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HOUSE OF JUSTICE SUMMIT TO HOST KUKAH, SANI, AMADI, IGHODALO, OTHERS AT THE 2023 SUMMIT & BANQUET

NewsDeskNgOct 14, 2023October 14, 20230

Preparations are high pitched by House of Justice for its Annual Summit and Burgundy Ball Banquet holding on Friday 24 November, 2023 in Kaduna- Nigeria. The event which has Senator Shehu Sani as Chairman has also billed Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Rev. Dr. Matthew Hassan Kukah, to present the...

Governor Sule knows he didn’t win – PDP Ex-BoT chair, Jibrin

NewsDeskNgOct 14, 2023October 14, 20230

A former Chairman, Board of Trustees (BoT), of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Walid Jibrin has said that Governor Sule Abdullahi of Nasarawa State knows that he did not win the March 18, 2023, governorship election. The Nasarawa governorship election petition tribunal had in its judgement delivered recently sacked Abdullahi...

No ransom paid to secure release of abducted NSUK students-Engineer Sule

NewsDeskNgOct 14, 2023October 14, 20230

Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, has said that no ransom was paid to the abductors of the four female students of the Nasarawa State University Keffi before they were rescued by the military. Engineer Sule made this known after paying a thank-you visit on the Commandant of the 177...

Tinubu appoints new FERMA board, management

NewsDeskNgOct 13, 2023October 13, 20230

President Bola Tinubu has approved appointment of new board and Management of the Federal Roads and Maintenance Agency, FERMA. Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity disclosed this in a statement on Friday. Chairman of FERMA Board is Engr. Imam Ibrahim Kashim Imam and the Managing...

Suspected herdsmen hijack fully loaded Benue Links bus, butcher passengers

NewsDeskNgOct 13, 2023October 13, 20230

Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen on Thursday, attacked a Benue Links bus conveying passengers to Otukpo en route Naka road Gwer West LGA at Tyolaha village. One passenger was killed and several others were injured during the attack by the marauders. Newsmen gathered that the latest attack is not...

Director, contact, Mobilization committee of APC campaign council, wants members to reach out, engage in selflessness service

NewsDeskNgOct 13, 2023October 13, 20230

The Committee on Contact and Mobilization of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), governorship Campaign council, has stressed the need for members to reach out to the electorates, saying the best strategy to a landslide victory. The Director of the committee, Barr. Sanni Egidi Abdulraheem who stated this on Friday at...

Food Security: FG plans 50% subsidy for wheat farmers

NewsDeskNgOct 13, 2023October 13, 20230

The Minister of Agriculture, Abubakar Kyari, has said that the Federal Government is giving a 50 per cent subsidy to wheat farmers across the country to ensure adequate food security. He said President Tinubu’s Renewed Hope agenda was aimed at making sure that Nigeria secured food production starting next month,...

Akwa Ibom Assembly passes bill on financial autonomy

NewsDeskNgOct 13, 2023October 13, 20230

The Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly has passed a bill for a law that allows it to manage funds accruing to it from the consolidated revenue fund of the state. The law was passed after the third reading on Thursday, October 12, 2023. The lead sponsor of the bill...

Israel vs Hamas: ‘We’re fully ready’ – Hezbollah

NewsDeskNgOct 13, 2023October 13, 20230

Hezbollah deputy chief Naim Qassem said on Friday that the group would not be swayed by calls for it to stay on the sidelines of the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, saying the party was “fully ready” to contribute to the fighting. “The behind-the-scenes calls with us by great...

Security a vital asset for National Development – Bagudu

NewsDeskNgOct 13, 2023October 13, 20230

By Palma Ileye In line with the Reviewed National Integrated Infrastructure Master Plan, NIIMP, the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Abubakar Atiku Bagudu has said that security was one of the assets vital for national development . Bagudu, according to the Ministry’s press release, made this comment when...