By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, has approved the appointment of Abubakar Sani Pai, as a 3rd Class Chief of Pai Chiefdom (Sarkin Pai) in Kwali Area Council of the Territory. The appointment which was contained in a letter dated August 30, 2022,...
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Mr Ishaku Jilemsam, the National Vice President, National Rice Producers, Processors, Millers and Marketers Association of Nigeria has lauded President Muhammadu Buhari for the ban on rice importation. Jilemsam spoke at the opening of a one-day capacity building workshop organised by the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) on Friday...
Former Minister of Information and National Orientation, Prof. Jerry Gana, on Friday, called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure that votes count in the 2023 general elections. Gana spoke at the 11th edition of the Change We Need Nigeria Initiative Annual Lecture organised by the Charismatic...
By TENEBE ANTHONIA, Lagos – The United States Consulate and Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX or The Exchange) have announced a decision to collaborate on boosting investments and trade between Nigeria and the US. The US Consul General, Mr Will Stevens, in his remarks at the Closing Gong Ceremony held...
Gombe State Governor, Inuwa Yahaya on Friday said six companies participating in the Maiden Gombe Investment Summit had made commitments to invest N70.5 billion in the state. Yahaya, who stated this in Gombe on the third day of the summit, said his administration was committed to changing the economic...
The Seme Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Friday said that 16 Nigerians had been deported from Ghana for allegedly committing cyber crimes there. Dr Chukwu Emeka, the Controller of the Command, disclosed this during a news conference in Seme, Lagos State. According to Emeka, these are...
Nigeria and Egypt have signed partnership agreements worth 30 million dollars between business organisations from both countries at the end of the maiden edition of the Nigeria-Egypt Trade Conference and Exhibition (NETCE) in Cairo. Dr Yousrey El Sharkawi, Chairman, Egypt African Businessmen’s Association (EABA), and Mr Mahmood Ahmadu, President,...
President of the ECOWAS Court of Justice, Justice Edward Amoako Asante has been re-elected by his peers for an initial two years following an election by the Court’s five-member college of judges. The President of the ECOWAS Court was re-elected on Oct. 13 alongside the Vice President of the...
Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State says the future of Nigeria is in the hands of young people and entrepreneurs, as such they must acquire skills for the future. El-Rufai made the remarks at the opening of FalGates Rice Mill on Friday in Kaduna. According to him, the mill...
Nigeria bounced back into contention at the FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup in India on Friday with a 4-0 trouncing of New Zealand in Goa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Flamingos, who lost 1-2 to Germany on Tuesday, started the game spiritedly. They came close...
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Against the backdrop of incessant taxation and extortion, the Cross River State Government has warned against those responsible for the illegal act by agent of Local Government Areas, who are in the habit of harassing business owners. The state Chairman of the Cross River...
UK Finance Minister Kwasi Kwarteng has been sacked, the BBC and Sky News reported on Friday quoting unnamed sources, as Prime Minister Liz Truss tries to save her beleaguered premiership. The BBC said Kwarteng, who only on Thursday said he was “not going anywhere” despite market turmoil at the...
A Federal High Court sitting in Yola on Friday nullified the Adamawa governorship primary of the All Progressive Congress (APC) which produced Sen. Aishatu Binani, as the party’s gubernatorial candidate for 2023 election. Ruling on the case filed by Malam Nuhu Ribadu, the court declared Binani’s candidature null and...
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Cross River state Governor, Ben Ayade has described the concessioning of the ultra-modern cocoa processing plant, Ikom to AA Universal Agro Industries Ltd, as part of the deliberate effort of his administration to recalibrate the economy of the state. AAU is owned by business...
Nigerian veteran actor, Richard Mofe-Damijo, known as RMD and Patrick Otoro of Rivers of Water Production are set to unify Nigerians with a stage musical drama ‘One Good Man’. The director of the stage musical dance drama, Otoro stated this while briefing the press in Abuja Otoro said that...
A member of the House of Representatives, Rep. Kingsley Uju-Chima (APC-Imo) says no fewer than 80,000 people have so far been affected by the flood ravaging his constituency in Imo. In an interview with newsmen on Friday, Uju-Chima who represents Ohaji/Egbema, Oguta, Oru Federal Constituency of Imo, said that...
President Muhammadu Buhari has again summoned security chiefs to deliberate on successes being recorded from ongoing onslaught against terrorists and other criminals across the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the security chiefs would be updating the president on various military operations against criminals in the...
By BARBARA KALU, Owerri – The Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma has debunked social media report alleging that he faulted the Appeal Court judgment which acquitted the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenious People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. The governor debunked the reports in a statement issued by...
At least 11 people were killed and 53 injured when a bus hit an explosive device in central Mali on Thursday, according to a hospital source. The explosion occurred on the road between Bandiagara and Goundaka in the Mopti area in the early afternoon, a security source said. The...
By ORKULA SHAAGEE, Abuja – Nigeria’s top elite runners have stepped up their preparations ahead of the maiden Abuja International Marathon billed to take place in the Federal Capital Territory on December 17, 2022. The organizers of the Abuja International Marathon have already promised an elite cast of runners...