By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno Governor, Babagana Zulum has identified and listed 20 topmost targets he hopes to achieve in the coming year, 2022. Governor Zulum gave the highlight on Tuesday in Maiduguri, while presenting the 2022 budget before lawmakers at the Borno State House of Assembly. The...
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The Senate Public Accounts Committee, on Thursday, raised a serious objection to the productivity allowance being paid to staff of the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control amounting to N324m without any approval from the National Salaries, Income and Wages Commission. The SPAC at its sitting presided...
By zOLA MODUPE, Osogbo – The Osun State Government has said it would soon release the names of 3,170 successful applicants, who scored 50 per cent and above, in the state teachers recruitment examination. This is according to a statement issued in Osogbo on Thursday by the state’s Commissioner...
As I sit to write this, I already have a fear that this piece could span into three or more parts. This is because the lessons I have learnt from my recent bereavement abound beyond what my words could fully describe. I lost my dear mother, an Angel sent...
The House of Representatives has ordered an immediate investigation into debts totalling N2.6 trillion allegedly owed the Federal Government by oil and gas companies operating in the country. A report by the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) which contains the figure, said to be accruals from “failure of the...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Ogun State has arrested a 65-year-old man, Rojaiye Balogun, who allegedly raped his 17-year-old daughter. The NSCDC Commandant, Mr Kolawole Taiwo, who paraded the suspect on Thursday in Abeokuta, said the case was reported to the Anti-Human Trafficking, Irregular Migration...
Zamfara state has barred officials from Ministries, Departments and Agencies from disseminating information regarding policies and programmes of the government. The Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Ibrahim Dosara, made the disclosure while addressing members of the Correspondents Chapel in Gusau on Thursday. Dosara said Zamfara government centralized information management to...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has directed the allocation of land for the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB’s) Computer-Based Test (CBT) center in Maiduguri. Govenro Zulum gave the directive on Thursday, when he received the registrar of JAMB, Professor Is-haq Oloyede at the...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Against the backdrop of poor funding and logistics, the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital Calabar has appealed to public-spirited groups and individuals to support the feeding of long-staying patients. Managing Director of the hospital, Dr Joseph Edet made the appeal when Cross River State Bishops’ Forum of...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Former Lagos governor and All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has described the late Senate President, Dr. Joseph Wayas, who died in London on Thursday, as an important statesman and vibrant politician who served his country with total commitment. He said his...
The Victims Support Fund (VSF), has presented starter-packs to 52 out-of-school youths related to 100 District Heads killed by Boko Haram in Borno. The VSF Chairman, Gen. T.Y Danjuma, made the presentation in Maiduguri on Thursday. Danjuma, who was represented by the Executive Director of VSF, Prof. Nana Tanko,...
The House of Representatives has passed a resolution to invite the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Mahmood Yakubu to brief the House on the cost of conducting direct primaries in the country. The motion to invite the INEC boss was raised by Representative Leke Abejide who informed...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Capital Territory Administration has disbursed a total sum of N4,476,067,191.05 billion to the six Area Councils in the FCT and other stakeholders as its share of statutory allocation for the month of October 2021, The figure indicates a slight decrease in revenue...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – The Kano State Police Command on Thursday said it had arrested 13 suspected thugs for allegedly vandalising office of Sen. Barau Jibrin, representing Kano North. The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Abdullahi Haruna, made the announcement in a statement in Kano. “A report was...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Niger Delta Activists Forum (NDAF) has decried the continued delay in funding the Calabar-Itu -Ikot Ekpene road . The Forum said exactly two years ago “our people, protest over the deplorable state of the road and contracts awarded, to Julius Berger and Sermatech Nig. Ltd,...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi The Bauchi State Government has again reiterated its commitment to lifting the embargo placed on employment in the state particularly, in the health sector. The Deputy Governor, Senator Baba, stated this at the 2021 Primary Health Care Retreat of the Stakeholders, with the theme “Towards...
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to allow the leader of the proscribed IPOB group, Nnamdi Kanu to have maximum possible comfort while in their custody. The trial judge Justice Binta Nyako who gave the order on Thursday also ordered...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River state Governor, Ben Ayade has lamented over the death of the Second Republic Senate President, Dr Joseph Wayas, describing his death as a monumental loss to Cross River State in particular and Nigeria as a whole. Dr Wayas died in the early hours...
President Vladmir Putin of Russia has expressed great optimism for Nigeria’s support in hosting the 2022 edition of the Russia African Summit. Putin who disclosed this while receiving the Letter of Credence from Nigeria’s Ambassador, Prof Abdullahi Shehu, recalled his meeting with President Buhari in Sochi, noting that they...
The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB) was absent in court on Thursday during the continuation of his trial at the Federal High Court in Abuja. One of his lawyers, Alloy Ejimakor told journalists that part of the things that will be heard is the application...