Three persons were killed while one sustained injuries when a mining pit collapsed at Bazakwoi, a village in Adnun community of Niger State. The incident is coming barely one week after a mining pit collapsed in Galkogo community, killing one person and trapping 14 persons who are still...
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The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has reaffirmed the Federal Government’s commitment towards upgrading the nation’s correctional Centres. Mr Tunji-Ojo made the disclosure shortly after an assessment tour at Maximum Security Custodial Centre Janguza, on Thursday in Kano. He said the dream of His Excellency, President Bola...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt- The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has commenced a partnership with communities in the Niger Delta region to empower 4,500 rice and cassava farmers to ensure food security in the region and country at large. Speaking during the onboarding Programme for the empowerment of the...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Methodist Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Rt. Rev. Dr Ishaya Kunama, has advised President Bola Tinubu to grant one year executive pardon to all those that have stashed ill-gotten wealth outside the shores of Nigeria to repatriate their monies without penalties as a...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, June 13, 2024, adjourned the arraignment proceedings of a former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Adoza Bello to June 27, 2024. The adjournment followed discrepancies between the EFCC and defence counsels on the actual...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, on the occasion of her 70th birthday. The presidential spokesman, Mr. Ajuri Ngelale, said in a statement on Thursday that the President rejoiced with the remarkable leader and her...
The Supreme Court on Thursday, reserved judgment in a suit filed by the Federal Government against the governors of the 36 states of the federation over alleged misconduct in the administration of Local Government Areas. Justice Garba Lawal, who led a seven-member panel of Justices of the apex...
The lawmaker, who who represented Kaduna Central in the 9th Assembly, Shehu Sani, has told President Bola Tinubu that the national anthem or the constitution cannot unite a nation. He said the people could only be united on the ideals of freedom, justice, and equity. Mr Sani stated...
The U.S Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a bid to restrict an abortion pill widely used in the United States to terminate pregnancies. The court, in a unanimous opinion, said the anti-abortion groups and physicians challenging the medication, mifepristone, lacked the legal standing to bring the case. Abortion...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Education Loan Fund, (NELFUND, is set to publish a full list of institutions that have submitted their complete students’ data for upload on June 24. The fund made this known in a statement by its Head, Media and Public Relations, Mr Nasir...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The President General of ENAYI OTTAH FOUNDATION (EOF), Dr. Francis Ottah Agbo has announced the expansion of the Dr. Francis Ottah Agbo Free JAMB REGISTRATION Scheme in Enone to cover the nine local government areas of Benue South, also known as Zone C....
By OLA MODUPE, Ibadan – The Government of Oyo State in South-West Nigeria has reiterated its commitment to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2030, through collaboration with development partners, and other stakeholders. Chairman of the Oyo State Agency for the Control of AIDS (OYSACA), Dr. Gbola Adetunji, made the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the publication of the final list of candidates for Ondo governorship election. A statement by the National Commissioner & Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekunin, said the announcement followed the publication of the...
President Bola Tinubu has said he would approve a new minimum wage that the government can afford. He stated this on Wednesday at a dinner to mark Nigeria’s 25 years of unbroken Democracy in Abuja. The President appreciated those who stood by him over the years and promised...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – A prosecuting witness in the trial of former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye, on Monday, June 10, 2024 narrated before Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal Capital City High Court, sitting in Apo, Abuja, how multiple transfers were made in favour of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Transmission Company of Nigeria, (TCN), has said two of its towers, T193 and T194, along the Damaturu -Maiduguri 330 Kilo Volt (KV Single Circuit) transmission line have again been destroyed by vandals. TCN’S General Manager Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, said this in a...
The Publicity Secretary, Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Bishop Emmah Isong, has said that Nigeria’s democracy has mainly favoured politicians. Mr Isong made the statement in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Calabar in Thursday. He said that the 25 years of uninterrupted democratic rule...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Acting Governor of Borno State, Hon. Umar Usman Kadafur has inaugurates chairmen and members of the newly constituted state assembly commission and 14 other statutory boards on Thursday at the Multi Purpose Hall of the Government House Maiduguri, calling on them to repose...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has insisted on N250,000 as minimum wage and faulted President Bola Tinubu’s comment over the matter. The committee on the new minimum wage had submitted its report to the Federal Government, pegging its offer at N62,000. President Tinubu during his Democracy Day speech...
The last has not been heard of the sexual harassment allegations levelled against the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance, Ambassador Ibrahim Lamuwa, by a political aide to the Minister. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, had written to the Head of Civil Service of the...