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Monthly Archives: May, 2020

Sultan seeks synergy, increased funding of security agencies to end banditry

Following armed banditry incidences across the country, and most recent bandit attacks in Sokoto state, Sultan Sa'ad Abubakar, has called for synergy among stakeholders,...

COVID-19 won’t truncate Nigeria’s electoral process – INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday said COVID-19 pandemic would not truncate Nigeria’s democracy and electoral process.INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this in...

Sokoto attack: Minister condemns bandits, directs relief to survivors

The Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, has condemned the killing of Nigerians by bandits in communities in Sabon Birnin...

Former NNPC GMD, Baru’s death shocks North Central Govs’ Forum

Chairman North Central Governors Forum and Governor of Niger State, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello has received with rude shock the passing away of immediate...

Covid-19: Four month-old child discharged

Kaduna State Government has disclosed that the four-month old child who tested positive for COVID-19 has been discharged but there are still 76...

NDDC clarifies position on death of forensic audit member

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has expressed sadness over the death of its acting Executive Director of Finance and Administration, Chief Ibanga Etang. Etang,...

Niger governor condoles with Baru’s family, Bauchi govt

The governor of Niger state, Abubakar Sani-Bello has commiserated with the government of Bauchi State as well as the family of the late former...

Merkel rejects Trump’s invitation for G7 summit in Washington

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will not attend the G7 summit in Washington due to the coronavirus pandemic, the German Press Agency reported Saturday, citing...

Buhari greets Writer/Journalist, Tola Adeniyi at 70

President Muhammadu Buhari has rejoiced with the family, friends and colleagues of renowned writer, journalist, columnist, actor, dancer, and dramatist, Akogun Tola Adeniyi,...

Sokoto attack: Humanitarian Affairs Minister orders distribution of relief materials to survivors

Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development has ordered relevant agencies in the ministry to provide assistance to...

Buhari mourns former NNPC GMD, Maikanti Baru

 President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with family, friends and professional colleagues of former Group Managing Director of  Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr...

4 dead, 6 injured in 3 accidents in Ogun

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun says four persons died while six others sustained injuries in three separate accidents in the state...

Court jails man one year for $240,000 romance scam

Justice A.T. Mohammed of Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Thursday May 28, 2020 convicted and sentenced one Igweneme Moses(a.k.a....

Twenty one years of return to civil rule in Nigeria: Need to go back to the fundamentals

By Otive Igbuzor, PhD Nigeria returned to civil rule in 1999 after about thirty years of military rule. This year marks twenty-one years of return...

UPDATE: Again, NCC absolves Minister of involvement in office space allocation process

...Says exigencies responsible for office withdrawal from NiDCOM The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has, again, clarified that the Hon. Minister of Communications and Digital Economy,...

BPE not with DISCOs asking court to stop forensic audit – Okoh

 The Bureau of Public Enterprises is not opposed to the planned forensic audit of the power companies in Nigeria by the Federal Government and...

Five years in Office: Sani Bello says no longer business as usual

The Government of Abubakar Sani Bell has been speaking tough as it clocks Five years, saying it is no longer going to be business...

Dare, a thoroughbred professional, fine public officer, says Agba

Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, says the Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Mr Sunday Dare, is...

Coronavirus: Niger extends lockdown

Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello has announced the extension of the State COVID-19 Preventive, Containment and Emergency Order by two weeks starting...

FRSC Board approves promotion of 10 Assistant Corps Marshals, 32 Corps Commanders

The Federal Road Safety Commission Board has on 29th May, 2020 approved the promotion of 10 Corps Commanders (CC) to the rank of Assistant...

Kaduna warns against fertiliser racketeering

Kaduna state has put measures in place to check any act of diversion of fertilisers, which will be re-sold above the official price of...

Kogi COVID-19 story takes new turn as Family confirms case

The Ejibunu Family in Kabba, Kogi state has confirmed that their member has tested positive for COVID-19. This assertion is however at variance...

Buhari reconstitutes NNPC Board

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reconstitution of the Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), after the expiration of the term of...

Former NNPC GMD, Baru, is Dead

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced the demise of its former Group Managing Director (GMD), Dr. Maikanti Kacalla Baru, Friday night. Dr. Baru,...

Sani Bello inaugurates 15-man Community Policing Advisory Committee

Governor Abubakar Sani Bello has inaugurated a 15-man Community Policing Advisory Committee to check insecurity bedeviling parts of the State.Governor Sani Bello who presided...
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