Kidnap …We were starved of water, food – victims Dayo Johnson Akure After six days in the kidnappers den, the Iyaloja of Isua Akoko, in Ondo state, Chief Mrs Hellen Edward and three others have been released after their families coughed out N5 million ransoms. Mrs Edwards was released alongside three other officials of Akoko South …

By Joseph Erunke THE Action Peoples Party, APP, has appointed  Barr. Uche Nnadi as its Acting National Chairman. The appointment which is with immediate effect, followed an emergency meeting of the National Executive Council, NEC,of the party held in Abuja in the early hours of Wednesday. The party in a statement, in Abuja, said the change of …

President Muhammadu Buhari By Dapo Akinrefon The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum, Wednesday, tackled President Muhammadu Buhari over the clampdown on the EndSARS protesters, warning that the president cannot kill protesters with terror. In a statement by Yinka Odumakin (South West), Chief Guy Ikokwu (South East), Senator Bassey Henshaw (South South) and Dr Isuwa Dogo …

By Abdulmumin Murtala – Kano Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state has described the death of Balarabe Musa, former Kaduna state governor, as a great loss too, Nigeria, democracy, and the downtrodden. He stated this to newsmen in Kano on Wednesday while delivering a condolence message. “We received with shock and sadness, the news of …

Tony Agenmonmen -seeks strategies on how marketers can survive economic challenges Forty eight persons have been conferred with the National Institute of Marketing Nigeria (NIMN) Fellowship Award.  The Fellow is the highest membership grade of the Institute. Speaking during the virtual award ceremony, the President and Chairman of Council, Mr. Tony Agenmonmen encouraged the recipients  to continue …

Nigeria Youths The Benue Police Command, on Wednesday, said that a middle-aged man was burnt to death by some angry youths, while attempting to snatch a motorcycle in Makurdi. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Catherine Anene, said this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Makurdi. Anene, …

…sets to roll out 6 million meters By Adeola Badru IN order to cushion the effect of the Service Reflective Tariff on electricity consumers in Nigeria, the Federal Government has introduced a meter rollout scheme under the National Mass Metering Program (NMMP), as part of efforts to further bridge the country’s metering gap. In this …

…wants surveillance deals given to host communities By Michael Eboh Oil-bearing communities, under the aegis of Host Communities of Nigeria, Producing Oil and Gas, HOSCON, yesterday, accused contractors handling the surveillance of oil pipeline installations across the country of fueling crisis in the Niger Delta. Speaking to Vanguard in Abuja, National Chairman of HOSCON, Dr. Mike …

By Chinonso Alozie, Owerri The Imo state governor, Hope Uzodimma, yesterday said that he had ordered for all the assets belonging to the Imo Transport Company, ITC, in the thirty six states of the federation to be recovered. The governor also said that he had inaugurated an eight-member committee at government House in Owerri, to carry …

Balarabe Musa By Ibrahim HassanWuyo Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state has said that his government is proud of the public service that Alhaji  Abdulkadir Balarabe Musa, the second republic governor of old Kaduna State,   rendered to the state and its people. A statement issued by Special Adviser on Media and Communication, Mr Muyiwa Adekeye on …

Governor Nasir El-Rufai By Ibrahim HassanWuyo Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state has said that his government  is proud of the public service  that Alhaji  Abdulkadir Balarabe Musa, the second republic governor of old Kaduna State,   rendered to the state and its people. A statement issued by Special Adviser on Media and Communication, Mr Muyiwa Adekeye …

By Bashir Bello Kano State Controller, Nigerian Correctional Services, NCS, Suleiman T. Suleiman has on Wednesday said seventeen inmates in its custody have sat for the West African Examinations Council, WAEC and National Examination Council, NECO external examinations in the state. The Controller, Suleiman who disclosed this while interacting with newsmen in the state, said …

By Chris Ochayi The Inter Party Advisory Council of Nigeria, IPAC, said the death of the former Governor of old Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, who passed on in the early hours of Wednesday, has left a big vacuum in the arena of the nation’s affairs. Acting National President of IPAC, Chief Ralphs Nwosu, who made …

By Ibrahim HassanWuyo Foremost labour leader, Comrade Issa Aremu  has expressed sadness over the death of Alhaji Abdulkadir Bàlàrabe Musa ,saying the late elder statesman stood for good principles in governance. In a condolence message issued to journalists in Kaduna, Aremu said verily, from Allah we came and to him we return. “Yours comradely just …

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission …Earmarks N29.871bn for 2021 By Tordue Salem, Abuja The acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Mohammed Abba Umar has urged the federal government to establish special anti-corruption courts for accelerated trial of graft cases. Mr. Umar, made the demand, while defending the 2021 budget estimate and …

Earmarks N29.871bn for 2021 By Tordue Salem – Abuja The acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Mohammed Abba Umar has urged the federal government to establish special anti-corruption courts for accelerated trial of graft cases. Mr Umar, made the demand while defending the 2021 budget estimate and presenting the performance of …

By Luminous Jannamike A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Wuse zone 2, Abuja, on Wednesday granted bail to five #EndSARS protesters bail after they were arrested by security forces at the National Assembly as they were rounding off their protest demanding widespread governmental reforms. Also granted bail was one female journalist, Oluwatosin Adeniji, who was covering …

…as Osuagwu declares interest By Chinonso Alozie, Owerri The struggle to clasp the plum position of the president of the Apex Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has continued to cause ripples, just as on Wednesday in Owerri, the former Chairman of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Imo state chapter, Professor Chidi Osuagwu, had declared his interest to run for the position. …

Canvasses for single-digit loan by CBN By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja Following negative impacts caused by the novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 pandemic on businesses, ActionAid Nigeria, Wednesday, called on the Federal Government to reduce import tariffs on media consumables and grant tax holiday to media houses in order to cushion the effects. This was part of …

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu …Optimistic that same court will unfreeze the accounts By Dayo Johnson Akure The Chairman of the South West Governors’ Forum,  Rotimi Akeredolu has asked supporters of the EndSARS protest whose bank accounts were frozen by the government through the Central Bank (CBN) to challenge the matter in court if they feel their accounts …