By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed, has said the administration of President Bola Tinubu has no clear-cut vision on how to lead Nigeria and as a result, “they are always taking us to a road of perdition and destruction.” He specifically said that Tinubu...
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Chinese President Xi Jinping held a telephone conversation with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Friday, with Xi congratulating Trump on his re-election as U.S. President. In an official statement by the Foreign Affairs Ministry of China, the conversation was in response to a phone call from Trump. Xi expressed...
The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) says it is determined to recover N227 billion debt from Arik Air. The Head, Corporate Communications of AMCON, Mr Jude Nwauzor, made this known during an interactive session with aviation correspondents on Friday in Lagos. According to him, AMCON’s plan to liquidate...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Sokoto State Judicial Commission of Inquiry that was constituted to investigate the administration of former Governor Aminu Tambuwal since October 2023 has ended its public hearing on Thursday. Making his presentation before the commission, Lead counsel to the Commission, Hassan Liman (SAN), who...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Nigerians residing in the United States are growing increasingly frustrated with the Nigerian Ministry of Interior, following a lack of response concerning crucial improvements to consular services. This sentiment was expressed in a letter dated January 15, 2025, a copy of which was made...
By OLA MODUPE, Abeokuta – Ogun State Police Command has deployed a team of officers to the scene of Thursday’s kidnap of Mrs Odumosu, wife of retired AIG Hakeem Odumosu. The state’s Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Omolola Odutola, disclosed this in a statement in Abeokuta on Friday. Odutola...
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has called for enhanced global collaboration to combat the spread of the Mpox. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that mpox is an infectious viral disease that can occur in humans and other animals. Symptoms include a rash...
Nasarawa State Government says it would conduct a screening exercise for personnel across the 13 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state. Mr Peter Ahemba, Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Public Affairs to Gov. Abdulahi Sule of the state, disclosed this during a news conference on Friday in Lafia....
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has decried the incessant vandalism of critical power transmission equipment in the country. Adelabu made this known on Friday at the official inauguration of a 100MVA Power Transformer at the 132/33kv Transmission Substation in Isolo, Lagos. According to the minister, the issue of...
A total sum of N 1.424 trillion, being Dec. 2024 Federation Account Revenue has been shared to the Federal Government, states, and the Local Government Councils (LGCs). This is contained in a statement by Bawa Mokwa, Director, Press and Public Relations, Office of the Accountant General of the Federation...
Vice President Kashim Shettima on Friday arrived Maiduguri to offer his condolences to the government and people of Borno, following the killings of some farmers in the state. He was met at the airport by Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno, his deputy, Dr Usman Kadafur, members of the House...
Vice-President Kashim Shettima on Friday paid a condolence visit to the families of slain soldiers in Maiduguri, Borno. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the soldiers died during a recent terrorist attack in Damboa, Borno, even though they successfully repelled the attack. In the wake of the...
Kogi State Government has awarded contracts worth N6.4 billion for the construction of 106.5Km rural roads, under the Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP). The state government also awarded contracts worth N713.5 million for cross drainage structures along the roads as intervention to G Artist Engineering Ltd, Salisbury...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Chief Executive Officer of Scope Shelters Nigeria Limited, Alhaji Dr. AbdulHakeem Oyeniyi Bello, has called on Nigerian youth to embrace a positive mindset and view the country through a lens of hope and possibility rather than perpetual negativity. Dr. Bello gave the charge, Thursday,...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mrs. Theresa Ikwe has called on all local government officials in Benue State, to key into Governor Hyacinth Alia’s seven points agenda to enable them achieve maximally for the benefit of their people. Speaking exclusively...
Justice Mu’azu Abubakar of the Bauchi state High Court 5, has sentenced five persons to life imprisonment for armed robbery and criminal conspiracy. The prosecution counsel, U.I Lame told the court that the defendants, Aliyu Yusuf, Adamu Muhammed, Bilal Aliyu, Ismail Haruna and Mansur Mu’azu, on May, 29, 2018,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Hon. Mohammed Kwajaffa, representing Hawul Local Government Area at the Borno State House of Assembly, has dismissed the purported impeachment of Speaker Hon. Mohammed Bukar by nine aggrieved councillors as null and void. The impeachment was allegedly due to gross misconduct accusations against Hon....
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has commended the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) following their endorsement of the four Tax Reform Bills currently under consideration by the National Assembly. President Tinubu in a statement on Thursday by his media aide, Bayo Onanuga, lauded the governors for their...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said it is obliged to obey the Appeal Court order restraining the party from appointing any person as acting National Secretary in place of Sen. Samuel Anyanwu. The party’s Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Ibrahim Abdullahi, stated this at a news conference, tagged: “Just...
The Labour Party leadership says Gov. Alex Otti of Abia has no plan to defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), ahead of the 2027 general elections. National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr Obiora Ifoh, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...