Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will depart Lagos on Friday for Accra, Ghana, to represent Nigeria at an Extraordinary Summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement in Abuja, said the summit would focus on the political situation in Mali...
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The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has called for massive support for the Super Eagles during their return leg match in the 2022 FIFA World Cup playoffs. Kola Daniel, the minister’s Special Assistant on Media, told newsmen in Abuja on Thursday that Dare was hopeful that...
▪︎ Says it has 106m litres in stock By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – An end to the protracted fuel scarcity in Abuja may be in sight as 49 trucks of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise called petrol will be supplied to the nation’s capital on a daily basis. This...
A serving member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Alamin Saleh Bature has been rescued from Abuja kidnappers by good Samaritans. PRNigeria gathered that the swift intervention and efforts of an Igbo Christian, identified as Godspower Chinaechrem and two Northern Muslims, helped in the rescue of the victim...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said former Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra was being quizzed over alleged misappropriation of N42 billion belonging to the state. An authoritative source in the EFCC disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Abuja. The source said...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has returned from London after a routine medical check-up. The presidential aircraft carrying the president landed at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, at about 7.09 p.m. NATIONAL ACCORD has reported that President Buhari had earlier departed...
The Nigeria Police Force on Thursday said it has arrested a 38-year-old female suspect over arms and ammunition smuggling from Plateau to different terrorists’ camps in Kaduna, Katsina, Zamfara and other parts of the country. The Acting Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said this during a...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The FCT Administration is set to begin the full implementation of the National Emergency Medical Service and Ambulance System (NEMSAS) in the Territory. This was disclosed by the Secretary for the Health and Human Services Secretariat, Dr Abubakar Tafida following the presentation of a...
Suspended DCP Abba Kyari and his co-defendant, ACP Sunday Ubia, on Monday, asked a Federal High Court, Abuja, to admit them to bail. Kyari and Ubia, through their lawyer, Mahmud Magaji, told Justice Emeka Nwite while arguing the bail application Magaji, who said the offences with which Kyari and...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday departed Abuja for a routine medical check-up in London. Recalled that the president had initially planned to embark on the trip from Nairobi, Kenya after attending the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) at 50 in that country. The president’s...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – At the end of a two-day National Stakeholders Summit recently held in Abuja by Ashcraft Centre for Social Science Research, stakeholders who participated have suggested ways to stamp out the challenges of infrastructure vandalism and destruction of business assets in Nigeria. In a communiqué...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday returned to Abuja after attending the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) at 50 in Nairobi, Kenya. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the president, who initially planned to proceed to London for medical check-up, returned to Abuja on Friday at about 1.p.m....
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Few days after the opening of application portal for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) over 500,000 candidates are believed to have successfully registered nationwide. This is even as the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) stated that it was targeting at least...
The National Industrial Court, Abuja, on Thursday struck out a suit filed by the Federal Government against the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors ( NARD) Joined as a co-claimant in the suit is the Federal Ministry of health. However, when the case was called, neither the claimants nor their...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), on Wednesday begun mass demolition of illegal structures behind the old Federal Secretariat, Area 1, Abuja . The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the administration had in February, 2022 issued a demolition notice to owners of the structures with a reminder...
An FCT Family Court sitting at the Magistrate District, Wuse Zone II, Abuja, has restrained Precious Chikwendu, from making comments that could lead to identification of children whose custody issues have been submitted before it for determination. Chiwendu is the former wife of ex-Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode,...
The Federal Fire Service (FFS) said the huge smoke emanating from the Federal Ministry of Finance located in the Central Business District, Abuja on Wednesday morning was caused by a spark on inverter batteries. The FFS Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mr Paul Abraham, confirmed this to the News Agency...
The Federal Ministry of Finance building located in the Central Area of Abuja is currently on fire. The cause of the fire outbreak is still unknown. As at the time of this report, fire fighters had arrived the scene to put out the fire. Details Later…
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, dismissed the suit seeking to challenge former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s eligibility to vie for the office of the president. Delivering judgment, Justice Inyang Ekwo, dismissed the suit on the grounds that the plaintiff that instituted the case lacked the locus standi...