By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo – Taraba State House of Assembly, has presented the bill for the establishment of Taraba State Geographic Information system (TAGIS) for public hearing. The bill that went through the first and second reading in the assembly had received a public hearing before the House...
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The Founder of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Dr Boniface Aniebonam, has said the party is not behind the unfounded allegation accusing the Federal Government of creating crisis in Kano State. Aniebonam stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja- Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo on Thursday signed seven bills into law with a charge to the people of the state to embrace the new laws in order to move Kogi state forward. The seven new laws include: A Law to repeal and Re-enact...
…As Kyari lauds FG’s Presidential Executive Order for Fostering Growth in Nigeria’s Oil, Gas Sector In a major step towards boosting Nigeria’s oil and gas production, the NNPC-TotalEnergies JV has officially announced a 550 million USD Final Investment Decision (FID) on the Ubeta Field Development Project. Chief Corporate Communications...
The Federal Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation has initiated a water quality analysis following a cholera outbreak that has resulted in the deaths of 30 people across several states. Alhaji Aliyu Shinkafi, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday said...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu on Thursday in Johannesburg, South Africa, held a private meeting with President Cyril Ramaphosa. The Special Adviser to the President, Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. He said before the closed meeting, which was...
An unexploded aerial bomb from World War II retrieved from the Rhine River in Germany’s Cologne on Wednesday evening was safely defused overnight on a ship positioned away from residential areas, city officials said. Discovery of unexploded bombs is common in Cologne and other German cities, which were...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The Acting Executive Chairman, Benue State Internal Revenue Service (BIRS), Mr Emmanuel Agema has pledged the unflinching support of Mbadede community to ensure the success of their son, Governor Hyacinth Alia. The BIRS Acting Executive Chairman in message of welcome to the...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia has expressed his government’s readiness to provide life-saving assistance and work towards the closure of IDP camps. Governor Alia said this on Wednesday when he received a high-level delegation from the United Nations (UN), the International Organization...
The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HoCSF), Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan, has said the Federal Government has not abandoned the issue of salary harmonisation in the civil service. Yemi-Esan made the disclosure during a chat with media executives on Wednesday in Abuja, being part of activities...
Malam Abba Limawa, 52, a Nigerian pilgrim from Dutse Local Government Area of Jigawa State, has returned 10,500 Russian rubles, 800 dollars and 690 Saudi Riyals, he found, to the authority in Makkah. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Limawa, handed over the different currencies to...
The Federal Government is to convert Zaria Hotels in Kaduna State to classrooms and hostels for the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria. The Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo told newsmen in Zaria on Wednesday that the Zaria Hotels had been acquired as an annexure to the...
The Chairman of Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC), Justice Adolphus Enebeli, has invited stakeholders for a meeting as the body prepares for election into Local Government Councils (LGCs). Enebeli, in a statement on Wednesday in Port Harcourt, listed the stakeholders to include leaders of parties leaders, traditional...
Benue State Government may use ₦29,271,692 on treatment of malnourished children yearly, if it fails to implement nutrition policies. The Programme Officer, Civil Society-Scaling Up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN), Mr Ambrose Evnoesor, stated this on Wednesday in Makurdi, during a meeting on implementation of six months Maternity Leave...
An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court sitting in Isabo, on Wednesday, remanded a 25-year-old woman for allegedly causing grievous harm to a 12-year old girl by inserting a piece of burning firewood into her private part. The defendant, who resides at No 6 Isewo Dotin, in Obada-Oko area in Abeokuta,...
Residents of Okpoama Community in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa, have butchered a stranded giant whale at seaside of the Atlantic ocean close to the community. The stranded whale, measured about 15 meters long, 5 meters wide and 3 meters height, may have been washed off on...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, refused to grant bail to the suspended DCP Abba Kyari and four other police officers charged with alleged drug trafficking. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that other defendants in the charge marked FHC/ABJ/57/2022, are four members of the disbanded...
The Edo State Chapter of Association of Professional Outdoor Signage Practitioners of Nigeria, (APOSPON) on Wednesday lamented the destruction of campaign billboards across the state. Speaking with newsmen in Benin, the State Chairman of APOSPON, Mr Esokpunwu Ekuase, said that the development had negatively affected their business. Ekuase...
Rwandan President Paul Kagame has accused Western countries of adopting “double standards” on democracy, ahead of next month’s general elections in the country. Kagame, who has been President of Rwanda since 2000, made the accusation on on Monday in response to a question about critics who accuse him...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia- Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has directed the immediate payment of the annual medical allowances for the year 2024 to traditional rulers across the state. Gov Sule, gave the directives when he hosted members of the Nasarawa State Council of Chiefs, led by...