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Senate President Ahmad Lawan and Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni have commiserated with victims of flooding in Bade Local Government Area and other parts of the state. Buni has, however, directed the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) to provide prompt assistance within 24 hours. About 11 local government areas have been affected by flooding…
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has approved the composition of the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). A statement by the Permanent Secretary (General Services Office) in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Olusegun A. Adekunle, conveyed the appointments. The new appointees and their states of origin are: Dr….
The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is to review the screening of aspirants contesting the governorship primary of the party in Kogi State on a case-by-case basis, it was learnt on Tuesday. The Nation, however, gathered that there is pressure on the leadership of the party to avoid unnecessary legal tussle…
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday sacked the Executive Secretary of Nigeria Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC), Rev Tor Uja, for alleged financial infraction and fraud. It was learnt that Uja mismanaged the finances of the commission to the tune of about N225 million. Sources at the commission said the former Executive Secretary ran the place like…
THE recently-constituted joint security team in the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) has arrested 33 illegal migrants, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) spokesman Joseph Attah said in a statement on Tuesday. The arrest was the product of the security agencies’ resolve to secure Nigeria’s territorial integrity, especially the land and maritime borders against trans-border…
•As FG orders probe of multi-million gas project failure•Award to P&ID clearly unreasonable, manifestly excessive — LAI MOHAMMED•There’s no record of P&ID in Nigeria — CBN GOV, EMEFIELE•Project deliberately designed to fail from inception — AGF, MALAMI By Soni Daniel, Northern Region Editor & Emmanuel Elebeke ABUJA — The Finance Minister, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, said…
The Federation of Muslim Women Association in Nigeria (FOMWAN) in Lagos State has called for action against moral decadence. It urged parents, religious bodies and governments to curb moral decadence among youths. Speaking at the opening of the Southwest Zonal Youth Camp in Lagos, FOMWAN’s Southwest Zonal Coordinator Alhaja Nimotallah Salam said the theme: Moral…
The social media is buzzing with the photo of Imo State Governor Emeka Ihedioha and Chika Augustine Odionyenma, a Nigerian indicted for alleged fraud in the United States by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Odionyenma posed with Ihedioha after the latter appointed him to the Sub-Committee on Logistics for his May 29 Inauguration Planning…
POLICY makers, international financial institutions, value chain players and development agencies will be part of the second Sterling Bank Agriculture Summit Africa billed for September 5 and 6 in Abuja. The summit with the theme “Agriculture – Your Piece of The $1tr Economy,” is geared toward attainment of the $1trillion Africa agribusiness economy dream of…
By Rotimi Agbana & Tolulope Abereoje Overtime, the entertainment industry in Nigeria has witnessed a series of crashed marriages due to irreconcilable differences. But for Nollywood actress, Mercy Johnson-Okojie and her husband, Prince Odi Okojie, it has been about eight-years of marital bliss; and the couple are not ready to give up on their marriage…