Adamawa Govt. approves N1.5bn for payment of pension arrears
Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State says he has approval N1.5 billion for the part payment of pension arrears owed to retirees. However, the state branch of the Nigeria Pension Union (NUP) has denied the claim. Fintiri, who made the disclosure while receiving some members of some political parties who decamped to the Peoples Democratic […]
REVEALED: How soldiers rescued Kankara school boys
The Nigerian military on Saturday made some disclosures on how it carried out the rescue operation of the 344 boys kidnapped from their school in Kankara, Katsina State, on Dec. 11. It disclosed that while kinetic and non-kinetic approaches were used to ensure all the boys were rescued unhurt, there was resistance from the abductors […]
Reprisal attack claim 9 lives in Southern Kaduna
***woman burnt beyond recognition ***El-Rufai condemns renewed killings By Ibrahim HassanWuyo Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs in Kaduna State, on Saturday said nine persons lost their lives in a counter killing in Southern Kaduna. Aruwan also noted that the state’s Governor, Nasiru El-Rufai, was worried over the renewed killing and […]
Obidigwe Football Academy partners Sports Academy Asia
The management of Obidigwe Chukwu Football Academy has announced an international partnership deal with Private Sports Academy in the North East of Asia, India. An international football match has been arranged between teams representing the two academies in Nigeria. The matches that have been earmarked for early next year will hold during a playing […]
Ekiti PDP slams Makinde for mocking Fayose with EFCC trial
By Adeola Badru The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State has chided the Governor of Oyo state, Seyi Makinde, for mocking the immediate-past Governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose, by what it called his politically motivated trial by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In a statement on Saturday, by the state’s Publicity […]
Appointment of NDDC interim sole administrator is illegal, group tells Akpabio
The Niger Delta Peoples’ Forum, Saturday faulted the stand of the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, where he justified the appointment of a sole administrator for NDDC. In a statement sent to Vanguard, Chief Boma Ebiakpo, National Chairman of the group condemned Akpabio’s position, describing as illegal the appointment of Effiong Akwa […]
Ahead of commissioning, Amaechi inspects Lagos-Ibadan railway projects
By Dirisu Yakubu – Lagos Ahead of January 2021 commissioning of ongoing railway projects on the Lagos-Ibadan corridor, Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi on Saturday inspected works on the Ebute Metta main complex and ten substations. Amaechi who was joined on the inspection tour by Dr Magdalene Ajani, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Transportation; Engr […]
Former NBA Vice-President drags FG, NCC, Attorney-Gen, minister to court over NIN
Former 2nd Vice-President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Mr Monday Ubani, has asked a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos to stop the Nigerian government and Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, from disconnecting all SIM cards not linked to the National Identity Number, NIN.
Enugu set to demolish ‘illegal’ residence of Coal City chancellor
By Dennis Agbo The Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority, ECTDA, has obtained a court order empowering it to demolish an alleged illegal annex of the residence to the Chancellor of Coal City University, CCU, Mr Chinedu Ani, that blocked the thoroughfare linking Onoh quarters in Ekulu GRA to Oshimili up to Enugu-Onitsha expressway. There used […]
Jupiter to meet Saturn Dec. 21
Two planets, Jupiter and Saturn will on Dec. 21 have a “Great Conjunction’’, says Prof. Augustine Ubachukwu, a Cosmologist. According to Ubachukwu, this is coming after the year 1623. Ubachukwu, Lead, Astronomy Research Group, Physics and Astronomy Department, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) […]
SIM registration: ‘Queueing for exercise inconvenient for older people’
The Coalition of Societies for the Rights of Older Persons in Nigeria (COSROPIN) says procedural recommendations requesting persons to queue for SIM card registration is inconvenient for older people. Sen. Eze Ajoku, the President of the coalition, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Saturday that the procedure would expose older persons […]
