By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, has expressed sadness over the events that occurred in Lagos on Monday, where a high-rise building under construction on Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, collapsed, killing over 35 persons. The Vice President, in a statement by his Special Assistant (Media...
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As stakeholders mobilise for the governorship election in Anambra State, major roads and streets in Awka have been deserted. During a tour of the state capital by Channels Television crew on Friday, only a few people were seen on the streets, especially in places that used to be crowded....
The Zamfara Government says the RUGA settlement it is constructing in the outskirts of Maradun town, Maradun Local Government Area, has reached 80 per cent completion stage. Alhaji Ibrahim Dosara, the state Commissioner for Information, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Sokoto on Friday. He...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – As a mark of peaceful, cordial and harmonious working relationship between the Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum and his Deputy Hon. Umar Usman Kadafur, the governor paid an unscheduled visit on his deputy in the office and met him on seat ....
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The spiritual leader of Brotherhood of the Cross and Star, (BCS) His Holiness Olumba Olumba Obu has cancelled this week pilgrimage to his birth place Biakpan, for the annual 3-day pilgrimage billed to have held from Thursday 4 to Saturday 6 November 2021. Biakpan is...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has said that Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanism will reduce stress on courts in the country. Makinde stated this on Thursday while declaring open a conference by Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), held in Ibadan. The governor, who described...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres says by the year 2030 an estimated 50 per cent of the world’s population will live in coastal areas which are exposed to flooding, storms and tsunamis. Guterres, in a message marking the 2021 World Tsunami Awareness Day, called on all countries, international bodies and...
Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello has said choosing the right leaders to govern Nigeria is critical to resolving the insecurity in the country. Bello made this known while delivering a keynote address at the National Security Summit organised by the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Thursday in...
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, has urged stakeholders of the telecommunications industry to collaborate for effective deployment of the Fifth Generation (5G) technology in the country. Pantami said this in his keynote address on ‘Deploying 5G Networks in Nigeria: The Critical Role of Stakeholders‘...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum on Thursday disguised his convoy and visited some Government healthcare centres unannounced, during which he found some officials collecting between N8,000 to N10,000 from patients, whereas the services are meant to be provided free of charge. Zulum summoned...
Ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in Anambra, the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered the restriction of vehicular movement in the state. According to a statement issued on Thursday, IGP Akali Baba said the restriction is part of measures aimed at protecting the sanctity of the...
The Federal Government has paid the backlog of Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) to 74,657 benefiting households under the Household Uplifting Programme (HUP) in Sokoto State. Head of Sokoto State Cash Transfer Unit, Alhaji Abubakar Balarabe-Binanchi, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Organized labour in Cross River State on Thursday said there is no going back on the ongoing industrial action in the state unless Governor Ben Ayade meets their demands.. According to the organized Labour, the state’s government has agreed on eight items out of seventeen...
By HARUNA AHMED, Yola – Adamawa State Government has said it would spend a total sum of N21 billion to make significant intervention on urban and rural road projects in the 2022 fiscal year. Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri made the disclosure while presenting the 2022 budget proposal to House of...
Mr C Don Adinuba, Anambra Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, has called on the public never to panic about buses coming from outside Anambra and its occupants. Adinuba made the call in a press release he signed and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
Benue Financing , Recurrent and Capital Expenditure Appropriation Bill of N155,611,390,265 for the 2022 fiscal year, on Thursday passed the second reading on the floor of the Benue State House of Assembly, in Makurdi. The recurrent expenditure of the bill is N98,792,082,431.34, while capital expenditure stands at N56,819,307,834.48. Leading...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A total of 25,929 prospective voters in Borno, have so far registered in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The INEC Head of Department, Voter Education and Publicity in Borno, Mallam Adamu Gama, told newsmen in...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja The Chairman of the National Peace Committee, General Abdulsalam Abubakar (Rtd) has urged candidates in the Anambra Governorship election to abide by the letter and Spirit of the Peace Accord which they have signed. Abubakar who stated this in Awka, the Anambra State Capital on...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The death toll from a building collapse in Ikoyi Area of Lagos State rose to 36 on Thursday after more bodies have been retrieved by rescuers from the debris. The coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in the state, Ibrahim Farinloye, said...
Ahead of the Anambra State gubernatorial election on Saturday, the United States (US) has threatened sanctions, including visa restrictions on anyone who interferes with the democratic process or instigates violence against civilian populations before, during, or after the elections. This warning was contained in a statement on Wednesday by...