By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF ) in partnership with the Federal Ministry of Health and Global Partners including Gavi, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and others procured and donated 669,569 oral cholera vaccine doses to the Borno State Government following the outbreak of...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – As Kogi State joins the global community to celebrate the 2024 International Day of the Girl Child, First Lady of the state, Hajia Sefinat Usman Ododo has called on stakeholders across Nigeria to rally behind girls to excel in their chosen careers. The First...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – As parts of measure to curb the increasing cases of gender based violence in the nation’s capital, the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has taken the campaign to the six area councils in the Territory. Speaking at the sensitization workshop for desk officers in...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri- Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, on Thursday night, commissioned two projects constructed by his administration in Biu Local Government Area in the southern part of the state. The projects include a housing estate for teachers in Buratai town and a new secondary school in Tum...
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has demanded the return of petrol prices to what they were as of June 2023. “We want the price of the product to go below what it was before; not just reverse to what it was before but to go below,” said TUC President,...
Another faction of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Benue State has elected members of the State Working Committee to run the affairs of the party. The faction which claimed to be original PDP inaugurated its state officials on Thursday at the state secretariat of the party in Makurdi....
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressive Congress (APC) have disagreed over the modalities and timing for the inspection of election materials used in the just concluded Edo governorship election. The election petition tribunal had ordered INEC to release all electoral materials used in the election to...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has claimed victory in all 17 local government areas (LGAs) of Plateau State following chairmanship and councillorship elections conducted on October 9, 2024. The results were announced by the Plateau State Independent Electoral Commission (PLASIEC) on Thursday. During a...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman, Makurdi Local Government Area, Mr. Paul Tion has emphasized his readiness to reclaim Makurdi from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Speaking during the official take over of the affairs of the party in Makurdi, the Chairman...
The Federal Road Safety Commission, (FRSC), Gombe State Command said that witches were not responsible for road traffic crashes but recklessness of road users. The Sector Commander, Gombe State Command of FRSC, Mr Samson Kaura, stated this in Gombe on Thursday while briefing journalists on efforts to ensure safety...
A former Presidential spokesperson, Dr Doyin Okupe, says Nigerians criticising President Bola Tinubu’s trip to the United Kingdom for a two-week holiday are uninformed. Okupe expressed the view in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) on Thursday in Lagos. He spoke against the backdrop of criticisms of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Government has confirmed that only six repentant Boko Haram insurgents escaped and not 13 as being insinuated. The repentant insurgents had surrendered under the state government’s reconciliation programme. The Commissioner for Information and Internal Security, Prof. Usman Tar, revealed this in...
Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, on Thursday, named Miss Nigeria Universe pageant, Chidimma Adesina, the brand ambassador of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Adetshina was crowned new queen after beating 25 other contestants from states in Nigeria in the Miss Universe Nigeria 2024 pageant...
Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu says the African Continent is richly endowed but most of its potential are yet to be fully tapped. Tinubu said this while declaring open a two-day maiden edition of a programms: “Elevate Africa” on Thursday in Abuja. The theme of the programme is:...
The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) says that full passenger operations on the Lagos Rail Mass Transit Red Line will begin on October 15. The Managing Director of LAMATA, Mrs Abimbola Akinajo, confirmed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang has officially swore in 15 newly elected Local Government Area (LGA) chairmen in Jos, following the elections held over the weekend by the Plateau State Independent Electoral Commission (PLASIEC). Hailing the transparency and credibility of the electoral process, Governor...
Mr Gyogon Grimah on Thursday assumed duty as the 43rd Commissioner of Police(CP), Kaduna State Command. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Mansir Hassan, announced in a statement he issued in Kaduna. Hassan said,”The Command wishes to inform the public that Mr Grimah has assumed duty on...
Former President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday despatched ten of his ex-ministers to condole former minister of women affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen, following the death of her son, Richard Tallen. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Richard, the only son of the one-time deputy governor of Plateau, died...
The Federal Government is to establish three military formations in Sokoto State to support military operations in the fight against banditry and other forms of criminality. The Minister of State Defence, Dr Bello Matawalle, made this known on Thursday when he led military personnel to reopen the Marnona-Gundumi-Isa road...
By ESTHER ALEXANDER, Abuja – The Palestinian Authority has called on the United Nations to form an international investigation committee to investigate and hold accountable all those who committed genocide and war crimes before, on, and after October 7. This request comes after the recent escalation of violence in...