The Police Command in Lagos State says a 25-year old contract staff, whose name was not mentioned, has allegedly jumped into an iron melting pot of his company and died. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday. The...
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The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), FCT Chapter on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a public relations consultancy firm, Drawbridge Communication Management Ltd, aimed at enlarging the public relations ecosystem in the Federal Capital Territory and neighbouring states. At the signing ceremony in...
Team Nigeria ended its campaign at the 2024 Olympic Games on Saturday with no medal to show for efforts which began in Bordeaux a day before the event’s opening ceremony. Before ending its participation a day before the closing ceremony, its athletes had participated in 12 sports. These were...
The management of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) has inaugurated a panel to investigate the allegation of sexual harassment against a professor in the institution’s Faculty of Arts. The university announced the inauguration of the panel in a circular issued by the Secretary of the panel, Mr B....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Banagana Umara Zulum, has approved the reappointment of Engr Baba Shehu Tijjani as the substantive General Manager of Borno State Traffic Management Agency (BOTMA). Engr Baba Shehu was a vehicle inspection officer at the defunct Ministry of Works and Transport between...
Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf has reiterated his commitment to fight corruption in the state. He stated this on Saturday at the opening of a capacity building workshop on anti-corruption principles for directors in the State at Dawakin Kudu, Dawakin Kudu Local Government Area, Kano State. Yusuf, represented by...
The Kaduna State Government has warned that it would no longer tolerate any protest not cleared by security agencies. The government also said that criminals masquerading themselves take advantage of protests to loot and vandalize public and private property and unleash terror on innocent citizens as witnessed on...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – A coalition of youth from Plateau State submitted a charter of demands to Governor Caleb Mutfwang in Jos on Saturday, intended for transmission to President Bola Tinubu. The presentation follows a series of protests led predominantly by youth in Plateau, who marched through...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The paramount ruler of Tiv nation, the Tor Tiv, Prof James Ortese Iorzua Ayatse has described the latest killings and disruption of public order in Ayati communities, Ukum Local Government Area, as barbaric, shocking, and trumatising. A statement by the Special Assistant...
The Chairman of Ajeromi-Ifelodun Local Government Area of Lagos State, Mr Fatai Ayoola, has appealed to music, sports and other superstars, who grew up in the popular Lagos suburb, Ajegunle, to give back to the community. The chairman made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency...
It was a beehive of socioeconomic activities on Saturday as the residents of Kaduna, Kano and Katsina States shunned the one-million-man nationwide protests. Correspondents of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in the three states learnt that hordes of people were seen busy undertaking their routine public and...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Leader of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star (BCS) Olumba Olumba Obu has urged leaders across board that true power lies not in domination or control, but ability to listen, understand and act in the best interest of all. According to the...
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has said there is no leadership tussle in the group following the recent death of its former President-General, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu. Dr Alex Ogbonnia, National Publicity Secretary of the Igbo socio-cultural group, disclosed this on Friday in Enugu, stressing that such speculation by a...
President Bola Tinubu has said ECOWAS would continue to persuade the military leaders of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso to return their nations to the fold. President Tinubu, who is the Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, reaffirmed this position at a meeting...
The Wife of the President, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, has promised to empower 37,000 petty traders across the country as a way of cushioning the effect of the economic difficulty on women. Tinubu made the pledge on Friday in Enugu, when she declared open this year’s August Meeting organised...
The outgoing Head of Service of the Federation (HoS), Mrs Folashade Esan, on Friday presented her successor, Mrs Esther Wilson-Jack to President Bola Tinubu on Friday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Esan said the President made the transition seamless as Wilson-Jack, the incoming Head of Service, spent some...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has called for improved collaboration with the traditional institution to accelerate development and promote peaceful co-existence among the people of the state. Governor Ododo stated this while presenting staff of office to the Akinrin of Ekinrin-Ade His...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Igede Youth Council, in collaboration with the Association of Lawyers from the Conflict Zone, Association of Igede Media Professionals, Igede Medical and Health Professionals Union and Igede Women’s Congress, has announced plans for a National Protest and World Press Conference in Abuja...