By Kingsley Omonobi Abuja— The Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, has approved new postings of some senior officers in the Nigerian Navy. The reorganisation, according to Commodore Suleman Dahun, Director of Naval Information, affected 11 Rear Admirals and 14 Commodores. The new Chief of Policy and Plans, Naval Headquarters, is Rear …

Commends contractor for the pace of work Says Alternative Project Funding Approach is working The Governor of Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde, on Monday, inspected two ongoing projects in the state, where he declared that the Alternative Projects Funding Approach (APFA) instituted by his administration remains the best to hasten infrastructural development. Governor Makinde, who …

President Muhammadu Buhari By Johnbosco Agbakwuru President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met behind closed doors with the Caretaker Committee of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mai Mala Buni and Governor Abdallah Ganduje of Kano State at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Governor Ganduje was Chairman of the APC Campaign Committee for the just concluded Edo governorship election …

Buhari & Okorocha President Muhammadu Buhari felicitates with former Governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Anayo Okorocha, on his 58th birthday, joining friends and family to celebrate the consummate entrepreneur and philanthropist, whose kindness cuts across the nation. President Buhari shares the moment of joy with political associates of Owelle Okorocha, Senator representing Imo West Senatorial …

Nigerian Army By Nwafor Sunday Nigerian Army, Monday revealed how Col DC Bako, commander of 25 Task Force Brigade in Damboa, was killed in an ambush on Sunday. Ado Isa, the spokesman of the Nigeria Army’s Operation Lafiya Dole, said Bako led a patrol to clear Boko Haram Terrorits from Sabon Gari-Wajiroko axis near Damboa when …

Pelumi Oloyede-Bello By Evelyn Usman An agent of one of the electricity companies has been arrested by the Police in Lagos for allegedly drugging and defiling a 14- year-old girl in Ejigbo area of Lagos. The suspect, Pelumi Oloyede-Bello, had gone to install prepaid meters for some residents of Akinwunmi street, Ile-Epo area of Ejigbo, when …

soldiers A Nigerian Army colonel has been killed in a Boko Haram ambush. The colonel and some soldiers were attacked, on Sunday, when their vehicle was ambushed near Damboa, Borno State. Details of the attack are yet to be known, but an army source told PREMIUM TIMES that the late colonel would be buried on Tuesday. …

Sen. Eyinnaya Abaribe. By Henry Umoru SENATE Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Abia South said Monday that his life has been full of coincidences in the cause of fighting for what is right. Speaking in Abuja while thanking poets from University of Nigeria Nsukka for writing a book on him titled: ” …

The suspect By Soni Daniel, Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Gombe Zonal Office is interrogating one Eze Mavus Ugochukwu, a student of Computer Science, Bauchi State Polytechnic, who defrauds unsuspecting members of the public by posing as a Lieutenant in the Nigerian Army. Ugochukwu, an indigene of Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu …

Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State. By Dirisu Yakubu Osaro Onaiwu, pioneer Director General of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governors Forum, Monday, chided Imo state governor, Hope Uzodinma over the latter’s comment on Saturday’s governorship election in Edo state. Uzodinma, who was the deputy chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC national campaign council for …

Oludamilola and her husband Oluseun By David Royal The Vice President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), has just welcomed his first grandchild as his daughter, Oluwadamilola was delivered of a baby boy on Monday morning. Osinbajo broke the good news via his verified Twitter handle; @ProfOsinbajo. READ ALSO: Our recovery from COVID-19 fallout must …

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State. …CJ pledges effective justice delivery By Henry Ojelu Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has commended the state judiciary for rising up to the challenges posed by Covid-19 in the justice sector. Sanwo-Olu gave the commendation on Monday during the church service held at the Cathedral Church of Christ, Marina,  to …

By Michael Eboh Coalition of Civil Society Organisations, under the aegis of Contract Transparency Network, CONTRANET, yesterday, condemned the secrecy surrounding contracts in the extractive industries, declaring that it negates the tenets of transparency and accountability. In a communiqué issued after a meeting for the validation of the advocacy strategy for the adoption and implementation of …

Some civil servants whose names were removed from the payroll of the Cross River Government on Monday in Calabar picketed the state secretariat complex, demanding reinstatement. The protesters carried placards with various inscription such as “Ayade pay us our salaries, “No Trade Union in Cross River”, “We will protest until we are reinstated”, among others. …

By Ugochukwu Alaribe, Umuahia A member of the Board of Trustees of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Prince Benjamin Apugo has said that his party lost last weekend Edo State governorship election to internal wrangling at the party. Apugo, who was reacting to the outcome of the election in a telephone interview in Umuahia said it …

File photo of fuel tankers at Mile 2 end of Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, Lagos. PHOTO: Joe Akintola, Photo Editor. By Michael Eboh Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners, NARTO, yesterday, ordered all its members, especially petrol tanker drivers, to withdraw their services nationwide from Tuesday and Wednesday, September 22 and 23, 2020. NARTO is protesting the …

By Ugochukwu Alaribe Tragedy struck in Aba, Abia State, at the weekend as gunmen shot dead a Police Inspector at Uratta in Aba North Council area of the state. The policeman whose name was given as Inspector Emma was said to have been transferred from Umuahia to Uratta police station, about two months ago. A …

Professor Yemi Osinbajo As he interacts with UNN students on how Nigeria can deploy technology to solve problems Similar to what is going on in developed societies, how Nigeria harnesses and deploys technology and innovation to address emerging challenges will be crucial to the country’s recovery from the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to …

File photo[Used only for the purpose of illustration] Photo source: Healthkonnet By Vincent Ujumadu THE United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, observed Monday in Awka that about 57% of Nigerian children under five years of age do not have birth certificates. Speaking during the training of 75 health workers from selected health facilities in the 21 local …

By Dirisu Yakubu The 2020 World Maritime Day, WMD, celebration will hold at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos on Thursday, September 24th, Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has said. In a statement signed by Magdalene Ajani, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Transportation on Monday, this year’s celebration theme is “Sustainable Shipping for Sustainable Planet: …