The Benue State Government has revealed why it sealed Oracle Business Limited and its subsidiaries which belongs to the former Governor, Samuel Ortom The acting Executive Chairman, of Benue State Board of Internal Revenue, Sunday Odagba, while addressing journalists on Sunday said it sealed Oracle Business Limited and its...
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The Federal Government says it has distributed over 1.3 million bottles of Multiple Micronutrient Supplements (MMS) across 12 states, with an additional three million bottles scheduled for delivery by end of September. The acting Director, Information and Public Relations, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Mr Ado Bako, disclosed...
The Chairman, Independent Corruption Practices and other Related Offences Commission(ICPC), Dr Musa Aliyu, has stressed the need to build a unified front against corruption in the country. The spokesperson for the Commission, Demola Bakare, in a statement on Sunday, quoted Aliyu as saying that the ICPC had put in...
By MARY RONKE, Minna – Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umaru-Bago has expressed sadness over the petrol tanker explosion that killed 48 people in Essa village in Katcha Local Government Area. The incident occurred on Sunday morning along the Bida-Agaie-Lapai highway. Bago, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary,...
The Nigerian Army says that voluntary retirement, discharge of personnel is routine and in line with laid down procedures as contained in the Harmonised Terms and Conditions of Service (Officers/Soldiers) alike. The Director, Army Public Relations, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, gave the clarification in a statement on Sunday in Abuja....
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted rainy and thundery weather conditions from Monday to Wednesday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Sunday in Abuja forecast isolated thunderstorms over parts of Katsina, Sokoto, Kano, Zamfara, Kebbi, Kaduna, Adamawa and Taraba states in the northern region during the...
A member of the Tanzanian opposition party Chadema has been found dead after being abducted, beaten and doused with acid, party leader Freeman Mbowe said Sunday. Ali Mohamed Kibao, a member of Chadema’s national secretariat, was forced off a bus at gunpoint on Friday by suspected security agents as...
By MARY RONKE, Minna – Tragedy struck on Sunday when a petrol tanker exploded along the Bida-Agaie-Lapai road in Niger, resulting in the loss of 48 lives. Director-General of the Niger Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Alhaji Abdullah-Baba-Arah, who confirmed this in a statement on Sunday, said the agency received...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with two Chinese corporations to improve light and water supply in the territory. Wike disclosed this in a statement signed by Mr Anthony Ogunleye, Director of Press, Office of the Minister,...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has said the miracle water, soap and other products being sold to the public by one Prophet Jeremiah Omoto are unregistered. This is contained in a statement by the agency’s Resident Media Consultant, Mr Olusayo Akintola, in Abuja...
A 55-year-old man, Sulain Potiskum, drowned after swimming in a river in Hadejia Local Government Area of Jigawa. Mr Badaruddeen Tijjani, the Spokesperson, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Jigawa Command, confirmed the incident in a statement on Sunday in Dutse. Tijjani said the incident occurred on Saturday...
Nigeria’s Folashade Oluwafemiayo has just broken her World Record in the women’s over 86kg Para-Powerlifting, becoming the first Para-athlete in history to lift 166kg. It is an improvement from her existing WR of 165kg. She also added a gold medal to the record. It is an incredible performance from...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has destroyed over 100,000kg of cannabis spread across 51 hectares of farm land in Ekiti. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that NDLEA operatives supported by...
The Esan4OsadebeHouse2024Team has called all Esan sons and daughters to vote for Dr Asue Ighodalo, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the upcoming Edo governorship election. The Edo governorship election comes up on Sept. 21. The group’s call was conveyed in a communiqué signed by its...
Chairman Senate Committee on Local Content, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has empowered tertiary institution students from Kogi Central with multipurpose business carts. She equally flagged off free Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) registration of 2,500 Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the district. The initiative is part of her continued efforts...
By ESTHER ALEXANDER, Abuja – The Palestine Embassy in Nigeria has issued a statement condemning the ongoing US-Israeli massacres of Palestinians, describing it as a “wake-up call for all humanity” that not only targets the Palestinian people but also the current economic and political orders that have ruled the...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to use his “leadership position and good offices to direct the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), to immediately reverse what it described as the “illegal and unconstitutional” increase in the pump price...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been urged to appoint Abdul’aziz Abdul’aziz, a veteran broadcast journalist as the new presidential spokesperson following the sudden resignation of Chief Ajuri Ngelale. Malam Adamu Aliyu Ngulde, a journalist based in Maiduguri, who made the call in a statement...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has urged Nigerians in the diaspora to remain strong and optimistic for a better future for Nigeria. Abubakar made the call at a virtual interactive session with some Nigerians in the diaspora on Saturday, according to a statement. The statement was issued on Sunday...
Nigeria’s Women under 20 national football team, the Falconets thrashed Venezuela 4-0 on Saturday in the Group D match of the ongoing 2024 FIFA Under 20 Women’s World Cup in Colombia. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the match was played at the Estadio Olimpico Pascual Guerrero...