The Secretary General of Nigeria Tennis Federation ( NTF), Shammah Makpa, has said the International Tennis Federation (ITF) World Tennis Tour Junior J60 would commence on Monday in Abuja. Makpa said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sideline of the ongoing...
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A play, “GOWON”, which depicts the life of retired Gen. Yakubu Gowon, former Nigeria’s military head of state, is to be staged in Lagos, from Aug. 24 to Aug.25. A statement by the Duke of Shomolu Foundation, producers of the play, said on Sunday in Lagos that the...
Fire has destroyed a soap factory and plastic dumping ground at Amanato Street, Ugwuagba Obosi in Idemili Northampton Local Government Area of Anambra. Mr Chukwudi Chiketa, Chief Fire Officer, Anambra Fire Service, confirmed this development to newsmen in Onitsha. According to Chiketa; the Anambra Fire Service received...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Army troops of Operation UDO KA have conducted another successful clearance/raid operations to the Indigenous People of Biafra and its affiliate Eastern Security Network (IPOB/ESN) Camp in Igboro Forest in Arochukwu LGA of Abia State yesterday. The operation was in a bid...
The Federal Ministry of Works has said it is working with the police to tighten security and stop vandalism on the Third Mainland Bridge to save the public infrastructure. The Federal Controller of Works, Lagos, Mrs Olukorede Kesha, gave the assurance in an interview with the News Agency...
Rep. Aminu Jaji (APC-Zamfara), has purchased 3000 rams for distribution to his constituents and the All Progressive Congress (APC) executives, members and vulnerable households in the state. This is contained in a statement signed by the State Chairman, Jaji’s Coordinating Committee, Aliyu Abubakar, issued in Gusau on Saturday....
As organised labour and workers anxiously await an update on the minimum wage struggle, reactions have continued to trail the shutdown of the national grid by the unions during the two-day nationwide strike. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) initiated an indefinite strike...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The agricultural component of the Holistic Opportunities for Programme and Engagement, (Project HOPE), of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has secured over 100 hectares from Itak Ikot Udo community in Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State for its agricultural scheme....
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Leading ICT company, MTN Nigeria has announced the 17th edition of its flagship employee volunteer initiative, Y’ello Care, where MTNers have the unique opportunity to contribute their resources – time, money and more – towards worthy causes. Themed “Learn Today, Lead Tomorrow”, this...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to stop the continued exit of multinational companies from Nigeria. Oyintiloye, who made the appeal in a chat with journalists on Sunday in Osogbo, described the exit of these companies as...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The Acting Executive Secretary, Benue State Emergency Management Agency (BSEMA), James Iorpuu has been bestowed with the the National Leadership Award in Grassroots Development by the Presidency. This followed the choice of the BSEMA boss as one of the top 20 government...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia has inaugurated the Local Government Caretaker Committee Chairmen in the state whose tenure has been extended with a charge on them to deliver quality services to people of their various local government areas The governor gave...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – A member of the House of Representatives for Gwer East/ Gwer West Federal Constituency Dr. Asema Achado has moved with determination to address the challenges of his constituents to improve their living standard. Dr. Achado disclosed this while conducting a select journalists...
Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, a biopic directed by Bolanle Austen-Peters, has shattered box office records in Nigeria and West Africa. The film, which chronicles the life and legacy of the trailblazing Nigerian activist Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, has taken the region by storm, surpassing the previous record held by Ayinla. Bolanle Austen-Peters Productions, celebrated...
The quantum of reservations and growing public disapproval of the Tinubu government has little or nothing to do with ideology. I am pretty sure that if anyone ever accuses Mr. Tinubu of being anything resembling ideological, he could draw a pistol. Yet his unrelenting dismal job approval...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has criticised the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), George Akume, over his comment that the shutting down of the National Grid on Monday by the Organised Labour amounted to treasonable felony and economic sabotage. The spokesperson for the NLC, Benson...
A 45-year-old woman was killed by a five-metre python while returning from her garden in Indonesia’s South Sulawesi province, local media reported on Saturday. The woman, a resident of Sidenreng Rappang district, had told her husband on Thursday she was going to sell chilies to a collector. When...
By OLA MUDOPE, Akure – Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 127 suspected internet fraudsters in Ondo State. A statement posted on the official X handle of the commission said the alleged internet fraudsters were arrested on Saturday...
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde on Saturday said that he had accepted the recommendation of Oba Owolabi Olakulehin by the Olubadan-In-Council as the Olubadan of Ibadanland. Makinde said this on Saturday during the celebration of life organised by the state government for late Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Olalekan...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has officially handed over power to his Deputy, Hon. Umar Usman Kadafur to serve as Acting Governor. In an Executive Communication (Correspondence) read by the Speaker of the Borno State House of Assembly (BOSHA) , Rt. Hon....