By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Following series of outcries and appeals from concerned citizens and legitimate scrape metal dealers popularly known as Ajakuta, the Executive Governor of Borno State has approved the appointment Nasiru Ali Surundi as Chairman, Committee to Review the Ban on Metal Scavenging in Borno State,...
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Chairman, Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area of Enugu State, Dr Eric Odo, has vowed to arrest parents of any child hawking goods during school hours. Odo said on Monday that he would do his best to reposition public schools in the council area as a strategy to end out-of-school syndrome....
Foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) leading economies plan to reach a common position on the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at their meeting on Monday. Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, who is hosting the two-day conference...
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has donated a 720,000-litre-per-day capacity Oxygen Plant to the Yobe State Government to help reduce neonatal mortality rates. UNICEF’s Country Representative in Nigeria, Cristian Mundate, handed over the facility to a representative of the state government on Monday in Damaturu. She emphasised the importance...
Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday began probing Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) indicted in the 2023 Auditor-General’s Report. The Chairman, House Committee on Public Account (State), Mr Kehinde Joseph, made this known when the committee received the first set of government officials summoned to respond to queries...
By HARUNA AHMED, Katsina– Katsina State Police Command has successfully rescued 14 passengers from kidnapping by bandits in Dan’arau village, in Magama-Jibia, Jibia local government area. The command’s spokesman, ASP Abubakar Aliyu, who stated this in a statement, said that the incident occurred on Sunday at about 7:55 p.m....
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) and other emergency services have rescued a Toyota Camry driver from under a 40ft container. The General Manager of LASTMA, Mr Olalekan Bakare-Oki, disclosed this in a statement signed on Monday by Mr Taofiq Adebayo, Director, Public...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum commenced the distribution of about 100 trucks of food items donated to the state by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Ngala local government area. The distribution took place on Monday at designated centres for residents of Gamboru, Ngala,...
A non-governmental organisation (NGO), DOHS Cares Foundation, has said it is embarking on a mini-marathon to sensitise the public on the dangers of femicide. Its Founder, Mrs Ololade Ajayi, said this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos. According to...
The Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), has destroyed terrorists’ food depot and killed several in airstrikes in their enclave at Jubillaram in the Tumbuns area of Lake Chad Basin. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force (NAF), Air...
Media aide to the immediate past governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, Crusoe Osagie, has said that the move by Governor Monday Okpebholo to probe Obaseki’s government is a smokescreen to mask his incompetence and unpreparedness for office. In a statement, Osagie said Okpebholo is devoid of ideas and...
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, says Nigeria remains the most viable aviation market in the whole of Africa. He said that with the potential to become an African aviation hub, it is high time the country started to open its market to attract investors who...
The Coalition of Opposition Lawmakers in the House of Representatives has called for the reconstitution of the national leadership of the main opposition party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The coalition made the call in a statement issued by its spokesman, Rep. Ikenga Ugochinyere (PDP-Imo) on Sunday in Abuja....
By EMMANUEL JIMOH, Benin – Former Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has mourned the death of the oldest Catholic Priest in Nigeria, Monsignor Thomas Oleghe, who died on Sunday in Benin City. Obaseki, in a statement by his media aide, Crusoe Osagie, described him as a great missionary of...
The Nigerian Chapter of the International Press Institute (IPI Nigeria) will hold its annual general congress on 11 and 12 December in Abuja, Nigeria’s federal capital, the organisation has announced. Ahmed Shekarau, the group’s secretary, released a statement on Sunday stating that the annual congress would be a three-part...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, was in Ngala Local Government Area on Sunday to assess the destruction caused by flooding in the region. Gamboru Ngala is a market town on the shores of Lake Chad near the Cameroon-Nigeria border. Zulum also shared relief items...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, has stressed the need for institutional collaboration in driving National development. Air Marshal Abubakar who made indication during a courtesy visit to the Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Architect...
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted sunshine and dust haze from Monday to Wednesday across the nation. NiMet`s weather outlook released on Sunday in Abuja predicted slight dust haze on Monday in the northern region with localised visibility of 2Km to 5Km over the region throughout the forecast...
A Lagos State Taskforce has impounded 128 commercial motorcycles popularly known as “Okada”, for operating illegally in some parts of the state. The Chairman of the taskforce, CSP Adetayo Akerele, disclosed this in a statement, signed by the Director, Press and Public Affairs, Mr Gbadeyan Abdulraheem, on Sunday in...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos– Dangote Refinery has announced a price reduction for petrol, lowering the cost from N990 to N970 per litre for marketers. The Chief Branding and Communications Officer of Dangote Group, Anthony Chiejina, announced this in a statement issued on Sunday in Lagos. Chiejina said the move...