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Presidential Tribunal: Nigerians Must Lower Their Expectation – Primate Ayodele
The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, on Tuesday, urged Nigerians not to expect too much from the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal’s verdict on Wednesday. He said this in a statement by his media aide, Oluwatosin Osho. He added that Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, will not win at the tribunal. READ ALSO: Taraba Govt Dismisses Reports...
Taraba Govt Dismisses Reports Of Anthrax Outbreak
The Taraba State Government has denied the alleged outbreak of anthrax disease in the state. It would be recalled that some broadcasting stations recently announced that cases of the disease had been recorded in the state. Denying the notion on Tuesday at the flag off of free vaccination of livestock against the dreaded anthrax disease at Kpanti Napu, in Yorro local...
Social Register: FG Unveils Plans For Families Of Injured, Fallen Soldiers
The Federal Government has unveiled plans to include families of wounded and fallen soldiers in the national social register and its poverty alleviation programmes. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu made this known during a meeting with the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa on Monday in Abuja. Edu expressed the need to support the...
Arewa Youths Blow Hot, Warn FG Against Renewal Of Tompolo’s Oil Pipeline Contract
Members of the Northern Youth Advocacy for Good Governance Initiative and the Arewa Youth Forum, on Monday, staged a protest at the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) headquarters in Abuja. They demanded that the Federal Government not renew a pipeline surveillance contract awarded to Tantita Security, owned by Mr. Government Ekpemupolo, also known as Tompolo. Defying the presence of security...
NAFDAC Advises Against Buying Drugs From Open Markets
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned that drugs sold in open market are poisonous and dangerous to human health. Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, the NAFDAC Director-General gave the warning at the North-Central media sensitisation workshop on the dangers of drug hawking and ripening of fruits with calcium carbide in Lafia on Monday. Adeyeye, represented by...
Father Of Abducted Corps Member Criticizes NYSC & Security Agencies for Negligence
The father of a corps member kidnapped in Zamfara State, has accused security agencies and the National Youth Service Corps of showing no concern towards the situation. Emmanuel Etteh’s daughter was one of eight graduates abducted while en route from Uyo, Akwa Ibom State to their NYSC orientation camp. ABN TV reports that gunmen abducted eight members of the NYSC on...
I Will Not Fail Nigerians – Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu has reassured Nigerians of his determination not to fail the country in carrying out a permanent transformation of the nation’s economy to an enduring prosperity. Tinubu said this while receiving members of the Tinubu Support Organisation (TSO) on a solidarity visit to the Presidential Villa, Abuja. This is contained in a statement signed by Chief Frank Ebere-Njoku, National...
Zimbabwe President Sworn In For 2nd Term After Disputed Election
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s inauguration for his second term was held on Monday in spite of accounts from international observers who said the country’s August elections were flawed. Mnangagwa said that Zimbabwe had shown it is a “democracy with maturity” during the ceremony at the National Sports Stadium in the nation’s capital Harare. The 80-year-old said he would ensure that the...
President Tinubu Will Tackle Insecurity – Sen Zam Assures Constituents
The Senator representing Benue North West Senatorial Zone, and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Business and Rules, Chief Titus Zam, has assured his constituents that President Bola Tinubu will tackle the farmers-herders clashes throughout the country. Speaking at an interactive session with constituents from Gwer West Local Government Area, on Saturday, in Makurdi, Benue State capital, he disclosed that...
NSCDC Arrests Three Suspected Vandals, Cable Thieves In Abuja
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, FCT Command says it has arrested three suspected vandals and cable thieves. This was contained in a statement, on Sunday, by the FCT NSCDC Corps Public Relations Officer, ASC1, Okomanyi Comfort. According to the statement, the suspects, Peter Kile, 27, Akanuge Sammel 27, and Justin Tundu, 31, were caught with unlawful possession of...
