The Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Kalu has renewed the call for Igbos to work with President Muhammadu Buhari and appreciate him for the infrastructure in the South-East. Kalu in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja, said that supporting Buhari...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has set a dateline of December 15, less than a month from now, for contractors to complete the state’s first flyover and three other major projects. The governor gave the deadline on Thursday evening, during an inspection...
The Federal Government has called on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) to use its global platform in fighting fake news. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made the call at the ongoing 41st UNESCO General Conference in Paris, France. Alhaji Mohammed, at...
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has condemned the condition the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, is being subjected into at the detention facility of the Department of the State Services. Kanu’s counsel, Aloy Ejimakor and Ifeanyi Ejiofor, had alleged in a statement on...
THE Ogun State House of Assembly has ordered security agencies to arrest a Nollywood star, Goriola Hassan, for allegedly parading himself as the Oba-elect of Imobi in the Ijebu-East Local Government Area of the state. The Speaker, Olakunle Oluomo, during plenary on Thursday ordered that Hassan should be arrested...
Do you believe you are a Leader? This belief that you are a leader needs to be a conviction you feel within you; a conviction you have and seek to exhibit in the things you do and in the way you do them. When you think of yourself as...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ibadan – Some passengers on Thursday night escaped death as two cars got burnt in Ibadan, when a fully loaded petrol tanker, went up in flames. According to an eye witness, the incident occurred at Agodi area of Ibadan, on Total Garden-Gate road, near the Nigerian...
As the world marks the 2021 World Toilet Day (WTD) on Friday, UNICEF has said the states of Abia, Zamfara, and Akwa-Ibom rank least while Kwara, Plateau, and Ebonyi rank highest in open defecation in Nigeria. According to it, there has been limited progress over the last two years...
The National Economic Council (NEC) says President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a fresh N656 billion Bridge Financing Facility to the 36 States. Hajiya Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, disclosed this on Thursday at a virtual NEC meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, which...
The Kaduna State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), has engaged stakeholders in preparation to return 10,500 repatriated ‘Almajiri’ children to school. The SUBEB Chairman, Alhaji Tijjani Abdullahi, said this at the engagement of stakeholders, held on Thursday in Kaduna. He said rewards would be given to states that achieve...
The Managing Director, Galaxy Backbone (GBB), Prof. Muhammad Abubakar, has said that the agency saved over N3 billion for the Federal Government from championing video conferencing. Abubakar disclosed this at the Galaxy Backbone Maiden Customer Appreciation Day, on Thursday, in Abuja, where customers were updated on its services and...
A 56 year-old man, Festus James, who claimed to be a prophet, has confessed to the rape of an eight months pregnant lady at Agbabu village near Ore in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State. James made the confession while speaking with newsmen on Thursday in Akure, after...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Adamawa, on Thursday, accused the Petroleum marketers for hoarding of petroleum products resulting to artificial scarcity of the products in Yola. Mr Emanue Fwashe, NLC’s Chairman, told journalists after a joint monitoring exercise of fuel dispensing stations in Yola, that the marketers were...
Globacom Nigeria on Thursday rewarded over 100 subscribers, the first set of winners of the ‘Joy Unlimited Extravaganza‘ promo with home appliances in Lagos. The chairman of Globacom, Mr. Mike Adenuga Jnr., said at the event that over 500, 000 prizes would be won, in fulfilment of the pledge...
The Federal Government on Thursday in Abuja said that it would address the basic demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) next week. The Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, disclosed this at a tripartite meeting organised by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Federal Government will allow the system to exhaust itself, and will, therefore, wait for pronouncements from state governments which set up panels to probe police brutality in the country, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. The President spoke Thursday at State House, Abuja, while receiving...
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs , Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouk, on Thursday said over nine million Nigerian pupils have been benefiting from the National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme (HGSFP) across the country. Farouk disclosed this at the hand over and distribution of Feeding Utensils for...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law two important bills passed by the National Assembly thereby making them to become part of the Laws of the Federation. The Climate Change Act owes its origin to a bill sponsored by a member of the House...
Railway workers in the country have commenced a three-day warning strike grounding rail services nationwide. The workers commenced the strike on Thursday and shut down passenger and cargo train services of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC). In Abuja, the nation’s capital, workers in Idu locked the station and displayed...
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on ministries, departments and agencies, to study NIPSS report on how best to ensure effective policy design and implementation with a view to implementing some of its recommendations. The report titled “Getting Things Done: Strategies for Policy and Program Implementation in Nigeria” was presented...