Senate Confirms 45 Ministerial Nominees, Three Awaits Security Clearance

NewsNigeriaPoliticsSenate Confirms 45 Ministerial Nominees, Three Awaits Security Clearance

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 8, 2023

The Senate on Monday confirmed 45 of the 48 ministerial nominees submitted by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The Senate had spent one week of intense questioning for some and superficial introductions for others. Senate President Godswill Akpabio put the nominations to a series of voice votes, of which three are said to still be undergoing security clearance they are former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, Stella Okotete (Delta State), and Abubakar Danladi (Taraba State)....

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Tinted Glass Vehicles To Be Impounded In Enugu State-SSG

NewsNigeriaPoliticsTinted Glass Vehicles To Be Impounded In Enugu State-SSG

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)August 8, 2023

The Enugu State Government has banned the use of vehicles with tinted glasses in the state. The public service announcement signed by Professor Chidiebere Onyia, Secretary to the State Government, SSG, on Monday, disclosed the ban is necessary for security purposes. “It is important to reiterate that the ban is primarily aimed at curtailing the activities of criminals and to generally enhance the security and safety of the good people and residents of Enugu State.”...

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3,000 Kano Residents Get Free Checkups, Medication

HealthNewsNigeria3,000 Kano Residents Get Free Checkups, Medication

Andrew Nwonye (Staff Reporter)August 7, 2023

The Kano Independent Research Centre Trust, on Sunday, offered free medical services to no fewer than 3,000 people from the Dawakin Kudu rural community, all of whom are underprivileged members of the society. The Chief Medical Director of the centre, Dr Jameel  Ahmad, while briefing newsmen during the free medical outreach, said, “The centre organised the programme, to offer free medical services to patients within the community, who cannot afford the high cost of quality...

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Niger Coup: Don’t deliberately interfere in affairs of a sovereign nation, MBF tells Tinubu

NewsNigeriaPoliticsNiger Coup: Don’t deliberately interfere in affairs of a sovereign nation, MBF tells Tinubu

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)August 7, 2023

With the end of the seven-day ultimatum  given to the military junta to release President Mohamed Bazoum in Niger, by the Economic Community of Western African States (ECOWAS) under the leadership of President Bola Tinubu, the Middle Belt Forum (MBF) has asked Tinubu to guard against deliberate interference in the affairs of a sovereign nation. Dr. Isuwa Dogo, the National Publicity Secretary of MBF in a press statement on Monday, noted that understanding the dynamics...

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NewsNigeriaBanditry, Insurgency, Other Criminal Activities Turns Millions of Households Into IDPs

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 7, 2023

Due to banditry, insurgency, and other criminal activities in some parts of Northern Nigeria, particularly in Northeast, Northcentral, and Northwest have turned many households into Internally Displaced Person IDPs in their own country. According to the International Organization for Migration IOM, in 2022, there are over 3.6 million people that were displaced in Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba, and Yobe. This year, thousands were equally displaced by one crisis or the other in Benue, Niger,...

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Inadequate Teachers Hit Bauchi State as One Teacher Teaches all Subjects

EducationNewsNigeriaInadequate Teachers Hit Bauchi State as One Teacher Teaches all Subjects

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 7, 2023

In Misau Local Government Area of Bauchi State, it was found that in more than 79 schools across the LGA, only one teacher each, teaching all subjects. Korijo Umar, Director of School Services, Bauchi State Universal Basic Education Board, disclosed this during a media chat organized by the United Nations Children Fund UNICEF on the enrollment drive of out-of-school children in Misau and Alkaleri LGAs. Usman stated that many schools in the Misau LGA and...

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Nnamdi Kanu, Simon Ekpa in a battle of supremacy in South East

NewsNigeriaPoliticsNnamdi Kanu, Simon Ekpa in a battle of supremacy in South East

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 7, 2023

The move by Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, to put an end to the sit-at-home observed in the South East every Monday has met with opposition from his supposed disciple, Simon Ekpa. Kanu, 13 days ago, via a handwritten letter ordered the cancellation of all pending or future sit-at-home in the five eastern states of Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo. In the letter, Kanu unequivocally stated that...

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UI, UNILAG, UNN lead the list of top ten universities in Nigeria

EducationNewsNigeriaUI, UNILAG, UNN lead the list of top ten universities in Nigeria

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 7, 2023

The latest ranking of Nigerian universities by Webometrics pitched the University of Ibadan, UI; University of Lagos, UNILAG; and University of Nigeria, UNN, as the best three universities in Nigeria. Webometrics is the largest academic ranking of higher education institutions that offers an independent, objective, free, open scientific exercise for providing reliable, multidimensional, updated and useful information about the performance of universities from all over the world The biannual ranking is based on web content...

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BBNaija: Princess becomes the first housemate evicted from ‘All Stars’ edition

LifestyleNewsNigeriaBBNaija: Princess becomes the first housemate evicted from ‘All Stars’ edition

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 7, 2023

Sunday night was the end of the road for Princess in the competition to win the N120 million earmarked for the winner of the ongoing Big Brother Naija, BBNaija, ‘All Stars’ reality TV show. She was evicted during the live eviction show following the unanimous decision of the three-man jury: Bisola Aiyeola of the ‘See Gobe’ season, Dorothy Bachor of the ‘Lockdown’ season and Mike Edwards of the ‘Pepper Dem’ season. The housemates up for...

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Looters: Police Prosecute More Than 110 Persons Including Ten Women

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaLooters: Police Prosecute More Than 110 Persons Including Ten Women

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 5, 2023

No fewer than 110 persons have been prosecuted by the Adamawa State Police Command for their involvement in looting public and private warehouses in Jimeta, the twin state capital of the state capital. Adamawa State Police Command Spokesman, SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, who confirmed this said the suspects were charged for carting away both food and nonfood items from the warehouses. SP Nguroje explained that security agencies have recovered many of the items, while the...

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