President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the passing of one-time Presidential Candidate in a two-horse race, Bashir Tofa, ”a politician of note, who was also a promoter of Islamic culture and civilization’.’
The Speaker, House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, Sen. Teslim Folarin (APC-Oyo Central), Iba Gani Adams and Alhaji Adebayo Shittu, a former Minister of Communications, have expressed sadness over the demise of Oba Saliu Adetunji, the Olubadan of Ibadanland.
The Kaduna State Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. John Hayab, has confirmed that 120 abducted students of Bethel Baptist High School in Kaduna State have so far been freed.
Dr Salihu Lukman, Director-General, Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), has said that part of the problem of responding to national challenges in the country was the false mindset that government has all the resources required.
An autopsy carried out by the Consultant Pathologist at the Central Hospital Warri, Clement Vhriterhire, has established that Sylvester Oromoni died of “acute lung injury due to chemical intoxication in a background of blunt force trauma.”
The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Sen. Bola Tinubu, has described the death of Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Adetunji Saliu, Aje Ogungunniso 1, as a big loss for Oyo state and the Yoruba race.
NNPC says the Jan. 1 fire outbreak at the Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC) was minor.
The presidency has dismissed reports of crisis between President Muhammadu Buhari and members of the National Assembly as fictional, saying the president never expressed anger in his dealings with NASS.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Oyo State Command, says it arrested 330 drug traffickers and secured 48 convictions in the state in the year 2021.
Rep. Sam Onuigbo has said that the House of Representatives will soon embark on oversight on how COVID-19 donations and grants to Nigeria were expended.
Gunmen attacked a passenger boat in Bayelsa on New Year’s Eve.
Goods and items worth several millions of naira were on Saturday destroyed when fire gutted the Obi Isiedo Foodstuff Market in Nnewi, Anambra State.
Delta State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has advised motorists to be patient and drive with caution to stem road accidents especially during festivities.
The Enugu State Government says it will establish new fire stations in nine council areas without fire stations in the state in year 2022.
President Muhammadu Buhari has decorated the Commander of the Presidential Air Fleet, Abubakar Abdullahi with his new rank of AVM in the Nigerian Air Force.
