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Anambra Changes Pilgrimage Route For Intending Pilgrims
The Anambra State Government, through the State Pilgrims Welfare Board, has changed its Christian Pilgrimage route from Israel to Rome and Greece for intending pilgrims. This is following the war between Israel and Hamas, which has led to several casualties and unrest. The notification to that effect was contained in a press statement signed by the Senior Special Adviser to the...
I Only Got N2m For Rechargeable Fans, Not N2bn — Sanwo-Olu’s Deputy
Lagos State Deputy Governor, Obafemi Hamzat, has faulted the claim by the Public Procurement Agency that his office got N2 billion to purchase rechargeable fans, rechargeable lights and fridges. Hamzat in a memo addressed to the Director General of the procurement agency, said the approval for the project was N2m. He also claimed that his wife got N2.5m each for her...
Yobe Governor Donates House, Cash To Family Of Civilian Killed In Accident Involving Military Officers
Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State on Monday donated a house worth N6.5 million and N2.5 million to the family of the Late Mohammed Isa, who died in an accident involving a mine-resistant vehicle belonging to the Nigerian Army. It was gathered that the accident happened on August 19 when the military vehicle crushed Mohammed Isa on the Maisandari-Damaturu...
Benue PDP Heads To Supreme Court, Vows To Reclaim Mandate.
Benue State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has vowed to use all legal options to recover the governorship of the state which it believes rightly belongs to the party. The Appeal Court sitting in Abuja on Monday dismissed the appeal by the governorship candidate of PDP, Engr Titus Uba, and upheld the ruling of the tribunal that affirmed the election of...
Nasarawa Guber: Police Issue Stern Warning To Residents
The Police Command in Nasarawa has warned political parties and their supporters against any act of violence ahead of the Court of Appeal judgment on the governorship election in the state. The acting Commissioner of Police in the state, DCP Shettima Muhammad, gave the warning during a press conference on Monday in Lafia. He said that the police in collaboration with...
“I Will Win Rerun Hundred Times In Zamfara” – Gov Lawal
Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal has expressed confidence that he was not afraid of the governorship rerun election, saying that he was going into the contest with full confidence. The Governor stated this while addressing his teeming supporters at the State’s PDP secretariat in Gusau, the State capital as he returned from his foreign trip. “I am very optimistic that even...
Chief Of Defence Staff Is Alive – DHQ
General Christopher Musa, the Defence Headquarters has refuted a viral report that the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) is dead. Musa was appointed by President Bola Tinubu as the Chief of Defence Staff on June 19, 2023. He is a member of the 38th Regular Course of the Nigerian Defence Academy and was commissioned on 21 September 1991 into the Nigerian...
Accept Your Postings In Good Faith – FCT Minister Tasks Corps Members On Productivity
The Minister of State, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Dr Mariya Mahmoud has urged graduates undergoing the one-year mandatory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme to channel their talent to productive ventures. Mahmoud gave the charge during the closing ceremony of the 2023 Batch ‘C’ Stream I Orientation Course, at the NYSC Orientation Camp in Kubwa, Abuja on Tuesday. She enjoined the...
We Will Not Accept Peace-Disrupting Activities – Police Warn Ondo Residents
The Police in Ondo State on Tuesday said it had read the riot act to some political elements planning to cause unrest by mobilising youths for their selfish interest in the state. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the Ondo State Command, SP. Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Akure. According to Odunlami-Omisanya, the attention...
Supreme Court Hears FG’s Application To Extend Old Notes Lifespan Nov 30
The Federal Government has approached the Supreme Court to review its judgment that the old N200, N500, and N1000 should be legal tender until December 31, 2023. The government wants the apex court to lift its March 3 order that old naira notes should remain legal tender along with new notes till December 31. The apex court had on March 3...
