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6,146 Drivers Licences Unclaimed In Delta – FRSC
The Delta Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr. Bassey Eshiet, says no fewer than 6,146 permanent driver’s licences have yet to be claimed by their owners in the state. Eshiet made the revelation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Asaba on Monday. He decried the attitude of some motorists who processed driver’s licences and...
APC Wins 8 Assembly Seats In Kebbi Rerun Poll
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won eight Assembly seats after Saturday’s supplementary elections in Kebbi State. The results were announced by the Collation officers of the eight constituencies at the respective collation centers. The constituencies are Arewa, Augie Gwandu, Jega, Kalgo, Koko Besse, Maiyama and Sakaba initially declared inconclusive after the Governorship and Assembly elections on March 18. Results of the...
APGA Candidate Emerges Taraba Assembly Member-Elect
The candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, for Karim-Lamido II constituency in Taraba, Anas Shuaibu, has been declared winner of the just concluded supplementary election in the state. His victory was announced at the council collation centre by the returning officer, Bawuro Adamu Manga. Manga, who is a lecturer at the Federal University of Wukari, said the total number...
President Buhari Calls For Ceasefire In Sudan
President Muhammadu Buhari has called for a cease-fire in Sudan following a clash between the military and paramilitaries in the country’s capital, Khartoum. Buhari described the fight between the Rapid Support Forces as unwelcome on Sunday during a visit to him in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, by Chad’s transitional president, General Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno. READ ALSO: 2023 Census Will Count IDPs...
2023 Census Will Count IDPs In Benue, Other Places – NPC
Disturbed by the calls to postpone the 2023 Census, the National Population Commission (NPC) has informed that adequate measures have been put in place to ensure the smooth conduct of the Population and Housing Census slated to be conducted from 3rd to 7th May 3 to 7. The Executive Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, and the President of Middle...
Ten Million Household To Receive N5,000 In Six As Palliative For Fuel Subsidy Removal — Minister
The federal government will pay N5,000 to 10 million households for six months as palliative for removing petrol subsidy after June. The amount is N50 billion per month and reaches N300bn with $800m (N371.6bn at CBN N464/$1 rate) World Bank loan to fund the project. The Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, explained this at the Nigerian briefing...
Ikpeazu Directs Resumption Of Daily Levies Payment
Abia State governor, Dr Okezie Victor Ikpeazu has directed that relevant government agencies in the state to resume collection of Market daily tolls and levies under the consolidated revenue platform. The governor had suspended collection of revenue months back owing to the scarcity of naira notes. In a statement on Sunday by Barr. Chris Ezem, Secretary to the State Government, the...
Governors, EFCC Chairman, Others Travel To Saudi Arabia To Update Buhari On Elections
President Muhammadu Buhari has received Nigerian officials in Saudi Arabia who visited him with updates on developments in the country, including the conclusion of supplementary elections. The President, on his fifth day of the official visit to Saudi Arabia, met with some governors and other officials, according to a statement on Sunday by his media aide, Garba Shehu. At the Makkah...
We Must Join Forces To Build A Strong Nigeria —Methodist Prelate
The Prelate, Methodist Church Nigeria (MCN), Oliver Ali Aba, has said that for posterity’s sake, it is important that Nigerians must join forces to build a strongly united country. Aba added that all and sundry must join hands together in building a new nation where youth will be encouraged to stay back in the country and contribute to national development...
Ikpeazu Decries Conspiracy Around Ndigbo By Some Persons
Abia State governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, has advised Igbos to avoid fighting themselves but rather forge a common front for their future in Nigeria because there was a “deliberate attempt” by some unnamed persons to deny Igbo-speaking people of the South-east an opportunity to produce Nigeria’s president in 2023. Ikpeazu stated this on Wednesday when he met with the leadership of...
