The Director-General, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency (SMEDAN), Dr Dikko Umaru-Radda, has said the sub-sector had provided over 41 million businesses and 59 million employment opportunities in Nigeria. Dr. Umaru-Radda said this at the opening ceremony of 2021 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Opportunity Fair in Kano,...
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At least one police officer have been killed following a shooting at the Metro bus station outside the Pentagon on Tuesday morning, authorities said. The officer was stabbed and later died. The suspect was shot and killed by law enforcement at the scene, the AP reported, citing Pentagon sources....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Secretary to the Borno State Government (SSG), Alhaji Usman Jidda Shuwa has said that the state and the entire North East region is confronted with daunting security challenges that required the immediate attention of the Federal Government. According to him, the most daunting...
BY OFFOR CALLISTUS, Abuja – The Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, has felicitated the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege on the occasion of his 58th birthday. The Minister’s congratulatory message was contained in a letter, dated August 3, 2021, in which...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – No fewer than 14 corps members have been tested postitive to Covid-19 infections in Sokoto State. The State Commissioner for Health, and Chairman Task Force on Covid-19, Dr. Ali Inname stated this while giving update on the pandemic in Sokoto While assuring that all...
The Nigerian Export-Import (NEXIM) Bank on Tuesday unveiled Nigerian pop star, Dapo Oyebanjo, a.k.a D’banj as its brand ambassador. This was made known by the bank through its official Instagram handle @neximbank. According to the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of NEXIM, Dr Abubakar Bello, the unveiling of D’banj as...
The Federal Government has announced a reward of 15, 000 dollars, 10,000 dollars, 7,500 dollars for gold, silver and bronze medalists at the Tokyo Olympics. Simon Ebohdjaiye, Director, Federation and Elite Athletes Department (FEAD), Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development said this on Tuesday in Tokyo. Ebohdjaiye made...
President Mohammed Bazoum of the Republic of Niger on Tuesday decorated Borno Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, with the country’s Second Order National Honour, “de Grand Officer dans I`Ordre”, which is the equivalent of Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger, GCON, in Nigeria’s ranking of national honours. Bazoum...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Some former Chief Executives/Registrars of key agencies under the Federal Ministry of Education, whose tenure expired on July 31, have handed over to the most senior directors in the agencies. At the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede handed over to...
The Executive Secretary of Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency (KWSPHCDA), ) Dr Nusirat Elelu, has said that only 35 per cent of children in the state are breastfed with colostrum in the first 60 minutes of life. Elelu stated this on Tuesday at a news conference in Ilorin...
Ride-hailing and mobility platform, Bolt, says it has raised €600 million in a funding round for the expansion of its existing mobility and delivery products worldwide. Markus Villig, Bolt Chief Executive Officer, said in a statement in Lagos on Tuesday that the company’s mission was to make urban travel...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ogun – All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has commiserated with Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun over the passing of his dad, Dr. Emmanuel Adesanya Abiodun. Dr Abiodun died on Monday August 2 in Iperu-Remo at 89. In a condolence letter he personally...
Team Nigeria’s Blessing Oborududu on Tuesday won a silver medal in the women’s freestyle 68kg wrestling category. She had guaranteed Nigeria a medal on Monday after beating Mongolia’s Battsetseg Soronzonbold to reach the final. Although she lost the final to American world champion Stock Mensah Tamyra Marianna 4-1, the...
A youth leader of The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Adamawa state, Ikamu Kato, has been sentenced to one year imprisonment by a chief magistrate’s court IV for insulting President Muhammadu Buhari and the secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha. According to The Punch, the...
By TENEBE ANTHONIA, Lagos – The Vice President, Federal Public of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has commended NGX on the successful completion of the demutualisation of The Nigerian Stock Exchange. Professor Osinbajo gave the commendation when the management of Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited, led by its Chief Executive Officer,...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – At least 107 lives and property worth N27.9million have been saved in 32 fire incidents recorded in the state last month, The Kano Fire Service has said. In a statement on Tuesday, tge spokesman of the service, Saminu Abdullahi, who gave the statistics, said...
Phoenix Wealth Club, a subsidiary of Longrich global, an international bioscience company, on Tuesday distributed sanitary products worth N3.1m to secondary school students in Imo. Mrs Chimezie Orji-Kalu, the leader of the group said that the products which included sanitary pads and panty liners were meant to help indigent...
The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho on Tuesday in Abuja, issued an order unfreezing the bank account of the Chairman of Daar Communications Plc, Raymond Dokpesi. Justice Tsoho gave the order while delivering a ruling on Dokpesi’s application argued by Mr Kanu Agabi, SAN....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Committee on Needs Assessment has visited Doron Baga Town of Kukawa LGA of Borno State on assessment of Education and Health facilities destroyed by the Boko Haram insurgents from 2009 to 2021. Recalled that the committee with the State Deputy Governor,...
The Federal Government has again raised the alarm over what it described as incessant unauthorised disclosure of official documents on social media and other platforms. It has therefore threatened to henceforth dismiss officials caught doing so. The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan, handed...