Police Command in Delta has detained a couple and one other suspect over alleged gunrunning in the state. SP Bright Edafe, the Police Public Relations Officer of the Command disclosed this to newsmen on Thursday in Warri. Edafe said that the suspects were apprehended on Sunday in Orerokpe, Okpe...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved over N700 billion as 2025 allocation to Beneficiary Institutions of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund). This was disclosed by the Executive Secretary of TETFund, Arc. Sonny S.T Echono during the 2025 Strategic Planning Meeting held with heads...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo, has paid glowing tribute to Chief Patrick Adaba, the former Deputy Governor of Kogi State, and Dr Tom Adaba the pioneer Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), who both passed on few weeks ago. During separate condolence...
The House of Representatives on Thursday, adopted the Tax Reform Bill as a working document. Arising from the Committee of the Whole, the Speaker, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas, said that after deliberations on clauses of the bill, the house adopted it as a working document. Abbas who commended the Committee...
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has said that he was ready to work with Mr Peter Obi in order to provide good governance to Nigerians. Mohammed stated this in Bauchi on Thursday when Obi, the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections, paid him...
Rivers-based activist Jake Epelle on Thursday said any impeachment move by former governor Nyesom Wike and his loyalists in the state’s House of Assembly against his estranged successor Siminalayi Fubara won’t succeed. Epelle said Wike cannot advocate peace and yet spur his loyalists in the Martins Amaewhule-led legislative body...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Spotify, an online music streaming platform, has said Nigerian artistes have generated more than N58 billion on its platform, in 2024. Spotify’s Sub-Saharan Africa Managing Director, Jocelyne Muhutu-Remy, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, in Lagos. Muhutu-Remy said this figure headlined Spotify’s 2024...
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, is currently in a closed meeting with Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State. The reasons for Obi’s visit to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governor had not been disclosed as at the time of filing this report....
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has ordered the immediate posting of 7 Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs) to various strategic offices and the posting of 18 Commissioners of Police (CPs) due for AIG ranks, pending the approval from the Police Service Commission...
A Medical expert, Dr Fidelis Linga, has urged the public to adopt healthier lifestyles to prevent kidney disease. Linga, a Senior Registrar, Nephrology Unit, Federal Teaching Hospital Gombe (FTHG), gave the advice on Thursday in Gombe on the occasion of the World Kidney Day. The News Agency of Nigeria...
Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo has lifted the suspension of the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Samson Osagie, with immediate effect. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the governor had in February suspended Osagie alongside the chairman of the state Local Government Commission, Damian Lawani...
A 49-year old businessman, Richard Julius, on Thursday urged a Customary Court in Kaduna to dissolve his 12-year marriage to his wife, Jemimah, citing allegations of adultery and disrespect. The petitioner, a resident of Barnawa in the Kaduna metropolis, alleged that his wife became pregnant by another man while...
Pope Francis has marked the anniversary of his election as the head of the Catholic Church in hospital, a statement from the Vatican said on Thursday morning. Thursday marks 12 years since Francis was elected as the successor to the German pope Benedict XVI, born Joseph Ratzinger. The pope...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno tate Governor, Professor Babagana Umara, has pledged to revitalise the Biu Dam to enhance irrigation farming in the southern part of the state. The governor made this commitment during a traditional homage to the Emir of Biu, Mai Mustapha Umar Mustapha II, at...
The complaint laid by Senator Natsha Akpoti-Uduaghan at the United Nations Inter parliamentary conference in New York on Tuesday has continued to attract reactions. The Kogi Lawmaker had taken her case before the global institution for them to prevail over what she says is an injustice meted on her....
The Rivers State House of Assembly, led by Martins Amaewhule have called on Economics and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offenses Commission(ICPC) to investigate the River Electoral Chairman. Amaewhule, who is the Speaker of the Assembly, made the remark during the plenary at the...
Y JOY ADARA , Abuja- The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has called on global investors to direct their attention to the Nigerian oil and gas sector as the nation is now an investors’ haven owing to the robust regulatory reforms and the investment-friendly policies of the...
Police command in Lagos State on Wednesday exhumed the body of a 28-year-old graduate of Lagos State University (LASU), Mr Adedamola Ogunbode. The corpse was buried in a shallow grave behind LASU fence in its Ojo Campus. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the deceased, a Political...
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday, restrained the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) from sanctioning MultiChoice Nigeria Limited following its recent increase in the DStv and GOtv subscription rates. Justice James Omotosho gave the order after an ex-parte motion moved by Moyosore Onigbanjo, SAN, counsel...
Lawmaker representing Afikpo North/Afikpo South Federal Constituency, Igariweh Enwo, has said the immunity on governors prohibits the National Assembly from summoning them for civil and criminal proceedings while in office. Enwo said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Wednesday. NAN recalls...