The PRIMROSE Movement, comprising founding members of PDP in Lagos State, has aligned with 2023 party’s governorship candidate, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran’s (Jandor) camp ,to revive party. The movement, led by Chief Dapo Sarumi, a former Information Minister, also aligned with the loyalists of the PDP Deputy National Secretary, Mr...
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A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered a final forfeiture of a multi-million naira hotel, Sunflower Hotel Ltd, in Kaduna State, linked to Prof. Vincent Tenebe, a former Vice Chancellor (VC), National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), to the Federal Government. Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the order following...
The Presidency on Sunday said security agencies have not been able to arrest embattled former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello because of the “complicated” nature of the case. Presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga disclosed this while featuring as a guest on the Sunday edition of Inside Sources with Laolu Akande,...
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi SAN will lead other prominent Nigerians in the legal profession, media, and academics, on discussion about how to salvage the image of the Nigerian judiciary at the 2024 Gavel International Annual Conference slated for 29 November,...
A member of APC Transition Committee, Prince Kassim Afegbua, has said the recruitment of 4,000 teachers by Gov. Godwin Obaseki was deliberate to destabilize the incoming government of Sen. Monday Okpebholo. In a statement on Sunday in Benin, Afegbua said that the recruitment of 4,000 teachers by the outgoing...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt — The Nigerian Army has arrested 35 suspected oil thieves accused of operating illegal refineries and breaking into pipelines to siphon crude oil across four Niger Delta states. The spokesman of the Nigerian Army 6 Division, Port Harcourt, Lt.-Col. Danjuma Danjuma, who disclosed this in...
The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has said the fourth body of the Port Harcourt crash victim has been recovered. NSIB spokesperson Bimbo Oladeji, in a statement on Sunday, said, “A floating body was retrieved from the water and was escorted by the Cameroonian Navy to NUIMS Antan, for...
By ESTHER ALEXANDER, Abuja – The Gaza strip’s devastating situation has left its one million children in a dire state, according to Philippe Lazzarini, UNRWA Commissioner-General, who described the area as “the real-world embodiment of hell on earth” for these young victims. This is contained in a statement issued...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has extended warm birthday greetings to his colleague, the Governor of Adamawa State, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, as he celebrates his 57th birthday. Zulum’s statement was released on Thursday by his spokesperson, Dauda Iliya, on Monday, 28 October 2024. Governor Zulum...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – Enugu State Police Comma has begun orderly room trial of Inspector, Joseph Ozonwanji, allegedly involved in the murder of Enugu-based musician, Chikezie Nwamba, popularly known as “Igbo-Jah”. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, said in a statement on Sunday that the orderly...
The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC), on Sunday, urged South-East residents to upgrade their pre-paid meters before Nov. 24. The EEDC Head of Corporate Communications, Mr Emeka Ezeh, told newsmen in Enugu. “This is due to the Token Identifier (TID) rollover, an exercise that affects all Standard Transfer Specification...
Former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar has urged the Federal Government to honour former Chairman of defunct National Electoral Commission Prof. Humphrey Nwosu’s legacy in electoral reform and management. Nwosu oversaw the historic June 12, 1993 election won by the late Chief MKO Abiola, which was later annulled by the military...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – Kogi State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Abdulazeez Adams, has said that from October 28 to November 3, 2024, the State will host the much-anticipated “Save a Life” initiative, spearheaded by the State’s Commissioner for Health in collaboration with the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF). This...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – Dr. Hassan Saliu of the Department of Political Science, University of Ilorin has stressed that Nigerians need to get value for their investments in democracy for them to bond with their governments. The university don stated this Sunday while presenting a paper titled: “Towards...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Federation of Muslim Women Association in Nigeria (FOMWAN) in collaboration with the Borno State Flood Disaster Food Relief Material Committee have donated relief materials worth N10.2 million to 500 pregnant and nursing women, who are victims of the recent flood disaster in Maiduguri...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Speaker of Borno State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Abdulkarim Lawan has called on the Federal Government to buy a new aircraft for Vice President, Kashim Shettima. Lawan in a statement on Sunday lamented that the precious life of the Vice President who...
Many pensioners have urged the Federal Government and their Pension Fund Administration (PFA) to pay them their annuity and pension entitlements while they are still alive. The pensioners in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday, said they need their money to take...
Six persons sustained varying degrees of injury on Sunday when a Volkswagen commercial bus collided with a Toyota Camry car on the Lagos-Badagry expressway. Mr William Manga, the Unit Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Badagry Command, confirmed the incident in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
The FCT Emergency Management Department (FEMD) has recovered seven dead bodies of iron scavengers who invaded the site of a demolished building in Sabon Lugbe, a suburb of Abuja. Director of the department, Mr. Abdulrahman Mohammed, who disclosed this to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at the site on...