Teenager die, houses destroyed in Katsina windstorm
A teenage boy (names withheld) was reported to have been killed by a windstorm that destroyed about 300 houses at Nwala-Jan Gahe in Katsina State.
Anambra needs 26% budgetary allocation to move education forward —Obaze
FORMER Secretary to Anambra State Government, Mr. Oseloka Obaze, has said that for education to move forward in the state, there must be commitment of 26 per cent of her annual budget to the sector.
Dickson to party faithful: Don’t lose hope in PDP
As the Supreme Court prepares to deliver judgement on the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, national leadership tussle, Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has advised leaders and members of the party not to lose hope, but to remain in the party, assuring that PDP will bounce back soon.
Ugwuanyi decorates former CSO with ACP rank
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, yesterday, decorated his former Chief Security Officer, Mr. Fidelis Ogarebe, with the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police.
Telcoms’s Vat calls’ audit job, in national interest —FIRS
Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, Mr. Tunde Fowler, has described as fantasy, the claim that the service awarded huge contracts to a young company, Active Solution Integrated Synergy, without following procurement process.
Bishop calls for special fund for payment of pensioners
THE Anglican Bishop of Aguata Diocese, Most Reverend Christian Efobi, has called on federal and state governments to dedicate a special fund for the settlement of pension and gratuity of their retiring workers, lamenting the hardship retired workers go through.
Why Buhari’s promoting new vision for N-Delta — Osinbajo
The Muhammadu Buhari administration is promoting a new way of thinking and engagement that will secure the development of the Niger Delta and the entire country, acting President Yemi Osinbajo, has said.
Boko Haram sponsorship: Ndume has case to answer, FG tells court
The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, yesterday, slated July 4 to determine whether or not Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume should be compelled to enter his defence to a four-count terrorism charge the Federal Government preferred against him.
Reps query Shell, Agip on non-disclosure of crude oil deals
The House of Representatives adhoc committee on $17billion undeclared stolen crude yesterday queried oil giants, Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria limited and Agip Nigeria, over non-disclosure of crude oil deals from January 2011 to December 2014.
NTA rates Glo’s Professor Johnbull high
Nigerian Television Authority, NTA, has rated Professor Johnbull, a social satire series sponsored by Globacom, as the “rave of the moment” out of all programmes on its network belt.
JTF nabs 3 pipeline vandals, kills 2 kidnappers
Three suspected vandals that disrupted oil production by sabotaging the Tebidaba-Ogboinbiri-Brass Pipeline operated by Nigeria Agip Oil Company, NAOC, have been arrested by military Joint Task Force, JTF, in the Niger Delta, codenamed Operation Delta Safe.
