•Ganduje and son Umar Engr. Umar Abdullahi Umar, Executive Director, Technical Services of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), is the son of ex-Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). President Bola Tinubu had appointed Umar into the new REA management team following the indefinite suspens...
The federal government, in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), repatriated another batch of 147 irregular Nigerian migrants stranded in Libya yesterday. Amb. Kabiru Musa, Charge d’Affaires En Titre of the Nigerian Mission in Libya, disclosed this in a statement. Musa said the evacuees who departed Tripoli Int...
•Protesters Residents of Suleja in Niger State have taken to the street to register their displeasure over the high cost of living in the country. Today’s protest is coming after a similar protest in Minna, the state capital just two days ago, reports Channels TV. Suleja, the commercial nerve centre of Niger State, is only […]
•Fulani herdsmen Several persons have been killed in a fresh attack on the Ugboju community in the Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State. While conflicting reports trail the exact number of casualties, a source told our correspondent that nine people died in the latest violence in the North-Central State, reports Channels TV. The attack [...
•Gov Siminalayi Fubara The Rivers State House of Assembly has accused Governor Siminalayi Fubara of engaging in illegality with regards to his recent appointments. The Speaker, Martin Amaewhule, levelled the accusation against the governor during plenary today at the Assembly Quarters in Port Harcourt, the state capital, reports Channels TV. T...
•Doctors during a protest The Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria has extended the ultimatum earlier issued to the federal government to address all pending issues by six more weeks. MDCAN made this known in a communique issued at the end of its National Executive Council meeting held in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State yesterday. [&hell...
All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial candidate for Benue South in the 2023 election, Comrade Daniel Onjeh, has petitioned the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party over anti-party activities perpetrated by the state chairman, Austin Agada, during last year’s legislative election in the state. Onjeh who submitted the petition at t...
•Gunmen Tension has gripped Butura village following the killing of herder when hoodlums attacked a Toyota Boxer vehicle in Butura Company community of Butura District of Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State. Two others were said to have escaped in the attack, which took place around 7 am this morning, reports Daily Sun. The […...
•Rev Father Lubo Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria Plateau Chapter, Rev. Fr. Polycarp Lubo has disclosed that reports reaching has revealed that between Christmas Eve and today Tuesday not less than 150 persons have been killed in affected Plateau Communities. Rev Father Lubo who stated this on Tuesday while addressing newsmen a...
Thirteen states plan to borrow or get aid assistance of N2.31tn in 2024 to fund their budget deficits, a breakdown of their 2024 proposed budget has shown. This will increase the states’ debt profile to at least N4.73tn. As of the end of September of 2023, the domestic debts of the states amounted to N2.61tn, […]