By Vincent Ujumadu Awka—Following reports that the Federal Government was planning to build 10 new airports across the country, including one in Anambra, the state government said, on Wednesday, that the cargo airport under construction in the state is solely being funded by the current administration in the state. The state government, through the Commissioner …
The Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) says students under its scholarship programme must swear to an affidavit to affirm their identities. PAP coordinator, retired Col. Milland Dikio, in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, said that the measure is aimed at ending the exercise that had become generally contentious and controversial. The statement was signed by …
PRESIDENT BUHARI RECEIVES DR OKONJO-IWEALA 0A. President Muhammadu Buhari receives the Former Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance and Top Contender for the WTO, Dr Ngozi Okonjo Iweala during an Audience at the State House.PHOTO; BAYO oMOBORIOWO. OCT 12 2020. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for backing Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in emerging as …
By Egufe Yafugborhi GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike on Wednesday declared a N20Million compensation for each family of policemen and soldiers killed in Rivers state’s recent violent attacks linked to the Independent People of Biafra (IPOB) The Governor also assured on rebuilding all police stations burnt by the proscribed IPOB in Oyigbo Local Government Area just as …
By Ozioruva Aliu BENIN CITY – THE Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, yesterday lauded President Muhammadu Buhari for his intervention in the EndSARS protest that has led to the destruction of property and death of some innocent Nigerian youths across the country. He also commiserated with the families of those who …
By Vincent Ujumadu – Awka The Anambra State Police Command on Wednesday took stock of its losses during the #endSARS protest in the state, saying four of it officers were killed, eleven police stations and over twenty vehicles including patrol and exhibit vehicles and an Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC), were set ablaze. The State Commissioner …
By Rotimi Ojomoyela – Ado-Ekiti The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State and the All Progressive Congress (APC) on Wednesday engaged each other in verbal war over the N3bn Covid-19 fund and palliatives given to the state to cushion the effect of the pandemic. PDP asked the government to explain how it expended the …
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 …
Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi By Shina Abubakar – Osogbo The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Adewale Akanbi, on Wednesday charged Federal and State Governments to include traditional rulers in the panel of inquiries set up to investigate police brutality across the country. A statement issued by his media aide, Alli Ibrahim disclosed that the monarch said traditional …
3rd Mainland Bridge By Olasunkanmi Akoni The Lagos State Government on Wednesday, announced plans to close the Adekunle to Adeniji section of the Third Mainland Bridge for the second phase repairs beginning from midnight of Friday, October, 30, to Sunday November 1, 2020. The phase was in furtherance of the partial closure of the Third …
By Emma Amaize Deputy Comptroller of Nigerian Correctional Service, NCS, Warri, Delta State, Okonkwo Adimobia, has disclosed that 26 inmates escaped, while a female staff was injured when hoodlums, who hijacked the EndSARS protest broke into the facility, last Thursday. Adimobia, who conducted the Deputy Governor of the state, Deacon Kingsley Otuaro, on an inspection …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
By Olasunkanmi Akoni Aftermath of destruction of lives and property, Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday said the state government will set up Rebuild Lagos Trust Fund as he accepted full responsibility on what happened in the state during the EndSARS protests. Sanwo-Olu made the statement when he visited the Lagos Police Command, Ikeja, …
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 …
File: Lawyers By Henry Ojelu Some legal practitioners have described the oath of Secrecy administered on members of the panel investigating the Lekki toll gate shooting as a betrayal of trust by the Lagos State Government and the panel members. Some members of the panel were reported to have been compelled to sign an Oath of …
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 …
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 …
