By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja today for the United Kingdom to begin a two-week vacation, part of his yearly leave. A statement by the Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga, said the President would use the two weeks...
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An Ekiti State High Court in Ado-Ekiti has sentenced a 71-year old man, Sule Adeola, to life imprisonment for raping a minor. The convict was arraigned before Justice Blessing Ajileye on June 22, 2023, on a charge of raping his friend’s grand-daughter. In her judgment, Ajileye said, it was...
An Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court , on Wednesday, ordered that a 42-year-old man, Christopher Israel, should be remanded in the correctional centre for allegedly raping his 22-year-old daughter. The police charged Israel with rape and assault. The Magistrate, Mrs Olubunmi Bamidele, did not take Israel’s plea for want in jurisdiction....
Israel declared UN chief Antonio Guterres “persona non grata” on Wednesday, accusing him of failing to specifically condemn Iran’s missile attack on Israel. “Anyone who cannot unequivocally condemn Iran’s heinous attack on Israel does not deserve to step foot on Israeli soil,” said Foreign Minister Israel Katz in a...
President Masoud Pezeshkian insisted Wednesday that Iran was “not looking for war” but pledged a stronger response if Israel retaliates for its missile attack. “If it (Israel) wants to react, we will have a stronger response, this is what the Islamic Republic is committed to,” Pezeshkian said in a...
Kebbi State Governor, Nasir Idris on Wednesday, has given a Toyota Land Cruiser each to the four First Class Emirs in the state. Presenting keys to the vehicles to the emirs in Birnin Kebbi, Idris said the aim was in recognition of their role as facilitators of peace, security...
The House of Representatives Minority Caucus has congratulated the Speaker of the Lower Chamber, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas, as he marks his 59th birthday. This caucus, in a congratulatory message issued by the Minority Leader, Rep. Kingsley Chinda (PDP-Rivers), on Wednesday in Abuja, applauded Abbas on his commitment to nation...
Some youths in Ondo State have staged a protest and demanded for the removal of Mrs Oluwatoyin Babalola, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state. The youths, who marched through major roads in Akure and finally to the INEC State office in Alagbaka...
The Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) has commenced the repairs of the dilapidated Anyigba-Ankpa-Otukpo road that links Kogi and Benue states. The Managing Director of FERMA, Mr Chukwuemeka Agbasi, made the disclosure on Wednesday when he visited the Onu Ankpa, Alhaji Abdulmalik Umar, after an inspection tour of the...
Former governor of Benue, Samuel Ortom, has expressed confidence that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would sweep all 23 chairmanships and 276 councillorship elections in the Saturday local government polls. Ortom stated this at the party’s campaign flag-off on Wednesday in Makurdi. The former governor said that his party...
A Kano State High Court, on Wednesday, fixed Oct.10, for ruling in an interlocutory application seeking to restrain the 15th Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado-Bayero, from renovating the Nassarawa Mini Palace. The applicants are the Kano State Government, Attorney General of Kano and Kano Emirate Council, through their...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo- Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas has approved the appointment of Surveyor Joshua Mark Ma’aku as the Director General of Taraba State Geographic Information Services (TAGIS). In a press statement released from the office of the Chief Press Secretary to the Taraba State government and made available...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State Independence Electoral Commission (NASIEC), has fixed November 2, 2024, for elections of Chairmen and Councillors of Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the state. chairman of NASIEC, Barr Ayuba Wandai, announced this at the press conference at the commission’s office in Lafia, on...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development, a non-governmental organization based in Maiduguri, has organized a two-day training workshop for victims, survivors, and relations of Boko Haram insurgency. The workshop, held on October 1-2, 2024, at the Allamin Foundation Maiduguri Office, aimed to educate...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A Borno indigene, who is serving as CMD in Canada’s prominent hospital, Prof. Abba Aji, has donated the sum of 75 million naira to flood victims in Maiduguri, the state capital. Professor Adam Abba-Aji’s humanitarian delegation from Canada visited Government House Maiduguri, bringing donations...
As part of his sympathy visit to Borno State, the Director General of Federal Radio Cooperation of Nigeria (FRCN), Dr. Mohammed Bulama, held a side Meeting with the Honourable Commissioner for Information and Internal Security, Prof. Usman Tar, in Maiduguri. The DG stated that FRCN is planning to take...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A delegation from Alumni Association of the National Institute (AANI), National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Vom , Bukuru-Jos led by the President, Ambassador Emmanuel Obi Okafor mni, paid a sympathy visit to the Governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulumto.commiseeate with him,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Government has donated solar panels, batteries, equipment and Walkie-talkies to the Nigeria Police Force, Borno State Command with a view to activating a Joint Operation Centre. The Centre is to serve as Communication unit for Intelligence Sharing amongst security agencies in...
Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has announced the recovery of N13 billion diverted public funds in September. ICPC Chairman, Dr Musa Aliyu, SAN, who made the announcement in his address of welcome at the launch of ICPC Strategic Action Plan 2024-2028 on Wednesday in Abuja,...
The Police Command in Rivers has refuted claims that its officers sealed off the office of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC). There were earlier reports that the RSIEC secretariate in Port Harcourt was sealed following a Federal High Court order halting the local government council elections scheduled...