Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has approved the confirmation of appointment of 1,659 workers employed by the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) in 2016 and 2019. Chairman of the FCT Civil Service Commission, Emeka Ezeh disclosed this in a statement signed by the Senior Special Assistant to the Minister on Public…
Zamfara state government has recorded four new Polio Cases in the state. According to the government, the cases were discovered after the state is targeted 1.4million children to be vaccinated in this round of polio immunization exercise. This was disclosed on Sunday evening, by the incident Manager Emergency Operations Center ,…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has upgraded the chieftaincy stool of Kwali, in Kwali Area Council of the FCT, from second class to first class. Wike announced the upgrade in Kwali on Monday, during a visit to thank stakeholders in the area for supporting President Bola Tinubu’s candidates in the…
Rt. Rev. Nelson Malau, Bishop of the Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria (LCCN), has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct credible elections in 2027. Malau made the appeal in an interview with journalists at the closing of the LCCN Annual Convention on Monday in Numan Local Government Area(LGA) of Adamawa. He…
The Police Command in Ondo State has confirmed the abduction of a council secretary and one other person at a poultry farm in Akure North Local Government Area of the state. DSP Abayomi Jimoh, the command’s spokesperson, who made this known in a statement on Monday, said the victims were abducted on Monday morning at…
The Police Command in Cross River has confirmed the arrest of a member of the Cross River House of Assembly, Mr Ovat Agbor, for alleged wife battering. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the spokesman of the command, ASP Sunday Eitokpah, gave the confirmation in Calabar on Monday. According to Eitokpah, Agbor, who…
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Tunji Disu, has assured Kwara residents and Nigerians that security agencies will reclaim communities currently threatened by terrorists. Disu gave the assurance on Monday during an operational visit to the Nigeria Police Force command in Ilorin, where he met stakeholders to review strategies against insecurity. According to him, the visit…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has commended Nigeria for securing the hosting rights for the fifth edition of the Intra-African Trade Fair 2027, describing the development as a major milestone for the country and the African continent. Obasanjo, gave the commendation on Monday, at the Wole Soyinka Centre for Arts and Culture, at the signing of…
A prosecution witness, Mahmoud Abdulazeez, on Monday, stated that the name of former Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi was not linked to the transactions in the fresh documents tendered by the commission in the ongoing money laundering trial. Abdulazeez, a staff of Dantata and Sawoe Construction Company Limited, told Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal…
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Monday, voided the National convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) held in Ibadan on Nov. 15 and Nov. 16, 2025. The Appellate Court held that it was wrong for the party to have proceeded with the convention inspite a subsisting order not go ahead until conditions set…
The son of Nigeria President, Mr Seyi Tinubu, on Monday, inaugurated a drug bank for indigent patients at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Enugu, to support maternal and child healthcare. The drug bank meant for indigent patients in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Paediatrics, UNTH Pharmacy Unit, was organised under the Seyi Tinubu Maternal…
