Prior to the grounding of the rail transport system in some major cities of the country including Maiduguri, the railway was the cheapest and largest means of conveying goods and services in addition to human movements. The Maiduguri railway terminus used to witness a beehive of activities with top businessmen and women using the system…
Brandt dashed into the penalty area and gathered a precise pass from Emre Can, before gracefully chipping the ball over Werder’s goalkeeper Michael Zetterer to score in the 67th minute. Dortmund have 20 points after eight matches, one point ahead of Bayer Leverkusen, who face VfL Wolfsburg on Saturday. Werder are 14th with six points….
Gombe State has again climbed two places to rank 5th among the 36 states of the federation and the FCT on the 2023 Transparency and Integrity Index. The index was released this month by the Center for Fiscal Transparency and Integrity Watch in collaboration with the MacArthur Foundation. It would be recalled that the state…
The management of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi (ATBU) has released a new schedule for students ahead of resumption for the 2022/2023 academic session. Students had been in limbo for months over the new tuition fee. The university slightly reviewed the fees to allow poor students access university education. The director of Information and public…
The Kwara State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (KWPHCDA) has assured the people of Kwara State that the measles immunisation vaccines are safe for the children. The executive secretary of KWPHCDA, Dr Nusirat Elelu, gave the assurance during a stakeholders meeting hosted by the agency in Ilorin, the state capital. Elelu said the stakeholders meeting was…
The Kaduna State Fire Service said it recorded 33 deaths out of 252 fire incidents from January to September across the state. Director of the State Fire Service, Paul Aboi, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Kaduna. Aboi said the service rescued 15 persons, while…
Napoli forward Victor Osimhen is irritated following recent comments on his contractual situation at the club by owner, Aurelio De Laurentiis. Laurentiis in an interview with Mediaset opened up on the possibility of selling Osimhen, who has less than two years on his contract. Osimhen is yet to commit to a new contract despite having…
Amnesty International has stated that 15 #EndSARS protesters arrested in 2020 are still being arbitrarily detained without trial, three years after the #EndSARS protest that took Nigeria by storm. In a statement released on the third anniversary of the protests, Amnesty International, said the majority of the protesters are in Kirikiri Medium Correctional Centre and…
The member representing Akwanga, Wamba and Nasarawa Eggon Constituency in the House of Representatives, Jeremiah Umaru, has expressed concerns over the surge in kidnapping activities in Nasarawa State. Umaru raised the alarm over the security situation in the state during plenary on Thursday. Calling for urgent attention in tackling the problem, he lamented that the…
Barely a month after announcing his separation from his wife, Bunmi, actor Bolanle Ninalowo has revealed that he has found love again. The thespian on Friday pleaded with fans to suggest the best way to approach the new woman who has captured his heart. Saying he has to move on, he stressed that he only…
International aid desperately needed piled up in Egypt near Gaza where Palestinians are in dire need of food and water after relentless bombing by Israel. Since the massive notorious attack launched by Hamas an Islamist militant group from Gaza strip on October 7 that killed over 1400 people, Israel has vowed to destroy Hamas. Israeli…
Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi state will head to polls by November to elect their new Governors. To achieve seamless electoral process, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC said it will deploy 46,084 regular and adhoc staff for the election. Chairman of the Commission, Mahmood Yakubu in a meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners in Abuja on…
The European Commissioner for International Partnerships Jutta Urpilainen, says a financial package of over €900 million (₦728 billion) will be used to drive education, energy and transport projects across Nigeria. The package together with Team Europe, forms a central part of the EU-Nigeria cooperation to advance the country’s green, resilient, digital inclusive transition under Government…
The member representing Akwanga, Wamba and Nasarawa Eggon Constituency in the House of Representatives, Jeremiah Umaru, has expressed concerns over the surge in kidnapping activities in Nasarawa State. Umaru raised the alarm over the security situation in the state during plenary on Thursday. Calling for urgent attention in tackling the problem, he lamented that the…
The member representing Akwanga, Wamba, and Nasarawa Eggon Constituency in the House of Representatives, Jeremiah Umaru, has expressed concerns over the surge in kidnapping activities in Nasarawa State. Umaru raised the alarm over the security situation in the state during plenary on Thursday. Calling for urgent attention in tackling the problem, he lamented that the…
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has approved the extension of the N10,000 transport allowance granted to the state civil servants to cushion the effect of the removal of fuel subsidy by the federal government by another six months. The allowance, which was part of various interventions adopted by the state government at the wake of…
