A Kogi High Court in Lokoja on Friday ordered the Chairman of the EFCC, Mr Ola Olukoyede, to appear before it on May 13 to show why he should not be committed for allegedly disobeying its order. Justice I.A. Jamil of High Court IV gave the order while...
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Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has disclosed that all property housing kidnappers and yahoo boys in the state, would be demolished. Governor Alia, who disclosed this on Friday, during a press conference in Makurdi, said also that that he would soon meet with all hotel owners in the...
Britain’s King Charles III is to return public royal duties after the positive effect of his cancer treatment. Charles has been receiving care as an outpatient since early February and the announcement will be a boost for the monarchy as it comes to terms with king and the...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara on Friday inaugurated Naval Training Command Headquarters as part of efforts to address insecurity in Rivers and the Niger Delta. The governor, who inaugurated the facility sited at Ebubu community, Eleme LGA of Rivers, said that the naval command headquarters had been relocated...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The National Council on Privatisation (NCP) has given its nod to the recommendations aimed at repositioning the Bank of Industry (BOA) to ensure food security for Nigerians. Chaired by the Vice President, Sen. Kashim Shettima, the NCP approved the recommendations from the...
Alhaji Abbas Tajudeen, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Bishop Mathew Kukah, Founder of the Kukah Centre, have urged Nigerians to work toward building a united nation. The duo made made the call at the National Integration Conference with the theme: “Revisiting the National Question: Nigeria’s Elusive...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has approved the employment of 15 people with disability who have undergone formal educational system and obtained bachelor’s degree certificates, NCEs, diplomas and vocational training certificates. The governor gave the approval in Maiduguri on Friday night at...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has approved the constitution of the Amirul-Hajj Committee for the 1445 AH (2024) Hajj . The Commissioner of Information and Internal Security, Borno State, Prof. Usman Tar, said in a statement on Friday, that the members of the committee...
Mr Oluwatosin Ayeni has emerged as the candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party( NNPP) for the Nov. 16 governorship election in Ondo State. The Chairman of the 2024 NNPP Governorship Primary Election Committee in Ondo State, Alhaji Yusuf Galambi, said a total of 113 delegates were accredited for...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says prices of beef, rice, beans, white garri, yam, and other food items increased in March 2024. The NBS said this in its Selected Food Prices Watch report for March 2024,, released in Abuja on Friday. The report said that the average...
Taraba State Government has said arrangements have been concluded to distribute first batch of tractor units to farmers in the state. The state Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security, Prof. Nicholas Namessan, disclosed this to newsmen while inspecting the assemblage of 20 Cabrio and 250 units of mini...
Director of Veterinary Services, Ministry of Agriculture, Ilorin, Dr AbdulLateef Olugbon, has said the ministry rescued 40 cows among the lot that ate from a fumigated rice farm on Saturday. The veterinary expert disclosed this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin on...
IBUKUN OGUNTOLA (Lead Writer) – The Nigerian health sector is severely underfunded. Each budget year, the majority of health advocates lament the federal government’s inability to meet the Abuja Declaration’s target of allocating at least 15% of the country’s budget to the health sector. Although Nigeria has experienced a significant increase...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed three persons dead and two injured in a three-storey building collapse incident at Kuntau Quarters, Gwale Local Government Area of Kano State. NEMA Kano Territorial Coordinator, Dr Nuradeen Abdullahi, confirmed the incident and casualty figures to the News Agency of...
Ukraine has received the bodies of 140 soldiers killed while trying to defend the regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhya and Kherson from Russian attacks. The authority responsible for prisoner of war matters said on Telegram on Friday. Five bodies were from the Sumy section in northern Ukraine. Russia...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Commissioner of Health and Human Resources, Professor Malam Gana has said that Nigeria still accounts for more than 25% of the global malaria burden and 19% of global malaria deaths. Prof. Gana added that the number of persons diagnosed with malaria...
The Cross River Government has said it is set to pay compensations to property owners along the Calabar/Itu highway to fast track the implementation of the road project. The state Commissioner for information, Mr Erasmus Ekpang, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
Mr Ayowole Adekonipekun, a resident of Osogbo, has appealed to the Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Kayode Egbetokun to help in locating his wife, Cpl Ruth Ayowole, who went missing while on official duty in Abia. Adekonipekun told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Osogbo that his...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Friday again visited the family of one of those who died in the stampede which occurred during the distribution of palliative rice in Lagos in February. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the NCS delegation was led by Hammi Swomen,...
The immediate past Vice Chancellor, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi State, Prof. Muhammad AbdulAziz, has advocated drug test for lecturers to sanitise university system AbdulAziz stated this in a valedictory speech to the Senate of the University at a handing over ceremony to his successor, Prof. Sani...