Katsina State Government on Saturday called for the cancellation of the English language examination recently conducted by the West African Examination Council (WAEC). The called followed an incident which led to the commencement of the examination several hours behind the scheduled time nationwide on Wednesday. The position of the...
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Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu has directed the early payment of June salaries to all civil servants across the state, beginning Monday, to enable them to prepare for the forthcoming Eid-el-Kabir (Sallah) festival. The directive, announced in a statement issued on Saturday by the Governor’s Press Secretary, Malam Abubakar...
Former Ebonyi House of Assembly Speaker, Chukwuma Nwazunku, has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to All Progressives Congress (APC). Nwazunku, the immediate past Member representing Ebonyi/ Ohaukwu Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives defected on Saturday at Ugwuachara during the APC meeting in Echiaba Ward of...
President Bola Tinubu has inaugurated three Nigerian Navy Ships (NNS) – NNS SHERE, NNS FARO and NNS IKOGOSI and three AW109 Trekker helicopters: 501, 502 and 503 into the Nigerian Navy fleet. Tinubu, speaking at the inauguration on Saturday in Lagos, said that the addition of the three Fast...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has secured the conviction and sentence of 11 Filipinos, two Chinese, one Malaysian and one Indonesian to one year imprisonment each for cyber-terrorism and internet fraud before Justices Yellim Bogoro and A....
President Bola Tinubu has directed an immediate nationwide sensitisation on dangers of flooding. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, stated this when he led a Federal Government delegation on a condolence visit to the Governor of Niger, Mohammed Bago in Minna on Saturday. The News...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR , Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has pledged to undertake a comprehensive review of the state’s existing laws to align with contemporary realities before the end of his tenure Governor Zulum made the promise on Friday during the official launch of the...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani has charged activists to defend democracy by keeping politicians accountable and on their toes. The governor also argued that ‘’the welfare and security of the people must be our top priority. We must avoid actions that will make the...
The Civic Alliance for Security Accountability (CASA), has strongly condemned what it calls a coordinated campaign of calumny against the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, urging Nigerians to disregard all unfounded attacks on his person and leadership. In a statement released on Friday, May 30, 2025, the President...
The Federal Government has condoled with the families and victims of flood that occurred in Mokwa LGA of Niger State, which tragically claimed the lives of several persons. This is contained in a statement signed by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, on Friday in...
Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) and its subsidiary BEDC Electricity Ondo Limited (BEOL), have strongly condemned an alleged plan by the Ondo State Government to assume control of electricity distribution operations in the state. The condemnation was issued in a statement responding to the announcement by the Special Assistant...
The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) has directed its members in all federal courts nationwide and other judicial institutions to withdraw their services from June 2. National Vice President, North Central, Mr Mustapha Laminu, said this in a statement signed and issued on Friday in Abuja. Laminu said...
President Bola Tinubu will on Saturday inaugurate the completed portion of the Phase One, Section One of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway. The Minister of Works, Sen. David Umahi, made this known in a statement on Friday in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the project is...
Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Bashir Adeniyi, said Operation Whirlwind intercepted 39,425 litres of petrol worth ₦39.4 million within Lagos-Ogun axis. Mr Adeniyi disclosed this on Friday at a news conference in Lagos, organised following recent petroleum product seizures by Operation Whirlwind at the Federal Operations Unit, Ikeja....
Enugu State Government has said the arrested suspected ritualist and kidnap kingpin, Obi-Levi Obieze, will face the full weight of the law. The government also commended the vigilance of the officers of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) who apprehended Obieze along Badagry-Seme road. This is contained in a statement...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres renewed his calls for Member states and the United Nations to work towards justice and reparations for Africans and the diaspora. Guterres, in a speech in New York on Friday expressed deep regrets over what he termed “colossal injustices” against Africa, including transatlantic slave trade...
By UKA NWAFOR, Abakaliki – The FON-8 Ezza Ezekuna Support Group has officially endorsed Governor Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru for a second term in office, citing his remarkable achievements and commitment to the development of Ebonyi State. Led by prominent government officials from Ezza extraction, including Rt Hon Victor Chukwu,...
Niger State Deputy Governor, Mr Yakubu Garba, has visited victims of the flood disaster in Mokwa community as death tolls rises to over 100. Garba disclosed the casualty figure in an interview with newsmen during the visit to Mokwa on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that...
Motorists are currently stranded as part of the bridge at Mokwa linking the North and Southwestern part of the country collapsed due to flooding in Niger state, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has reported. The bridge collapsed on Wednesday after a heavy downfall on Tuesday night. Government agencies’...