The Chairman of Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), Mr. Mohammed Bello, says the agency has recovered unremitted revenue worth over N500 billion belonging to the federation from some Institutions. Mr. Bello disclosed this during an interactive session with House of Representatives’ Committee on Finance at the National Assembly. He stated that the sum…
Kaduna State Governor, Malam Uba Sani has approved N3.1 billion for the payment of gratuity for retirees and death benefits for families of the deceased under the Defined Benefit Scheme and the Contributory Pension Scheme. A Statement by the Spokesman of the governor, Mohammed Lawal Shehu says the approval was part of Governor Sani’s commitment…
President Bola Tinubu has directed the withdrawal of Imam Kashim Imam as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA). Ajuri Ngelale, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, confirmed this in a statement on Wednesday, saying the withdrawal is effective immediately. The statement, however, did not…
Nyesom Wike has said he is not against the religion of Islam as the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. Wike said this when he received members of the Abuja National Mosque Management Committee, led by its chairman, the Etsu of Nupe, His Royal Highness, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar on a courtesy visit on Wednesday….
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) says it will continue to support the Federal Government to end open defecation in the country. The international agency also said that it would continue to partner with state governments to minimise the menace of open defecation. Mr Monday Johnson, UNICEF Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) specialist,…
The Ansar-Ud-Deen Society of Nigeria has declared that its members are yet to feel the impact of palliatives being distributed by government to cushion the effects of subsidy removal in many of the states across the country. National Vice President of the organisation, Alhaji Abdul Waheed Ajao, made this declaration while speaking at a press…
The Bauchi State House of Assembly Committee on Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs has charged traditional and community leaders to join hands with security agencies to fish out killers of some local vigilantes in the state. No fewer than nine members of a local vigilante group popularly known as Yan Ba Beli were killed by…
About 450 will graduate with First Class out of 25,234 graduates in the University of Ilorin combined sessions of 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 convocation ceremonies. The Vice Chancellor, Prof Wahab Egbewole who addressed journalists on Wednesday in Ilorin, as part of activities to herald the convocation ceremonies also said that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will inaugurate…
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) says it is targeting about 6 millions girls aged 9-14 years with over 6million doses of Gardasil HPV vaccine and essential supplies under the first phase of HPV vaccination in the country. Experts have said the vaccination is key as Nigeria alone contributes an estimated 12,000 new…
The Niger State Government has settled the N205 million owed the West African Examination Council (WAEC) in Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) fees. The Special Adviser to Governor Muhammad Umar Bago on Print Media, Ms Aisha Wakaso, made this disclosure at a press briefing in Minna, the state capital. According to her, the state government…
Attack on a hospital in Gaza has left hundreds dead and many injured. The two warring factions, Israel and the Palestinian Hamas have been trading blames as to who was responsible for the attack. The strike has been adjudged as the bloodiest single incident in Gaza since Israel launched a retaliation against the Hamas in…
Dr Musa Adamu Aliyu is the new Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) following his appointment by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. This is contained in a statement by the Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, who said the President acted on the provisions of ICPC Act, 2000 empowering him to do…
Emerging popular singer, Sarah Aderibigbe, popularly known as Ayra Starr, has revealed that she once sold vegetables and fruits with her grandmother. The ‘Rush’ crooner who disclosed this via her Instagram story recently, said she was grateful for her progress. She said she would often sing for customers who patronise her business. She wrote, “[I]…
The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC says that it will deploy the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS for easy Voter Accreditation and authentication in November 11th Governorship elections in Kogi, Imo and Bayelsa States. INEC Director for ICT, Dr Paul Omokore stated this in Akwanga, Nassarawa State during a two day Capacity workshop for INEC…
The Coalition of Civil Society Networks has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to make a pronouncement on the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) leadership crisis following the purported refusal of the former Postmaster-General Sunday Adepoju to relinquish office to newly appointed Tola Odeyemi. NIPOST staff had shut down the head office of the service in…
