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VP Osinbajo Presides Over FEC Meeting And Honours Late Amechi
The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Wednesday presided over a hybrid meeting of the Federal Executive Council, FEC at the State House Council Chambers, Abuja. The council observed a minute silence in honour of the late Chief Mbazulike Amechi, who was Nigeria’s first Minister of Aviation, and died on November 1, 2022, at the age of 92. The Secretary to the...
Yobe Assembly Finally Amends Hisbah Law, Defines Duties Of Executive Chair, State Commandant
The Yobe State House of Assembly has amended the law that established Hisbah Commission to separate the functions of office of the Executive Chairman and State Commandant of the Commission. The House amended the law after adopting the report of its standing committee on Justice and Religious Affairs on the amendment law. Shedding more light, the chairman of the committee, Hon...
Gov Radda Condemns Killing Of 17 Muslim Worshipers In Katsina
Katsina State Governor, Malam Dikko Umar Radda, has condemned the killing of innocent citizens in Musawa, Danmusa, Matazu, and Faskari Local Government Areas of the state by a group of callous bandits. The governor stated this while on a condolence visit to Musawa Local Government Area of the state, where 17 Muslim worshippers were killed by the armed bandits. Radda said,...
Buhari’s Giant Achievements Can’t Be Downplayed, Lai Mohammed Slams Opposition
Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Tuesday, lashed out at the opposition in the country, claiming that they were trying to downplay the monumental strides recorded by the Muhammadu Buhari administration. Mohammed, who spoke at the presentation of the achievements recorded in the youth and sports sector of the economy since the administration came to power in 2015, described...
King Charles Pays Tribute To Late Namibia’s Nujoma
Britain’s King Charles III has paid tribute to Namibia’s former president, Sam Nujoma, who has contributed immensely to history, died aged 95. Nujoma, who led Namibia to independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990 and served as its first president for 15 years, died on Saturday, the current Namibian President Nangolo Mbumba announced. In a statement released on Sunday evening, Charles...
Edo Gov: Obaseki Left N1Trn Internal, N282Bn External Debts For Okpebholo
Julius Anelu, the Edo State Accountant-General, disclosed the state government's internal debt profile as of November 11, 2024, and estimated it to be more than N1 trillion. The Accountant-General, who made the revelation during a meeting with members of the Edo State Assets Verification Committee, also reported that the state’s external debt was N282 billion. Anelu said the increase in the...
2023 Presidential Election: What Obidients Did For Peter Obi Should Be Respected – Reno Omokri
Reno Omokri, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said that what the Obidients, supporters of Peter Obi, did for the Labour Party (LP) Presidential candidate during the February 25 Presidential election should be respected. Omokri, a former media aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, also hailed the Obidients for their efforts in galvanizing a movement that gave...
14 Britons, Four Americans, 268 Others Now Nigeria Citizens
A total of 286 foreign nationals, including four Americans, 14 Britons and 86 Lebanese, yesterday took the Oath of Allegiance adopting Nigerian citizenship. The ceremony was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Interior Minister Rauf Aregbesola told State House correspondents that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) had, on February 9, 2022, approved a list of...
South East Youth Leaders Condemns Retrial Of Sen. Kalu, Alleges Political Harassment
The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders (COSEYL) has strongly condemned the recent decision by the Court of Appeal in Abuja, which granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) permission to challenge a Federal High Court ruling that barred it from retrying former Abia State Governor, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, over an alleged N7.1 billion fraud. In a press...
ISWAP release five kidnapped aid workers
Islamic State-aligned jihadists have released five local aid workers abducted last month in Borno State, security sources and one of those freed said Thursday. The aid workers were seized along with other passengers in two separate incidents in December when fighters from Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) disguised as soldiers intercepted vehicles on highways outside the Borno state capital...
