By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – More than 45,000 children have been released from detention and safely returned to family or an appropriate alternative since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, UNICEF revealed in its latest reports. The reports released on Sunday are “Detention of children in the time of...
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By BABARA KALU, Akwa – Anambra State Government has declared Tuesday as a public holiday in honour of Nigeria’s first president, Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, who was born on November 16, 1904. Governor, Chief Willie Obiano announced this in a statement issued by the state commissioner for Information and Public...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday in Durban, South Africa assured that the Nigerian government will continue to support efforts to broaden the economy through multilateral financing. The President spoke when Prof. Benedict Oramah, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the African...
The Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Kalu has commiserated with the President of Dangote Group of Companies, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, over the death of his younger brother, Alhaji Sani Dangote. Kalu, in a condolence message issued on Monday in Abuja, described the deceased, who was until his...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has congratulated the National Chairman-elect of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Iyorchia Ayu on his 69th birthday. The governor’s congratulatory message was contained in a statement issued on Monday by the Chief Press Secretary, Nathaniel Ikyur. “The Governor...
The Vice President of The Dangote Group and brother to Aliko Dangote, Sani Dangote, is dead. Sani Dangote reportedly died after a protracted illness in the United States on Sunday. The Dangote Group in a short statement Sunday night confirmed the death. “INNA LILLAHI WA INNA ILAIHI RAJIUN!It is...
The Bauchi state government is poised to access N30billion grant from the World Bank, to address the state’s myriad environmental challenges, Kabir Ibrahim, The Director-General of the state Environmental Protection Agency (BASEPA) has said. Ibrahim told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in an interview in Bauchi, on Sunday,...
Long queues have resurfaced in Abuja filling states as motorists struggle to purchase Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petrol. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that most fuel stations were locked while long queues were noticed in retail outlets in Wuse, Gwarimpa, Wuye and Kubwa expressway on...
By HARUNA AHMED, Katsina – Men of The Katsina Stste Police Command have repelled an attack by bandits on Gidan Duka village, in Kankara Local Government Area (LGA) of the state, during which it rescued 11 kidnap victims in Safana. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Gambo Isah, who...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – In a collaborative efforts aimed at preventing further proliferation of illicit trafficking and flow of Small Arms and Light Weapon (SALW) in the African Continent, the European Union (EU) and The Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) in partnership with the Leadership Initiative for...
As the three-day 2021 Board and Management Retreat (BMR) organised by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) comes to a close, the Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Commission, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has re-emphasised the confidence of Management in the continuous support of its Board of...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The management of University of Abuja (UNIABUJA) has honoured 44 staff of the Safety Unit of the university for their role in the rescue of staff of the University and children who were abducted recently by gunmen from the Giri Quarters in the early...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, says his administration will stop at nothing to defend the former Governor of the state, Dr. Peter Odili and members of the family. The Governor said this during a thanksgiving service on Sunday organised by the new Chief Judge of Rivers State, Justice Simeon...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has dismissed reports published by online newspaper, SaharaReporters, which accused the agency of malpractices in the conduct of staff promotion exercise and non-publication of disbursement of funds on its website. A statement signed by Mr Abdulmumin Oniyangi –...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Deputy Speaker, Borno State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon.Engr Abddullahi Musa Askira has sympathized with the people of his constituency, Askira Emirate who are mourning the brutal killing of Brigadier General D. K. Zirkushu, the Commander of 28 Task Force Brigade in Chibok...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday arrived Durban, South Africa, from Paris as part of his ongoing socio-economic diplomatic missions aimed at enhancing security and economic transformation of the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Nigerian leader is in Durban at the special invitation of President...
The Keffi Old Boys Association (KOBA), 1991 set, on Sunday, donated 100 mattresses and 50 double bunk school beds to their Alma Mater, to address some of the institution’s infrastructural deficits. Mr Gyangson Choji, Chairman, “91 Set Project Committee”, while presenting the materials to the Principal of the School,...
Former EFCC boss, Mrs Farida Waziri, on Sunday in Paris recounted how excited she was when “Bendel Gari’’ was sent to her in Abuja from Warri in Delta by rail. Waziri, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said President Muhammadu Buhari deserved commendation for making the...
The Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), on Sunday gave the assurance that a new and acceptable revenue formula that will tackle new development realities in the country will be in place. Chief Elias Mbam, the Commission’s Chairman, gave the reassurance in an interview with the News Agency...
BY OLA MUDOPE, Aboekuta – Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested two suspected ritualists with a fresh human head. The police spokesman, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi identified the suspects as 32-year-old Monday Karezu and 44-year-old Anagonou Kamelan, adding that they were nabbed on November 3 after a...