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...
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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,...
By EMMANUEL JIMOH, Benin – The two abducted pupils of Glory Land Group of Schools in Igarra, Akoko-Edo Local Government Area (LGA) of Edo have been released following the payment of N6 million ransom. A family source, who preferred to remain anonymous, told newsmen in Auchi that the two...
The Member Representing Orumba North and South Federal Constituency, Chief Okwudili Ezenwankwo, has expressed happiness that the governorship election was held in spite of initial security challenges that greeted its conduct. Ezenwankwo, said in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday, that the election was...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari says the sympathies of the entire nation are with the government and people of Sierra Leone, following the fuel tanker explosion in Freetown, the country’s capital. The sad incident left over 99 people killed and more than 100 injured as a...
Niger State government has demolished the building of a suspected kidnapper, Mohammadu Umar, on Saturday at Nakagbe in Bosso Local Government Area of the state. Mr Emmanuel Umaru, Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, told newsmen in Minna on Saturday that the suspect used proceeds of kidnap and...
“Ladies and Gentlemen of the Media “On behalf of the Commission, I would like to provide you an update on the ongoing Governorship election. The election has progressed generally well despite the initial challenges, which I outlined in my earlier briefing. I am glad that an appreciable number of...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Federal Capital Territory Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, has sympathized with victims of Kubwa market fire incident that claimed no fewer than 6 lives. It was gathered that about 10 people who sustained various degrees of injuries are receiving treatment in Kubwa...
The Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation has said it followed due process in its plan to deduct $418 million from the bank account of the 36 states of the Federation. The deduction is to pay consultants who claimed a percentage of Paris Club refunds as payment of...
Victims of Friday’s fire incident at Kubwa Village Market in the FCT have recounted their ordeals and urged the relevant authorities to assist them. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Friday’s fire gutted a section of the market; claimed some lives and left many injured. Victims who...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Arewa Youth Federation (AYF) has commended the coordinated efforts of the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) and military intelligence agencies at ending terrorism, banditry and other crimes. The AYF’s president, Muhammad Matazu, gave the commendation in a statement issued to newsmen on Saturday in Abuja....
Late arrival of election materials and INEC officials resulted in a slow start of Saturday’s governorship election in Anambra, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. INEC officials were yet to arrive at many polling units as at 9 a.m. Whereas officials of the electoral umpire were yet to...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has described as “fake news” the report making rounds that its staff posed for photograph with the popular socialite and businessman, Obinna Iyiegbu, popularly known as Obi Cubana. The commission in a statement issued by Commission’s spokesperson, Mr Wilson Uwujaren in Abuja...
Anambra Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Mr C. Don Adinuba, has said a report in the public domain that people are leaving the state in large numbers is false. Adinuba said that instead, the opposite is the truth as a large number of people, especially qualified voters, are...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Members of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) in Borno and Yobe states, have called for government’s intervention to ensure the payment of N6 billion in outstanding bridging claims by their members. Secretary of the association, Alhaji Abbas Yakubu, made the call...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Executive Secretary, Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), Dr Orji Ogbonnaya Orji, has said that the agency had recovered over $3 billion dollars from underpayments by companies as against what government received. Orji made this known at the 2022 budget defence session before...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has earmarked N4.2 billion for Continuous Voter Registration in preparation for the 2023 general elections. INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this when he appeared before the joint National Assembly Committee on INEC to defend the commission’s 2022 budget proposal on Friday. While...