Senate President Godswill Akpabio has joined other Nigerians in mourning former Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr Solomon Arase, who passed away on Monday. In a condolence message issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Eseme Eyiboh, Akpabio described Arase as “a rounded professional” who left an enduring legacy in the Nigerian Police Force….
The Deputy President of the Senate, Barau Jibrin has offered overseas scholarship to 70 indigent students in Kano State. The students comprising 65 males and five females would persue postgraduate programmes in Artificial Intelligence; Forensic, Robotics Sciences and Cyber Security in the United States, Europe, Canada and India. Barau (APC – Kano North), stated this…
A former Kaduna lawmaker, Sen. Shehu Sani, said he lost his senate re-election bid in 2019 because he opposed the former Gov. Nasir El-Rufai’s move to obtain a 340 million dollars foreign loan. Sani, who represented Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the Eighth Senate, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria…
Senator David Mark, Interim National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), has declared a zero-tolerance stance on candidate imposition, anti-party activities, and other forms of indiscipline within the party. Speaking at a National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in Abuja, Mark pledged to lead the ADC with integrity, transparency, courage, and vision, promising an era…
President Joe Biden, on the 22nd anniversary of the 9/11 attacks orchestrated by Al-Qaeda, delivered a heartfelt plea for national unity among Americans, transcending the current political divisions. Solemn ceremonies took place in New York, Washington, and Pennsylvania, where the hijacked planes had struck, with bells ringing and the names of the nearly 3,000 victims…
Vice-President Kashim Shettima said on Wednesday that posterity would judge leaders of the country harshly if they allowed public schools to collapse. Shettima said this at the public presentation of tablets donated by the MTN Nigeria Communications Plc to students of Government Science Secondary School, Pyakasa, Maitama, Abuja. He said President Bola Tinubu was passionate…
Many federal civil servants are lamenting over the reduction in their January salaries amid lopsided implementation of the new minimum wage. The workers, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja, complained that their January salaries did not reflect the minimum wage . A civil servant, Mr Paul Okor, said…
The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) has cautioned that the ongoing strike by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) could amount to economic sabotage and further weaken the country’s fragile economy. NECA’s Director-General, Adewale-Smatt Oyerinde, in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, said while unions had the right to strike,…
First Bank of Nigeria Ltd. on Monday innaugurated its fifth Digital Xperience Centre in Lekki, Lagos, to address the growing demand for convenient and accessible banking services. The Managing Director of First Bank, Mr Olusegun Alebiosu, at the event, said the branch would provide convenient access to banking services and facilities 24 hours daily. Alebiosu…
The Federal Government has appealed to the United Nations for support in securing long-term financing to address the increasing humanitarian challenges caused by internal displacement across Nigeria. Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Abubakar Bagudu, made the appeal on Wednesday in Abuja during a roundtable on Humanitarian Development and Peacebuilding Approaches to Durable Solutions…
