By Kingsley Omonobi & Musa Ubandawaki The Federal Government yesterday through the Minister of Defence, Dr. Bello Matawalle, vowed to flush out bandits and other criminal gangs terrorizing northwest in compliance with the President Bola Tinubu’s directives to troops of Joint operation Hadarin Daji.This came as the Minister of Defence, the Chief of Defence Staff, […]
Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has said President Bola Tinubu’s government did not lie about fuel subsidy. According to him, subsidy provisions had disappeared from Nigeria’s budget and were not included in the supplementary budget of 2023. Onanuga who said this in a statement on his official X page, […]
…Price rises by 460 per cent in 15 months **Timeline of fuel price hikes, changes in Nigeria WITH the latest hike in fuel price to N897 per litre, the cost of fuel has risen by 460 per cent in 15 months since President Bola Tinubu assumed office in May 29, 2023. The latest hike is […]
No fewer than 3,590 inmates across the custodial centres in Nigeria are on death row, the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) has revealed. NCoS Public Relations Officer, Assistant Controller of Corrections (ACC), Abubakar Umar, made this known while speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja. Umar said that the total number […]
Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, says Nigeria gets the largest intervention fund spent by the foundation in Africa. Gates said this during an interview session with selected journalists on the sidelines of the 2024 NutriVision Dialogue on Tuesday in Abuja.According to him, helping reduce health inequality globally is the top […]
GOVERNOR Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State would on September 10th 2024 flag-off a special support programme for five thousand youths drawn from the 31 local government areas of the state. Eno who disclosed this on Sunday during the September edition of Government monthly prayer service at the Banquet Hall, Government House, Uyo, added not […]
By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA – Middle Belt youths on Monday demanded a comprehensive probe into the Ajaokuta Steel Company, criticizing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for inaction.They also called for presidential intervention to uncover the decades-long corruption and mismanagement plaguing this national asset. The youths, under the aegis of the Middle Belt Youth […]
By Steve Oko Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN), has argued that the only way to end the current migration of health workers from Nigeria into other countries in search of greener pastures, is by improving their welfare package and working environment. MDCN Registrar, MDCN, Dr Fatima Kyari stated this while fielding questions from […]
Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara has approved the appointment of Brig.-Gen. Abdulkadir Gumi (rtd) as Acting Chairman of the Security Trust Fund Board of Trustees. This is contained in a statement issued by Malam Abubakar Nakwada, Secretary to the Zamfara State Government (SSG), in Gusau on Sunday. Nakwada said: “The appointment takes immediate effect.” The News Agency […]
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Special Forces have eliminated a known terrorist kingpin, Mustapha Abdullahi, and five members of his group in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF, AVM Edward Gabkwet, in a statement on Sunday, said the special forces were deployed from the 413 Force Protection Group. […]