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President Muhammadu Buhari has poured encomiums on Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, who will be celebrating his 69th birthday on Monday. In a birthday tribute, Buhari described Tinubu as a patriot and statesman, who has inspired many leaders and continues to nurture talents for the benefit of the country, In the statement signed by Femi Adesina, the…
The Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has observed that the current security challenges bedevilling Nigeria can be addressed with economic solution and not with the use of force. Speaking in Kaduna on Saturday at the 11th Annual Arewa House Lecture in Honour of the…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested one Mohammed Wada, for his alleged involvement in the sale of illicit drugs to bandits. Femi Babafemi, the NDLEA spokesman, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday. Wada, identified as a native of Niger Republic, was reportedly arrested in Niger state, where he was found to…
The Executive Chairman of Lokoja Local Goverment Council, Hon Danasabe Muhammed Danasabe, has advised youths in the area to Shun cultism saying that it could destroy their Future Danasabe gave the advice on Saturday in Madabo Lokoja, during this year Maulud of Sheikh Ibrahim Nyass, organised by Da’Iratul- Ahbabul Failati Lokoja. He said that Cultism…
,The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), has invited the speaker, Kogi State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mathew kolawole, over alleged misappropriation of seven hundred and fifty million Naira(N750M) released by the Executive Arms of the government for constituency projects. Also invited are two top civil servants in the Assembly However, a top member…
By Kazeem Ugbodaga Less than one year into his second term as Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello has been nursing presidential ambition for 2023. The governor assumed his second term in office on January 27, 2020. Bello had said during his swearing in that “The “Let’s Do More” mantra of my electioneering campaign stood on…
The attention of the Governor of Ekiti State and Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), Dr. Kayode Fayemi has been drawn to a news report in the Blueprint Newspaper of March 26, 2021 edition, which is also being circulated across social media with the headline “No Room for Presidential Aspirant above 60 years- Fayemi”…
There were sporadic shootings on Thursday night in Borno as soldiers protest deployment to a location in the theatre of operation. The soldiers shot sporadically into the air to express their grievance for the deployment as they did not have the equipment to match the firepower of Boko Haram. The soldiers from the Maimalari barracks trooped to…
 Police in Kano have honour Garba Saleh Rabo, an inspector who rejected the sum of one Million Naira offered to him as bribe. Speaking to journalists ,Kano the state Commissioner of Police Sama’ila Shu’aibu Dikko called on other policemen to emulate the sterling qualities exhibited by Mr Rabo. The commissioner made the called while presenting…
The FCT Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, has advised FCT residents to prepare for the rainy season and avoid environmental practices that could lead to flooding in the territory. The Director-General of FCT FEMA, Abass Idris, gave the advice in a statement signed by FEMA’s Acting Head, Public Relations, Ngaha Faustina, on Thursday in Abuja. The…
