By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has dissociated itself from a baseless and unfounded opinion currently published on different news platforms, linking the Corps to seeking the introduction of Sharia Law to compliment existing extant regulations on enforcement of traffic rules and prosecution of...
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The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) on Thursday in Abuja expressed concerns over Nigeria’s N77 trillion public debt. Addressing the 7th triennial national delegates’ conference of the association, its president, Mr Festus Osifo, said the debt profile as at the first quarter of 2023...
The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), has given the Federal Government 18 days ultimatum to fish out and prosecute killers and abductors of its members across the country. The President of NSE, Mr Tasiu Gidari-Wudil, gave the ultimatum at a news conference on Thursday in Abuja on the killings...
The Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR) has inaugurated an Inter-Ministerial Task Team (IMTT) for the training of 5,000 public service workers on digital literacy and skills. The Director-General, BPSR, Mr Dasuki Arabi inaugurated the team on behalf of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr...
The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar was present at the Thursday hearing of petitions and applications at the Presidential Election Petitions Court, (PEPC) sitting in Abuja. Also present in court were the former governors of Adamawa, Boni Haruna, Niger, Babangida Aliyu, Cross River,...
President Muhammadu Buhari will on May 22, induct new warships, gunboats and helicopters for the Nigerian Navy. The Chief of Policy of Plans, (Navy), Rear Adm. Seidu Garba, said this on Wednesday in Abuja while briefing newsmen on the preparations for the Presidential Fleet Review (PFR) 2023. Garba said...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Fire has razed the Jet A-1 fuel dump located within Nigeria Air Force (NAF) Base in Abuja. The fire incident which occured on Wednesday morning has been brought under control, according to a statement by the Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore...
The Action Peoples Party, (APP) has withdrawn its election petition against the President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu. At the resumed hearing of the matter at the Presidential Election Petition Court on Wednesday in Abuja, counsel to APP, Mr Obed Agu, told the court that his client wished to withdraw the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The First Lady of Nigeria, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, on Tuesday commissioned the new secretariat building of the Africa First Ladies Peace Mission (AFLPM). A statement issued by Suleiman Haruna, Director of Information to the First Lady of Nigeria, State House, Abuja, said the structure...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it will provide necessary support to ensure that Nigerian students evacuated from war-torn Sudan are integrated into the nation’s universities. JAMB Registrar, Ishaq Oloyede, made this known on Tuesday in Abuja when the Chairman of Nigerians...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday struck out a suit filed by Sen. Grace Bent against Precious Chikwendu, wife of former Aviation Minister, Cheif Femi Fani-Kayode. Justice Obiora Egwuatu threw out the suit for want of diligent prosecution. It would be recalled that Mrs Brent, through the Nigerian Police, instituted the...
Economic Confidential, a publication of Image Merchants Promotions Limited (IMPR), is set to host its first public lecture as part of efforts to encourage discussions around the country’s economic future in a political transition period. The maiden public lecture, according to the organizers, is instituted to bring high-impact leaders...
The North-Central stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have urged President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu, to ensure the zoning of the Speakership of the 10th Assembly to the zone. Their spokesman, Rev. Dominic Alancha, said this at a news conference in Abuja on Sunday. He said that the stakeholders were...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) has condemned sensational reporting in the media of an aircraft belonging to Max Air that had tyre burst during landing at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the aircraft took off from Yola Airport and...
A total of 834 Nigerians stranded in conflict-ridden Sudan, on Sunday arrived the pilgrims terminal of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the airport terminal witnessed a large turnout of parents, as well as relatives of the returnees, welcoming them with...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – No fewer than 58 abducted victims have been rescued from some identified kidnappers den in communities contiguous to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The FCT police spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said the rescue mission...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, on Saturday expressed satisfaction over the conduct of the rescheduled 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Adamu, who alongside Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Ishaq Oloyede, monitored the exam at the Computer Based...
Rep. Yusuf Gagdi (APC-Plateau) has officially joined the race for the speakership of the 10th House of Representative with a promise to deliver democratic dividends to Nigerians. Gagdi, who is contesting under the mantra of “One Nation, Forward Together”, made the declaration at the Transcorp Hilton on Saturday in...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria’s first lady Aisha Buhari, will on Monday, host other African First Ladies to a 10th General Assembly Summit of the African First Ladies Peace Mission (AFLPM) in Abuja. This is contained in a statement made available to newsmen by the head of...