The Director-General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Yusha’u Ahmed, has said the last of the eight Prospective Corps Members (PCM) kidnapped in Zamfara in August 2023 has been rescued. The NYSC DG made the disclosure at a news conference on Friday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria...
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Nigerian-born mixed martial artist, Israel Adesanya, has visited his country home, Osun, with the UFC star set to be honoured by the people of Esa-Oke, in the State. Chief Akin Onifade, the Sajuku of Esa-Oke told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday that Adesanya would be honoured...
The Ukpor Community, the headquarters of Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra, on Friday, embarked on a protest over more than six years power outage in the town. The protesters, who trooped out to the office of the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) in the area in their...
It’s a given that great organisations need strong, visionary, and disciplined leadership to grow and progress in a highly competitive world that is increasingly buffeted and disrupted by ever more aggressive changes. Cut to the bone, this is the story of the 47-year-old construction giant, Setraco Nigeria Ltd., SNL,...
The Kogi chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has claimed that its supporters were attacked and their vehicles damaged at the Supreme Court premises on Friday. Director of Media and Publicity for the Kogi APC Campaign Council, Mr Kingsley Fanwo, made the allegation in a statement in Lokoja....
The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) has saved the Federal Government N31.1 billion through the Electronic Regulatory Port Portal (ERPP) between January and June 2024. The Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of NSC, Mr Pius Akutah, made this known during a courtesy visit by the Managing Director of the News Agency...
Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo has commended the Supreme Court judgment which affirmed his election as governor of the state, describing the court as the last hope of the common man. Ododo, while addressing journalists in Abuja after the judgment on Friday, commended the apex court for withstanding intimidation...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – In a significant step towards fostering digital transformation in Nigeria’s upstream petroleum industry, senior officials from the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) made a formal visit to the headquarters of Infosys in Bengaluru, India. Infosys a global leader in information system technology with...
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President Bola Tinubu has sworn in Justice KudiratKekere-Ekun as the 23rd and second female Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), in acting capacity pending confirmation by the Senate. She takes over from Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, who retired on Aug. 22 at the age of 70.(NAN)
The Supreme Court on Friday, affirmed the victory of Usman Ododo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Nov. 11, 2023 governorship election held in Kogi. A five-member panel of the apex court, in a judgment, held that the appeal by the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and its...
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the re-election of Sen. Douye Diri as the governor of Bayelsa. The apex court in a judgment, dismissed the appeal brought before it by the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress APC, Timipre Sylvia and his party. The lead judgment delivered by...
The Supreme Court on Friday, affirmed the re-election of Hope Uzodimma of Imo in the Nov. 11, 2023 governorship election. A five-member panel of the apex court, in a lead judgment delivered by Justice Mohammed Idris, dismissed the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship...
There was commotion at the Supreme Court on Friday as the apex court delivers judgment in the governorship election disputes in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the court had fixed today, Aug. 23 for the final judgment of the Nov. 11, 2023...
The wife of Nigeria’s President, Sen. Olureni Tinubu, has described petty traders as a critical segment of the local economy. Tinubu made the statement during an empowerment programme for N1,000 female petty traders in Uyo. Represented by Sen. Akon Eyakenyi, the Akwa Ibom Deputy Governor, Tinubu said that the...
President Bola Tinubu has charged the participants of the National Defence College (NDC) Course 32, to be vigilant and proactive in addressing the myriad of regional and global threats. Tibubu, represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima, made the call at the graduation of the participants on Friday in Abuja....
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has acknowledged the receipt of an additional N50 billion from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Federal Government had injected N60 billion into the fund. Mrs Oseyemi Oluwatuyi, the Director, Corporate Communications, NELFUND,...
President Bola Tinubu has pledged to continue promoting the rule of law and ease the administration of justice in Nigeria. He made this commitment during the swearing-in ceremony of Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun as Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) at the State House in Abuja. Tinubu emphasised his administration’s...
Candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), in the last Kogi State Governorship election, Alhaji Muritala Yakubu Ajaka, has urged his supportersand lovers of democracy to come enmasse to the Supreme Court as it sets to deliver judgment in the appeal he filed before the apex court. In a...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu, has used the occasion of this year annual Leboku festival to call for concerted efforts to achieve food security in the state. Governor Otu also used the event which marks the annual celebration of new yam harvest of...