ABUJA — Garba Abari has been reappointed as the director-general of the National Orientation Agency (NOA) my president Buhari. The minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed announced the reappointment in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday. NOA is a body charged with communicating government policies, as well as promoting patriotism, national growth, and unity. Abari’s reappointment took effect on May 25, 2021, and is for a final term of five years. He had...
Two police officers were gunned down during a gun duel with armed men who attacked Umutu police divisional headquarters in Ukwauani LGA, Delta state. The deceased officers had been on duty alongside other policemen at the time of the incident. While two of the officers present at the crime scene were shot dead another died of high blood pressure in a hospital. The incident was confirmed in a statement by Bright Edafe, the police public...
The Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) counted the losses caused by incessant attacks on its offices since 2019. According to INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, the attacks which have been across 14 states cost the body about 1,105 ballot boxes, 429 generator sets, 13 vehicles, and other tangle assets. Yakubu while speaking at an emergency meeting with security agencies convened under the inter-agency consultative committee on election security in Abuja on Thursday said the attacks are a...
Between April and May 2021 over 1000 high-profile criminal suspects have been arrested by the police force with 10,120 rounds of ammunition recovered by the police force. Usman Baba, acting inspector general of police indicated this while highlighting the achievements of the force at a media briefing on Thursday. Baba replaced Mohammed Adamu as the IG of police on April 6 by the appointment of President Mohammed Buhari. The police chief also noted that 398...
To protest the continuous abduction in Gauraka, a remote community in Niger state, residents of the area blocked the Abuja-Kaduna highway on Monday morning. The community which is located along Abuja-Kaduna highway was reported to have become an area where kidnappers prey on innocent residents in exchange for a huge ransom. About 30 people were said to have been abducted in the community with their abductors demanding for a large amount of money as ransom....
The Nigerian House of Representatives Special Committee on Constitution Review has scheduled June 1- 3 for its zonal public hearing which is to hold across the country. Chief press secretary to the Deputy Speaker, Umar Puma, House of Representatives, Ahmed Wase, indicated this in a statement on Monday. The statement quoted Mr. Wase, chairman of the special committee on constitution review, as saying that each of the six geo-political zones would have two centres dedicated...
Naira now stands at 410.25 for a dollar with the adoption of the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange (NAFEX) rate — weakening by 8 percent. The adoption of NAFEX by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) implies that the official exchange rate will be determined by the relatively flexible window. The CBN had introduced the I&E window in 2017 to improve foreign exchange market mechanisms, deepen market liquidity, and ensure prompt execution and settlement of all...
The Constitution Review will be concluded and presented to the national assembly in July according to the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Review of the Constitution, Ovie Omo-Agege. Mr. Omo-Agege, the Deputy Senate President, stated this on Monday in Abuja at a press conference. The chairman who also doubles as the deputy speaker said the committee was still working with funds appropriated in the 2020 budget, funding was not a challenge to the all-important...
Data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has shown that Nigeria’s gross domestic product(GDP) rose by 0.51% in real terms in the first quarter of the month. The rise was triggered by the manufacturing sector which recorded a 3.40 per cent(year on year) growth in the firdt quarter(Q1) as well. This percent is higher than -1.51 per cent and 0.43 percent recorded in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2020 and first quarter (Q1)...
The national security summit which was scheduled for May 24 has been moved by two days over the death of Ibrahim Attahiru, Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff. The clerk of the Nigerian House of Representatives, Chinedu Akubueze in a statement disclosed the development. The Chief of Army Staff and 10 military officers died on Friday in an air crash that occurred near Kaduna international airport. The deceased officers were buried on Saturday at the national...
