Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development says it has spent over N1.8 billion on Homegrown School Feeding programme in three years in Ondo State. Mrs Kemisola Olasetemi, the Ondo State Team Leader of the Programme, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of...
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By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – A 37-year-old man, identified as Muzambilu Sunusi, has lost his life on Wednesday morning after a bridge collapsed on him at Bichi town in Bichi Local Government Area of Kano State. The Public Relations Officer of the Kano State Fire Service, Mr Saminu Abdullahi,...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – Some founding fathers and top chieftains of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), under the aegis of Concerned Elders Forum, led by former Senate President, David Mark, have waded into the crisis currently rocking the National Working Committee (NWC), with a pledge to find...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said the ban of sale of foreign exchange to the Bureau de Change (BDC) operator was necessary because most of them have become conduit for illicit forex flows and graft. CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, while announcing the ban said CBN would also not...
Mr Omoniyi Olugbenga, Director , Ekiti State Fire Service has requested for the review of Ekiti firemen hazard allowances to help boost morale of firefighters in the state. The state director made the plea during a courtesy and inspection visit by Federal Fire Service (FFS) , Controller General (CG),...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – In continuation of their yearly support to host communities in Sokoto State, The BUA Cement Company has donated N10m worth of cement to host communities in Wamakko Local Government Area of the state. The donated cement which has a market value of over ten...
By AISHA NANA, Bauchi – The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Bauchi State Command, has alerted Nigerians to a fake list of successful candidates who sought employment with the organisation in 2019. The NSCDC Commandant in the state, Malam Nuraddeen Abdullahi, who stated this in a statement...
Video Assistant Referees (VAR) will be used in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers in Europe, starting from September 2022, continental football ruling body UEFA said Thursday. The light-touch use of VAR at Euro 2020 was widely praised, and UEFA will hope those standards are maintained in the qualifiers for...
Police investigating the online racial abuse of England players following the Euro 2020 final against Italy have made 11 arrests so far. Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka were victims of abuse after they missed penalties in the shoot-out defeat at Wembley in July. The UK Football Policing...
After calling eight witnesses, the Benue State Government on Wednesday closed its prosecution of a suspended senior lecturer at the Benue State Polytechnic, Ugbokolo, Andrew Ogbuja who was alleged to have raped to death 13-year-old girl, Ochanya Ogbanje. Mr Ogbuja’s son, Victor, who is now at large, is a...
The Federal Executive Council has approved contracts for the rehabilitation of Warri and Kaduna refineries at a cost of $1.4 billion. The breakdown shows that $897 million is earmarked for the Warri refinery and $586 million for Kaduna refinery, the Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva, told State...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The Cross River State Labour Party has commenced membership drive and revalidation exercise in the Northern Senatorial District of Cross River State ahead of the expected byelection. The State Chairman of Labour Party (LP), Ambassador Ogar Osim disclosed this in Ogoja during a Stakeholders meeting...
Although the word deviance often carries negative connotations, it is not synonymous with dysfunctionality. Deviance is, at heart, a creative act-a way of searching out and inventing new approaches to doing things. Acts of deviance can point to areas where organizations/society/nations need to change and can result in fruitful...
German sportswear manufacturing giants PUMA has terminated its four-year contract with the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN). In a letter dated Wednesday 4th August 2021 and signed by the PUMA’s director, Manuel Edlheimb, PUMA said it was officially notifying the Athletics Federation of Nigeria of its termination of sponsoring...
The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, weakened 36 pips to 6.4691 against the U.S. dollar on Thursday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade System. In China’s spot foreign exchange market, the yuan is allowed to rise or fall by two per cent...
Nigeria’s women’s 4 x 100 metres relay team were unsuccessful on Thursday as they could only turn in a time of 43.25 seconds in their heat at the Tokyo Olympic Games. The result could only place the team in sixth position in the eight-team heat 2 of the competition’s...
Dear Reader, It has indeed been a long while. A lot of things have been going on and I would like to share with you one of the projects I have embarked on. Please leave your thoughts in the comment box. Music Education The importance of music education cannot...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum and his predecessor, Senator Kashim Shettima do not know the residence of embattled DCP Abba Kyari, let alone visit him, Zulum’s spokesman, Malam Isa Gusau has clarified. The embattled DCP is on suspension and under probe for...
A Dubai-based football club, Gulf United FC, and Committee Of Youth On Mobilisation and Sensitisation (CYMS) are set to offer both academic and football scholarship to 120 Nigerian Youths. This was disclosed during the arrival of the management team of the club led by its Director, Mr Jordi Shiel,...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says 120,600 Nigerians have completed their physical registration in the ongoing nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) between July 26 and Aug. 3. According to an update provided by INEC on Wednesday in Abuja indicated that out of 120,600 Nigerians, who had completed their...