By OLA MODUPE, Oyo – The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Friday, expressed happiness over the inclusion of 1,300 women in the state, who are to benefit from the Support to Women Entrepreneurship in the Agri-food sector in Nigeria (SEFAN/SWEAN) programme. The governor, while speaking at the official...
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By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – Senator Oluremi Tinubu has felicitated with the government and citizens of Nigeria at home and in the diaspora on the commemoration of the commencement of the fourth republic, which is the longest chain of civilian rule, the country had ever witnessed. Senator Tinubu disclosed...
The Federal Government has justified its action of indefinite suspension of Twitter by giving insights into the several attempts by the microblogging and social networking site to destabilise the country. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, gave the details on Friday when he featured on a...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – As part of measures to check the activities of fraudsters who specialise in producing and selling fake Tax Clearance Certificates (TCC), the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has unveiled a state-of-the-art, user-friendly online portal that detects any TCC not duly issued by the FIRS....
By YUSUF IDEGU, Jos – Ahead of the commemoration of June 12 Democracy Day, The Plateau State Governor Simon Bako Lalong has commenced the inauguration of some projects across the State as well as inspection of other ongoing projects. Gov Lalong felt that the best way to commemorate democracy...
By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – Ahead of the forth-coming general elections in 2023, a former Member of the House of Representatives in the aborted 3rd Republic and university don, Professor Terhemba Shija, has enjoined all Nigerians to revive the spirit of June 12, 1993, when Nigerians from all walks...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Ilorin said it arrested three men for alleged theft of six cows and a motorcycle in the Gwanara area of the state. The command’s PRO, Mr Babawale Afolabi, said in a statement on Friday in Ilorin, that the arrest was...
Some residents of Benin have called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to intensify its sensitisation against abuse of the Naira to allow for strict compliance. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the CBN, during a recent sensitisation campaign in Abeokuta, decried the rate at which...
Stakeholders in communities of Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi have commended Gov. Yahaya Bello of the state for his performance in security, youth and women inclusiveness in governance, ethnic balancing and healthcare. The stakeholders on the platform of “Kabba/Bunu Stakeholders And Leaders of All Progressives Congress (APC)” gave...
There is information that heavy police tactical teams have been deployed in Iwo and Ilesha in Osun State over fears that some robbers were planning to rob their banks. Some youths had stormed the Palace of the Oluwo of Iwo on Thursday to protest the heavy presence of the...
The Chairman of Nigeria Bar Association, (NBA) Abeokuta Branch, Mr Emmanuel Olu-Alade, has condemned the suspension of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) strike without achieving the purpose. Olu-Alade disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday. He said embarking on the...
The Nigerian Diaspora Movement (NDM) on Friday urged Nigerians to recommit to strengthening democracy in the country, irrespective of their economic challenges. The NDM is a diaspora inspired socio-political movement for the civil mobilisation and economic empowerment of the Nigeria public for a new, progressive united country where patriotic leadership,...
The Smile Attracts Smile Foundation has donated food and other items to 50 widows in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. NAN reports that the event held in the Redeemed Christian church of God, wisdom of God parish, Abuja on Thursday. Mrs Bukola Adewumi, founder of the NGO, said that...
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) was established in 2000 by the Federal government to develop the oil-rich Niger Delta region of the country. Domiciled in the Niger Delta ministry, one of the core mandates of the Commission is to train and educate the youths of the oil rich...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Some gunmen suspected to be bandits have reportedly attacked Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Zaria, in Kaduna State, abducting some lecturers and their families. It was learnt that the attacky took place yesterday (June 10, 2021) night between 11pm and past 12 midnight. Meanwhile, an update...
The Yoruba Appraisal Forum (YAF) has warned those planning a nationwide protest on June 12 Democracy Day to stay away from the South West. The group said people of the South West would neither support, tolerate nor join such protests, as the June 12 Democracy Day should be for...
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Mr Balarabe Ilelah, a veteran broadcaster as the Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed announced the appointment in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday. He said Mr Ilelah’s appointment was for five years...
The People’s Democratic party (PDP) in Nassarawa has declared that it would participate in the forthcoming local government elections being organised by the All Progressive Congress (APC)- led government. The chairman of the party in Karu Local Government Area, Mr Arry Gunde, gave the assurance while speaking with newsmen...
Taliban militants on Friday won control of another important district in Afghanistan’s northern Takhar province, officials have said. Ishkimish a strategically crucial district for both the Taliban and the government fell to the militants after tough clashes late on Thursday, local council members Mir Ahmad Qasim, Kiramatullah and Wafiullah...