PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Professor Ben Ayade has given assurance that the implementation of the report of the Debt Review and Project Development Commission which he set up last year would not be an instrument for witch-hunt. Governor Ayade, who stated this while receiving the...
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The Governor of Oyo State, Mr Seyi Makinde, has performed the groundbreaking for the construction of 11 megawatts Hybrid Power Solution in a bid to address the unstable power supply in the state. Governor Makinde, performing the ceremony within the state Secretariat Complex in Ibadan, said that the project...
Sen. Umaru Al-Makura (APC – Nasarawa South) has called on Nigerians to invest in grassroots sports. Al-makura gave the advice while briefing newsmen on Sunday in Lafia at the finals of the Tanko Al-Makura (TAAL) Unity Cup football competition. The former Nasarawa governor said that sport was a veritable...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Former Lagos Governor and All Progressives Congress (APC), National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has commiserated with Katsina State Governor Aminu Masari and the people of the state over the killing of the state’s Commissioner for Science and Technology, Dr. Rabe Nasir. Dr. Nasir was...
….Ortom backs him, says imposition undemocratic By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi- National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Iyorchia Ayu says the party under his leadership will not give room for imposition of candidates. Senator Ayu spoke just as the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom aligned with the...
Users of Firstmonie Wallet, the mobile-friendly wallet application by FirstBank are in for an exciting time as they are being rewarded for their continued patronage of its services in a two-month campaign, tagged Transact and Win promo which started on Monday 22, November 2021. Various prizes including, N10, 000.00...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and Speaker of House of Representatives Mr Femi Gbajabiamila to investigate the N10 billion funds budgeted to the National Assembly said to be missing. The SERAP Deputy Director Kolawole...
Ms Ulla Mueller, The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Country Representative in Nigeria, says the country has 15.1 per cent unmet need for family planning. Mueller disclosed this in Abuja at NAN Forum, the flagship interview programme of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). According to her, 15.1 per...
The Director-General, Department of State Services (DSS), Mr Yusuf Bichi, has called for more collaboration among the law enforcement agencies to end security challenges facing the nation. The DSS DG made the call during the Annual Lecture and Fourth Investiture of the Institute of Security and Strategic Studies (ISSS)...
The 20th Soun Ogbomoso in Oyo State, Oba Jimoh Oyewunmi, has joined his ancestors in the early hours of Sunday at the age of 95 years. Palace sources said that members of the late Oyewunmi’s family, chiefs and kinsmen had started arriving at the palace to mourn the departure...
Colourful posters of some artifacts expected to be received by the Oba of Benin have adorned some major streets of Benin City ahead of the ceremony on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the posters which also carried the photograph of Oba Ewaure II, were seen...
Rescuers were desperately searching for survivors early Sunday after dozens of devastating tornadoes tore through six US states, leaving at least 83 people dead, dozens missing and towns in ruin. President Joe Biden called the wave of tornadoes, including one that travelled more than 200 miles, “one of the...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Twitter account was hacked Sunday with a message declaring his country had adopted bitcoin as legal tender and was distributing the cryptocurrency to citizens. Modi is a prolific tweeter and is the world’s most popular incumbent politician on the platform, with more than 73...
When Rwandan motorcycle taxi driver Evode Niyorurema converted his fuel guzzler to an electric motorbike, he had no idea he was on the frontlines of the East African nation’s fight against climate change. “The reason I switched to an electric motorbike is that I wanted to avoid fuel costs,...
Nonito Donaire showed that age is just a number, knocking Reymart Gaballo out in the fourth round with a thunderous body shot to retain his World Boxing Council bantamweight title on Saturday. The veteran and ageless wonder Donaire continues to impress at 39 despite being counted out several times...
Two people were killed and seven were missing after an explosion caused a four-storey apartment building to collapse on the Italian island of Sicily, authorities said Sunday. Two women were recovered alive from the building in the town of Ravanusa after the collapse on Saturday night, the local civil...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday expressed optimism that young Nigerian graduates can provide solutions to the biggest challenges confronting the nation. He made the remark while speaking at the 60th anniversary of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, in Osun State, according to a statement signed by presidential...
Cameroon Football Federation (FECAFOOT) on Saturday elected football legend Samuel Eto’o to manage affairs of the football governing body for a period of four years. Eto’o was elected president of FECAFOOT by 43 votes ahead of his close rival, outgoing federation’s president Seidou Mbombo Njoya with 31 votes, according...
Manchester City remain at the top of the Premier League despite making hard work of 10-man Wolves on Saturday lunchtime. Pep Guardiola’s men had over 20 shots against their rivals, who were reduced to 10 men on the stroke of halftime when Raul Jimenez was sent off after being...
At least 84 people are likely to have died after dozens of tornadoes swept through several U.S. states overnight, officials said. Tornadoes hit and destroyed a candle factory in Mayfield, Kentucky, when there were about 110 people inside, Governor Andy Beshear told reporters on Saturday. “I’m pretty sure that...