The National Assembly on Monday pledged to consider the Special Seats Bill currently before it, following sustained advocacy by Nigerian women groups. Spokesman of the House of Representatives, Akin Rotimi Jr., who represents Ekiti North, gave the assurance while addressing protesting women at the entrance of the National Assembly Complex. The News Agency of Nigeria…
President Bola Tinubu on Monday arrived at the Yola International Airport at about 1.20 p.m. for the inauguration of projects executed by the Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri administration in Adamawa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the projects include model schools constructed across the 21 local government areas of the state. The model schools…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has filed a three-count criminal charge against former Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State bordering on cybercrime offences. The DSS instituted the charge at the Federal High Court in Abuja, following the alleged involvement of the ex-governor in wiretapping the telephone lines of the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam…
Troops of the Joint Task Force Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), have dislodged suspected terrorists in a notorious terrorist hideout in Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue. This is contained in a statement on Monday in Makurdi, by Lt. Ahmad Zubairu, the Acting Media Information Officer, Headquarters OPWS. Zubairu said the troops recovered a significant cache of…
United Nigeria Airlines (UNA) has confirmed flight disruptions after another bird strike hit one of its Airbus A320 aircraft, the second in 24 hours and fourth since January. The incident occurred during take-off of Flight UN0519 at noon on Sunday from Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport to Murtala Muhammed International Airport. The airline’s Public Relations Officer,…
President Bola Tinubu has commiserated with traders and the people of Kano State over a fire outbreak at Singer Market on Saturday. This is contained in a statement issued by presidential spokesperson, Mr Bayo Onanuga, on Sunday in Abuja. The fire, which started on Saturday evening, raged into Sunday morning, causing extensive damage to the…
The Minister of State, Federal Capital Territory, Dr Mariya Mahmoud, has sympathised with victims of the tragic Singer Market inferno in Kano. Mahmoud, in a statement signed by her Special Assistant on Media, Mr Austine Elemue, in Abuja on Sunday described the incident as “heartbreaking.” The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that a fire…
Mr David-Kolawole Vaughan, a former two-term National Ex-Officio member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has urged members of the party in Osun to support Gov. Ademola Adeleke’s reelection bid. Vaughan, a PDP chieftain in Lagos, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday, said backing Adeleke on the Accord platform…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has firmly rejected opposition claims that it will implode after its forthcoming national convention, describing the projections as misguided and politically motivated. The party said the narrative was being driven by rivals seeking relevance amid their own internal disarray and electoral uncertainty ahead of the next political cycle. Lagos State…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a China-based Nigerian businessman and two Angolans who excreted a total of 236 wraps of cocaine. This is contained in a statement by the NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that the suspects were arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe…
