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Isa Umar, Abuja About 20 medical and dental students of the University of Maiduguri and University of Jos have been reportedly kidnapped by gunmen in Benue State. The incident was said to have happened when the students were travelling to the Federation of Catholic Medical and Dental Students (FECAMDS) annual convention in Enugu and were … [Read more…]
The National Judicial Council, Thursday recommended Hon. Justice Kudirat Motonmori Kekere-Ekun, CFR to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for appointment as the Chief Justice of Nigeria. The body also recommended twenty-eight (28) others as Judges of various Courts. The decision was made during its 106th meeting presided over by the Hon. Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon. … [Read more…]
States in the Niger Delta region, particularly Rivers and Bayelsa State, are expected to face months of electricity blackouts as vandals destroy 13 transmission towers along the Ahoada-Yenagoa 132kV Double Circuit transmission. The spokesperson of TCN, Ndidi Mbah, made this disclosure in a statement on Wednesday. Mbah said that 13 towers were along the Ahoada-Yenagoa … [Read more…]
The man featured in a viral video, in which his wife reportedly tore up his passport upon their return to Nigeria, has clarified that the entire incident was staged as a skit.In a recent video shared on the family’s Instagram page, the man could be seen in the company of his children begging Nigerians to … [Read more…]
The Governor of Ebonyi State, Rt. Hon. Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru has charged Local Government Chairmen and Coordinators of Development Centres to embark on projects that will have direct bearing on the people He made the call during a Church Service at the Government House Chapel Abakaliki. “If you are a Coordinator or a Local Government … [Read more…]
As part of her 2024 August Meeting support to women, the wife of the governor of Enugu State, Mrs. Nkechinyere Mbah, has rolled out an eyecare programme for the screening and treating of at least 500 women with various eye problems. The programme, which kicked off on Monday at the state’s Ministry of Children, Gender … [Read more…]
Former Presidents Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari are currently attending the inaugural Council of State meeting under President Bola Tinubu administration on Tuesday. The meeting is holding at the State House Council Chambers at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Also, former Heads of State, General Yakubu Gowon (rtd) and General Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd) are participating in … [Read more…]
President Bola Tinubu is set to leave the presidential villa Abuja for Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, on a three-day official visit to honour the invitation of President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo. This is contained in a statement released by the President’s spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale, on Tuesday in Abuja. According to Ngelale, the visit to the … [Read more…]
…says Energy Innovation will Bring Prosperity President Bola Tinubu on Monday in Abuja inaugurated 30 hybrid Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)-powered buses with the capacity to transport 3,000 passengers. The locally-manufactured buses were donated to the federal government by the Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria (DAPPMAN) and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited … [Read more…]
Many African nations are now turning to Nigeria to produce high-tech military hardware, says the Federal Government. The weapons produced by the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON), according to Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, show the seriousness of the Ministry of Defence and the new DICON management under the Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration. … [Read more…]
Kano State Governor Alhaji Abba Yusuf has announced the complete removal of the curfew as normalcy returns to the state. The state government had imposed a 24-hour curfew following the violence, looting and destruction of properties that erupted as a result of the recent hunger and end destructive governance protests that turned in the state. … [Read more…]
…as Ododo Lays Foundation For Barefoot Renewable Energy Academy in Kogi Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Chief Uche Nnaji, has reiterated the Federal Government’s commitment to addressing the manpower gap in the renewable energy (RE) industry. The minister gave the reassurance yesterday at the groundbreaking ceremony for the establishment of Barefoot Renewable Energy College … [Read more…]