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Tinubu Orders Matawalle To Relocate To Kebbi Over Schoolgirls’ Abduction
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday directed the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, to relocate to Kebbi State over the abduction of 24 schoolgirls in the state. Matawalle, who was formerly governor of Zamfara State, was asked to remain in the state to monitor security efforts to secure the release of the abducted students. Gunmen abducted 24 students of Government...
Japan Targets 60% Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction By 2035
Japan Tuesday pledged to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 60 percent in the next decade from 2013 levels but climate campaigners said the target fell short of what was needed under the Paris Agreement to limit global warming. Under the Paris accord, each country is supposed to provide a headline figure to the United Nations for cutting heat-trapping emissions by...
Speaker Gbajabiamila To Sign Warrant Of Arrest On Emefiele Tuesday
The Speaker of the House of the Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila is expected to publicly sign the warrant of arrest against the embattled Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele during Tuesday’s plenary, except there is an intervention between tonight and tomorrow. Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Hon. Benjamin Kalu who disclosed this during an...
Buhari’s Failure To Deliver Campaign Promises Responsible For Poverty In Nigeria — Governors
Governors of the 36 states of the federation have said there is hardship in the land because President Muhammadu Buhari has failed to fulfil his 2019 campaign promises to Nigerians. The Minister of State for budget and national planning, Clement Agba, had blamed state governors for the nation’s poverty index, saying the governors had abandoned 72 per cent of Nigeria’s...
We Are Prepared To Tackle Possible Outbreak Of Cholera – Ondo Govt
Following the outbreak of cholera in some parts of the country, the Ondo State Government has assured residents of the state that it is leaving no stone unturned towards tackling any possible spread of the disease in the state. While stressing that necessary structures to tackle the disease have been put in place, the Commissioner for Health in the state,...
#EndSARS: Reps Unveil 30-Day Plan To Tackle Police Brutality
The Speaker House of Representatives, Honourable Femi Gbajabiamila, has unveiled some of the plans by the House, aimed at tackling police brutality in the country. In a statement signed personally on Wednesday, Gbajabiamila said over the next 30 days, the House will work with the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), civil society and with Nigerians of good conscience to draft new...
Police Arrest 31 Suspects, Recover N1bn In Stolen Items In Abuja
The Federal Capital Territory's (FCT) Police Command reported that it had apprehended 31 suspects and retrieved more than N1 billion worth of public property in Abuja. The Commissioner of Police (CP) in charge of the FCT, Mr. Olatunji Disu, said this at a news conference on Friday in Abuja. He said 16 of the suspects had been charged to court for...
Obi Faults Tinubu’s Trip Amid Nigeria Economic Situation
The 2023 Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr. Peter Obi, has accused President Bola Tinubu of insensitivity to the plight of Nigerians with his constant of foreign travel amidst Nigeria’s myriad of economic and security challenges. President Tinubu, according to a statement issued by the Presidency, is travelling out of Nigeria on a two-nation tour with a stopover...
INEC Dismisses Reports On Election Postponement
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has dismissed reports on the planned postponement of the 2023 General Election. The commission in a message on its Twitter handle titled: “fake news alert” on Monday night said INEC has no plan and will not postpone the election. “Our attention has been drawn to a fake report circulating on social media with the title:...
Plateau Will Soon Become Nigeria’s Agricultural Hub – Gov. Mutfwang
Gov. Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau has reaffirmed his readiness to revamp the agricultural sector to boost the economy of the state. Mutfwang said this on Sunday at the 37th Reunion Service of old students of Boys High School, Gindiri. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that GOSA is made up of old students of both Boys and Girls Secondary Schools,...
