y DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The Presidency has clarified that there was no leadership vacuum in the country, with President Bola Tinubu and his Vice Kashimu Shettima out of the country. Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga, said in a statement on Wednesday that...
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Jigawa State Governor, Umar Namadi has promised to sponsor treatment of victims of the tanker explosion in Majia town of Taura Local Government Area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that over 100 persons lost their lives and 50 others injured when a petrol tanker...
Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana and his son, Folarin have asked popular cross dresser, Idris Okuneye also known as Bobrisky to immediately retract the defamatory and derogatory statements regarding their involvement in an alleged N10m bribe. The Falanas also demanded an apology prominently aired or published on all...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has disclosed that the state will pay N85,000 minimum wage to its workers, which is N15,000 higher than the N70,000 approved by the Federal Government in July. President Bola Tinubu signed the new N70,000 minimum wage bill into law in July, ending months of...
The Federal Government on Wednesday met with the leadership of the Organised Labour at the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, Abuja. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, led the Federal Government’s side; while the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress...
Vice President Kashim Shettima on Wednesday departed Abuja for a two-day bilateral engagement with Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and Mr Tage Erlander, Swedish Prime Minister. Special Assistant to the President, Media and Communications, Office of the Vice President, Mr Stanley Nkwocha, said this in a statement. Shettima is...
Resident doctors at Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH) has urged the Governing Council of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, to reverse alleged exclusion of clinical lecturers from contesting for the institution’s vice-chancellor. The doctors under the aegis of Association of Resident Doctors (ARD)-NAUTH made the call on Wednesday as...
In its continued efforts to discourage the entry of dangerous drugs into Nigeria, the Apapa Ports Customs Command has seized illicit drugs worth N1.1 billion conveyed in four units of 40ft containers. Comptroller Babatunde Olomu said this in a statement through the Public Relations Officer of the command, Chief...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno Police Command has recaptured a 24 year old Auwalu Aminu, also known as “Auwalu Kirkir.” Aminu is an escaped convict who had been serving a jail term for criminal conspiracy and theft. A statement by the police spokesman, ASP Nahum Daso, said...
By MHMM KUJE, Abuja- The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Wednesday expressed sadness at the reported death of 105 persons in Tuesday’s petrol tanker explosion in Majia town in Jigawa. The NGF, in a statement in Ilorin by its Chairman, Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, noted that the circumstances surrounding the...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu has said the state contributes approximately 40 percent of the total onions consumed in Nigeria, thus making the state the highest producer in the country. The governor, who made this submission at the ongoing 6th International Conference On Onion...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The Director General, National Orientation Agency (NOA), Onilu Isa has announced the creation of Citizens Brigade in Nigeria to add to the existing nrigades. The Director General of NOA disclosed this during a press briefing at the Benue State Directorates office, Federal Secretariat...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto state government said it has purchased no fewer than 186,000 bags of rice at the cost of over 14 billion naira and would sell same to the people of the state at a 55 percent subsidized rate. Speaking during the flagging off of...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu has assured residents of the state that his administration is dedicated to resetting the state’s development agenda to restore and establish the state as a prosperous sub-national entity. During an interactive session with select resident business leaders and...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Benue State Government has flagged off the distribution of the second phase of the Federal Government palliatives secured to cushion the hardship of people in Benue State. Performing the ceremony on Thursday at IBB square Makurdi, Governor Hyacinth Alia appreciated the President Tinubu...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has directed the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, to lead a Federal Government delegation to Jigawa in response to Tuesday night inferno in Majia town, which claimed over 100 lives. The government delegation will comprise...
Minister of State, Petroleum Resources (Oil), Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri, has directed the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), to investigate the circumstances surrounding petrol tanker explosion in Jigawa. Lokpobiri expressed sorrow over the incident that occurred at Majiya town I Taura Local Government Area of Jigawa on...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, says FCT is open for business and streamlining processes to make it easier for investors to set up and operate. Wike stated this in Abuja on Wednesday, at the first edition of the Abuja Business and Investment Summit,...