Stakeholders in the environment sector have identified desertification, erosion and deforestation as the major ecological challenges confronting communities in the North-East region, calling for effective utilisation of the National Ecological Fund. The stakeholders made this known in a survey by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in the North...
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By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with renowned musician, King Sunny Ade, over the passing of his wife, Risikat Adegeye. The late Adegeye was a member of the 6th Lagos State House of Assembly. The president condoled with the Lagos State government, the House of...
The Edo Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged its members to stop reckless and careless utterances capable of distracting the party leadership. The state party chairman, Dr Tony Aziegbemi, who made the appeal in a statement in Benin, said they were worried over recent trend in...
Tunis stated this on arrival in Cape Verde where he led an ECOWAS Parliament’s delegation on a fact-finding mission to the country. The Directorate of Communications, ECOWAS Parliament, in a statement issued to Journalists on Wednesday quoted Tunis as saying that the delegation was in Cape Verde to gather...
The West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) has said that no candidate in Enugu state missed its ongoing examination in spite of the IPOB-declared Mondays’ sit-at- home order. The Deputy Registrar/Zonal Coordinator, WAEC, Mrs Eucharia Onodu disclosed this on Tuesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The President of Air Peace Airline, Allen Onyema has compensated the Super Falcons past and present teams with the sum of ₦20 million. This is contained in a statement issued by Ademola Olajire, Director of Communications at the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), on Wednesday....
Four persons have been reported dead and two others missing when a passenger bus plunged into River Niger in Koton Karfe area of Kogi. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) confirmed this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Lokoja. It stated that a Toyota Hiace bus with 15...
Mr Cui Jianchin, the Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, says he is in talks with Chinese owned Banks to establish operations in Nigeria. This, the envoy said, is to boost Nigeria’s economy and expand trade relations between the two nations. Cui made this known in Abuja while addressing Journalists during...
By OFFOR CALLISTUS, Abuja – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said 14 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have recorded 513 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday. The NCDC, in an update via its Facebook page on Wednesday, added that the 513 new cases, bring...
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has advised the Imo Government to develop a workable blueprint for the health sector in the state. The UNICEF’s Health Specialist, Enugu Field Office, Dr Olusoji Akinleye, made the call at the Reproductive Maternal Neo-natal Child Adolescent Health Nutrition Scorecard Development Workshop in...
The Ghanaian Government on Tuesday signed agreement with W.E.B. Du Bois Museum Foundation to build a World-Class W.E.B. Du Bois Museum Complex in Accra. Mr Daniel Rose, Chairman of the W.E.B. Du Bois Museum Foundation who made this known in a statement, said President Nana Akufo-Addo attended the signing...
President Muhammadu Buhari who arrived in New York on Sunday, to participate in the ongoing 76th Session of the UN General Assembly, is to present Nigeria’s statement to the General Assembly on Friday, Sept. 24. The Nigerian leader would be the second speaker on the fourth day and would...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi Following the killing of an unnamed woman in Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area during “an incident”, the Bauchi State Government has warned against reprisals. The Secretary to the Bauchi State Government, Ibrahim Kashim, who gave the warning in a statement he signed which was made available...
Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi has expressed the fear that the declaration of the South-East as a red zone due to the spate of insecurity will deprive the area of federal projects. Governor Umahi made the remark on Tuesday in Abakaliki while inaugurating the new leadership of the South-East...
A retired Chief Superintendent of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Imam Aminu, has been arraigned by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), over alleged forgery of academic certificates. The commission, in four counts brought before Honourable Justice A.O. Abong of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High...
President Joe Biden told the world on Tuesday that the United States is not seeking a new Cold War with China as he vowed to pivot from post-9/11 conflicts and take a global leadership role on crises from climate to Covid. Addressing the UN General Assembly for the first...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Over 140,000 households in Borno State have been empowered by the Borno State Government in collaboration with the Food and Agricultural Organization( FAO), UN Women and World Food Program, powered by European Union (EU) in their efforts to restore and promote sustainable agricultural livelihoods...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Emiritus Bishop of the Metropolitan Arch-diocese of Calabar, His Eminence, Bishop Joseph Ukpo has received his first jab of the Covid-19 Vaccine as he charges Nigerians of influence to live by example and help government in the fight against the Corona virus pandemic. The one...
Citadel Views Estate (CVE), a leading sustainable residential housing development company, is providing access to constant and affordable power supply for its prospective residents in the Sangotedo area of Lagos State. Deploying cutting-edge solar energy solutions and biogas sewage treatment system, Citadel Views Estate is perhaps, the first of...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Suleiman Usman (SAN) on Tuesday inaugurated Justice For Children Coordination Forum in an event held at the Shukura hotels. The Attorney General who said justice is the greatest legacy that can guarantee sane society, added that...