Tinubu Back To Nigeria After Private Visit To France
President Bola Tinubu has returned to Nigeria after his private trip to France. The president arrived at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe airport at 8:50 pm on Tuesday and was received by a delegation led by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Sen George Akume. Also present to receive him were the Chief of Staff to the...
Kidnapped ABSU DVC, Prof Emezue Regains Freedom
The Deputy Vice-Chancellor Administration of the Abia State University, ABSU, Prof Godwin Emezue has been released after spending 11 days in the hands of his Kidnappers, ABN TV reports. Prof Godwin Emezue who was kidnapped on Friday 26th January 2024 inside a fueling Station around Umuahia North LGA in Abia State, and whisked away by his Kidnappers was released on...
Heavy Riot At Michael Okpara University Of Agriculture Umudike Over Fee Hike (Photos, Video)
Students of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike Abia State have staged a protest over increase in their school fees, ABN TV reports. The protest on Tuesday paralyzed academic activities in the institution as students in their large numbers demanded reversal of the increase. It also affected the ongoing examination of the final year students in the school. Spokesperson of the...
Cost Of Living Crisis: Opposition Responsible For Protests To Undermine Tinubu’s Govt — APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday accused opposition parties of instigating mass protests across some major cities in the country to undermine the administration of President Bola Tinubu. On Monday, protesters including women and youths blocked major roads in Minna, the Niger State capital to register their displeasure over the rising cost of living. The protesters said the rising cost...
Neo-Black Movement Of Africa Denies Link With Black Axe Confraternity, Says Arrested Arm Robber Not Its Member
Neo-Black Movement (NBM) of Africa has denied links with "faceless" group, Black Axe Confraternity, decrying "libelous, malicious, and satanic" reports on social and conventional media. NBM of Africa also denied one Mr. Abdul-Azeez Ibrahim who was arrested by the Ogun State Police Command in Ijebu-Ode for allegedly being a cultist, kidnapper, and armed robber who goes about with the name...
Kano Governor To Meet President Tinubu As Economic Hardship Bites
Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State says he will meet President Bola Tunibu over the economic hardship being experienced by Nigerians. ”I will personally meet President Tinubu to intimate him about the hardship the people of Kano State are encountering due to inflation with a view to providing succour to the people,” Yusuf said on Monday in Kano. The governor stated...
Lagos, Oyo By-Election Cases To Be Heard In Lagos As Appeal Court Constitutes Tribunal
The Court of Appeal has constituted the election petition tribunal that will hear petitions arising from the by-elections that were held in Lagos and Oyo states at the weekend. In a statement by the secretary to the tribunal, Ibrahim Mahmud, the tribunal will sit at the Roseline Omotosho Court House, Ikeja, Lagos for its hearings. By-elections were held for Surulere 1...
Tinubu To Launch Red Line Rail Project This Month – Sanwo-Olu
Lagos state governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has announced that President Tinubu will launch the Red Line Rail project in the last week of February. Sanwo-olu disclosed this during his visit to the headquarters of China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation in Dalian, China. The governor visited the headquarters of China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation in Dalian, China to conclude the conversations with the top...
Lagos Disaster Mgt To Set Up Emergency Trust Fund
The Lagos State Government, through state Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, has disclosed plans to establish an Emergency Trust Fund LSETF, for more effective management as well as ensure disaster risk reduction in Lagos. This came as Commissioner for Special Duties and Intergovernmental Relations, Mr Olugbenga Oyerinde, has challenged the management of LASEMA, to ensure the local emergency committees at the...
Abuja Residents Groans Over 3-Months Water Scarcity
Residents of Karu, a suburb in the Abuja Municipal Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory are groaning over the lingering water scarcity in the area in the past three months. The residents, speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria in separate interviews on Monday in Abuja, said that the situation was disheartening, especially for those who don’t have boreholes...
