Mr Asue Ighodalo, Chairman of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG), has said that three out of four digital start-ups, valued in excess of one billion dollars, were founded by young Nigerian entrepreneurs. Ighodalo said this in his opening remarks at the 27th Nigerian Economic Summit on Monday in...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Deputy Governor, Hon.Umar Usman Kadafur alongside Immediate past Governor of Borno State, Senator Kashim Shettima and the Senator representing Borno North at the National Assembly, Sen. Abu Kyari among others on Monday paid condolence visit to the former deputy governor of...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Over one hundred and fifty members of Bakassi Strike Force (BSF) in the early hours of Monday blocked the entrance to the governor’s office in protest over unpaid allowances. It took the intervention of some leaders of the group, who prevailed on their members, that...
A former Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufa’i has said that political will was part of policies necessary for addressing the challenges and issues of Girl-child education in Nigeria. She stated this at the 4th Convocation ceremony of the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS)/University of Benin...
By MARY RONKE, Minna – Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed an unspecified number of people while observing early morning prayers at a Mosque at Mazakuka village in Mashegu Local Government Area of the Niger State. It was learnt that the incident occurred on Oct. 25 at about...
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Tanko Muhammad, on Monday called on the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to crusade stronger for the rule of law. Muhammad also called on judicial officers to serve justice at all times, saying that Nigeria’s peace was resting on the balance of scale of...
The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has rejected Federal Government planned enforcement of COVID-19 vaccination on workers and Nigerians. The NLC President, MrAyuba Wabba, expressed labour position while unveiling the COVID-19 vaccination Advisory for the Federal Civil Servants on Monday in Abuja. It would be recalled that...
The Federal Government has said it would be inaugurating “Made-in-Nigeria barite” on Oct. 28, to save US$ 300 million being spent annually on barite importation. Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Mr Olamilekan Adegbite, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on Monday in Abuja. Mr. Adegbite said that the inauguration,...
By BABARA KALU, Enugu – The Enugu State Police Command have set date and venue for Computer-Based Test (CBT) in the 2020 Recruitment of 10,000 Police Constables into the Nigeria Police. The state command’s spokesman, ASP Daniel Ndukwe, made the disclosure in a statement on Monday. “It will hold...
BY DAVID IORJA, Abuja – In the build-up to the 2023 general elections, President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Abuja urged foreign envoys in Nigeria to be guided by diplomatic practices to ensure that their activities remain within the limits of their profession. Receiving Letters of Credence at State...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The adoption of the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and its underlying technology, called block chain, can increase Nigeria’s GDP by $29billion over the next 10 years, President Muhammadu Buhari said Monday in Abuja at the official launch of the eNaira. The President also...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Monday charged a 27-year-old man, Alfa Adamu before a Federal High Court Lagos, for alleged drug trafficking. The defendant is facing a one-count charge of drug trafficking. The prosecutor, Mr Jeremiah Aernan, alleged that the defendant committed the offence on Sept....
By EDDY OCHIGBO, Kaduna – In its sustained drive to enhance accountability and seamless service delivery at the local government level in Kaduna state, Partnership to Engage and Learn in collaboration with Local Government Accountability Mechanism (LGAM), on Monday organized a two-day technical session to increase the capacity and...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos- Chairman, All Progressives Congress National Caretaker Committee & Yobe State Governor, H.E.Mai Mala Buni, at the weekend led a high-powered delegation to visit the APC National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in his Bourdillion Road, Ikoyi, Lagos home. Back Row (L-R): Hon. Tijjani Zanna Zakariya,...
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the media entrepreneur, business mogul and politician, High Chief (Dr) Raymond Aleogho Dokpesi as he celebrates his 70th birthday October 25, 2021. The president’s congratulatory message is contained in a statement issued on Monday by the Senior Special Assistant to the President, Media &...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Spiritual Head of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star, His Holiness Olumba Olumba Obu has formally declared open one week of charity and mercy activities. The week commences from Monday 25 to Saturday 30 October 2021 and will hold in all branches of...
The chairman of Sudan’s ruling body General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on Monday announced the dissolution of the transitional government and the sovereign council and declared a nationwide state of emergency. Just hours after the information ministry said most of the civilians in the two bodies had been detained, including...