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Two Million Families Benefitting From FG’s Cash Transfer — Umar Buba Bindir
The National Coordinator of the National Social Investment Programmes, NSIP, Dr. Umar Buba Bindir has said over 2 million households in the country were at the moment benefitting from federal government's conditional cash transfer programme. He also ...
Aggrieved Akwa Ibom Youths Barricade INEC Office, Demand REC’s Removal
Over 1,000 youths under the aegis of the Coalition of Political Parties in Akwa Ibom State, on Wednesday, barricaded the Secretariat of the Independent National Electoral Commission in the state, demanding the immediate removal of the Resident Electo...
Medical Doctors Oppose Bill Seeking Review Of Qualifications Of Teaching Hospital Heads
Medical doctors under the aegis of Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria on Thursday opposed a bill seeking to redefine the qualifications of heads of university teaching hospitals in Nigeria. Reports tells that the bill seeks a...
Obingwa Council Chairman, Nwoke Must Go, He Has Under Performed, Women, Youths Insist
There was tension in Mgboko, the headquarters of Obingwa council area of Abia State,yesterday, as women and youths of the council,staged a protest march demanding the removal of the council chairman, Chief Michael Ibe Nwoke over alleged non performan...
Farmers In Kaduna Communities Pay Terrorists N400m To Access Farmlands – Community Leader
Alhaji Zubairu Abdulra’uf, a community leader from the Birnin Gwari Emirate Council in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, lamented that members of the communities in the area were allowed to go to their farms this rainy season by b...
You Can’t Borrow N10bn For Installation Of CCTV Cameras, Court Tells Kano Govt
A Federal High Court sitting in Kano presided over by Justice Abdullahi Muhammad Liman has restrained Kano State Government from borrowing N10 billion for the installation of CCTV cameras. The plaintiff, Kano First Forum (KFF), filed a motion exparte...
Recall Buratai Now Over N1.8bn Recovery, PDP Tells Buhari
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari, to immediately recall the former Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and Ambassador to Benin Republic, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (rtd), to face investigations and clear his name over allege...
About 600 Inmates Escaped From Kuje Prison After Attack — Defence Minister
The Minister of Defence, Maj Gen Bashir Magashi, has disclosed that about 600 inmates broke out of the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kuje, with about 300 inmates successfully retrieved from the bushes. Speaking with newsmen, Magashi said they sus...
All 64 Boko Haram Members In Kuje Prison Have Escaped, Defence Minister Weeps
The Minister of Defence, Bashir Magashi, on Wednesday, reacted to the Kuje prison attack, saying all the 64 members of the Boko Haram terrorists fled the facility. Gunmen had stormed the facility on Tuesday, with explosions and gunshots heard from th...
NYSC Presents Meritorious Award To Two Corps Members And Penalize Five Others For Misconduct In Bauchi
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has presented two corps members to the Bauchi State government for an award of Distinguished Service. The state Coordinator of NYSC, Namadi Abubakar stated this in Bauchi on Thursday, during the Passing out...
