Niger State Government said efforts are on to secure the release of the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry for Transport, Ibrahim Musa Garba 02 08 21. The Permanent Secretary was abducted alongside one of his children at Zungeru the headquarters of Wushishi local government council on the 2nd of October,2021 Commissioner for Information and Strategy…
The Police Command in Kaduna State says it has rescued six kidnap victims, along Barde/Keffi Road in Kafanchan Local Government Area (LGA), of the state. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Mohammed Jalige, confirmed the incident in a statement on Thursday in Kaduna, NAN reports. Jalige said that operatives of the command, on receipt of the…
The University of Benin (UNIBEN) management has reacted to rape allegations against one of its lecturers, Dr Steve Ekundayo. In a statement issued by its spokesperson, Dr Benedicta Ehanire on Thursday in Benin, the university referred cases of alleged rape and unlawful detention against Dr Steve Ekundayo to the police for investigation. The decision was…
The National President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Mr. Chris Isiguzo, on Thursday, tasked all security agencies to unite against terrorism and other related insecurity that is ravaging all parts of the country, especially now the 2023 general election is fast approaching. Isiguzo made this known while addressing journalists from the 36 states…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will on Thursday depart Nigeria for London. Osinbajo will represent President Muhammadu Buhari at the United Nations, UN, High-Level event on the Energy Transition in Africa agenda, focusing on Nigeria. The event scheduled to hold on Friday at the Imperial College will feature meetings organized by UN-Energy ahead of the UN…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, command in Edo has said it arrested 90 suspected illicit drugs dealers in the state. Mr Buba Wakawa, NDLEA commander, made this known during an interview with newsmen on Thursday, NAN reports. Wakawa, who said that the suspects were arrested between July and September, stated that they included…
Residents of Jajere town in Fune Local Government Area of Yobe State has called on Governor Mai Mala Buni to rehabilitate the 45-kilometer road from Tikau to Jajere. Speaking to newsmen in Jajere, the village head of Jajere, Alhaji Adamu Wakili Ilu said the call became imperative because the road was now a death trap….
Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State has described the agitation for Biafra as madness. Umahi pointed out that the Southeast would be the greatest loser if Biafra is achieved. He said the Southeast has invested in every part of Nigeria; hence people of the region cannot afford to lose their investments due to Biafra agitation….
The University of Lagos (UNILAG) will start its 2021-2022 Post-UTME exercise on Monday October 11. The management made the announcement on Wednesday. Only candidates who scored 200 and above are qualified to sit for the test. The statement said screening into all courses and programmes will commence from Monday, 11th to 29th October, 2021. It…
Niger State Government has approved the appointment of Alh. Mohammed Barau Kontagora as the 7th Emir (Sarkin Sudan) of Kontagora Emirate. The Government stated this in a press statement signed by Emmanuel Umar, Hon. Commissioner Ministry for Local Government, Community Development & Chieftaincy Affairs and made available to newsmen. It would be recalled that the…
President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the government and people of Enugu State over the death of community leader and great mobilizer, Sir Geoffrey Tochukwu Nnebedum Tabansi, who passed away recently. The President commiserated with family, friends and associates of the deceased who served the nation meritoriously, retiring as a Federal Director of Housing. Buhari…
President Muhammadu Buhari has lamented the death of his former Chief Security Officer, CSO, Ahmadu Gaada. Gaada was Buhari’s Chief Security Officer during his time as Nigeria’s military head of state in the 1980s. Buhari’s condolence message to the deceased family was signed and made available to reporters by Garba Shehu, his senior special assistant…
The House of Representatives Committee on Host Community has called on the management of Hydrocarbon Pollution and Remediation project to increase youth’s participation in the cleanup project in Ogoniland. The committee believes the action will help in curbing the security challenges being faced in different project sites. Chairman of the Committee, Dumnamene Dekor, made the…
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide on Wednesday askefd Southeast governors and Igbo leaders to tell President Muhammadu Buhari the truth about pro-Biafra agitator, Nnamdi Kanu. The Okechukwu Isiguzoro-led faction of Ohanaeze said Igbo leaders and governors must say the truth about where Buhari is not getting it right on Kanu on the region. Isiguzoro lamented that most…
The international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières otherwise called Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has expressed shock over the killing of one of its staff, Mohammed Hassan by armed persons in Zamfara State northwest Nigeria. A statement by MSF on Wednesday said Mohammad Hassan, a 37-year-old nurse, employed by MSF in Shinkafi, Zamfara State in…
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, says it will be providing funds for research for drug development in the country, as part of efforts to reach its mandate. Four public agencies including the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development, NIPRD and the Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, Ibadan among others are expected to participate…
Commuters were on Wednesday stranded as the Ogun State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) as well as residents of Sango Ota took to the street to protest the poor condition of roads in the area. The protesters gave the Federal and Ogun State governments a 21-day ultimatum to fix the Lagos-Abeokuta highway. They…
Yakubu Shehu Abdullahi, a member of the House of Representatives, has denied claims by the Bauchi State Government that construction work on his building is illegal. Officials of the state government had in the earlier hours of 1st October demolished the building located at No. 7 Buba Yero Road, Old GRA, Bauchi, and later claimed…
The Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege has accused the Minority leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe of misleading Nigerians on the recently passed Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). Speaking through the order of urgent national interest, Omo-Agege explained that the Senate Minority leader granted an interview on Channels Television where he accused the Senate of adopting the APC…
The older brother of the late Aisha Jumai Alhassan a.k.a. Mama Taraba, Senator Abdulazeez Abubakar Ibrahim is dead. Ibrahim died five months after Alhassan, a former Minister in the Buhari administration, passed. The 67-year-old died on Tuesday night at the Federal Medical Center in Jalingo during an illness. Ibrahim was elected in 1999 and again…
