The Vice Chancellor, Veritas University, Abuja, Prof. Hyacinth Ichoku, has asked the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to consider adding Entrepreneurship as a required subject in its examination. The vice chancellor said this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday, in Abuja. Ichoku commended...
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By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Vice President (Prof) Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) has declared that quality and affordable healthcare are central to Nigeria’s development. The Vice President who stated this at the inauguration of the Health Sector Reform Committee recently, noted that “a society is probably only as prosperous, developed...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Head, Media and Public Relations of The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB), Dr. Fabian Benjamin, has dragged Mr Ahmed Isah of Human Rights Radio (2nd defendant) to court over injurious broadcast, false allegations and innuendos which amounted to defamation of the claimant’s...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has detained the Director-General, Voice of Nigeria (VON), Mr Osita Okechukwu. A source close to the anti-graft agency said that Okechukwu was detained over an alleged case of conspiracy, abuse of office and misappropriation of public funds to the tune of N1.3billion....
An Upper Area Court in Zuba, Abuja, on Friday admitted popular aphrodisiac seller, Hauwa Muhammad (Aka Jaruma) to N500, 000 bail. The police charged Jaruma with false news publication, intimidation and defamation of character In his ruling, the judge, Ismailia Abdullahi ordered the defendant to produce one surety in...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has approved Saturday, Feb. 19, for the conclusion of its outstanding State Congress for the purpose of electing new State Executive Committee members in Lagos State The PDP National Organising Secretary, Umar Bature,...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, has threatened to strike out a N6 billion suit filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against wife of a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mrs Cecilia Osipitan. Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the warning following late filing of documents needed in the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has pledges that the forthcoming FCT Area Council elections will be credible. Professor Yakubu disclosed this on Wednesday when he visited the FCT INEC office in Garki, Abuja. According to him, the commission...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, has assured that only the best candidates who are medically and physically fit would be recruited into the Nigerian Army. COAS Yahaya stated this when he visited the Nigerian Army Battle Fitness Centre in Falgore,...
Justice Bolaji Olajuwon of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has issued a warrant of arrest against the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, believed to be residing in the United Kingdom. Justice Olajuwon granted the request after counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Farouk Abdullah,...
By THOMAS AKASE, Markudi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has lamented over the demise of former Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Justice, Professor Ignatius Ayua, saying that the state has lost a leading light. Reacting to the death of Professor Ayua who died in Abuja yesterday, Governor Ortom...
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have raided a relaxation centre, popularly called Garden in Abuja and arrested six persons for selling drug cookies and noodles. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has inaugurated the Nigeria COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (NG-Cares), which will be implemented with a 750-million-dollar World Bank facility. The vice president performed the inauguration on Thursday as prelude to National Economic Council (NEC) meeting which he chaired at the State House Banquet...
Chief Whip of the Senate and a former governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, has declared ahead of the 2023 general elections that though he is ready for the campaigns and capable of leading the country, he is not desperate to become president. While fielding questions from...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The French Ambassador to Nigeria, Emmanuelle Bultmann has said her country plans to partner Borno State Government on the development of agriculture, education, and the resettlement of IDPs. Amb. Bultmann announced this on Wednesday when she paid a courtesy visit to Governor Babagana Zulum...
Posters of Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike have flooded parts of the nation’s capital, Abuja. The posters, which carried Wike’s bold picture and name, surfaced on Monday. They were strategically posted on public infrastructures like traffic kiosks, airports, Asokoro and the Federal Secretariat. The posters were sponsored by “Northerners For...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo on Monday inaugurated 10 governors, including Governor Babagana Zulum and some Federal officials as members of the National Blue Economy Project Committee. Governors of Rivers, Lagos, Delta, Akwa Ibom, Ogun, Ondo, Cross River, Bayelsa, and Edo States, as...
Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello, on Monday in Abuja, received Air Commodore Halima Musa, first female Kogi indigene to have attained such rank in the Nigerian Air Force. Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the Governor, Mr Onogwu Muhammed, disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja. The...
The Permanent Secretary and Secretary to the Police Service Commission (PSC) , Mr William Alo, has lost his 10-year-old son, Mathew, to a domestic accident which occurred in his Abakaliki residence. A statement by Mr Ikechukwu Ani, the Head of Press and Public Relations in PSC on Saturday in Abuja,...
BY RICHARD ABU, Abuja – The new National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Iorchia Ayu on Tuesday inspected some of the properties belonging to the party in Abuja. Senator Ayu, who was accompanied by other members of the National Working Committee (NWC) inspected all the rooms...