The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has taken steps to cut the demand and supply chain of vandalised manhole and gully inlets covers on FCT roads. Director, Security Services Department, FCT Administration, Mr Adamu Gwary, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has approved the appointment of Abdurrahman Ahmed Bundi as Senior Technical Assistant (STA) on Print and Digital Communications. The appointment was announced on Wednesday by the Governor’s spokesperson, Malam Dauda Iliya, in Maiduguri. Bundi graduated from the University...
The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has announced that he would no longer offer advice to President Bola Tinubu led administration on how to tackle the country’s economic challenges. He stated that he had initially tried to help the government but had now resolved not to do so...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Sokoto Zone, has expressed concerns over the proposed Tax Reform Bill before the National Assembly, warning that the bill is a deliberate attempt to dismantle the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETfund), a vital source of funding for...
Israel and Hamas agreed on Wednesday to a deal for a ceasefire and the release of hostages being held in Gaza following separate meetings with Qatar’s prime minister, a source briefed on the talks told AFP. A US official confirmed the deal. Pressure to put an end to the...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has been nominated as the 2024 THISDAY Newspaper and ARISE Television’s Minister of the Year. Senior Special Assistant to the Minister on Public Communications and New Media, Mr Lere Olayinka, announced this in...
The National Assembly has lauded the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr Zacch Adedeji, for exceeding the 2024 revenue collection target of N19.4 trillion. FIRS generated N21.6 trillion, surpassing the target by N2.2 trillion. The commendation came during a meeting on Wednesday in Abuja, where...
Ogun State Police Command has detained four persons, who allegedly specialised in using fake bank transaction alerts to buy food stuffs in the state. The command’s Spokesperson, CSP Yemisi Opalola, told newsmen at the Police Headquarters in Osogbo on Wednesday, that four suspects were caught in two different cases...
Kano State Government has issued a public alert over an isolated outbreak of Avian Influenza (AI) in Gwale Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Dr Danjuma Mahmoud, stated this in a statement on Wednesday in Kano. He said that an isolated case...
Katsina State Police Command has confirmed that the medical doctor, Dr Murtala Sale-Dandashire, who was shot at Kankara General Hospital “is alive.” The Command’s Public Relations Officer PPRO, DSP Abubakar Aliyu, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Katsina. NAN reports that the news...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has issued a stern warning to farming and fishing communities in Baga, urging them to refrain from any form of collaboration with Boko Haram insurgents. Governor Zulum gave the warning on Wednesday while addressing residents at the...
Exactly 59 years ago, January 15, 1966, a bloody military coup took place in Nigeria, our beloved fatherland, that claimed the lives of several prominent Northern and National leaders who were key figures in Nigeria’s political and military leadership. Today, January 15, the League of Northern Democrats remembers in...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said the Nigeria’s headline inflation rate increased to 34.80 per cent in December 2024. The NBS disclosed this in its Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Inflation Report for December 2024, which was released in Abuja on Wednesday. According to the report, the...
The Police Command in Rivers has confirmed the death of Gibson Reuben, a Netherlands national and Managing Director of the Rivers State Cassava Project Limited. Rueben drowned after his vehicle plunged into the Aleto-Eleme River while attempting to escape from his abductors. The command’s spokesperson, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, confirmed...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday, admitted the detained Singer, Darlington Achakpo, popularly known as Speed Darlington, to a N20 million bail with one surety in the like. Justice Ekerete Akpan gave the order in a ruling on the singer’s bail application moved by his lawyer, Marshall...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has announced a N50 million donation to widows of service personnel, who lost their lives defending the country. He announced the donation while addressing legionnaires and service personnel during the 2025 Armed Forces Remembrance Day celebration in Port Harcourt on Wednesday. Fubara said that...
Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State has dissolved the State Executive Council, with immediate effect. This is contained in a statement signed and made available to newsmen by Prince Ebenezer Adeniyan, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor on Wednesday in Akure However, two of the cabinet members,...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday, admitted former acting Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Anamekwe Nnabuoku, to a N500 million bail with two sureties in the like sum over allegations bordering on N1.96 billion fraud. Justice James Omotosho, in a ruling on Nnabuoku’s bail application moved by...
President William Ruto said Kenya has started discussions with the United Arab Emirates to secure financing to complete a regional railway after China cut infrastructure funding to the project. The railway connecting the Kenyan port of Mombasa with landlocked neighbours, as part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, ended...