By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has commended the initiative and Implementation of the federal government project, tagged: “(ARC-P) in Borno state and some parts of the country. Governor Zulum said the ARC-P project implementation in the state is not only apt but crucial as...
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The Court of Appeal in Abuja has affirmed the candidature and nomination of the governorship candidate of APC in the July 16 governorship election in Osun, Adegboyega Oyetola, and his running mate, Benedict Alabi. Oyetola and Alabi are the immediate past governor and deputy governor of Osun. The court...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have urged the Federal Government to put an end to the fuel shortages and price hike in the country. The Presidents of NLC and the TUC said this in a statement, signed by Mr Ayuba Wabba and Mr Festus...
The tirade early this week by the Minister of state for Budget and National Planning Mr. Clement Agba, on the 36 Governors, where he blamed them for the rising poverty index in the country comes to the Nigeria Governors’ Forum as a surprise. The Minister got his message totally...
Reuters, an international news agency, now part of Thomson Reuters, wrote that it was working on a series of stories about purported actions of the Nigerian military during the government’s 13-year war against Islamist insurgents in the country’s North East. To them, they were committed to producing an accurate,...
Chevron Nigeria Limited, operator of the joint venture between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Ltd., and Chevron has secured a $1.4bn financing to fund for infill drilling programme to run from 2022 to 2026. A statement by CNL’s General Manager Policy, Government and Public Affairs, Mr Esimaje Brikinn on...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ), Abuja, has accused Reuters, a British international news agency, of attempt to blackmail the Nigerian military through what it described as “mercenary journalism”. The Director, Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Jimmy Akpor, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. Akpor said the news outlet wrote...
The Nigerian Army Infantry Corps (Queen of the Battle) shone like a million stars at the just-concluded Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) 2022 Merit Awards. The infantry emerged the best as it came first among all others This is contained in a statement on Friday in Kaduna by Capt....
The Vice Chancellor of Godfrey Okoye University (GOUNI), Enugu, Prof. Christian Anieke, has said that speaking and writing English is a major challenge to many Nigerian graduates. Anieke spoke when officials of the National Universities Commission (NUC) visited the university on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...
Access Bank has unveiled the new W Branded Debit card specifically target at women. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the unveiling took place at the Grand Finale of “W’’ Initiative’s Womenpreneur Pitch-A-THON Season 4 in Lagos on Friday. Launched in 2019, the Womenpreneur Pitch-a-thon programme is...
One of the key things people majorly look out for before investing big in any business is the location. Although, not everyone gets this right. Many have suffered a huge loss because they had a business in a place where their kind of business was not in demand. The...
The First Lady, Aisha Buhari, has withdrawn the case against a final-year student of the Federal University, Dutse, Aminu Adamu. Adamu, 24, was arrested by the police in Dutse for allegedly publishing a defamatory statement on his Twitter handle against the First Lady. In the alleged tweet, Adamu, who...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The United Nations has released the Global Humanitarian Overview (GHO) report, which reveal that in 2023, an estimate of 339 million people across the world will need humanitarian assistance. According to the report, about 230 million most vulnerable people in 69 countries of the...
A group of mainly All Progressives Congress (APC) members of northern extraction led by the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mister Yakubu Dogara, has adopted the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, for the 2023 general election. The group named Northern Leaders’...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed Monday, 12 December, 2022 to Sunday, 22 January, 2023 as the dates for the collection of PVCs in all the 774 Local Government Offices of the Commission throughout the Federation. The decision was taken after the...
Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra on Friday presented appointment letters to 5,000 newly recruited teachers in the state. Soludo, while presenting appointment letters to no fewer than 5,000 newly recruited teachers in Awka said that the future of youths of Anambra lie in the hand of teachers. The governor...
The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has described as a “travesty of justice”, the judgment of an Abuja High Court that nullified the outcome of its governorship primary election in Abia. The National Chairman of the party, Chief Ike Oye, made the remark in Umuahia on Friday, when he...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says its office in Orlu Local Government Area of Imo State undergoing renovation was attacked on Thursday. INEC National Commissioner, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye, disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja....
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Lagos State Government has released a travel advisory for Lagos residents ahead of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Gubernatorial Campaign slated for Saturday, Dec. 3. The Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde, said in a statement on Friday, in Lagos, that the flag-off...