Miss Joy Orhuna, a 33-year-old former job applicant and beneficiary of Federal Government’s N-Power programme has built a three-bedroom house for her mother in Benue. N-Power is a scheme set up by President Muhammadu Buhari on June 8, 2016 to address youth unemployment and help to increase social development....
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Nigeria’s largest airline, Air Peace Limited, is set to showcase its Embraer E192-E2 aircraft at the Aviation Africa Summit 2022, in Kigali, Rwanda, on Sept. 12. The spokesperson of Air Peace, Mr Stanley Olisa, made this known in a statement issued in Lagos on Friday. The News Agency of...
Nigerian champions Bayelsa Queens of Yenagoa were on Friday in Rabat drawn alongside defending champions Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies for the second edition of the CAF Women’s Champions League. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the draw for the competition billed for Oct. 30 to Nov. 13 in...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has launched and priced a new 1.25 billion euros seven-year Global Benchmark transaction, in a Social Bond format, due Sept. 14, 2029. The AfDB in in a statement posted on its on Friday, stated the bond launched on Wednesday, “pays a coupon of 2.250...
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) before Justice Hadiza Shagari of a Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna. The party is challenging the list of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidates for Governorship and State Assembly seats published by INEC on...
The accession of King Charles to the British throne has stirred renewed calls from politicians and activists for former colonies in the Caribbean to remove the monarch as their head of state and for Britain to pay slavery reparations. Charles succeeds his mother, Queen Elizabeth, who ruled for 70...
Britain’s royal family will observe a period of mourning that ends on the seventh day after the funeral of Queen Elizabeth, with flags at royal residences to remain at half mast. “Following the death of Her Majesty The Queen, it is His Majesty The King’s wish that a period...
Kylian Mbappe and Neymar were spoken to privately by Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) coach, Christophe Galtier, following their latest on-pitch contretemps. The PSG forwards have begun the season in fine scoring form, but their relationship has faced intense scrutiny after appearing fractious at times. It has again come under the...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), has reported an aggregate Company Income Tax (CIT) of N714.40 billion for the second quarter of 2022. This is contained in the CIT Report for Q2 2022 released by the NBS in Abuja on Friday. The report said the value recorded for Q2...
When the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) introduced its digital currency, the eNaira in October 2021, the idea was to create an alternative to the fast growing cryptocurrencies being patronised by Nigerians. According to European Central Bank, e-money, broadly speaking, is an electronic store of monetary value on a...
No fewer than 22 supposed retired Directors and Deputy Directors in the Federal Ministry of Education have been re-appointed as Principals of some Federal Government Colleges, FGCs, PRNigeria has learnt. They were re-appointed after participating in a Computer Based Test, CBT, on the 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th...
Mrs Uju Ohanenye, an All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain on Friday in Abuja, said Nigeria’s current security and other challenges predated President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. She said this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sideline of the inauguration of her NGO, ‘9ja Save Nigeria...
Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo, says the All Progressives Congress (APC), will triumph in the South-East in the 2023 general election, because it is the only party with structures in all the 774 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the country. Uzodimma, also the Chairman of APC Presidential Campaign Council...
By ORKULA SHAAGEE, Lagos – A former Nigeria men’s senior national basketball team captain, Olumide Oyedeji has concluded plans to stage a basketball championship, Generation Next Basketball Showcase as part of efforts to discover talents in the country. The Generation Next Basketball Showcase championship will commence Saturday, 17 September...
Staging the 2030 men’s World Cup in Saudi Arabia would be “virtually impossible” if FIFA correctly applies its human rights criteria to any bid it makes, Amnesty International has said. The Middle Eastern country, which has been widely criticised for its human rights record, is reportedly interested in hosting...
Mr Usman Abubakar-Rimi, a Medicine and Surgery final year student in the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUS), has turned to street food vendor due prolonged industrial action by University lecturers. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Sokoto, Abubakar-Rimi said he conceived the...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHAMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State House of Assembly on Thursday screened and confirmed six commissioner-nominees sent by the State Governor, Bala Mohammed. The lawmakers had, on Wednesday, screened and confirmed only one of the nominees, Maryam Bagel, who was said to have been cleared by the Code...
By ORKULA SHAAGEE, Abuja – The Federal Government has finally wielded the big stick by officially ordering the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to withdraw the licence issued to the League Management Company (LMC) to manage the Nigerian premier football league. This was contained in a statement signed by Ismaila...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – No fewer than 1,460 suspects have been arrested for kidnapping, armed robbery, rape and other crimes in 722 cases across Bauchi, the Commissioner of Police in the State, Umar Sanda has said. CP Sands also disclosed that about six AK-47 riffles, 23 dane guns,...
First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced that it will host the Financial Markets Dealers Association’s (FMDA) quarterly meeting scheduled for 5pm on Friday, 16 September 2022, at Federal Palace Hotels, Victoria Island, Lagos. The event themed “Nigeria Macroeconomic Developments and Outlook: IMF View” will have its keynote address...