Security operatives and a local vigilance group on Monday rescued three more victims of Thursday’s kidnap on the Lokoja-Abuja highway. Among the three rescued victims, who are all indigenes of Imo, was a pregnant woman. The Chairman of Kogi/Koto Local Government Area, Mr Dauda Aliyu, confirmed this in a statement in Lokoja. “The commendable display […]

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has urged the newly sworn-in President of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to empower traditional rulers in the country with more constitutional roles in tackling issues of security management and conflict resolutions. The Osun monarch made the call in a congratulatory message to Tinubu Monday, through his Director […]

A group under the auspices of security outfits in Nigeria, Prayer and Support for the Nigerian Armed Forces and other Security Agencies has urged the new President, Bola Tinubu, to keep to his promise of defending the nation from all forms of criminality. Tinubu, a former Senator and Governor of Lagos State was sworn in […]

The Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, announced Tuesday morning the appointment of the former Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, Dr Baffa Bichi, as the new Secretary to the State Government. In a press statement, signed by the governor’s spokesman, Sanusi Bature Dawakin, confirming the appointment, he added that the staunch Kwankwasiyya […]

A group, the Foundation for Consumer Freedom Advancement, has called on the Federal Government and other stakeholders to adopt Sweden’s model for tackling tobacco smoking and its harmful effects. The group, which a network comprising activists, researchers, journalists and consumers, made the call in a statement by its spokesman, Abisoye Micheal, to mark World Vape […]

A group, South-West Professional Youths Network, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to retain some “outstanding” appointees in the immediate past regime of Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). The group made this known in a statement made available to journalists on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, hours after the inauguration of Tinubu at Eagle Square Abuja. […]

Less than 24 hours after mounting the saddle of leadership, Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, in the early hours of Tuesday, sacked the Executive Secretary of the State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, Muhammad Abba Danbatta. The governor’s spokesman, Sanusi Bature, who made the confirmation Tuesday morning via a press statement, also disclosed that Governor […]

Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has appointed Professor Chidiebere Onyia as the new Secretary to the State Government. The appointment was announced in a statement personally signed by the governor on Monday night and released to the press by his media office. Until his appointment, according to the statement, Prof. Onyia was the Managing […]

No fewer than 28 governors across Nigeria took the oaths of office on Monday. Apart from the governors, President Bola Tinubu, in Abuja, took the oaths of office and allegiance as the 16th President of Nigeria. Tinubu in his inaugural address at Eagle Square also unveiled a series of steps he would take to position […]

The new Governor of Plateau State, Caleb Mutfwang, on Monday, lamented the state of affairs under his predecessor, Simon Lalong, noting that he inherited a debt burden of N200bn. Caleb, in his inaugural speech shortly after being sworn as the new governor  at the Rwang Pam Township Stadium in Jos, however, said he was ready […]