By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum has announced a plan to revive the state-owned tomato factory located along the Maiduguri-Damaturu highway. The governor announced the plan on Sunday when he paid an unscheduled assessment visit to the factory. During the visit, Zulum directed that...
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Flood has hit most parts of Makurdi, the Benue Capital and rendered hundreds of the residents temporarily homeless, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports. A correspondent of the agency, who went round Makurdi on Sunday reports that worse hit areas included Achussah, Jerome Hwande street, Ankpa quarters...
The Seme Area Command of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Saturday evening received 66 trafficked Nigerians from Ghana. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 66 trafficked Nigerians arrived Seme-Krake Joint Border Post office of immigration at about 4.00.p.m. NAN also reports that there are 59...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Frantic bids by drug syndicates to smuggle in and out of Nigeria consignments of Cocaine and Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis concealed in incense candles, game packs, dry hibiscus leaves and ladies’ native wears through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, and some...
The Katsina State Hisbah Board has destroyed seized alcohol and other illicit drugs worth N60 million in Funtua Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. The Hisbah Commander in the state, Dr Aminu Usman, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Katsina on...
A presidential aide, Mr Bayo Onanuga, has accused supporters of Mr Peter Obi, Labour Party’s candidate in the 2023 presidential election, of planning protests across the country. Onanuga, Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, who was emphatic that Obi’s supporters were planning to stage...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Damaturu – As part of efforts to ensure food security and stimulate economic growth across Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has launched the Yobe State Agricultural Empowerment Programme in Damaturu, the state capital. The initiative, which includes the provision of agricultural machinery and implements, is...
Nigerian doctor and visual artist, Fola David, has made history by surpassing the existing Guinness World Records (GWR) for the world’s largest drawing by an individual. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that his massive artwork, spanning an impressive 850 square meters, has surpassed the previous record...
The Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM) Worldwide has done it again. This time, one of the the Church’s choir groups – MFM Mountain Top Chorale, has won a gold medal at the 2024 World Choir Games in Auckland, New Zealand. The World Choir Games is...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State Governor, Abduallahi Sule has commended the member representing Nasarawa Central constituency at the Nasarawa State House of Assembly (NSHA), Hon Hajarat Danyaro Ibrahim, for her efforts geared towards developing her constituency in the last one year. The Governor, gave the commendation...
By AUSTINE TSENZUGHUL, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has attended a solemn reception in Lagos to honor the life and legacy of Madam Florence Saraki, mother of former Senate President Bukola Saraki. The event brought together dignitaries and well-wishers to pay tribute to the extraordinary woman...
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted thunderstorms and rains from Sunday to Tuesday across the country. NiMet`s weather outlook released on Saturday in Abuja, forecast thunderstorms on Sunday with rains over parts of Adamawa, Taraba, Borno, Kebbi, Kaduna, Gombe, and Yobe States during the morning hours. “Later...
Chief Executive Officer/Programme Director, Presidential Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Initiative, Mr Michael Oluwagbemi, has said about 30,000 CNG conversion kits have been procured to be distributed to commercial drivers within 90 days. Oluwagbemi disclosed this at the Park-to–Park CNG Conversion Mobilisation on Saturday in Lagos. He added that...
The Deputy Governor of Edo, Philip Shaibu on Saturday officially defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Shaibu alongside other members of the PDP legacy coalition group announced his defection in Benin at the inauguration of the National Campaign Council of the...
The Chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Osun Chapter, Mr Christopher Arapasopo, has said joint labour unions have agreed to enforce the new N70,000 minimum wage in all the states and any state that fails to pay will be shutdown. Arapasopo, in an interview with the News Agency of...
An NGO, The International Centre for Sexual Reproductive Rights (INCRESE) says it is not promoting gay or lesbianism in Niger State. The NGO was reacting to a recent social post by an individual that it promotes gay and lesbianism activities in the state. Executive Director and Founder of...
The Federal Government has fined the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, Meta Platforms Inc., the sum of $220m for an unauthorised appropriation of personal data without user consent, discriminatory practices against Nigerian users, and the abuse of Meta’s dominant market position. A statement by the...
The leadership of the House of Representatives have visited the Dangote Petroleum Refinery in Lagos. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, led the lawmakers who arrived at the refinery located in the Lekki Free Trade Zone in Lagos around 11am. Africa’s richest man and President...
“We read with dismay, the publication by Mr. Igoniko Oduma, Special Assistant on Media to the Presidential Amnesty Programme Administrator (PAP), on Friday, to the effect that the President of the Ijaw National Congress (INC), Professor Benjamin Okaba, has commended and endorsed the self acclaimed PAP Administrator, Dr. Dennis...