By Femi Ogunshola Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas, has constituted seven special committees for the coordination of legislative activities. The speaker announced the constitution of the special committees on Thursday in Abuja. They are Internal Security Committee, led by Rep. Mohammed Danjuma; Selection Committee, chaired by the speaker himself, and Media […]
By Sumaila Ogbaje Troops of the armed forces have in the last two weeks eliminated 42 bandits, terrorists and other criminals in various operations in North Central and North West. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, made the disclosure on Thursday in Abuja at the bi-weekly news conference on the operations of […]
By Nicholas Dechi The Chief of Army Staff (CAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, has assured President Bola Tinubu of the absolute loyalty of the Nigerian Army to him and the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Yahaya gave the assurance on Thursday during the inauguration of the newly-constructed ultra modern headquarters of the Nigerian […]
By Olajide Idowu Brig-Gen. Bashir Adewinmbi, Commander, Osun State Amotekun Corps, on Tuesday said opertives of corps arrested a suspected notorious cult leader in Ilesa on Monday. Adewinmbi in a statement said the suspect, Taiwo Ogunsola, alias Taiwo Portable, was arrested Monday midnight after a complaint was lodged at the Amotekun Ilesa Area […]
By Emmanuella Anokam The Federal Government has issued licences to the NNPCL Exploration and Production Ltd. and Belema Sweet Export Terminal Ltd for establishment of crude export terminals. The licences were approved and issued to the companies on Tuesday in Abuja by Mr Farouk Ahmed, Authority Chief Executive (ACE), Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory […]
By Okeoghene Akubuike The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the Nigerian Railway Corporation generated N768.44 million in revenue from passengers in Q1 of 2023. This is contained in the NBS Rail Transportation Data for Q1 2023 released in Abuja on Wednesday. The report showed that the figure dropped by 63.02 per cent compared […]
The head of ttheUN refugee agency (UNHCR) on Wednesday said the number of people forcibly displaced around the world has climbed to a record 110 million. UNHCR said conflicts in Ukraine and Sudan spurred millions of people to flee their homes. In a new report, the agency said the increase of around 19 million […]
By Edith Nwapi Mr Peter Obi and his Labour party (LP) On Tuesday tendered more documents in evidence to the Presidential Election Petition Court. Obi and his Labour Party (LP) are petitioners in the petition marked CA/PEPC/03/2023 challenging the election which brought president Bola Tinubu into power Respondents are Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) […]
By Stanley Nwanosike Mr Osita Okechukwu, Director-General, Voice of Nigeria (VON) says the emergence of Sen. Godswill Akpabio as President of the Senate is a hallmark of APC’s principle of inclusiveness. Okechukwu also congratulated Akpabio on his emergence as senate president of the 10th assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. “The emergence of Akpabio […]
By Taiye Agbaje Mr Yisa Usman, a Deputy Director with Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) was, on Tuesday, arraigned on allegations bordering on threatening Mrs Raheemat Oloyede on phone with intent to blackmail her husband, Prof. Ishaq, the board’s registrar. Usman was arraigned by the police on behalf of the Federal Government.on a five-count […]