A former speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara has asked Nigerians to reject the antics of politicians trying to use religion to divide them and achieve selfish ends. Dogara stated this on Saturday at the convocation ceremony of Achievers University, Owo, Ondo state. He said if country’s diversity is well harnessed, it…
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has passed a vote of confidence on the leadership of the Director-General of the National Research Institute for Chemical Technology (NARICT), Zaria, Prof. Jeffrey Barminas. In a statement on Sunday in Kaduna, the students union body dismissed claims in some quarters that Barminas is occupying the office illegally,…
Troops and Special Forces of the Nigerian Army have neutralised nine bandits during fierce battles in some locations in Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna state. Samuel Aruwan, the Kaduna state commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Kaduna. Aruwan said more than a dozen abducted women and…
The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has said that the recently-introduced cash withdrawal policy is not intended to make life difficult for Nigerians but to strengthen the economy. Speaking with journalists after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, Katsina state, Emefiele said many nations were adopting digitisation and…
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, has said that the military is wining the war against terrorism in the country. The CAS said in a statement on Thursday by the NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore, Edward Gabkwet. The statement said, the successes recorded against terrorists were made possible…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has given Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC)Limited and other stakeholders in the downstream sector 48 hours to end the lingering fuel scarcity across the country. Addressing journalists at the DSS headquarters in Abuja on Thursday, its spokesperson, Peter Afunanya, said they held a closed door meeting with stakeholders who…
