By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The Presidency has dismissed media report that President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday ordered the sack and replacement of the management of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC). The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, confirmed this development in a...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Government has banned humanitarian organisations and development partners from distributing food and non-food items to resettled communities in the state. Governor Babagana Zulum announced the ban in a letter he personally signed on Wednesday.and directed to the organizations through the United Nation’s...
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has intercepted a tanker laden with about 36,000 litres of adulterated diesel in Anambra. Its spokesman in Anambra, a Deputy Superintendent of the Corps, Edwin Okadigbo, said in a statement on Wednesday that the driver of the tanker, Abdulraman Ahmed, 37,...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Former Governor of Sokoto and Senator representing Sokoto North Senatorial District, Aliyu Wamakko has expressed shock over the gruesome killing of innocent passengers by bandits in Sokoto State. Wamakko, who is the Chairman, Senate Committee on Defence, noted that the perpetrators must be brought...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Ministry of Reconstruction, Rehabilitation, and Resettlement, led by its Commissioner, Engr. Mustapha Gubio, has began the construction of a two-room apartment for a Maiduguri based aged woman, who is living at a shanty zinc shelter. Engr. Gubio directed the construction after...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Family members, friends and hundreds sympathizers gathered on Wednesday at the Church of Christ in Nations, LCC Millennium Quarters in Bauchi for the funeral service of three people who died in a ghastly auto crash while returning from a wedding in Jos. The deceased included...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – As part of efforts to secure lives and property of residents in the nation’s capital, the FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello has said it would be mandatory for estates to deploy CCTV cameras with recording facilities in all estates in the Territory. The...
WhatsApp on Wednesday launched ‘YouSaid,’ a campaign that educates people on how to verify information and reduce the spread of false news in Nigeria. WhatsApp in a statement said that the campaign offers tips for users to spot false news and take responsibility in minimising its spread. It noted...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Buhari has expressed sadness over the recent gruesome attack on innocent travellers in Sokoto State. Reacting to the incident on Wednesday, President Buhari said, “I am very distressed at the manner of death visited on these hapless citizens who were undertaking a legitimate...
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, on Wednesday, swore in 72 legal practitioners recently elevated to the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). The ceremony which took place at the main courtroom of the Supreme Court in Abuja marked the commencement of a new legal year...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL,Sokoto Sokoto State Government has commiserated with victims of terrorists attack in Gidan Bawa Town, where armed bandits were said to have burnt a vehicle conveying passengers from Sabon Birni enroute other region of the country. The state government, however, debunked reports by several media platforms that...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to pay the Convener, #RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore, the sum of N2 million over unlawful seizure of his mobile phone in 2019 at the point of his arrest. Justice Anwuli Chikere, in a judgment, also ordered...
By LEKAN AGBOOLA, Ilorin – Kwara State Government has set a new record in gender inclusion for Nigeria as Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq assented to an executive bill mandating the state to have at least 35% women appointees in the state executive council and other classes of political appointments. The...
The National Industrial Court, on Wednesday dismissed an unlawful dismissal claim against Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc, by its former staff member, Adeleye Adedayo, for lacking in merit. Delivering judgment, Justice Sanusi Kado, dismissed the suit in its entirety and held that the claimant’s decision not to“ honour the defendant’s...
Airtel Nigeria, a leading telecommunications services provider, on Wednesday said it would feed 5,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) across five camps in Nigeria. Mr Surendran Chemmenkotil, the Chief Executive Officer of Airtel Nigeria, said this at a virtual news conference to kick start the 2021 edition of the “Five...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Effective synergy and collaboration among stakeholders in the oil and gas sector has been identified as one of the critical means to achieve the objectives of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). Mr Gbenga Komolafe, Chief Executive Officer, The Nigerian Upstream Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), stated...
President Buhari, Tinubu, other dignitaries to attend launch of Bisi Akande’s autobiography in Lagos
President Buhari, Tinubu, other dignitaries to attend launch of Bisi Akande’s autobiography in Lagos
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – President Muhammadu Buhari would on Thursday lead other dignitaries to attend the public presentation of ‘My Participations,’ the autobiography of Chief Bisi Akande, at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos. The President is the Special Guest of Honour. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has strongly condemned the travel ban placed on Nigeria by Canada and UK over Omicron variant, describing it as precipitate, unfair and discriminatory. The forum stated this in a statement in Abuja by its Chairman, Gov. Kayode Fayemi of...
Aggrieved youths on Tuesday razed a building belonging to a pastor attached to the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) in Adebun Area of Ado-Ekiti over a missing seven-year-old girl. NAN gathered that the lifeless body of the girl, identified as Demilade, was allegedly found in the pastor’s house....
Prof. Benedict Oramah, President and Chairman, Board of Directors, Afreximbank, has said that his ill-health in 2013 and the medical attention he received triggered his support for the construction of African Medical Centre of Excellence (AMCE). Oramah said this on Tuesday, in Abuja at the groundbreaking of a 500-bedding...