The Federal Government has inaugurated the Abdulrasheed Bawa-led Governing Board of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC after six years of operating without a board. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation SGF, Mr Boss Mustapha, while inaugurating the board on Thursday in Abuja, charged the appointees to ensure the elimination of financial…
Katsina State Government has warned members of the general public involved in any form of illegal mining activities in the State to desist from such or face the wrath of law. The Commissioner for Resources Development in the State, Alhaji Abdullah Iman made this known during a press briefing held in his office on Wednesday….
The Kano State Executive Council has approved N500m as counterpart funding for the implementation of a six-year World Bank-assisted project, tagged ‘Agro Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes’. The Commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the council meeting on Wednesday. He said the project was aimed at…
Following President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval, the Nigerian Government has lifted its ban on Twitter operations in Nigeria. The decision was announced in a statement by the Chairman Technical Committee Nigeria-Twitter Engagement and Director-General National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, CCIE in Abuja. He said the approval was given following a memo written…
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that the upper chamber will work with revenue generating agencies towards reducing the level of the nation’s borrowing. Lawan made this known on Wednesday in Abuja, at an event to mark his 63rd birthday. He said that the senate would support and supervise the agencies and…
The Northern state Governors’ Forum has described Senate President Ahmad Lawan as excellent and patriotic leader who is providing purposeful leadership for the ninth assembly. Felicitating the Senate President, who is marking his 63rd birthday, the governors commended him for carrying along the entire Senate irrespective of party affiliations. A statement by Gov. Simon Lalong…
The Federal Government has promised to take the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP) to the next level. The Minister of Humanitarian Affaurs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Farouq, said this in a statement issued by Mrs Halima Oyelade, her Special Assistant on Corporate Communication, on Wednesday in Abuja. Farouq said the…
The Police Command in Plateau has arrested one Moses Oko, 20, for allegedly killing Miss Jennifer Anthony, a 300-Level student of University of Jos. Mr. Bartholomew Onyeka, the Commissioner of Police in the state, paraded the suspect on Wednesday in Jos. Recall that the body of Jennifer Anthony was found at Domus Pacis lodge in…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, says its operatives arrested a skit maker, Sunday Joshua, popularly known as De-General, following raid of a notorious drug joint at Orchid Estate, Lekki area of Lagos state. According to a statement by the Agencies’ spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, narcotic officers – acting on credible intelligence – stormed the…
The Kano State tricycles’ union has urged its members to return to work. Recall that the tricycle operators had on Monday embarked on a 7-day industrial action in protest of the N8,000 permit directed by the Kano State Government. The situation left passengers stranded, forcing many to trek to their destinations. Meanwhile, the Kano State…
Troops of the Special Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) maintaining peace in Plateau and environs, have rescued two kidnap victims from their abductors. Maj. Ishaku Takwa, the Media Officer of the task force made the disclosure in a statement on Tuesday in Jos. Takwa said the rescued victims are Mrs Tabitha Silas, wife of…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has urged governments at all levels and wealthy individuals to do more in the creation of jobs for youths to stem criminality. The Commandant of NSCDC, Enugu State Command, Mr Valentine Afrika, made the plea during the Command’s Motivation Celebration of its rank and file personnel, who…
Tomatoes and Orchard Producers Association of Nigeria (TOFAN) says it will train no fewer than 46,500 farmers in 20 states to scale up tomato production in the country. Mr Bola Oyeleke, President and CEO of the association, who said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja, noted…
President Muhammadu Buhari has endorsed the establishment of the Nigerian Diaspora Investment Trust Fund (NDITF), a private sector investment window with Nigerians in the Diaspora to support direct investments in the country. The president gave the approval at the presentation of a compendium entitled +600 Diaspora Icons @ 60, published by the Nigerians in Diaspora…
Chief Ernest Shonekan, the former head of the Interim National Government that succeeded the military junta of General Ibrahim Babangida, is dead. Shonekan, a boardroom guru before his selection to head the Interim National Government, died in Lagos at the age of 85, according to TVC. He was the Chairman of the interim National Government…
The Police on Monday said the documentation of recruits in Police Training Colleges/Schools in the ongoing 2020 recruitment of Constables into the Nigeria Police will close on Sunday. Police Public Relations Officer Frank Mba made this known in a statement in Abuja. He said that the training exercise began on Monday and warned that any…
Nurses under the aegis of National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) in Lagos State has suspended its three-day warning strike. The State Chairman, Mr Olurotimi Awojide, disclosed this at an emergency Congress Meeting of the association on Monday in Lagos. Awojide said that the association suspended its strike to enable the government fulfill…
National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has said he has informed President Muhammadu Buhari of his presidential ambition. The former Lagos State Governor said this in an interactive session with State House Correspondents after meeting the president at Aso Rock on Monday Details later…
As the Governor of Sokoto State celebrates his 56th birthday, hosts of prominent Nigerians have felicitated with him, describing him as a man of the masses. The chief executive of Sokoto State, who is also a former Speaker of the Nigerian lower parliament, has been described as a man at the forefront of transformation in…
Most motorists in Jos have expressed concern about the emergence of long queues at various filling stations as fuel scarcity hits Jos-Bukuru metropolis. Some of the motorists, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Jos, also alleged that some petrol marketers increased the price of the petrol. Correspondent of NAN…
