtala female hostel on Saturday, the second of such incident in one month. The fire, which was suspected to have started from a cooking stove,...