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Birnin Kebbi, Aug. 10, 2023 – Gov. Nasir Idris of Kebbi State has approved N675 million as furniture allowance for the 21 elected local government council chairmen in the state. The Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Alhaji Ahmed Idris, said this in a statement in Birnin Kebbi on Thursday. Idris quoted the Permanent Secretary, Ministry for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Alhaji Mohammed Sani-Umar, as saying that “the approval is for 2022 to 2024.” The permanent secretary thanked the governor for not only for making people’s lives meaningful, but …

Johannesburg, July 29, 2023 –  Andrew Idi, Nigeria’s Consul General in South Africa, has condoled with the family of the late Nigerian literary icon, Prof. Bankole Omotoso, who died on July 19, 2023. Omotoso, also known as “Kole Omotoso’’, was a Nigerian writer and intellectual best known for his works of fiction and in South Africa as the “Yebo Gogo man’’ in adverts for the telecommunications company, Vodacom. Idi paid a condolence visit to the Omotosho’s family accompanied by a Minister from the Consulate, Amb. Emmanuel Oguntoye, and other dignitaries, The …

Ameland, July 26, 2023 – A coastguard on Wednesday reported that fire blazed on a ship off the Dutch coast with nearly 3,000 vehicles on board, killing one person and injuring several others. The fire began on Tuesday night on the 199-metre Panama-registered Fremantle Highway en route from Germany to Egypt forcing several crew members to jump overboard. Rescue ships had sprayed water onto the burning boat to cool it down, but using too much water risked its sinking, the Dutch coastguard said, a salvage vessel hooked on to stop …

Abuja, July 19, 2023 – The House of Representatives has confirmed the appointment of the service chiefs. The House made the confirmation on Wednesday after considering the report of an Ad-hoc Committee which comprised all the principal officers of the House. The House confirmed Maj-Gen. Christopher Gwabin Musa as Chief of Defence Staff, Maj.-Gen. Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja as Chief of Army Staff, Rear Adm. Emmanuel lkechukwu Ogalla as Chief of Naval Staff and Air Vice Marshal Hassan Bala Abubakar as Chief of Air Staff. The House Committee, had on Monday, …

Abuja, July 18, 2023 – Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, the First lady, on Tuesday officially immortalised the late Mrs Maryam Babangida by renaming the National Centre for Women Development (NCWD) after her. The first lady renamed  the former National Women Development Centre as Maryam Babangida National Centre also unveiled Maryam’s portrait and a compendium of activities of First Lady and Wives of Governors of Nigeria 2015-2023. She said the sterling contribution of late Maryam on the lives of ordinary Nigerians and described her as a matriarch who impacted on women, especially those in …

Abuja, July 17, 2023 – Sen. Abubakar Kyari, the Deputy National Chairman (North) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has taken over the National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling party and its secretariat.  Kyari led a team of seven members of the NWC to a meeting in his office around 10.47 am at the party’s national secretariat on Monday. Those who came for the meeting were the Deputy National Chairman (South) Emma Enukwu; National Vice Chairman (North West) Salihu Lukman; National Vice Chairman (North East) Salihu Mustapha and National Vice Chairman …

Abuja, July 13, 2023 – An Abuja high court has ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to charge or release Godwin Emefiele, the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), to court within one week. Justice Hamza Muazu, the presiding judge, gave the order at the resumed hearing of the case on Thursday. Emefiele, who was suspended as CBN Governor on June 10, had sued the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), the DSS Director General and the DSS for unlawful arrest and detention, while seeking N5 …