By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The Rector of Federal Polytechnic Wannune, Benue State, Dr. Tyover Ashinya, has identified key challenges hindering the institution’s rapid development since its establishment in 2020. Despite having 700 students and offering eight programs, the polytechnic faces understaffing, inadequate hostels, and essential infrastructure deficits....
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By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi- The Benue State House of Assembly has called on the state government to stop the incessant killings by cultists and other cult related activities in the North Bank area of Makurdi, the state capital. Ruling on the motion by a member representing Makurdi North...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A delegation from the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Borno State Council, led by the Council Chairman, Comrade Dauda Iliya, and accompanied by the Chairman of the Correspondents’ Chapel, paid a condolence visit today to the family of Senator Baba Kaka Bashir Garbai. The...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Senator representing Borno South Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Senator Mohammed Ali Ndum has appealed to the Nigerian military troops under the Theatre Command Headquarters Joint Task Force (JTTF) ‘Operation Hadin Kai'(OPHK) and other security agencies in the state to intensify more...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – For his remarkable indelible footprints in the political anal of Sokoto State, north and Nigeria at large, the Federal University Dutsin-ma, Katsina State have nominated Senator Aliyu Magatarda Wamakko for an honorary Doctorate Degree of Political Science. Senator Wamakko, who is the Chairman, Senate...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Press Secretary to Sokoto State Governor, Abubakar Bawa, on Thursday debunked news making the round that the state government spent a whooping sum of 1.2 billion naira to renovate bore holes in Wurno Local Government Area of the state. The governor’s spokesperson who...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Federal Capital Territory Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, has declared that within the first year of the current administration in the FCT, the Fadama CARES programme has disbursed grants to a total of 9,170 beneficiaries. The minister who made this declaration at the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has sent a high-powered delegation to assess the impact of water overflow at Alau Dam which is threatening Maiduguri Metropolis and its environs. Alau Dam which has a reservoir capacity of 112 million cubic meters was designed to...
“I couldn’t feed my three children when my husband abandoned me five years ago. My first child was about nine years old then, while my two other children were about four and two years respectively’’. These are the pathetic words of Mrs Stella Obasuyi, a petty trader in Benin...
Ugandan Olympic marathon runner, Rebecca Cheptegei, has died following an alleged attack by her boyfriend. The head of the country’s Olympics Committee made the disclosure on Thursday. The athlete, aged 33, reportedly died days after she was doused in petrol and set on fire by her boyfriend. Kenyan and...
The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, has said the nation’s pharmaceutical sector is currently under construction to increase local production of drugs. Adeyeye, who made this known on Wednesday at the 7th Nigeria Pharma Manufacturers’ EXPO, holding in...
Recently evicted Radicals pair on the ongoing Big Brother Naija reality show, on Wednesday, expressed their willingness to work with Nollywood filmmaker, Ruth Kadiri, in assisting young talents in Nigeria. The duo with individual names – Fairme David and Michky, disclosed this during an interview session with journalists in...
The Minority Caucus of the House of Representatives has condemned the recent increase in the price of petrol by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Rep. Kingsley Chinda, the leader of the minority caucus in the House, said this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. He said that...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rejects the new increase in the pump price of petrol to about N1,000 per liter in various parts of the country. Abuja, Sept. 5, 2024 (NAN)The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rejects the new increase in the pump price of petrol to about N1,000 per...
The National Chairman of Labour Party (LP), Mr Julius Abure, has rejected the meeting of the party convened by Abia governor, Dr Alex Otti in Umuahia saying it is unconstitutional. Mr Obiora Ifoh made this known in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday. According to Abure, Otti and...
Sen. Abdul’aziz Yari (APC-Zamfara West) has donated 200 trucks of maize to vulnerable and less privileged families across the state. This is contained in a statement issued in Gusau on Wednesday by the Chairman, Publicity Committee of Yari’s political organisation, Ibrahim Birnin-Magaji. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...
Notorious bandit leader, Bello Turji, has released a video message calling for peace and an end to violence between Fulani and Hausas. In the video obtained and translated by PRNigeria, Turji claims that the ongoing conflict is impossible to win and will only lead to further bloodshed. Turji, who...
The National Economic Council (NEC) has urged states yet to make submissions on the proposed State Police to submit their report on or before Sept. 9. The acting governor of Oyo state, Chief Adebayo Lawal, made this known while briefing newsmen at the end of 144 NEC meeting held...
The National Economic Council (NEC) has directed all the states of the federation to submit details of damages caused by the recent flooding in the country by Monday. Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa made this known while briefing state house Correspondents at the end of the 144 NEC meeting...
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria(TUC) has said that the recent increase in pump price of Premium Motor Spirit(PMS) will worsen the poverty level of workers in the country. President of TUC, Mr Festus Osifo, said this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Osifo said the the leadership...