The Managing Director, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr Samuel Ogbuku, has said the commission has registered over one million youths for its new empowerment programme. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the commission recently launched the Holistic Opportunity Project of Engagement (Project HOPE) for youths...
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BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State chapter of the Association of Motor Dealers of Nigeria (AMDON) has appealed to the Federal Government to reconsider lifting the ban on importation of vehicles across the land borders, saying the restriction is not only causing untold hardship but also contributing...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Chief Military Public Information Officer, MNJTF, Njamenah, Chad Republic, Lt. Col. Abubakar Abdullahi has solicited for more media support and cooperation for the ongoing MNJTF joint operations at the lake Chad region to rid the region of remaining ISWAP and Boko Haram...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Coordinator of National Directorate of Employment (NDE), Abdulkarim Sirika has submitted that no nation makes the needed progress with education alone. He stated this on Wednesday while delivering keynote address on behalf of NDE Director General, Malam Abubakar Nuhu Fipko...
An FCT high court in Maitama on Wednesday admitted the embattled former Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefieler to bail in the sum of N300 million . Justice Maryann Anenih granted him to bail while ruling on his bail application over alleged unlawful naira colour swap. The Economic and...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – No fewer than one hundred and fifty (150) distressed Nigerians have been repatriated back to Nigeria from the Republic of Chad. A post on Wednesday via NEMA X handle, said the Nigerians were assisted back in a voluntary repatriation exercise programme by the...
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has said that the Correctional Service Multi-Purpose Co-operative Society (COCOS) “hotel and gardens” project was not funded by the Federal Government. The Public Relations Officer( SPRO) Assistant Controller of Corrections (ACC) Umar Abubakar told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in...
The n Secretary, Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), Bishop Stephen Adegbite, has revealed that the transporting of Christian pilgrims to the Holy land would start in June. Adegbite disclosed this at a ceremony to mark his 100 days in office at the Commission’s Headquarters in Abuja. “By the...
Kano State Police Command, has confirmed the arrest of the principal suspect behind the early morning mosque explosion in Gadan village in Gezawa Local Government Area of the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Usaini Gumel, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has called upon Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to support in mobilizing prospective registrants for the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise scheduled to commence simultaneously in Edo and Ondo States on the 27th May 2024. The Chairman of...
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti of Abia has inaugurated the 10.98 km Aleto-Ogale-Ebubu-Eteo road which is expected to shore up economic activities in Rivers. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), reports that the project was executed at the cost of N6.7 billion. The inauguration is part of activities lined...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia has directed the committee for the implementation of the digital economy project in the state to ensure the establishment of Benue State Digital Infrastructural Development Company to serve as a special purpose vehicle for the implementation of...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The state Executive Committee (SEC), of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Nasarawa State, has passed a vote of confidence on the state chairman, Alhaji Aliyu Bello. The party’s SEC announced the decision, in a parley with journalists at the APC secretariat in...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Former Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has congratulated Governor Hyacinth Alia on his 58th birthday. This is contained in a statement by his Media Aide, Mr Terver Akase on Wednesday in Makurdi. Ortom prayed for God’s guidance for Alia as he led the...
Troops of the Sector II Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) based in Bagasola, Chad have neutralises one Boko Haram terrorist in an ambush in Litri Island, situated on the border between Chad and Nigeria. Chief Public Information Officer of the MNJTF in N’djamena, Chad, Lt.-Col. Abubakar Abdullahi, made...
The House of Representatives Committee on Financial Crimes has assured of a comprehensive investigation on the activities of Bianace, a crypto currency platform in Nigeria. The Chairman of the Committee, Rep. Ginger Onwusibe (LP-Abia) said this when he addressed newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja. He said that the...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said that it will no longer tolerate the pervasive non-reinstatement or reconstitution of Governing Councils in public universities. The union took the decision at its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, between May 11...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released additional 36,540 UTME results, which were earlier withheld for further investigation. This is contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Thursday by the Board’s spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin. Benjamin said the results were in addition...
Tinubu Media Support Group tackles Atiku, Obi over coastal road project Joel Oladele, Abuja The Tinubu Media Support Group (TMSG) has strongly criticized the stance of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, regarding the...
The Labour Party (LP) Presidential Candidate in the 2023 General Election, Mr Peter Obi, said he was the highest beneficiary of Judiciary in the country when there were incorruptible judges. Obi stated this during the Justice Anthony Aniagolu’s Memorial Lecture organised by the family and hosted by the...