October 31, 2026

Nigerian News

APGA leadership tussle: I’ve accepted Supreme Court verdict – Njoku

APGA leadership tussle: I’ve accepted Supreme Court verdict – Njoku

Offor Callistus November 29, 2024
Chief Edozie Njoku said he has resolved to abide by the Supreme Court judgment which removed him as the National Chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Supreme Court had, on Wednesday, declared Sylvester Ezeokenwa as the national chairman of...
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FG hands over completed $3bn Port Harcourt-Aba railway project to NRC

Offor Callistus November 29, 2024
The Federal Government has handed over the completed 62-kilometre, 3.02 billion dollars Port Harcourt-Aba railway project to the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC). The Port Harcourt-Aba section is part of the larger Port Harcourt-Maiduguri Eastern Narrow Guage railway project, initiated under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Mr Ayo Dada,...
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Closing gender gaps can add N15trn to GDP annually – Minister images 1 2024 11 29T055409.116

Closing gender gaps can add N15trn to GDP annually – Minister

Offor Callistus November 29, 2024
Minister of Women Affairs, Hajiya Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, said closing gender gaps has the potential to add N15 trillion to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Productivity (GDP) annually by 2025. Sulaiman-Ibrahim stated this on Thursday in Abuja at the joint UN Accountability Forum and Orange/Lighting ceremony, themed: ” Towards Beijing +30: Unite...
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Plateau set to emerge as hub for tech ecosystems

Offor Callistus November 29, 2024
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos– The Plateau State Government has reaffirmed its commitment to creating a supportive environment for a thriving tech ecosystem that will enhance economic activities in the region. Governor Caleb Mutfwang emphasized that his administration prioritizes empowering the younger generation to harness their potential in the tech...
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Ndume bags The Sun Courage in Leadership Award for defending plights of Nigerians Senator Ali Ndume

Ndume bags The Sun Courage in Leadership Award for defending plights of Nigerians

Offor Callistus November 28, 2024
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume (APC Borno South) has bagged ‘The Sun Newspaper Courage in Leadership 2024’ by standing and always defending the plights of Nigerian Masses, especially his constituents at the National Assembly. Recall that even at the last Wednesday Plenary presided over by...
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Ododo unveils blueprint for Kogi State’s urban revitalization IMG 20241128 WA0000

Ododo unveils blueprint for Kogi State’s urban revitalization

Offor Callistus November 28, 2024
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Ododo, has unveiled an ambitious plan to revolutionize the state’s urban and housing landscape. The Governor announced this development during a 2-day symposium themed: “Modern Housing and Urban Development” held at the Glass House, Government House in Lokoja. The governor...
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Tax reform bills propose new sharing formula, cede 55% to state govt. 20241120 145059

Tax reform bills propose new sharing formula, cede 55% to state govt.

Offor Callistus November 28, 2024
The Senate, on Thursday, resumed its debate on the Tax Reform Bills. The bills are a set of four legislative proposals to increase Value-Added Tax (VAT) distributable to the sub national governments to 55 per cent while reducing the federal government’s share to 10 per cent. These far-reaching initiatives...
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Alleged $6bn fraud: EFCC’s charge amendment, an overreach – Agunloye tells court Former Minister Of Power And Steel, Olu Agunloye

Alleged $6bn fraud: EFCC’s charge amendment, an overreach – Agunloye tells court

Offor Callistus November 28, 2024
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....
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Taraba State University excluded from N70,000 minimum wage, other benefits – ASUU laments IMG 20241128 WA0051

Taraba State University excluded from N70,000 minimum wage, other benefits – ASUU laments

Offor Callistus November 28, 2024
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...
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Humanitarian Minister distributes relief items to IDPs in Borno IMG 20241128 WA0045

Humanitarian Minister distributes relief items to IDPs in Borno

Offor Callistus November 28, 2024
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...
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Alleged N37.6m fraud: Court orders IG to produce foreign nationals, others for arraignment Court

Alleged N37.6m fraud: Court orders IG to produce foreign nationals, others for arraignment

Offor Callistus November 28, 2024
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...
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Conviction of ‘fake doctor’ will strengthen anti-quackery efforts – NMA NMA

Conviction of ‘fake doctor’ will strengthen anti-quackery efforts – NMA

Offor Callistus November 28, 2024
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...
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Court remands man for allegedly causing death of his unborn child

Offor Callistus November 28, 2024
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,...
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