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Zamfara state government has called on the police to investigate the state’s immediate past governor, Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari over alleged arms possession as part of measures to stop arm banditry in the state. The call was made by the Gov. Bello Matawalle’s Director-General of Press Affairs, Mallam Yusuf Idris at a news conference in Gusau on Sunday. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Publicity Committee of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state had on Saturday at s press conference berated the PDP controlled government in the state on the way and manner Gov. Matawalle is…

The police in Lagos on Sunday said that a 26-year-old man, Sodiq Yusuf, had drowned inside the National Stadium swimming pool, Surulere. Lagos Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Bala Elkana, said in a statement that a team of policemen was immediately mobilized to the scene. He said that the victim was rescued and rushed to Randle General Hospital, Surulere, where he later died. “The corpse has been deposited at the Mainland General Hospital morgue, Yaba for autopsy. “Investigation is ongoing,” he said. Elkana also said that the police and other emergency agencies rescued 11 passengers involved in a boat…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met behind closed doors with President of the UN General Assembly, Prof. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Muhammad-Bande, who emerged President of the 74th UN General Assembly in September, was on his first official visit to Nigeria since he was elected. Muhammad-Bande, the sole candidate for the position, was elected through acclamation at the 87th plenary meeting of the Assembly in New York. He is the second Nigerian to hold the office after Joseph Garba, a retired military officer and diplomat, who led the organ…

By Harry Awurumibe, State House, Abuja Nigeria”s President, Muhammadu Buhari today called on judicial officers to work towards the creation of Special Courts to assist in the speedy administration and dispensation of justice in the country. He made this call while declaring open on Monday the 2019 biennial All Nigeria Judges Conference of Superior Courts holding at the National Judicial Institute (NJI) at Jabi, Abuja. President Buhari said: “I will advise that the conference should, in its deliberations, consider how to create an efficient structure for the proposed Special Crimes Courts or the urgent designation of existing courts as Special…

The rehabilitation of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the country is urgent and imperative if it would not constitute a big problem to the country in the future, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. The President spoke Monday at State House, Abuja, while receiving in audience the President of the 74th United Nations General Assembly, Nigeria’s Professor Tijjani Muhammad-Bande. “Most of the displaced children do not know their parents, or where they come from. We have to look at the issue now, properly rehabilitate them, otherwise, we will have a problem on our hands in the future,” President Buhari said. He…

No fewer than 90 pupils from Nigeria’s six geo-political zones have been awarded full-board six-year secondary school scholarships administered by the Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo) in the third set of the NNPC/SNEPCo National Cradle-to-Career (NC2C) programme designed to give top-quality education to bright but indigent youths. The latest awards bring to 471 the total sponsorship since the NNPC/SNEPCo NC2C was introduced five years ago. The latest beneficiaries have joined the other recipients who are enrolled in six leading private schools across the country. Speaking at the recent scholarship award ceremony at Top Faith International Secondary School, Akwa…

The Federal Government says items estimated at N3.5 billion have so far been apprehended with the partial closure of its land and maritime borders with neighbouring countries. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed disclosed this on Monday at Seme, a border town between Nigeria and Benin Republic. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mohammed is among the Federal Government ministerial delegation on inspection and assessment of the potency of the border closure directive. Other members of the delegation are, Ministers of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyema, Minister of State, Finance and National Planning, Clement…

The National Council of Women’s Societies (NCWS) on Monday, called for a national unity to end violence against women by 2030. The President of NCWS, Dr Glory Shoda, in a statement in Abuja, said that women should arise and say NO to violence against Women. Shoda called for fundamental change in attitudes among men toward checking violence against women, adding that the law was yet to serve as a deterrent. “We continue to read reports of violence being perpetrated against women and girls in our urban and rural communities. “As part of our activities to mark the International Day of…

Mr Tunde Olatunji, the Chief Whip of Osun House of Assembly, says his passion for functional education and commitment toward making learning attractive to students are factors responsible for his taking up voluntary teaching in public schools in the state. Olatunji (APC-Ife North) spoke on Monday while teaching Junior Secondary School students at C&S Government Middle School, Ipetumodu, under his programme tagged, “Tunde Goes To School,’’ on Monday. The lawmaker said voluntary teaching of students in public schools in the state was an effort on his part to drive quality and functional education by imparting knowledge and skills that would…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday fecilitated with two eminent Nigerians; Jackson Gaius-Obaseki and Prof. Ibrahim Gambari on 74 years and 75 years anniversary respectively. The President’s congratulatory message is contained in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Monday. The President noted that Gaius-Obaseki’s reforms in the oil and gas sector had continued to resonate, like a courageous step of streamlining NNPC operations and overhaul of the external oil marketing strategy. Buhari prayed that the almighty God would continue to strengthen the former Managing Director as he continues to serve humanity.…