PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – In pursuance of the waste to energy policy of the Governor Ben Ayade-led administration, the Cross State Government has partner the French Government to convert its wastes to electricity. Disclosing the collaboration during a presentation to Governor Ayade in his conference room, leader of the...
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A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has frozen a Kogi State salary bailout account domiciled in Sterling Bank Plc over a ₦20 billion loan obtained from the bank. Justice Tijjani Ringim granted the order to freeze the account pending the conclusion of the investigation or possible prosecution by...
Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu has signed the anti-grazing bill into law. The governor signed the bill on Tuesday after it was earlier passed by the State House of Assembly. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Donald Ojogo. According to the...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, (NAPTIP) Sokoto Zonal Command said it has received 22 Nigerians from Niger Republic who are victims of human trafficking. Addressing journalists on the unfortunate development, Sokoto State Zonal Commander of NAPTIP, Barr. Abubuakar Bashiru...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – All is now set for the historic launch of the compendium of landmark speeches and presentations of the Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta. A statement issued on Tuesday by The NCC...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ibadan – Bayer Nigeria Limited has developed and launched a new crop protection product known as Lagon to help farmers tackle the problem of weeds in cassava and raise yield. Tested on more than 200 trials and demos across Nigeria and Tanzania, Lagon was rated among...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has officially welcomed Senator Andy Uba, the Anambra State gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the November 6 election. “I am happy to formally welcome you. I certainly wish you the best of luck. I’m anxious for your...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, on Tuesday, cancelled general cut-off marks for admission into tertiary institutions and said that the institutions are free to set their individual minimum benchmark for admission. The Board took the decision at the 2021 policy meeting which...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Commissioner of Health, Hon. Juliana Bitrus has declared an outbreak of cholera in the state following environmental and health factors in 7 Local Government Areas of the state that claimed many lives and others hospitalized responding to treatment. Hon. Bitrus, disclosed...
At least 15 fishermen were kidnapped by terror group Boko Haram late Monday in Cameroon’s Far North region, local authorities said on Tuesday. Several witnesses who fled after Monday’s raid on Blaram, a sandy fishing village of the region near the shores of Lake Chad, said militants rounded up...
Ibrahim’s surrender came after the joint anti-terror security operation which ended in early August saw more than 200 al-Shabab militants being killed, 16 bases destroyed, four towns and eight villages liberated. Somali National Army (SNA) on Tuesday confirmed that a senior al-Shabab leader surrendered to the government forces in...
LoftyInc Capital, a pan-African Venture Capitalist (VC) firm, on Tuesday announced the launching of its LoftyInc Afropreneurs Fund Three, at 10 million dollars for tech startups in Africa. According to a statement by the Founding Partner, LoftyInc Capital Management, Idris Bello said the firm had written cheques to over...
Kebbi Governor, Atiku Bagudu has condoled with Sen. Bala Ibn-NaAllah, the Senator representing Kebbi South Constituency, over the death of his first son, Capt. Abdulkarim NaAllah. A statement issued on Tuesday in Birnin Kebbi by Malam Yahaya Sarki, the Special Assistant to Bagudu on Media, said the governor was...
Six members of an Islamist militant group were sentenced to death on Tuesday by a court in Bangladesh, for the brutal killing of two gay rights campaigners, five years ago. Xulhaz Mannan, 35, and Mahbub Rabbi Tonoy, 25, were hacked to death in Mannan’s apartment in the capital Dhaka...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu State, Mr Ejike Omeje, has mobilised party faithful ahead of Saturday’s LG congress and rallied support for the acting state chairman of the party. Omeje made this appeal on Tuesday in Enugu in an interview with the News Agency...
Prof. Femi Akinwumi, Chairman, Ekiti State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), on Tuesday says the government is planning to strengthen infrastructure in schools to boost teaching and learning. Akinwumi disclosed this in Ado-Ekiti while briefing newsmen on the level of preparedness for reopening of schools for the 2021/2022 academic...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Four development partners have committed a total sum of $520 million for the development of the first phase of Special Agro-industrial Processing Zones (SAPZs) in some selected states across Nigeria. The Senior Special Advisor to the President of the Africa Development Bank on industrialization,...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) recently inaugurated a data-collection mobile application (app) to enhance its intelligence gathering efforts at fighting corruption. The technology, codenamed “Eagle Eye’’, seeks to boost public participation in the fight against corruption by easing the process of reporting economic and financial crimes to...
The police command in Delta, has found a missing teenager, Master Kachukwu Sunday in Asaba. The acting Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), of the command, DSP Bright Edafe disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Warri. Edafe said that the 13-year-old boy was in the custody of the...
Enugu State Boxing Association, has decried the non participation of Nigeria in boxing at the just-concluded Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, in spite of the country’s pedigree in the sport. Chairman of the association, Ebere Amaraizu, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Enugu...