Babajide Obanikoro sympathises with constituents, urges cooperation with state gGovt

Deputy Chairman House Committee on Steel and the federal lawmaker representing Eti-Osa federal constituency, Honorable Ibrahim Babajide Obanikoro, has sympathised with his constituents on the recent Lekki shooting and vandalisation that took place during the peaceful #Endsars protest. In a statement released to the media on Wednesday, the lawmaker stated that he is heavily burdened …

NYSC boss says 3-year jail term awaits anyone unlawfully in possession of uniforms

The Director-General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim says anyone caught unlawfully with NYSC uniforms will face a three-year jail term. Ibrahim said this after hoodlums invaded the NYSC orientation camp in Kubwa, Abuja. Recall  that hoodlums on Tuesday carted away mattresses, food items and other materials meant for corps members. READ ALSO:Lekki …

How Benue palliatives got to Kano market ― Information Commissioner

File photo: COVID-19 Palliative being distributed By Peter Duru Indications emerged Wednesday on how part of the CACOVID palliatives distributed in Benue state got to Kano market. Benue State Commissioner for Information and Tourism, Mrs. Ngunan Addingi who spoke on the matter at the end of the State Executive Council, EXCO, meeting in Makurdi explained that …

Eid-el-Maulud: Buhari promises to bring erring police officers, looters to justice 

President Muhammadu Buhari By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA–PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has urged all citizens to use the occasion of Eid-el-Maulud to reflect on the virtues of the Holy Prophet by showing love and understanding for fellow citizens while exhibiting patience, honesty, sincerity, kindness and generosity in all their undertakings President Buhari stated this in his message …

Nigeria now generates 13,000mw of power, says Minister

The Minister of Power, Mr Saleh Mamman, has said that the Nigeria’s installed grid power generation capacity has grown from 8,000mw to 13,000mw under the leadership of  President Muhammadu Buhari. Mamman made this known on Wednesday during the 2021 budget defence before the House of Representatives Committee on Power in Abuja. He also said that the …

Poor infrastructures, power, internet, reasons Nigeria can’t run 100% e-learning,NUC explains

By Joseph Erunke ABUJA- POOR infrastructures, internet access as well as power supply in Nigeria are major reasons the country cannot run 100 percent e-learning programmes,the National Universities Commission,NUC,has explained. The commission, speaking through its Deputy Executive Secretary,(Academics), Dr Suleiman Ramon-Yusuf, in an interview with newsmen in Abuja, Wednesday, expressed the commission’s concern over integrity …

Babajide Obanikoro sympathize With Constituents, Urges Cooperation with State Govt

Deputy Chairman House Committee on Steel and the federal lawmaker representing Eti-Osa federal constituency, Honorable Ibrahim Babajide Obanikoro, has sympathised with his constituents on the recent Lekki shooting and vandalisation that took place during the peaceful #Endsars protest. In a statement released to the media on Wednesday, the lawmaker stated that he is heavily burdened …

Okowa reaffirms commitment towards partnership with youths to improve governance

Delta Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa (5th left) Minority Leader, Federal House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Ndudi Elumelu (5th right) Hon. Julius Pondi,( left), Hon. Thomas Ereyetomi, (2ndleft), Hon. Ben Igbakpa (3rdleft)and Hon. Leo Ogor, (4thleft), Hon. Victor Nwokolo,(4th right), Hon.Ejiroghehne Uwaive(3rd right), Hon. Ossai Nicholas Ossai, (2ndright) and Hon. Efe Afe,( right) during a solitarity …

Court declines to order INTERPOL to arrest ex-Petroleum Minister, Diezani

Former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke By Ikechukwu Nnochiri The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, on Wednesday, refused an application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for an arrest warrant to be issued with an order directing the INTERPOL to immediately arrest the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, in …

Kano Agro pastoral project to spend N300m for cattle market upgrade

By Abdulmumin Murtala – Kano Kano State Agro Pastoral Development Project, KSADP, has set aside N300 million, for the development of infrastructure in five cattle markets in the state. The State Project Coordinator, Malam Ibrahim Garba Muhammad announced this during the proposal opening for design and supervision consultancy for the markets on Wednesday, at the …

2021 budget: NHIS to spend N191.7 million for 15,184 Mothers, Children

By Tordue Salem, Abuja The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has proposed to spend the sum of N191.7 million on maternal and child health project which would cover 15, 184 lives in the country in 2021. The Executive Secretary of NHIS, Muhammad Sambo, disclosed this Wednesday during the defence of the 2021 budget proposal before …

Stock market gaining streak continues as investors gain N387bn in 3 says

By Peter Egwuatu As Nigerians continue to count their losses as a result of the effect of the EndSARS, the stock market for the three consecutive days of the week gained further traction as buying interest led to the upsurge in major market indices with investors gaining N387 billion in three days. Consequently, a major market …

Sheathe your swords, Omo-Agege tells Niger-Delta agitators

Omo-Agege Deputy Senate President, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege, on Wednesday, appealed to members of the Reformed Niger Delta Avengers (RNDA) to stop their planned attacks on oil facilities in the region. His Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Yomi Odunuga, said in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja that Omo-Agege’s appeal came on the heels of recent …

Insecurity: Cyber terrorism major challenge, CDS Olonisakin

…Says it defies conditional warfare rules …FG to unveil new cyber policy to check digital threats – NSA …Says social media escalated the EndSARS protests By Chris Ochayi Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, General Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin, has declared Cyberterrorism as the most precarious challenge facing Nigeria today. Gen. Olonisakin, who spoke at the multi-stakeholders workshop …

EndSARS: Kano IPMAN allays fear of petrol scarcity

Long queue of jerry cans at a petrol station as fuel scarcity bites harder, yesterday. By Bashir Bello The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, Kano State branch has on Wednesday allayed the fear of possible petroleum products scarcity as a result of EndSARS protest which disrupted the distribution of the product. This was as …

Court sentence Man, 20, to five years jail term for drug-related offence

…another bags 30 months imprisonment for human trafficking By Bashir Bello A Federal High Court sitting in Kano has on Wednesday sentenced a 20-year-old man, Suleiman Isa to five years jail term for being in possession of 16-kilogram cannabis Sativa, a narcotic drug. This was also as another man, Emmanuel Okpala (42-year-old) bags 30 months …

#EndSARS: Kano police arrest 59 looters, recover hundreds of items

By Abdulmumin Murtala The Kano police command in the aftermath of the recent End SARS protests has arrested 59 suspects accused of looting hundreds of items belonging to members of the public at the Sabon gari quarters in Kano during the recent uncoordinated protest that took place last Tuesday in Kano. The police command in …

Flight operations resume in Akure Airport as Akeredolu intervenes

Rotimi Akeredolu Dayo Johnson Akure FLIGHT operations at the Akure Airport which was temporarily halted three days ago following the discovery of a crater dug on the runway of the airport has commenced. Vanguard gathered that the intervention of the Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu was responsible for the commencement of operation at the airport. …