Many commuters have been feared dead and eight vehicles burn as fuel laden tanker fell and exploded at Ugwu- Onyeama axis of the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway on Saturday. The Director, Enugu State Fire Service, Chief Okwudili Ohaa confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu. Ohaa,...
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A lawmaker, Mr Stephen Ogundipe, has disputed the former speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa’s, claim to remain as speaker. The lawmaker said Obasa was removed by the majority of members. Ogundipe, the former Chairman of the Committee on Information, stated this in Lagos on...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – As a gesture of immortalizing a slain officer of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Assistant Superintendent of the EFCC, ASE 1 Aminu Sahabi Salisu, the Commission has named the administrative block of its Academy in Karu, Abuja after him. Executive Chairman of...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has given the green light to the promotion of approximately 900 officers. The commission also reinstated life and property insurance for its operatives. EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, revealed this at the commission’s 2024 Rewards and Recognition ceremony in Abuja on Saturday. Olukoyede...
Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, has expressed sadness over the petrol tanker explosion on the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway, which claimed 11 lives on Saturday. Mbah, who was at the Ugwu-Onyeama scene of the accident for on-the-spot assessment, said the government had already swung into action to ensure that the victims...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Ododo, has reiterated his administration’s commitment to the welfare and education of orphaned students in the state. Speaking at the flag-off ceremony of the Governor Ododo Orphan Students Care (GOOS-Care) initiative, organized by the Kogi State Forum of Local Government...
President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja on Sunday for Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, to participate in the Africa Heads of State Energy Summit from Jan. 27 to 28. The summit, hosted by the government of Tanzania in collaboration with the African Development Bank Group and the World Bank, aims...
Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani has assured grape farmers that the state government would continue to provide seedlings, mechanisation, training and support services to them. Governor Sani said this would enable them to improve their yields per hectare. He made the promise on Saturday when he met the members...
A Lagos State chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ), Dr Adetokunbo Pearse, says the former ruling party is not dysfunctional in spite of the current leadership crisis in the party. Pearse, a former member of the Atiku Abubakar 2023 Presidential Campaign Committee (PCC), said this in an...
Former Local Government (LG) chairmen in Osun have urged the Federal Government to investigate the alleged misappropriation of N183 billion federal allocation accrued to the 30 LG’s between November 2022 and November 2024. The chairmen, elected in 2022 under All Progressives Congress (APC), alleged that the 1999 constitution was...
The Minister of Communication, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr Bosun Tijani, has said the Federal Government approved a 50 per cent tariff hike for telecommunication companies to sustain the industry. Tijani added that the new tariff would allow telecommunication companies to be able to invest in new infrastructure and...
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, has decried costly legal battle and ganishing of the sum of over N2.5 billion as major factors exerting pressure on effective running of the university. Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Kabir Bala, disclosed this at the 44th Convocation Ceremony held at Mamman Kontagora Square, ABUmain...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has said the Chairman, Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Mr Christopher Maikalangu, has capacity and deserves support for more development within the city center. Speaking on Saturday in Abuja at the commissioning of the five kilometer Saburi road project, Wike...
The immediate past Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, has said his impeachment did not follow due process and that the election of Mrs Mojisola Meranda as new speaker did not follow the law. Addressing a large gathering of APC members from the Mandate...
The Association of Resident Doctors in the Federal Capital Territory (ARD-FCT) has suspended its three-day warning strike after the intervention of the FCT Minister, Mr Nyesome Wike. The President of the Association, Dr. George Ebong, in a statement on Friday night said the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) under...
Defence Headquarters says troops have in the last one week, neutralised a notorious terrorist commander, and gun runner identified as Abu Mosaje in Plateau and 96 other terrorists across the country. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja....
The Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, has described as fake the purported Federal Government’s N50,000 Child Support Grant for all Nigerian Parents trending on social media. The Director of Information in the ministry, Mrs Rhoda Iliya, has in a statement on Saturday in Abuja described the...
The Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Saturday, condoled with Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State over the death of his elder brother, Sunday Makinde. The forum, in a statement in Abuja by its Chairman, Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara, commiserated with the Makinde family, and people of Oyo state....
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Osara, proudly celebrated the deployment of 117 pioneer graduates to various National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) camps across the country. This historic milestone marks a significant achievement for the young institution, as its first-ever graduates commence...