Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has said President Bola Tinubu is entrenching good governance through the Renewed Hope Agenda. Wike stated this in Abuja on Tuesday, when he inspected the ongoing construction of five-kilometre Saburi – Dei Dei road, awarded to Lubrik Construction Company in...
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OSun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke is expected to present the 2025 budget before the state House of Assembly on Wednesday. The Speaker of the House, Mr Adewale Egbedun, disclosed this on Tuesday during plenary. According to Egbedun, the governor forwarded a letter dated Nov. 11, with a title “Laying...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – In a significant display of leadership and dedication to community welfare, Hon. Ishaya David Lalu, PhD, the representative for the Mangu/Bokkos federal constituency, has officially unveiled the 2024 Lalu Health Initiative. This initiative, developed in collaboration with Eden Compassion and Health Missions International and...
Sen. Mohammed Ndume (APC-Borno) and Sen. Shehu Sani have differed on the President Bola Tinubu’s proposed Tax Reform Bills before the National Assembly. Ndume, a former Senate Chief Whip, in a statement in Abuja on Monday, described the bills as ‘ill-timed’, given the economic challenges Nigerians are currently facing....
Moses Simon, Samuel Chukwueze were among early birds to the Super Eagles’ camp on Monday in Coted’Ivoire, ahead of preparation for their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Benin Republic. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that six other players, Amas Obasogie,Raphael Onyedika, Frank Onyeka, Bruno Onyemaechi,...
Executive Secretary, National Senior Secondary Education Commission (NSSEC) has said 40 per cent of the 2024 National Examination Council (NECO) candidates may not proceed to tertiary institutions for no credit in Mathematics and English Language. Ajayi said this on Tuesday in Calabar during his address at a five-day...
Dozens of world leaders are set to give speeches at the UN’s Climate Change Conference in Azerbaijan on Tuesday, setting the tone for the two-week negotiations. Among others, UN Secretary General António Guterres is expected to speak. Representatives from almost 200 states are attending the summit, known as COP29,...
…Says NNPC to unveil 12 CNG Stations Soon By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd, Mele Kyari has reiterated the company’s commitment to resolving Nigeria’s energy trilemma, by ensuring energy security, sustainable growth and energy affordability. Kyari disclosed this...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to fostering dialogue, reconciliation, and healing among all ethnic nationalities that make up our great nation. In a special message commemorating the 2024 Ogoni Martyrs Remembrance Day, President Tinubu said he was in solidarity with...
By LEKAN AGBOOLA, Ilorin – In response fuel scarcity across the country, the Nigeria Customs Service task force against fuel smuggling, Operation Whirlwind has intensified its crackdown on fuel smuggling, recently seizing 67,000 liters of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) valued at approximately N84.8 million along the Kwara and Niger...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Benue State Chapter has accused Governor Hyacinth Alia’ s aides and some local government chairmen for been overzealous by arbitrary banning and incessant disruption of thanksgiving services and peaceful assembly. The party accused the Governor’s aides for the...
No fewer than 13 persons have been killed in a collapsed mining site in Bassa Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau. The Chairman of Bassa LGA, Dr Joshua Riti, confirmed this to newsmen on Monday in Jos. Riti, who expressed sadness over the number of deaths recorded, said that...
The Senate Minority Leader, Sen. Abba Moro (PDP/Benue South), says that the People’s Democracy Party (PDP) Senate caucus was yet to take a position on the party’s national chairmanship seat. Moro made the disclosure on Monday in Makurdi while interacting with newsmen shortly after the PDP Benue chapter’s expanded...
The Head of Lagbaja Family of Ilobu kingdom, Mr Demola Lagbaja, has said it is regrettable that the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Taoheed Lagbaja, did not enjoy life outside the military. The family head spoke on Monday while receiving the St. Charles Grammar School, Osogbo, Old...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – FCT Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, has identified the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) programme as a cornerstone of national integration and development since its inception in 1973. A statement issued by her Special Adviser on Media, Austine Elemue, said the Minister made...
The Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki, Ebonyi capital on Monday, nullified the recent ward, council and state congresses of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. The court also restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the second defendant in the suit from recognising any of the...
The Israeli military said on Monday that the Lebanese Shiite militia Hezbollah fired around 165 rockets into the north of Israel. According to the Magen David Adom rescue service, a total of six people were injured, including a one-year-old child, in the Karmiel area of the Galilee and in...
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) says three persons lost their lives when a Dangote truck (DCG-TM-028), experienced a brake failure while descending from Ita-Opo, Epe. The LASTMA General Manager, Mr Olalekan Bakare-Oki, confirmed this in a statement on Monday in Lagos. The statement was signed by Mr...
The Superintendent Pastor of the Citadel Global Community Church (CGCC), Tunde Bakare, on Monday donated N250 million to charity. The money was a birthday gift presented to Bakare by his church members. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Bakare clocked 70 on Nov. 11, 2024. The event...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari, has declared open a five days 46th regular meeting of the National Council on Agriculture and Food Security (NCAFS) opened in Calabar the Cross River State’s capital with the theme: ‘Resilience to climate change towards Sustainable Food...