The Canadian Government has announced a three million dollars assistance to the Bauchi State Government to enhance women engagement in health service delivery The Head, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Bauchi Field Office, Mr Tushar Rane disclosed this when a UNICEF and Global Affairs Canada joint team visited Gov....
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The South East Council of Traditional Rulers and Representatives of Igbo Archbishops and Bishops have joined the call on the Federal Government to release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). They made the call in a statement issued in Awka on Tuesday signed by...
The BUA Group on Tuesday said it was no longer interested in the 50,000 hectares of land allocated to it in 2012 due its inaccessibility and unviability for business. “You can go ahead and revoke the Certificate of Occupancy Nos.KG.11713 as we are not interested,” BUA Group stated in...
Authorities in Cameroon’s Far North region on Tuesday declared an outbreak of cholera after recording at least 10 deaths arising from the disease. A total of 113 suspected cases of cholera had been recorded as of Monday, the official media outlet CRTV reported, quoting the region’s Governor Midjiyawa Bakari...
The Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG), has declared force majeure on products supplied from its production facilities on Bonny Island in Rivers. Mr Andy Odeh, NLNG’s General Manager, External Relations and Sustainable Development said this in a statement in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) said it had succeeded in closing down 62 illegal degree awarding institutions in the country. The commission also said it closed down a fake NYSC Orientation Camp in its bid to tackle corruption in the education sector. The Chairman,...
The managers of Sheraton Hotel Abuja, Marriott International, have expressed displeasure over closure of operations of the hotel by its owners, Capital Hotels Plc. Mr Richard Collins, Area Vice President, Sub-Saharan Africa for Marriott International, said this in a statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja. While...
UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday warned that thousands of severely malnourished boys and girls in Somalia were at risk of dying, urging donors to step up support amid historic drought. UNICEF’s spokesperson, James Elder told, journalists in Geneva that without greater action and investment, “we are facing the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Troops of Sector III, Multi National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) operating in the Lake Chad region have arrested 40 suspected Boko Haram insurgents’ logistics suppliers. The MNJTF’s Chief of Military Public Information Office, Lt.-Col. Kamarudeen Adegoke, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday....
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has urged women to take their position among decision makers in all strata of the society. Sanwo-Olu gave the advice during the 22nd National Women’s Conference, with the theme: ”Spring Forth, Stand Out”, organised by the Committee Of Wives Of Lagos State Officials...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Arewa Forum of Conscience, a Pressure Group, has faulted the planned adoption of a single Presidential Candidate by some purported Northern leaders for the 2023 general election. the group’s Chairman, Coordinating Committee Musa Getso, stated this in a statement issued on Tuesday in...
Gov. Nasir El Rufai of Kaduna State on Tuesday presented the 2023 draft budget of N370 billion to the State House of Assembly. The estimates conform with his administration’s 60:40 ratio of capital to recurrent expenditure. It is the eighth and final budget of El-Rufai’s tenure which ends in...
The Magistrate’s Court in Ebonyi on Tuesday, ordered the remand of Linus Okorie, the Ebonyi Labour Party Senatorial Candidate and ex-lawmaker, at the Nigeria Correctional Centre in Abakaliki for alleged conspiracy and murder. The Magistrate, Linda Ogodo, ordered the remand over lack of jurisdiction. The accused was charged April...
The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Sokoto state has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led government in the state of plotting to deny the citizens’ freedom of political choice. Alhaji Isa Sadiq-Achida, the Sokoto State APC Chairman made the allegation in a statement issued to newsmen in Sokoto...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Atiku Abubakar, The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate, has travelled to Europe for a business meeting . Mr Paul Ibe, the Media Adviser to Abubakar, disclosed this in a statement he issued on Tuesday in Abuja. Ibe said that the former Vice President...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has advised the motoring public travelling through Ondo State from Abuja and those traveling from the western part of the country through the state to the north to ply Akure-Ondo-Ife-Ibadan-Lagos or Lagos-Ibadan-Ife-Ondo-Ore-Benin Road. The Acting Corps Marshal, FRSC,...
On two occasions in the month of September this year, precisely on the 6th and 26th, a former member of the Nigerian Senate who represented Imo North senatorial district from 1999 to 2007, Ifeanyi Godwin Araraume, had good reasons to issue two disclaimers that were not largely dissimilar. Both...
The 81 Division of the Nigerian Army (NA) on Tuesday inaugurated Exercise Still Water with the mandate of combating crime and insecurity within its area of responsibility. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 120 army personnel participated in the programme during the inauguration held in Ojota with...
The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has pledged to build on the legacies of President Muhammadu Buhari, if elected as President in 2023. Tinubu made the pledge when he addressed participants of the Ministerial Performance Review Retreat on Tuesday in Abuja. The APC...
By MARY RONKE, Minna – Niger State Governor, Sani Bello has directed the Joint Security Taskforce in the state to urgently end the incessant armed banditry, kidnappings and wanton attacks on several communities at Gulu in Lapai LGA of the state. Governor Bello gave the directives in a statement...