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A 17-year-old boy identified as Betwom Bitrus has committed suicide in Bogoro local government area of Bauchi State. The spokesman for the state police command, Ahmed Wakil, confirmed the incident to journalists on Wednesday night in Bauchi. He said the deceased went to a stream in the area to take his bath but did not return home. The spokesman said: …

Ahead of November 11, 2023 governorship election in Kogi state, the National Association of Okun Students (NAOS) has declared support for the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Senator Dino Melaye. Addressing Journalists during a press conference held on Tuesday in Lokoja, the Kogi state capital, President of the association , Comrade Ajibade Olamilekan David, stated that the group …

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Ahmed Aminu as the Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF). Aminu will replace Aliyu Gusau who proceeded on a 90-day pre-retirement leave on September 26. The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Ajuri Ngelale, confirmed the appointment in a statement on Tuesday …

Iran has detained eight suspects related to Sunday’s attack on Shiite Muslim shrine in the southern city of Shiraz, the judiciary said on Monday, adding that all were foreigners. One person was killed and ten people were wounded, Iran’s Nournews reported, calling it a “terrorist attack” on the shrine known as Shah Cheragh. Authorities said a man had opened fire …

  Afro beat crooner, Mohbad, dies At 27 after a brief illness. Mohbad made his marks after some remarkable top hits in the Nigerian Pop scene. Details in the days to come… The post Just In: Mohbad Dies At 27. appeared first on this websites

Barely two weeks after Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri launched a mass tree planting campaign in Adamawa to check the effects of climatic change, the Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi Arid Landscape (ACRESAL) project, in conjunction with the state government has taken its climatic change sensitisation campaign to stakeholders at the grassroots. The sensitisation programme, which took place, Monday in Yola, brought …

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday expressed sadness over the death of the former Secretary-General of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), Frank Kokori. Kokori, a pro-democracy activist and prominent figure in the struggle for the actualization of the June 12, 1993 mandate, died at a private hospital in Warri, Delta State, on Thursday. He was 80 …

  The chairman of Asari Toru local government area of Rivers state, Hon. Onengiyeofori George, has inaugurated the Asalga Agriculture Development Advisory Committee with a commitment to facilitate the radical development of the agric sector in the area.  Hon. George took the initiative as the LGA joined the rest of the world in celebrating this year’s World Food Day with …

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Ahmed Galadima Aminu to serve as the Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) for a term of four years in the first instance. The President directed Aminu to serve in acting capacity until the commencement of his fresh term years in office, beginning on December …

The Conference of Civil Society for Peace, Security and National Development (CCSPSND), a civil society organisation, has praised the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.- Gen Taoreed Lagbaja for his courage and determination to decimate insurgency, banditry and other criminal elements in the country since assumption of office.  The CSO in a press statement jointly signed by its conveners, Dr. Adamu …