Professor Charles Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has swept to victory in the Anambra governorship elections, winning 19 of the 21 local government areas of the state. “That Charles Chukwuma Soludo of APGA, having satisfied the requirements of the law is hereby declared the winner and...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Government on Tuesday inaugurated 8 member Technical Working Committee (TWC) for The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Sub-National Strategy Workshop under the Chairmanship of the Hon. State Commissioner, Ministry of Trade, Commerce and Tourism Alhaji Yarima Lawan Kareto. Other members of...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Former Lagos Governor and All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has congratulated the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, on the 15th anniversary of his ascension to the throne. He said since he ascended the throne in November 2006, the royal...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday afternoon arrived in Paris, French capital, for a one-day official visit as guest of President Emmanuel Macron at Palais de l’Élysée, and will afterwards attend the three-day Paris Peace Forum (PPF), November 11-13, 2021. A statement issued on Tuesday by...
As part of efforts to ensure that the autogas conversion of vehicles yielded the desired results, the Federal Government says it has set aside N250 billion for willing investors in autogas assembly plants in the country. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr Timipre Sylva, disclosed this on...
The trial of Chidinma Ojukwu, a 300-level Mass Communication student of the University of Lagos, accused of murdering Super TV’s Chief Executive Officer, Usifo Ataga, was stalled on Tuesday at the Lagos State High Court, sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square Annex. Defence counsels complained that the statements contained...
By ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has stressed that Nigeria is better as one indivisible country, despite admitting that the very fabrics of the nation’s unity has been threatened unprecedentedly. Tambuwal who spoke on Tuesday at the Sokoto Government House while receiving the Governing...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has stepped into the national push to end open defecation, accelerate access to safe water and improved hygienic practices for all residents of the territory, thus leaving no one behind. Performing the official declaration of a State of Emergency...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Senate has received a formal request from President Muhammadu Buhari to confirm Professor Ayo C. Omotayo as Director-General of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NISS). The request was contained in a letter read on Tuesday during plenary by the Senate...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Senate has confirmed the appointment of Mr Abdulazeez King (Kogi) and Mr Mohammed Baba (Bauchi) as Federal Commissioners in the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC). This followed the adoption of the report of the Senate Committee on National Planning and Economic...
*By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – As part of other efforts to address malnutrition and related challenges in the country, the Federal Government in collaboration with States is considering under the auspices of the National Economic Council and the National Council on Nutrition, an “Operation Feed Yourself” initiative to encourage...
The Senate has passed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill and approved the electronic transmission of results. The approval was given on Tuesday when the lawmakers resumed plenary after a three-week recess. A seven-man conference committee had been constituted by the Upper chamber to meet with members of the House...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari’s strong, and activist speech at the opening plenary of the COP-26 climate change summit in Glasgow was not just about the regurgitation of Nigeria’s commitment to climate change but an important message to the rich nations of the world that we...
Some subscribers to the collapsed 21-storey building in Ikoyi, Lagos State, signed contracts ranging from over $500,000 (N206.5m) to over $3m (N1.24bn) for the purchase of luxury apartments in the high-rise from Fourscore Heights Limited, findings by our correspondent have revealed. Documents obtained by our correspondent showed that after...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Unknown gunmen have reportedly killed a retired Air Force officer, AVM Muhammad Maisaka, at his residence in Ragasi, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The state’s Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Muhammad Jalige confirmed the incident to newsmen on Tuesday, in Kaduna. ASP...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Chairman, Cross River State Correspondents Chapel, Mrs Eme Offiong has called on media practitioners as well as employers, and the general public to always speak out for journalist during bad days, insisting that journalism is a service to the society. Mrs. Offiong stated this...
An Air Force personnel has been arrested in connection with the attack on the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna State. Bandits had in the early hours of August 24 attacked the NDA’s permanent site, killing two officers and abducting another. The bandits who came in a vehicle were said to...
By BABARA KALU, Akwa – The Anambra State Police Command has deployed no fewer than 1,000 police officials for the supplementary election scheduled to hold in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State. The state Commissioner of Police, Echeng Echeng, stated this while speaking on the police’s preparedness for...
By BABARA KALU, Akwa- The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that the Anambra State supplementary election would hold from 10 am to 4 pm on Tuesday. This is according to a statement issued late Monday by INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus...
By BABARA KALU, Akwa – An independent election observer group, Yiaga Africa, has advised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to undertake a thorough audit of its Bimodal Voters Accreditation system (BVAS). The Executive Director of the group, Mr Samson Itodo, gave the advice in the group’s post-Anambra election...