By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Board of Trustees of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has approved the suspension of the foreign component of the TETFund Scholarship for Academic Staff (TSAS) Intervention The Director, Public Affairs, TETFund, Abdulmumin Oniyangi, said in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, that the...
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Former Minister of Power, Olu Agunloye, on Thursday told an Abuja High Court that the amendment of the charge by the EFCC in his ongoing trial was an overreach. Agunloye is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in the suit, marked FCT/HC/CR/617/2023, on a seven-count....
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Taraba State University chapter has decried poor working condition, neglects and exclusion from the current N70,000 minimum wage from the state government. The chairperson of the association, Dr. Mbave Joshua disclosed this on Thursday in an exclusive...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, has flagged off the distribution of food items to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Amarwa and Madinatu IDPs Camps in Maiduguri during his two days State working visit to Maiduguri, Borno State. Nentawe with...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, ordered the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police, Mr Kayode Egbetokun, to produce two foreign nationals; Etienne Rocher and Pawan Kapur, alongside others, before it for arraignment. Justice Joyce Abdulmalik gave the order following the absence of the defendants in court to take...
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) says the conviction of a 54-year old ‘fake doctor’ will strengthen the association’s work against medical quackery. Its first Vice-President, Dr Benjamin Olowojebutu, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos. Olowojebutu said the NMA was...
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan on Thursday ordered the remand of a 52-year-old man, Taiwo Olaniyan, in Agodi correctional facility for allegedly causing the death of his unborn child. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Olabisi Ogunkanmi, who did not take the defendant’s plea for lack of jurisdiction,...
A Makurdi High Court has ordered the reinstatement of Mr Austin Agada and other elected executives of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Benue chapter, whose tenures were terminated by the party’s National Working Committee (NWC). The presiding judge, Justice Tertsegha Kume, gave the order on Thursday in his verdict...
High Chief Michael Bishop Ayogu, HPNA, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, others Headline Honorees at the 5th Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe Annual Award Lecture 2024 in Abuja The 5th edition of the prestigious Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe Annual Award Lecture 2024 was a momentous celebration of excellence, philanthropy, and societal impact. Held in...
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday welcomed President Bola Tinubu to the country. Macron greeted his counterpart at the historic Invalides memorial complex, with the first official state visit by a Nigerian leader in more than two decades. The two national anthems rang out in the courtyard of one...
An Abuja-based Lawyer, Mr Bala Dakum, on Thursday, narrated how his 85-year-old father, Deh Idi Dakum, was kidnapped and later murdered after ransom was paid. Dakum, while speaking with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, said he is yet to recover from the shock, days after the remains...
The House of Representatives Committee on Defence, on Wednesday in Abuja, began screening of the acting Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede for possible confirmation. The Chairman of the committee Rep. Benson Babajimi (APC-Lagos state) said that the screening was a constitutional mandate of the house. He said...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The trial of former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman continued on Wednesday, November 27, 2024 in the Federal High Court, Abuja, presided over by Justice James Omotosho with the cross-examination of the third Prosecution Witness, (PW3), Colonel Adebisi Adesanya (retd). The cross-examination followed the testimony of the witness on Tuesday, November 26, 2024, in which he disclosed that the former...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai, launched a devastating air strike against terrorists in Kukawa, Borno. The Director, Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force (NAF), Air Commodore Olusola Akinboyewa, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja. Akinboyewa said the NAF...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu, accompanied by Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, First Lady, have arrived in Paris on Wednesday evening for a three-day State Visit to fortify Nigeria-France relations. Touching down at Orly Airport around 5.10 p.m., Tinubu was welcomed with full military honours by the French...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Managing Director of Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Mr Sule Abdulaziz, the Federal Government has spent about N8.8 billion to repair vandalised transmission towers across the country. The Special Adviser on Strategic Communication and Media Relations to the Minister of Power, Bolaji Tunji, announced...
Several members of Donald Trump’s incoming administration have received threats including bomb alerts, the FBI said Wednesday, with one nominee reporting a pipe-bomb scare sent with a pro-Palestinian message. “The FBI is aware of numerous bomb threats and swatting incidents targeting incoming administration nominees and appointees, and we are...
Magistrates in Cross River on Wednesday embarked on a 3-day warning strike over alleged poor welfare and other conditions of service. This is contained in a statement jointly signed by Godwin Onah, Cross River Chairman of Magistrates Association of Nigeria (MAN) and his Secretary, Solomon Abuo in Calabar on...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – Anambra State Police Command has rescued two female kidnapped victims and arrested four suspects in connection with the incident in Idemili South Local Government Area of the state. The command’s spokesman, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, who disclosed this in a statement in Awka on Wednesday,...
The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) has emphasised the importance of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) in the fight against corruption in Nigeria. Chairman of CCB, Dr Abdullahi Bello, made the call at the maiden graduation ceremony of the Behavioral Insights Network, Transparency, and Accountability (BINTA) project in Abuja on Wednesday....