Mr Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has refuted allegations of land grabbing against the FCT Administration. Olayinka explained that some individuals in a video being circulated on social media have claimed...
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The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, has warned criminal elements to pack out of the country, emphasising that the Nigerian Army under his leadership was coming with full force. Oluyede said this while addressing the troops of the 1 Division Nigerian Army in Kaduna, when he...
A Sierra Leonean scientist and Chief Strategist of Project 1808, Dr Alhaji U. N’jai, has raised concerns about the escalating threat of Lassa fever. Lassa fever is a viral hemorrhagic disease fueled by interactions between humans and rodents, as well as by human migration patterns. N’jai spoke during a...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has reported that more seven million deaths from COVID-19 have been recorded in the past five years. WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, stated this on Wednesday during an online media conference. According to him, the true death toll is estimated to be at least...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos– Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has called on political leaders to regard party affiliations as tools to achieve shared objectives. He stressed the importance of inclusive governance, asserting that his administration will not adopt a winner-takes-all mentality but rather pursue a framework that reflects the...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State House of Assembly, has summoned the Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Yakubu Kwanta, to appear at the plenary unfailingly on Monday, 16th December, 2024. This, the House said the Commissioner has exhibited high level of insubordination over his failure to appear...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia has presented the 2025 Appropriation Bill of N550,112,988,930.45 to the Benue State House of Assembly for consideration. Presenting the budget estimate on the floor of the State House of Assembly on Wednesday, Governor Alia explained, that the 2025...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – As leaders play a crucial role in shaping the future, St. Augustine’s College, Kabba, Old Boys’ Foundation (SACKOBF) has taken a significant step towards nurturing the next generation of leaders by launching a comprehensive leadership training programme for the students and staff of the...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – A Coalition of Northern groups (CNG), has called for immediate suspension of Tax Reform Bills so as to allow wider engagement and collective inputs of critical stakeholders and Nigerian citizens towards implementing a more equitable, transparent and sustainable Tax administration reform for the country....
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State PLAN International Project Coordinator, Sadiya Abas, has called on states yet to domesticate child protection laws to consider doing so. Sadiya who argued that the Violence Against Persons Prohibition and Child Rights Laws when domesticated will enable survivors of Gender Based Violence...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja– A cargo airplane operated by Allied Air skidded off the runway at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja on December 11, 2024. The incident occurred at 10:05 am, involving an aircraft with registration number 5N-JRT. A statement issued by the NBIS Director, Public Affairs &...
The Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, on Wednesday assured the people of Bichi in Bichi Local Government Area, that the Emirate Council will return their District Head to them peacefully. Sanusi gave the assurance when a delegation of traditional and religious leaders led by the Chairman of Bichi...
The Nembe Division of Bayelsa High Court, on Wednesday ordered the Inspector-General of Police, (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun to appear before it within 42 days, in connection with N649 million accommodation debt suit. The court presided over by Justice T. Y. Abasi demanded the appearance of the IGP following the...
No fewer than 2 persons have been killed by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) explosion in a two-hundred housing estate under construction in Dalwa, Borno State. Available information indicated that the explosion happened around 1pm on Wednesday about the time the Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum; and his Yobe...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Wednesday in Ibadan destroyed unwholesome products worth about N11 billion. The destruction of the unwholesome, substandard, falsified, medicinal and other unwholesome regulated products, was carried out at Akinyele Dump site, Ibadan. The NAFDAC Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye,...
The Rivers House of Assembly faction loyal to Gov. Siminalaye Fubara, on Wednesday initiated a bill to regulate the real estate sector. The Leader, Mr Sokari Goodboy, who presented the River State Real Estate Regulatory Authority Bill 2024, said it was aimed at ensuring transparency in the sector. Goodboy...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Vice-Chancellor of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Prof. Edoba Omoregie, has urged more students of the institution to enroll for the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) scheme. A statement on Wednesday in Benin by the university’s Spokesperson, Dr Benedicta Ehanire said, Omoregie made the...
Director-General of Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER), Prof. Antonia Simbine, has attributed the failure of various past development plans to lack of policy coordination among the three tiers of government. Simbine stated this on Wednesday in Abuja at a stakeholders’ meeting with the officials responsible for...
Rep. Solomon Bob (PDP-Rivers) has advised his colleague, Rep. Ikenga Ugochinyere (PDP-Imo), to desist from commenting on the political crisis in Rivers. Bob, representing Abua/Odual and Ahoada East Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, gave the advice at a news conference in Abuja on Wednesday. The lawmaker said...