By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed all Computer-Based Test (CBT) centre owners to arrest any parent, who is found near any of their facilities during the 2024 UTME exercise. The directive was issued at the final briefing of the Computer-Based...
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By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A High Court of Cross River State sitting in Effraya, Etung Local Government Area of the state has passed an interim injunction restraining the State government from evicting beneficiaries of 1,415 hectares of cocoa farms allotted to them by immediate past administration led...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has commended the distribution of relief materials in communities affected by recent communal crisis in Omala Local Government area of the state. The Governor, who had directed the State Emergency Management Agency to coordinate a need assessment...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – The Management of the University of Jos (UNIJOS) has approved the transformation of the Dr. Anastasio Paul Leventis Ornithological Research Institute (APLORI) at the University of Jos Biological Conservatory into a center of excellence in ornithological training and research. The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Tanko...
Kebbi State Government has handed over ten hectares of land to the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) for the establishment of Agricultural Machinery Development Institute (AMEDI) today in Birni Kebbi. This was in line with the Federal Government’s directive that the six geopolitical zones in...
The Young Progressives Party (YPP) has offered free nomination form to Mr John Akinmurele, a former students leader, as its sole aspirant in the forthcoming Ondo State Governorship election. The event which took place at the headquarters of the party in Abuja, Akinmurele, a former President of...
A renowned stakeholder of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Adamawa, Mr Mark Wosu, has said their loyalty to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar is unwavering and unshakable. Mr Wosu, a former Council Secretary of Jada local government area in Adamawa, made this known during a news conference...
President Bola Tinubu has reiterated his administration’s commitment towards ensuring comprehensive economic security for all Nigerians. Tinubu said this would be achieved through addressing foundational challenges and creating a fair and equitable system. He said this when he received members of the Afenifere, the Yoruba Socio-Cultural organization, on...
A High Court sitting in Lokoja on Wednesday restrained the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from arresting, detaining and prosecuting former governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi. Justice I.A Jamil, gave the order in a two hour judgment delivered in suit no HCL/68/M/2020 in Lokoja on Wednesday. The...
Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo visited his embattled predecessor Alhaji Yahaya Bello at his Abuja residence on Wednesday as operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) laid siege to the property. Ododo arrived at Bello’s residence alongside several security operatives and youthful supporters protesting against the...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has withdrawn its operatives from the home of former governor of Kogi, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, over alleged fraud. The EFCC operatives had on Wednesday mounted surveillance around the home of Bello on No 9 Benghazi Street ,Wuse Zone 4, Abuja, apparently...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday ordered that a warrant be issued to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for immediate arrest of former Governor of Kogi, Alhaji Yahaya Bello. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling on EFCC’s ex-parte motion, held that after listening to the...
The National Legal Adviser of the APC, Prof. Abdulkarim Kana, has said the party has not received the order of the Kano State High Court suspending Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, the National Chairman, by his ward executives. Kana said this when he spoke with newsmen at the party’s National...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Government on Wednesday in Abuja inaugurated a 17-man Inter-Ministerial Committee on 2024 Democracy Day Celebration. The Director, Information/Public Relations, office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Segun Imohiosen, stated this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja....
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has approved the appointment of Prof. Sa’adatu Liman as the Vice-Chancellor of the Nasarawa State University (NSUK), Keffi. The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mr Mohammed Ubandoma-Aliyu, said this in a statement in Keffi on Wednesday. Mr. Ubandoma-Aliyu...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Army has detained two soldiers allegedly involved in a reported case of theft at the Dangote Refinery in Lagos. The Army’s spokesman, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, said in a statement on Wednesday, that the Nigerian army was deeply concerned over its personnel’s involvement...
The Director-General, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mrs Zubaida Umar, has called for urgent measures to prevent flooding in the country. She said action must be taken now in view of the just released 2024 Seasonal Climate Prediction and the Annual Flood Outlook. The D-G stated this in...
Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi has advised the Federal Government to constitute a technical task force of professionals to address reoccurring national grid collapse. Dr Yunusa Tanko, the spokesperson for Obi stated this in a statement on Wednesday in Onitsha. “I suggest that the...
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on Wednesday, admitted three documents in evidence in the bribery trial of the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (MD/CEO) of Duport Midstream Company Limited, Mr Akintoye Akindele. Justice Modupe Osho-Adebiyi admitted the documents and marked them as exhibits...
Former Governor of Kogi, Yahaya Bello on Wednesday, called on President Bola Tinubu to call the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to order over alleged flagrant disobedience to court orders. The former governor, in a statement issued by his media officer, Mr Onogwu Muhammed in Abuja, said...