The Senate, on Wednesday, screened the acting Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, behind closed doors. Chairman of the Senate Committee on Army, Sen. Abdulaziz Yar’adua, before the screening, recalled that the senate, had, at its sitting on Tuesday, read President Bola Tinubu’s request urging them to...
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The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in Adamawa has intercepted smuggled Petroleum Motor Spirit (PMS) valued at N18.5m. Also intercepted by the service in its operations along the Nigeria-Cameroon border in Adamawa and Taraba states within the past two months are five vehicles and two motorcycles. The National Coordinator “Operation...
Former Director-General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Alhaji Idi Farouk, has described Dangote Oil Refinery as Nigeria’s pride that must be guided against any sabotage. Farouk, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Wednesday, advised President Bola Tinubu to ensure his directive...
The immediate past deputy president of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Alhassan Yahaya, has been elected as the national president of the Union. Alhassan Yahaya won the election during the 8th Triennial delegates conference held in Owerri, Imo State with 436 votes, while Mr Tunde Atunbi polled 97...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – No fewer than three suspected bandits have been killed by a joint team of security agents during a gun battle in Alkaleri Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Auwal Muhammad, stated this in an interview with journalists...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – Former Vice Chancellor of Kwararafa University, Wukari, Professor Yakubu Aboki Ochefu, has urged Nigeria’s Tertiary Institutions to embrace digital education in view of its enormous benefits to students, lecturers and institutions. Professor Ochefu who was also the immediate past Secretary General, Committee of Vice...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Ododo, has received widespread praise from labour leaders for his administration’s commitment to enhancing workers’ welfare in the state. This commendation came during an intimate dinner and roundtable dialogue between the Deputy Governor, Joel Salifu, and labour leaders at the...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – The Kogi State Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project (Kogi L-PRES), has been selected by World Bank as one of five implementing States to host Livestock Service Center (LSC). The State Project Coordinator of Kogi L-PRES, Dr. Olufemi Bolarin, disclosed this in a press...
An Abuja High Court, on Wednesday fixed Dec. 10 for ruling in the bail application filed by former governor of Kogi, Yahaya Bello of Kogi and two others. Justice Maryann Anenih fixed the date after counsel for the prosecution, Kemi Pinheiro, SAN, and the defence, Joseph Daudu, SAN, presented...
The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, restrained Chief Edozie Njoku from parading himself as national chairman, All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). A five-member panel of justices, led by Justice Stephen Adah, affirmed the emergence of Sly Ezeokenwa as the authentic national chairman of APGA. The apex court, in two unanimous...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Jami’u Abiola as his Senior Special Assistant on Linguistics and Foreign Matters. The Director, Information and Public Relations, office of Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Segun Imohiosen, disclosed this in a statement...
The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Adm. Emmanuel Ogalla, has reiterated the commitment of the Nigerian Navy towards ensuring a peaceful, secure, and prosperous Gulf of Guinea (GoG). Ogalla gave the commitment on Wednesday, at the opening of the 8th edition Symposium of Heads of Navies and Coastguards...
Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni has flagged off the disbursement of N2.93 billion to 40,000 flood victims and small-scale business owners in the state. Buni said on Wednesday in Damaturu that 25,000 of the beneficiaries were victims of 2024 floods and vulnerable groups, while 15,000 others were small-scale...
A woman, Wuraola Surajudeen, on Wednesday prayed an Area Court in Ilorin, to grant her divorce two weeks after her marriage to husband, Surajudeen Iya-Onitasi on grounds of “lack of love and affection”. She told the court that she was once married before her wedding to Iya-Onitasi. ”I divorced...
A Kano State High Court on Wednesday, reserved ruling in a suit filed by the National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and others from withholding Kano Local Government allocations. The applicant’s are Chairman of NULGE, Ibrahim Muhd, Ibrahim Uba Shehu, Ibrahim...
The Trade Unions Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has called on the Federal Government to pay the remaining three months’ arrears of the Wage Award and review the Nigerian Labour Laws. This demand was made on Wednesday at the 7th Registrar of Trade Unions’ Annual National Workshop, which aimed to...
Years after it went comatose, the Port-Harcourt Refinery rose up from ‘death’, courtesy of the seriousness attached to the all-important plant by its owners, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (NNPCL). Little did stakeholders anticipate such a milestone could be swiftly achieved, boosting Nigeria’s domestic refining capacity. After years...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The World Health Organization (WHO) Country Representative, Dr. Kazadi Walter, has said the organization has reached around 2 million people, which is about 54.4% of the targeted population, through 58 implementing partners. These partners according to him are spread across 27 locations in Borno,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Government officials and traditional rulers recently met at a one-day town hall meeting to discuss the demands of survivors and victims of insurgency in the state. The meeting, organized by the Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development, aimed to address the plight...
…Calls for thorough investigations to sustain prosecution Governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), in the 2023 Kogi State Gubernatorial Election, Alhaji Murtala Yakubu Ajaka, has commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), for taking a bold and commendable step by arresting and detaining the former Governor...