By ORKULA SHAAGEE, Abuja- A non governmental organisation, YADEI Initiative has described the by Supreme Court Ruling on local government autonomy in Nigeria as a step towards the freedom of democracy in Nigeria. Coordinator/Research and Team Leader of the NGO, Comrade Inyanda Emmanuel, in a press release issued...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – In a remarkable display of humanitarian support, the Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development has successfully rehabilitated and empowered 70 victims of the Boko Haram conflict in Borno State. The comprehensive rehabilitation program, which lasted for three months, addressed the physical, emotional, and...
No fewer than 22 people have been confirmed dead and 132 injured in the Friday school building collapse in Jos, Plateau. The Commissioner for Information and Communication, Mr Musa Ashoms, confirmed the figures in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Jos. Ashoms...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has expressed sadness over the tragic collapse of a school building in Jos, Plateau State, which has resulted in the loss of multiple lives and left numerous survivors with injuries. President Tinubu in a statement by his spokesman, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, ...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr Abubakar Dantsoho as the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). The President also approved the appointment of Sen. Adedayo Adeyeye as Chairman of the Board of the NPA. This is contained in a...
President Bola Tinubu has said plans are underway to complete the rehabilitation of the East West Road connecting Bayelsa, Rivers and Akwa Ibom. Tinubu said this on Friday at the end of a three-day Stakeholders Summit, organised by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in Port Harcourt. Represented...
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has expressed satisfaction with the recent Supreme Court judgment that granted financial autonomy to the 774 local government areas in the country. This is contained in a statement by the Director of Publicity and Advocacy for NEF, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, on Friday in Abuja....
The Federal Government has paid the severance benefits of 885 Nigeria Immigration Services (NIS) officers disengaged from service in 2006/2007, Dasuki Arabi, Director-General of the Bureau of Public Service (BPSR), has said. Arabi disclosed this at a news conference on Friday, in Abuja. He said that the outstanding...
By MWUESE JOYCE, Jos – Eight students have so far been confirmed dead following the collapse of a two storey building at Saint Academy around Bussa Buji area of Jos the Plateau State capital with many others injured. Eyewitnesses said the incident occured at about 10am this morning when...
Plateau Commissioner for Information and Communication, Mr Musa Ashoms, has confirmed that about 200 students were trapped in the Jos school building that collapsed in Jos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the Saints Academy, a secondary school in Jos, collapsed on Friday, while students were writing their...
Oba Owolabi Olakulehin, 89, on Friday received the staff of office as the 43rd Olubadan of lbadanland. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State presented both the Staff and Instrument of Office to the new Olubadan. The presentation came shortly after...
President Bola Tinubu has renamed the National Theatre, Iganmu, Surulere, Lagos, as Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and the Creative Arts. The President disclosed this in a tribute personally written and signed by him on Friday in Abuja to mark Soyinka’s 90 birthday. “I am delighted to announce...
Nigerians in the Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) has said the Federal Government has evacuated citizens in Sudan willing to return home following the two-week expulsion notice issued to foreigners by the Sudanese authorities. NiDCOM Chief, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa disclosed this in Abuja on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria...
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has said it would embark on industrial action, if government fails to suspend the new Scheme of Service in Nigeria Polytechnics, which took effect, June 7. The Auchi Polytechnic, Edo State chapter of the union stated this after at an emergency...
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Oba Owolabi Olakulehin on his coronation as the 43rd Olubadan of the ancient city of Ibadan. The President conveyed his congratulations in a statement by his spokesman, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, on Friday. “The President joins the family of the new Olubadan, Ibadan citizens,...
A two-storey school building at Saint Academy, Jos, has collapsed, trapping scores of students. The building that housed classrooms and offices collapsed on Friday, while the students were writing their third term examination. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), who was at the scene of the...
Rema, Nigeria’s afrobeats megastar, has arrived in India to perform at the wedding of Asia’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani’s son, Anant Ambani, and daughter of pharma tycoons Viren and Shaila Merchant, Radhika Merchant. On Instagram Thursday night, the ‘Calm Down’ crooner posted a video of himself where he...
The Federal Government has said the organised labour has the duty to enforce compliance to the minimum wage payments by state governments following the inability of some states to pay. Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Sen. George Akume, communicated this on Thursday in Abuja at...
The House of Representatives has waded into the face-off between the Police Services Commission (PSC) and the Inspector General of Police over recruitment into the force. This followed the adoption of a motion on urgent public importance by Rep. Mitema Obordor (PDP -Bayelsa) during plenary in Abuja. The...
A renowned journalist and author, Mike Awoyinfaoe, has joined the global community in celebrating Nigeria’s literary icon, Wole Soyinka, on the occasion of his 90th birthday, describing him as a “Giant of Literature”. Awoyinfa, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos,...