The Zamfara State Government has insisted it will not bend to pressures to negotiate with bandits in the state. The Commissioner for Information, Manir Haidara, who reiterated the government’s stand, confirmed the kidnapping of farmers and the killing of a respected Islamic cleric to Sunday PUNCH in a telephone interview. Haidara disclosed that efforts were…
Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has placed a N10m bounty on the heads of the killers of two policemen in the state on Friday. Mbah vowed that his administration would go after the culprits with every resource at its disposal to bring the killers to book. He made the vow while briefing reporters after…
A human rights group, Centre for Human and Socio-Economic Rights, has urged the Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun to intervene in the obaship tussle gripping Iperu Remo, his hometown in Ikenne Local Government area of the state. The Chairman of the local government, Segun Ogunleye, is alleged to be at the centre of the tussle…
The All Progressive Congress Galadima Ward in Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara State has removed the state’s party chairman, Tukur Maikatako over what they described as bad leadership during his tenure. Addressing journalists in Gusau on Saturday, the ward executive members said the decision to dismiss the state’s party chairman was because he could…
Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, on Saturday, described Nigeria as her country, saying it was humbling to find out through a genealogy test that she was partly Nigerian. According to Associated Press, Meghan made the confession while speaking at a programme organised by women in leadership and co-hosted by Nigerian economist and Head of the…
Ex-agitators in the Niger Delta region should be integrated into the military and federal agencies for gainful employment, according to a stakeholder, Tonye Bobo, leader of the Third Phase amnesty programme. Bobo who spoke to our correspondent on Saturday in Yenagoa stated that training ex-agitators without employment was a waste of time and resources pointing…
The Bauchi State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board has expressed satisfaction with the readiness of the State’s Primary Health Care Development Agency to embark on pilgrims’ vaccination against preventable diseases such as diphtheria, polio, and measles. The Executive Secretary of the board, Imam Abdurrahman expressed satisfaction when he visited the state Medical Store in Bauchi Specialist…
Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has vowed to secure the safe return of students of the Confluence University of Science and Technology, Osara, who were abducted from the university campus on Thursday. Ododo made this known when he visited the CUSTECH campus on an assessment of the security situation in the wake of the…
The Nigeria Labour Congress has debunked insinuations that it has resolved its differences with the Julius Abure-led leadership of the Labour Party, vowing not to back down on its plan to kick out the embattled national chairman. The Deputy President of NLC Political Commission, Prof Theophilus Ndubuaku, disclosed this in an exclusive interview with Sunday…
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Olanipekun Olukoyede, on Saturday, called on compliance officers of banks across the country to desist from unauthorised disclosure of EFCC’s investigation activities and requests from banks to their customers. Olukoyede, in a statement by Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, in Ibadan, Oyo State,…
Ekiti State Government has begun the second phase of disbursement of over N400m grant to 922 Micro and Small Enterprises in the state to alleviate and mitigate financial constraints and other economic challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. The state Commissioner for Industry, Trade and Investment, Mrs Tayo Adeola, said in a statement in…
Data from the World Health Organisation has estimated that 138.9 million Nigerians require interventions against Neglected Tropical Diseases. This is according to the latest epidemiological and programmatic data for 2022, which were gathered, compiled, and analysed in 2023, and obtained from the WHO on Saturday. The body also said NTDs are endemic in Nigeria as…