By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has approved the appointment of Bala Isa as Executive Secretary of the Borno State Scholarship Board. The appointment was announced in a statement Issued on Monday by Governor Zulum’s Special Adviser on Public Relations and Strategy, Malam Isa Gusau in...
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At least four persons have died after a high-rise building collapsed in the Ikoyi area of Lagos on Monday. Some five persons have also been rescued alive as rescue operations intensified into the night. More people are believed to still be trapped in the rubble. The Lagos State Emergency...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a socialite Obinna Iyiegbu, better known as Obi Cubana. Obi Cubana is being questioned at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja. He arrived at the EFCC office around noon on Monday. Although details of allegations against the Anambra-born tycoon are still...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – American billionaire and founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, on Monday in Glasgow, Scotland commended President Muhammadu Buhari’s leadership role in restoring degraded lands in the country, describing the commitment to restore 4 million hectares as exemplary. Bezos joined President Buhari, French President Emmanuel Macron,...
In continuation of the crisis rocking the Plateau State House of Assembly,the Speaker of the Legislature, Abok Ayuba, has now been whisked away from the assembly complex in a police Hilux van. The operation to take Ayuba out of the complex was led by the Commissioner of Police in...
The Federal Government in collaboration with the World Bank Assisted Mineral Sector Support for Economic Diversification (MinDiver) Project has begun a National training programme on Jewellery making for 40 Nigerian youths. Mr Olamilekan Adegbite, Minister of Mines and Steel Development (MMSD) made this known at the Gemstone and Jewelry...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – An Associate Professor of Political Science, Federal University, Lafia, Nasarawa state, George Genyi, has stated that Nigeria has become “repressive and authoritarian” with corruption at its highest level. He stated this while speaking at a ‘state of the nation summit’ organized by the Academic Staff...
The crisis rocking the Plateau State House of Assembly continued on Monday as rival thugs supporting the two contending sides clashed at the assembly’s complex when the embattled Speaker, Abok Ayuba, and lawmakers loyal to him were holding a meeting inside the building,the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports. Recalled...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has called for the prosecution of those responsible for the unlawful invasion of the Abuja residence of a Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Mary Odili. The Executive Secretary of the NHRC, Mr Tony Ojukwu, made the call...
Retired Cdr. Monde-Umo An ex-Naval officer, retired Cdr. Matthew Monde-Umo, on Monday in Lagos urged voters to get commitment from politicians before voting for them at the 2023 general elections. Monde-Umo made the call when he presented five of his publications on how to move Nigeria forward to the...
The Oyo State Government says it will partner with new musical artist, Oluwatoyin Okuwobi, also known as “Baron Toy” to groom young music talents in the state. Mr Olufemi Josiah, the Special Assistant to Gov. Seyi Makinde on Community Relations, said on Monday in Ibadan that the partnership would...
By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau – Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle has approved the re-opening of seven weekly markets that were earlier closed as part of measures to address the state’s security challenges. The State Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Ibrahim Dosara, disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday, in...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the Federal Government to probe the invasion of the residence of Justice Mary Odili. Security agents had on Friday raided the home of the Supreme Court, but Wike asked the current administration to bring to book those behind...
Between January and September 2021, Nigeria lost N898.93bn to crude oil losses and repairs of vandalised pipelines, among others, documents obtained from the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited showed. Also, it was gathered that the oil firm deducted a total of N1.78tn from its remittances to the Federation Account...
Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola has said his administration will continue to invest in infrastructural development for socio-economic well-being of the people in the state. Oyetola said this at an engagement programme organised by the State’s Civic Engagement Centre on Sunday in Ilobu, Irepodun LGA of the state. Represented...
The Nigerian Mission in South Africa and the Nigerian Doctors Forum South Africa (NDF-SA) have condemned attempts allegedly by the Independent Media Group (IMG) in South Africa, to drag the reputation of Nigerian doctors into the mud over the controversial South African decuplets (10 babies born at the same...
President Muhammadu Buhari has departed Abuja for Glasgow, Scotland in the United Kingdom, to attend the 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari;...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday hosted the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Bola Tinubu, at his official residence, State House, Abuja. Speaking to State House correspondents after the closed door meeting, Tinubu dismissed the insinuation that he was in the presidential villa to discuss politics...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has expressed hope that the annual allocation to the National Research Fund (NRF) will hit N10 billion in 2022. Executive Secretary of TETFund, Professor Suleiman Bogoro, said the agency’s Board of Trustees had recently approved N8.5 billion as...
By JOSHUA SHINA, Jalingo – A 26-year-old Computer Science student of the Taraba State Polytechnic, identified as Clara Jacob, has been found dead in a swimming pool. The lifeless body of the final year student was discovered at the Suite 11 Hotel swimming pool in Jalingo, Taraba State on...