The Katsina state government says the state is under siege by bandits, armed robbers and kidnappers.Aminu Masari, governor of the state, said this during the opening ceremony of an extra-ordinary security meeting.“The citizens are on daily basis being harassed by bandits and kidnappers that are on rampage in the state," he said.“The Katsina government organised this one-day joint security [...]
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Bola Tinubu, chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has advised Nigerians to "select the path of forward progress" during the 2019 elections.The former Lagos governor urged Nigerians to perform their civic duties by voting with the best interest of the country at heart.In his New Year message, Tinubu said: "We have a choice to make. The choice we make [...]
Samuel Ortom, Benue state governor, says he joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) because it was a more credible alternative for him to achieve his policies.Ortom made the disclosure on Monday during the flag-off of his governorship campaign in Makurdi.The governor, who won his election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), returned to the PDP a few [...]
Troops on Sunday neutralised three female suicide bombers, while on patrol around Kubtara village in Dikwa local government area of Borno.Onyema Nwachukwu, deputy director, army public relations, on Monday said the troops also recovered one rocket propelled grenade and a suicide vest at the scene of the incident.Nwachukwu said Tukur Buratai, chief of army staff, had commended the troops for [...]
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has described the late Shehu Shagari as a patriot, nationalist, and president with respect for the dignity of labour.Ayuba Wabba, NLC president, said this in a statement made available to journalists on Sunday in Abuja.Wabba said Shagari would have industrialised Nigeria if he had not been removed in a coup led by Muhammadu Buhari in [...]
Ogbonnaya Onu, minister of science and technology, has called on the people of the south-east to support the re-election bid of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019.He made the call on Sunday during a stakeholders meeting held at his country home in Uburu, Ohaozara local government area of Ebonyi.Onu said Nigeria’s president of Igbo extraction in 2023 can only be achieved [...]
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has sanctioned four operators for violating the Nigerian civil aviation regulations (NigCARs).According to NAN, Sam Adurogboye, general manager, public relations, NCAA, disclosed this on Sunday in Lagos.Adurogboye said those sanctioned included both scheduled and non-scheduled operators.However, he did not reveal the identities of the operators.He said three of the affected operators were to pay [...]
The United Nations has released a new report detailing the experience of Nigerian migrants subjected to slavery in Libya.Titled "Desperate and Dangerous: Report on the human rights situation of migrants and refugees in Libya", the organisation said the report covered a period of 20 months.It gave accounts of violations and abuses committed by state officials, armed groups, smugglers and traffickers against [...]
Ibrahim Wakkala, deputy governor of Zamfara state, says Abdul’Aziz Yari, the governor, has sidelined him.Speaking with reporters in Gusau, the state capital, on Sunday Wakkala said the governor had denied him his rights and privileges .“For months now,several of the legal funding that are supposed to be made to my office have been stopped and I have been completely [...]
Mustapha Inuwa, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Katsina state, says candidates of opposition parties in the state only exist on billboards.Inuwa, who is chairman of the campaign council of Aminu Masari re-election, governor of Katsina, said this during the flag-off of the campaign for the re-election of the governor in the Funtua area of the state [...]
Some Nigerians have projected a rise in inflation and borrowing rates as well as naira appreciation in the next 12 months.They gave the projection in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) 2018 fourth quarter consumer expectations survey (CES) report released on the website of the apex bank.According to them, the major drivers of the expected upward movement will be in [...]
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Kayode Fayemi, governor of Ekiti, has declared an emergency in the state's water sector.He made the announcement in Ikun Ekiti, Moba local government area of the state, where he had gone to kick-start the water rehabilitation project at Ero Dam to supply water to many major towns in the state.The governor promised to take legal and institutional steps to make [...]
The re-election bid of Aminu Tambuwal, Sokoto governor, took a hit on Thursday as a reported 50,000 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).According to NAN, the defectors were received by senator Aliyu Wammako, APC chieftain and Tambuwal’s former political associate.Among the defectors were former special advisers to governor Aminu Tambuwal, former local [...]
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