The remains of Lady Victoria Aguiyi-Ironsi, the Wife of the country’s first Military Head of State, has been laid to rest in her husband’s country home on Friday in Umuezuwere Umuana-Ndume in Umuahia. Victoria, who died on Aug. 23 at the age of 97, had eight children, including former...
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PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Over 50 pensioners in Cross River State have stormed the governor’s office to protest what they called unpaid pension and gratuity for eight years The pensioners who did not allowed vehicular movement into the governor’s office, said they were tired of hearing stories every time...
By YUSUF IDEGU, Jos – A Non-governmental Organization known as Budget Tracking, Monitoring and Accountability, has exonerated the Director General and Chief Executive of the industrial Training Funds, ITF, Joe Ari and his management of any form of illicit financial transaction. The NGO who gave a clean bill of...
Yiaga Africa, an independent election observer group, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure early deployment of election materials and personnel to polling centres in Anambra. Yiaga Africa made the call at an Anambra governorship election pre-election news conference in Awka on Friday. The group,...
International Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), WaterAid has called on world leaders to redeem their $100 billion dollars climate finance pledge before 2023. It said this had become imperative because women in developing countries will miss out on 2.5million working days globally due to a lack of nearby basic water services....
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Chairman of Northern Governor’s Forum and Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong has said only fifteen states governors have so far granted legislative and judicial autonomy in Nigeria. Lalong who doubles as Chairman of Former Speakers of State Houses of Assembly Conference disclosed this...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, has expressed sadness over the events that occurred in Lagos on Monday, where a high-rise building under construction on Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, collapsed, killing over 35 persons. The Vice President, in a statement by his Special Assistant (Media...
As stakeholders mobilise for the governorship election in Anambra State, major roads and streets in Awka have been deserted. During a tour of the state capital by Channels Television crew on Friday, only a few people were seen on the streets, especially in places that used to be crowded....
The Zamfara Government says the RUGA settlement it is constructing in the outskirts of Maradun town, Maradun Local Government Area, has reached 80 per cent completion stage. Alhaji Ibrahim Dosara, the state Commissioner for Information, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Sokoto on Friday. He...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – As a mark of peaceful, cordial and harmonious working relationship between the Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum and his Deputy Hon. Umar Usman Kadafur, the governor paid an unscheduled visit on his deputy in the office and met him on seat ....
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The spiritual leader of Brotherhood of the Cross and Star, (BCS) His Holiness Olumba Olumba Obu has cancelled this week pilgrimage to his birth place Biakpan, for the annual 3-day pilgrimage billed to have held from Thursday 4 to Saturday 6 November 2021. Biakpan is...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has said that Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanism will reduce stress on courts in the country. Makinde stated this on Thursday while declaring open a conference by Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), held in Ibadan. The governor, who described...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres says by the year 2030 an estimated 50 per cent of the world’s population will live in coastal areas which are exposed to flooding, storms and tsunamis. Guterres, in a message marking the 2021 World Tsunami Awareness Day, called on all countries, international bodies and...
Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello has said choosing the right leaders to govern Nigeria is critical to resolving the insecurity in the country. Bello made this known while delivering a keynote address at the National Security Summit organised by the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Thursday in...
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, has urged stakeholders of the telecommunications industry to collaborate for effective deployment of the Fifth Generation (5G) technology in the country. Pantami said this in his keynote address on ‘Deploying 5G Networks in Nigeria: The Critical Role of Stakeholders‘...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum on Thursday disguised his convoy and visited some Government healthcare centres unannounced, during which he found some officials collecting between N8,000 to N10,000 from patients, whereas the services are meant to be provided free of charge. Zulum summoned...
Ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in Anambra, the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered the restriction of vehicular movement in the state. According to a statement issued on Thursday, IGP Akali Baba said the restriction is part of measures aimed at protecting the sanctity of the...
The Federal Government has paid the backlog of Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) to 74,657 benefiting households under the Household Uplifting Programme (HUP) in Sokoto State. Head of Sokoto State Cash Transfer Unit, Alhaji Abubakar Balarabe-Binanchi, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Organized labour in Cross River State on Thursday said there is no going back on the ongoing industrial action in the state unless Governor Ben Ayade meets their demands.. According to the organized Labour, the state’s government has agreed on eight items out of seventeen...
By HARUNA AHMED, Yola – Adamawa State Government has said it would spend a total sum of N21 billion to make significant intervention on urban and rural road projects in the 2022 fiscal year. Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri made the disclosure while presenting the 2022 budget proposal to House of...