The Federal Government has admitted that it is facing enormous challenges and revenue deficit amid a growing population. This is as it lamented that it is struggling to pay salaries because “there is no money”. Speaking in Abuja, Minister of Budget and National Planning, Atiku Bagudu, urged non-governmental organisations to help the government to cover…
The Northern Emancipation Network has called on the federal government to split the pipeline surveillance contract in the oil-rich region. The group in a statement by its Chairman, Suleiman Abbah, pledged its full support should the federal government decide to split the contract. On the importance of splitting the contract, the group noted that it…
The Delta State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of the owner of Great Leaders International School in Agbor-Obi, for allegedly defiling a four-year-old female pupil of the school. The state Police spokesperson, DSP Bright Edafe, in a whatsapp chat with Ekwe Anaedo said the suspect is in police custody and assured that the command…
Four armed robbery suspects believed to have carried out the attacks on some banks in Otukpo Benue state have been arrested. The suspects were arrested by a Joint Security Forces made up of officers of the Nigeria Police Force, and the Nigerian Armed Forces, along Otukpo-Taraku road, Benue State on Saturday. A police source who…
The European Union (EU) has disclosed it interest to invest 5.4 million euros in building the capacity of teachers in the Northwest. The EU Commissioner for International Partnerships, Jutta Urpilainen, disclosed this at the official launch of the 4O million Euro intervention programme on education and youth empowerment in North Western Nigeria through the Global…
The Borno State Police Command has launched an investigation into the death of the State’s Commissioner for Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Resettlement, Ibrahim Idriss Garba. Garba died, on Saturday morning, October 21 in Maiduguri, according to a statement by Governor Babagana Zulum’s spokesman, Isa Gusau. The investigation, according to Gusau, in a statement, is at the…
A popular Big boy/businessman from Abia state Nnanyereugo Best, popularly known as Killaboi who was declared wanted by Lagos state police for killing his girlfriend, Augusta Osedion, a student of Lead City University, has been arrested in Sierra Leone. After committing the act, he spent over $25,000 purchasing a Sierra Leonean passport. According to a…
Governor Dikko Umar Radda of Katsina State has vowed to deal ruthlessly with bandits who have made life uncomfortable for residents of the state. To this end the governor has approved the establishment of security outfit, Community Watch Corps in the state. The governor said the initiative, which has been endorsed by the state House…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, has affirmed the appointment of Adewale Adeniyi (MFR) as the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Administration. This declaration comes as Adeniyi takes up this essential duty in the Nigerian government. Adeniyi’s will resume office on October 19, 2023, lining up with the current arrangements of the Public Service Rules…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered the release of Nigerian lecturers’ withheld salaries over the 2022 Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, in a statement on Friday said the president approved the partial waiver of the “No Work, No Pay” Order that was…
