By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The state Executive Committee (SEC), of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Nasarawa State, has passed a vote of confidence on the state chairman, Alhaji Aliyu Bello. The party’s SEC announced the decision, in a parley with journalists at the APC secretariat in...
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By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Former Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has congratulated Governor Hyacinth Alia on his 58th birthday. This is contained in a statement by his Media Aide, Mr Terver Akase on Wednesday in Makurdi. Ortom prayed for God’s guidance for Alia as he led the...
Troops of the Sector II Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) based in Bagasola, Chad have neutralises one Boko Haram terrorist in an ambush in Litri Island, situated on the border between Chad and Nigeria. Chief Public Information Officer of the MNJTF in N’djamena, Chad, Lt.-Col. Abubakar Abdullahi, made...
The House of Representatives Committee on Financial Crimes has assured of a comprehensive investigation on the activities of Bianace, a crypto currency platform in Nigeria. The Chairman of the Committee, Rep. Ginger Onwusibe (LP-Abia) said this when he addressed newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja. He said that the...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said that it will no longer tolerate the pervasive non-reinstatement or reconstitution of Governing Councils in public universities. The union took the decision at its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, between May 11...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released additional 36,540 UTME results, which were earlier withheld for further investigation. This is contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Thursday by the Board’s spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin. Benjamin said the results were in addition...
The Labour Party (LP) Presidential Candidate in the 2023 General Election, Mr Peter Obi, said he was the highest beneficiary of Judiciary in the country when there were incorruptible judges. Obi stated this during the Justice Anthony Aniagolu’s Memorial Lecture organised by the family and hosted by the...
Multiple explosions were on Tuesday reported at the gas processing plant operated by the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) at Gbarain, Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the gas plant feeds the Nigerian Liquified Natural Gas (NLNG)...
The Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU), National Executive Council (NEC) on Tuesday called on the Federal and State Governments to address all outstanding issues with the union. President, ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, said this in Abuja while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the ASUU-NEC meeting held...
The two members of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) in the Abia State House of Assembly on Tuesday formally defected to the Labour Party (LP). The defectors, Mr Iheanacho Nwogu, representing Osisioma North State Constituency, and Mr Fine Ahuama, representing Osisioma South State Constituency, were received by Governor...
UPDATED: Man ‘strapped with fake bomb’ arrested while attempting to rob UBA Bank in Plateau – Police
UPDATED: Man ‘strapped with fake bomb’ arrested while attempting to rob UBA Bank in Plateau – Police
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – A young man identified as Benjamin Basil, an ND1 Civil Engineering student of Plateau State Polytechnic, Barkin-Ladi, attempted to rob UBA bank at the Sparkling junction in Dadin Kowa area of Jos South local government area on Monday. it was earlier reported that...
Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, has approved the appointment of Alhaji Abubakar Muhammadu Ibn-Grema as the new Emir of Tikau in Nangere Local Government Area of the state. This is contained in a statement by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Baba Malam Wali, in...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has decried the neglect of the education sector, saying Nigeria ranks lowest in education budgets across the West African sub-region. ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, said this at a One-Day Workshop on ‘Emerging Areas of Students Needs in Beneficiary Institutions’, organised...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo State, Senator Ifeanyi Araraume, has debunked a media report claiming that he is planning to decamp from the APC to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with the intention of running for the office...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will on May 23 arraign the former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika and his brother, Ahmad before a Federal Capital Territory (FCT), High Court, Garki, on fresh eight-count charge. They were slated to be arraigned before Justice Suleman Belgore, but the...
The Speaker of Niger State House of Assembly, Mr Abdulmalik Sarkin-daji, has denied forcing 100 orphaned girls into marriage as part of his constituency project. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, had petitioned the Inspector General of Police...
A political economist, Prof. Pat Utomi, has backed calls for the creation of state police to address Nigeria’s security challenges. Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Tuesday, Utomi said the creation of sub-national police would improve security in the country significantly. According to...
Additional six kidnapped students of the Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH) in Osara, Kogi, have been rescued unhurt. This increased to 20, the number of students of the university already rescued by a combined team of security operatives and local hunters. The state Commissioner for Information,...
The Police Command in Nasarawa State has arrested two suspects for alleged “one-chance” robbery operations in the state. “One-chance” refers to a robbery operation were armed robbers use disguised commercial vehicles to pick unsuspecting passengers and dispossess them of their valuables while in transit. The Police Public Relations...