President Muhammadu Buhari has directed security chiefs to find tactics to solve the security challenges in the country, particularly in the North-West and North Central. The President issued the directive on Tuesday, during a three-hour security meeting with Service Chiefs at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. He reiterated the...
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Management of the Isa Mustapha Agwai Polytechnic ( IMAP), Lafia, says it has received more than 5,000 applications for the available 100 academic and nonacademic staff job vacancies approved by the state government. Dr Justina Kotso, Rector of the Polytechnic, made this known when she led the management team...
The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) on Tuesday said it has received the National Health Insurance Research Agenda that will boost the sector. The Deputy General Manager, Press, of the scheme, Mr Emmanuel Ononokpono, who disclosed this in a statement in Abuja, said that the presidential reforms of the...
A Financial Technology (Fintech) expert, Dr Yele Okeremi on Tuesday, lauded the proposed Digital Currency by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Okeremi, who disclosed this to newsmen in Lagos, said that digital currency would encourage national progression. He said the proposed digital currency would drive financial inclusiveness among...
The Gbong Gwom Jos, Da Gyang Buba, has urged youths in Plateau to unite across ethnic and religious divides in order to end the circle of killings in the state. Buba, who is the Chairman, Plateau Council of Chiefs and Emirs, gave the advice at an event to commemorate...
Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti, has described appointment of Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, new Director General (DG), Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), as the best choice for the strategic position. In a statement on Tuesday in Ado-Ekiti by Mr Yinka Oyebode, the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Fayemi described Adetifa...
Ekiti State Football Association has appointed Samson Edegbai as the Chief Executive Officer of the state’s League Board. This was made known in an appointment letter showed to newsmen on Tuesday in Ado-Ekiti by Edegbai himself. According to the appointment letter, Edegbai will work with Ekiti FA Secretary, Pelumi Abiara,...
Sen. Nicholas Tofowomo (PDP-Ondo), has blamed the current security challenge on inadequate funding by successive government for the Nigeria Police Force. Tofowomo said this when he spoke with newsmen on Tuesday in Okitipupa, while inspecting rehabilitation work on the burnt Okitipupa police station and area command through his sponsorship....
The 23rd edition of the GOtv Boxing Night, scheduled to hold on Sept. 11, would be broadcast live, the organisers said on Tuesday. The night will stage seven fights involving 14 boxers across weight categories. Five of the fights will showcase 10 domestic boxers, while there will be two...
The Taliban on September 7, 2021 fired shots into the air to disperse crowds who had gathered for an anti-Pakistan rally in the capital, the latest protest since the hardline Islamist movement swept to power last month. (Photo by Hoshang Hashimi / AFP) The Taliban on Tuesday fired shots...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) says it recorded success in the just concluded local government congress in Ondo State, following the adoption of the consensus mode. Mr Steve Otaloro, the Director of Media and Publicity of APC in the state, said this in an interview with the News Agency of...
Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa on Tuesday urged National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members to be serious with camp activities, especially the Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) Programme. Fintiri, represented by Commissioner, Ministry of Youth Affairs, Aloysius Babadoke, made the call while declaring open the 2021 ‘B’ Stream II orientation...
It is important to state from the beginning that this piece stemmed not from orchestrated troubling realities in the country, poor leadership induced failures and dissatisfaction/disaffections in some quarters occasioned by their understanding that the ‘Federal Character Principle’ which was introduced into the 1979 Constitution and the Federal Character...
Chief Hillary Amodu, the APC Committee Chairman for the just concluded Local Government congress in Oyo State, has assured members that the results and reports were intact. This is contained in a statement he personally signed and made available to newsmen on Monday in Ibadan. The News Agency of...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said the country has recorded four more COVID-19-related deaths and 379 new infections from 17 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), in Nigeria. NCDC, which made this known on its Website on Monday attributed the...
Two men on Tuesday appeared in a a Grade I Area Court in Karu, Abuja, for alleged abduction in the FCT and environs. The police charged Abdullahi Bello,20, and Inusa Ibrahim,30, with abduction and belonging to a gang of thieves. The Prosecution Counsel, Malik Taiwo told the court that...
Global Wissen Consult, a Sweden-Nigerian firm is partnering with education experts in Nigeria to boost digital education and enhance skills acquisition for youths through digital programmes in the country. Oscar Nwokeji, Co-founder of the firm, said at a stakeholder’s roundtable that its goal was to address digital illiteracy in...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr Ogbonna Onu, has said that the Federal Government will establish national research and technology innovation centres for global competitiveness. This is contained in a statement issued by Josephine Ademu, Head, Press and Public Relations of the...
Ireland’s Leona Maguire played a starring role as Europe claimed just their second Solheim Cup victory on US soil at Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio. Maguire’s singles victory over Jennifer Kupcho gave her four and a half points from five matches on her debut in the biennial contest ——...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River state Governor, Ben Ayade has lamented the death of one – time Military Administrator of Rivers state, Brigadier-General Anthony Ukpo (rtd). General Ukpo who was also a former Minister of Information died on Monday. In a statement signed by his Special Adviser on...