archiveMay 26, 2019

The Vicar of All Saints Anglican Church, Ilaro, Ven. Stephen Olamilekan Abiodun, on Sunday advised the Governor-elect in Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun, to avoid the pitfalls of the out-going Governor Ibikunle Amosun, in order to stand out from the rest and excel in office. Ven. Abiodun urged Abiodun to...

President Muhammadu Buhari will Monday meet the 19 northern state governors in Abuja over the prevailing insecurity in the region with a view to proffering solution to the protracted problem. The Chairman of the Northern Governors Forum and Governor of Plateau State, Simon Bako Lalong, who disclosed this on Sunday...

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has raised the alarm that the South West geo-political zone of the country is under the siege alleging that the Fulani herdsmen now terrorise the people of the six states of the zone without any aid from the Federal Government. To this end, the party...

The wife of President Muhammadu Buhari , Aisha Buhari, on Saturday decried the failure of the implementation Federal Governments' Social Investment Programmes (SIP) in the northern part of the country. Speaking during an interactive program for women at the State House in Abuja, she lamented the inability of women in...

An  Insurance  expert, Mr Ekerete Gam-Ikon, says the move by the insurance regulator, National Insurance Commission (NAICOM), to increase the capital base for insurance companies in the country lacks significant plan. Gam-Ikon said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)  in Abuja. He said rather than...

The Adamawa Police Command has raised alarm over an alleged plan to disrupt Wednesday’s inauguration of Alhaji Ahmadu Fintiri as the newly-elected governor of Adamawa. The command,  in a statement by its spokesman, SP Othman Abubakar on Sunday, said the plan was being hatched by some miscreants. He warned against...

  The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has pledged to co-operate with the Ministry of Finance on the recently inaugurated Project Light House. Acting Director-General of SEC, Ms Mary Uduk, said this in a statement by SEC’s Head of Media,  Mrs Efe Ebelo, on Sunday in Abuja. Uduk, while commending...

  A senator representing Kaduna central, Shehu Sani, has said that an attempt by the Federal Government to create a radio station for herdsmen, would not resolve the problems besieging the country from herdsmen and others. Sani who made his view known through his twitter handle @ShehuSani on Saturday, said...

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) said  it recovered N26 billion from 2015 till date from public officials and companies. Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday, said the...

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has denied recent media reports that claimed that it granted radio license to herdsmen. However, NBC said that the National Commission for Nomadic Education duly applied for broadcast license in furtherance of its objectives to develop and maintain nomadic education outreach programmes. It was reported...