By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Network of Civil Society Organizations in Borno State, the umbrella body for civil society organizations in the state, visited the Agency for Coordination of Sustainable Development, Partnership, and Humanitarian Response on Tuesday, 25th June 2024. The Network is responsible for coordinating the...
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The Lagos Free Trade Zone of the Nigeria Customs Service says it generated N115 billion in revenue over the past six months. Its Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Olanrewaju Olumoh, disclosed this at a stakeholder engagement in the Free Trade Zone in Lagos on Thursday. Olumoh expressed optimism...
Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf has been honored with the ‘Courageous Governor of the Year Award’ by This Nigeria Newspaper. The award was presented during the newspaper’s 2024 annual lecture and awards ceremony, which marked 25 years of democratic governance in Nigeria. According to the governor’s spokesperson, Sunusi...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in partnership with the governments of Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe states, has launched a kickoff workshop for the GPE-AF project aimed at enhancing education and learning for children in North East Nigeria. The UNICEF Acting Chief of...
The Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base (FOB) FORMOSO in Brass, Bayelsa, has destroyed 10 illegal refinery sites in Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa. The FOB also destroyed a speedboat and seized 100,000 litres of suspected stolen crude oil. The Commanding Officer, FOB FORMOSO, Capt. Ifeanyichukwu...
The Katsina State chapter of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) has called on the state government to assist farmers in controlling worms that are destroying crops in their farmlands. The AFAN Chairman in Kastina, Alhaji Yau Umar-Gojo-gojo, made the call while speaking with newsmen on...
Akwa-Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno has approved the release of N4.7 billion for the payment of gratuities to retirees, bonuses and wardrobe allowance for civil servants. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Ekerete Udoh, disclosed this in a statement to newsmen in Uyo on Thursday. Udoh...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has disowned an X handle, “PDP 2027 @PDP Government,’’ claiming to be an account for support page for news, history, heritage and administration of the party. The party made the clarification in a statement by the National Publicity Secretary,...
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has assured workers of a better new minimum wage from the ongoing negotiations between the government, private sector and organised labour. The governors gave the assurance in a communiqué signed by Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara, chairman of the forum after a meeting...
Six students of Government Secondary School, Fadan Chawai, Kauru Local Government in Kaduna State, drowned on their way home after writing the Junior Secondary School Certificate Examination (JSSE), on Wednesday. The students, all from Ribang community, were on their way back home after writing the ongoing JSSC examination...
By AUSTINE TSENZUGHUL, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed on Wednesday expressed confidence that Nigerian Army is well- equipped and determined to defend Nigeria and Nigerians against all forms of insecurity with the modernization of its operations for excellence. Speaking at the commissioning of the new...
At least 3 people were killed in an Israeli airstrike that targeted the southern outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus, a war monitor reported on Thursday. It added that 11 others were wounded as a result of shrapnel that fell on houses from a Syrian air defence missile that...
Three persons were confirmed injured when farmers and herders clashed around Baranda forest in Kiyawa Local Government Area of Jigawa, the state Police Command confirmed on Thursday. “We received the information about the incident on Tuesday, at about 2:15 pm,” DSP Lawal Shiisu, the Police Public Relations Officer(PPRO),...
Governors on the platform of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) are currently in a closed-door meeting in Abuja to discuss the proposed new national minimum wage and other national issues. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that other matters on the meeting agenda, chaired by the forum’s...
The Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Wednesday ended their closed door meeting with an agreement that all contentious issues will be amicably resolve to avert strike. The parties also agreed to kick-start a communication process to avert the planned industrial actions by...
No fewer than 2,600 persons, mostly women and children, have been killed following attacks on 50 Benue communities between January 2023 and February 2024. Amnesty International Programme Director, Mrs Barbara Magaji, disclosed this during a photo exhibition and news conference on Wednesday, in Makurdi. Magaji further said 18...
Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has said that he was not fighting anybody. “I am, rather, defending the state against predators; I am protecting Rivers against those who feel that they own the life of others,” he said in Port Harcourt on Wednesday when the Senate Committee on...
The Federal Government delegation and the leadership of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), are in closed door meeting to discuss lingering crisis and avert strike by the Union. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports the meeting holding on Wednesday in the office of the Minister of...
A former commercial bank staff, Mr Ugochukwu Otubelu, on Wednesday, revealed how he managed the security vote account under ex-Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra government. Otubelu, who said he is now a businessman, told Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court, Abuja that he was with the...
Ekiti State Police Command has arrested 21 suspects in connection with the recent killings and other crimes in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that four persons including a commercial motorcycle ticket agent were recently killed by gunmen at different locations in Ado-Ekiti metropolis. The command’s...