Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has called for enhanced collaboration between the military and civilian population for credible intelligence gathering in the ongoing counter insurgency operations in the North East. He made the call in an interview with newsmen at the inauguration of the Tukur Buratai Institute for War and Peace in Buratai, Biu Local … Read more
Gov. Godwin Obaseki on Thursday hailed the resilience and dexterity of Edo citizens in pursuing development as the state commemorates the 29th anniversary of its creation from the old Bendel State. The governor in a statement on Thursday in Benin said the state which created on Aug. 27, 1991, had made appreciable progress in its … Read more
An NGO, Media Advocacy West Africa Foundation (MAWA Foundation) has condemned the ill treatment of Nigerian traders in Ghana. Mr Liberty Oseni, the Coordinator of the organisation made the condemnation in a statement on Thursday in Jos. Read Also: Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines For Today, Thursday, August 27th, 2020 NAN reports that the Ghanaian government … Read more
Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has directed caretaker chairmen across the 33 Local Government Areas and the 35 Local Council Development Areas to set up security committees to tackle insecurity. Makinde gave the directive at a meeting with the caretaker chairmen in Ibadan. Read Also: Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines For Today, Thursday, August 27th, … Read more
Gov. Darius Ishaku of Taraba has warned the 49 third class Chiefs in the state against illegal allocation of lands in their domains to strange people and foreign investors. The governor gave the warning during a second meeting with the Royal Fathers held at the Executive Chamber in government house Jalingo. Read Also: Heavy Flooding … Read more
The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) on Wednesday said it was not embarking on strike. A statement signed by Dr Lanre Olosunde, the President of the association, described the report of a planned strike as “false and misleading.” Read Also: Heavy Flooding Might Hit FCT, Bayelsa, Others … Read more
Anambra House of Assembly has passed the state legislative funds management bill to ensure accountability, transparency, effectiveness and efficiency in the utilisation of funds. The Assembly passed the bill after the third reading at plenary on Wednesday. Read Also: Heavy Flooding Might Hit FCT, Bayelsa, Others From Sept 6 -NIHSA The lawmakers took turns to … Read more
The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu has inaugurated a seven-member presidential panel to look into the crisis in the school and submit recommendations that would put the school back on course. Adamu, at the inauguration in Abuja on Wednesday, charged members of the panel to conclude its assignment and submit its report within two … Read more
Police Kill Wanted Serial Killer, Feyisola Dosunmu in Ogun Ogun state police command kill 28-year-old wanted serial killer, Feyisola Dosunmu popularly known as Spartan at his hideout in Iperu. Dosunmu was declared wanted by the Ogun State Police Command after killing more than seven persons at different locations. READ ALSO: BREAKING: Ibadan Suspected Serial Killer Escapes … Read more
Two children have been killed and one other person missing following two days of heavy downpour in Birninkudu Local Government Area of Jigawa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the heavy downpour also destroyed many houses and farmlands. Read Also: Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines For Today, Tuesday, August 25th, 2020 Alhaji Wada Faka, … Read more
A 50-year-old man, Abdulhamid Muhammad, died in a well at Sha’iskawa village in Danbatta Local Government Area of Kano State on Tuesday. The information is in a statement signed and issued to newsmen by the Public Relations Officer of the state’s Fire Service, Alhaji Saidu Mohammed on Tuesday in Kano. Read Also: Major Nigeria Newspaper … Read more
A Customary Court sitting at Mapo in Ibadan on Tuesday dissolved the 14-year-old marriage between one Dauda Saliman and his estranged wife, Amina over her attempt to poison the husband. President of the Court, Chief Ademola Odunade and two other arbitrators; Alhaji Suleiman Apanpa and Alhaji Rafiu Raji, said the union was dissolved in the … Read more
The Bauchi State chapter of Association of Master Bakers says the rising cost of production of bread might force it to increase the price of the product by 20 per cent. The state’s chapter Chairman, Alhaji Adamu Baba, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Bauchi on Tuesday . … Read more
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed says the on-going rehabilitation of the Radio House in Garki Abuja will be completed and commissioned in weeks. The Minister gave the assurances on Monday in Abuja after an inspection of the N449 million rehabilitation project in company with the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Ms … Read more
A group of agricultural experts, Nigerian Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (NIFAAS), has called for boosting of the livestock sub-sector amidst COVID-19 pandemic challenges plaguing it. The group made the call in a statement to news men signed by Mr Ismail Olawale of the E-extension Department NAERLS, ABU Zaria on Monday in Lagos, following a … Read more
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has warned motorists to desist from using mobile phones while refueling at filling stations to prevent fire outbreak. Mr Olusegun Daboh, DPR’s Operation Controller in Osun, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Osogbo on Monday, that such an act was dangerous, “as petrol is highly inflammable’’. Read … Read more
National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA), says it will develop a master plan on environmental sanitation and waste management in Adamawa State. Mr Abubakar Hamid, the state’s Coordinator of the Agency, made the disclosure in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yola on Monday. Read Also: Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines … Read more
A member of the Katisna State House of Assembly, Nasir Yahaya, has donated a 33KVA transformer worth over N4 million to Kalgo community in Daura Local Government Area of Katsina State. Yahaya (APC – Daura State Constituency), made the disclosure in a interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Monday in Daura. Read … Read more
The Oyo State Police command has denied that Ikolaba Divisional Police Headquarters, Ibadan, was attacked by gunmen Friday evening. It said in a statement yesterday that two policemen attached to the divisional police headquarters were at the opposite side of the road to the station when they were attacked by hoodlums in an unidentified moving … Read more
Accordingly, Sir James Robertson, the last colonial Governor-General, ensured that political power at the centre was eventually handed over to northerners so that the British could continue to exert influence on her puppets from a distance. A persuasive case can be made that for very bad reasons colonial officials were biased in favour of northern … Read more