Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola has said his administration will continue to invest in infrastructural development for socio-economic well-being of the people in the state. Oyetola said this at an engagement programme organised by the State’s Civic Engagement Centre on Sunday in Ilobu, Irepodun LGA of the state. Represented...
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The Nigerian Mission in South Africa and the Nigerian Doctors Forum South Africa (NDF-SA) have condemned attempts allegedly by the Independent Media Group (IMG) in South Africa, to drag the reputation of Nigerian doctors into the mud over the controversial South African decuplets (10 babies born at the same...
President Muhammadu Buhari has departed Abuja for Glasgow, Scotland in the United Kingdom, to attend the 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari;...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday hosted the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Bola Tinubu, at his official residence, State House, Abuja. Speaking to State House correspondents after the closed door meeting, Tinubu dismissed the insinuation that he was in the presidential villa to discuss politics...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has expressed hope that the annual allocation to the National Research Fund (NRF) will hit N10 billion in 2022. Executive Secretary of TETFund, Professor Suleiman Bogoro, said the agency’s Board of Trustees had recently approved N8.5 billion as...
By JOSHUA SHINA, Jalingo – A 26-year-old Computer Science student of the Taraba State Polytechnic, identified as Clara Jacob, has been found dead in a swimming pool. The lifeless body of the final year student was discovered at the Suite 11 Hotel swimming pool in Jalingo, Taraba State on...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has rejoiced with Minister of State for Health, Dr Olorunnimbe Mamora, on the wedding of his twin daughters, Oluwadahun Taiwo, and Oluwadara Kehinde. The president’s spokesman Femi Adesina, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said the president...
The Catholic Bishop of Ekiti, Most Reverend Felix Ajakaye, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to use the coming gubernatorial elections in Anambra and Ekiti States to boost its image positively. The Clergy man, gave the charge in Ado Ekiti at the weekend, while delivering a...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has congratulated Barrister Zannah Mustapha for winning CNN Hero Award, after being named as one of 10 men and women that has made huge impacts to humanity, around the world. Zulum, in a statement by his spokesman,...
The Commissioner of Police in Anambra, Mr Echeng Echeng, has assured officers and men in the command that he will stand by them at all times in the fight against insecurity. CP Echeng made the promise when he visited some police officers who sustained gunshot wounds during the offensive...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has expressed disappointment over the exclusion of federal roads in the state from the list of roads to be reconstructed and rehabilitated under the 2022 federal budget. Gobernor Bello expressed his displeasure while responding to questions during the Media Roundtable at the 29th edition...
The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, says Nigeria’s banking sector has contributed immensely to the development of the country and indeed the continent. She, however, says there is still so much to be done. Okonjo-Iweala spoke virtually on Saturday at the 2021 Fellowship Investiture programme...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami) has conveyed the approval of the Federal Government to extend of the deadline for the National Identity Number (NIN)-Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) data verification. A statement jointly signed by the Director, Public Affairs of...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari warmly felicitates with legal luminary, educationist and philanthropist, Chief Afe Babalola, on his 92nd birthday, October 30, 2021. The president’s congratulatory message is contained in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity, Mr. Femi...
By OlA MODUPE, Lagos – Former Lagos governor and All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has congratulated Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Osuolale Akiolu, on his 78th birthday. He praised the royal father for his sterling leadership qualities and remarkable wisdom. Oba Akiolu turned 78 on Friday, October...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Government has warned Nigerians to be wary of fraudulent messages making the rounds over the purported payment of N80,000 to beneficiaries of the Survival Fund Scheme. A statement issued in Abuja, on Saturday, by the Project Delivery Office (PDO) of the Scheme,...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has said it would incorporate the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA) into its country and regional integration strategies. A statement from the AfDB on Saturday, quoted the its president, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, as saying this while receiving the AfCFTA Secretary-General, Wamkele Mene,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has urged the United Nations and the International community to support the states in the Lake Chad Basin to address the root causes of the insurgency within the region. Governor Zulum made the call on Friday when he received...
Two persons were killed while two others sustained injuries on Saturday in an accident involving an articulated vehicle and a Toyota Hiace bus on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, spokesman of Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
Most Rev. Jonas-Benson Okoye, the Auxiliary Bishop of Catholic Diocese of Awka, has said the Nov. 6 governorship election in Anambra must hold. He said he took the position because the alternative was to have a Constitutional crisis in the state. “Many are trying to frustrate preparations for the...