–Over 146,811 transport sector, 307,173 Payroll Support, 114,557 Artisans Track beneficiaries receive payments– Beneficiaries of the Buhari administration’s Survival Fund from the Transportation and Education sectors hailed the Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP) scheme yesterday, praising the President and his deputy for the success of what they described as an...
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By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi- The Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has appointed his Deputy, Baba Tela, to head another committee set up to investigate discrepancies on the payroll in the civil service which has caused some workers from not getting their salaries for months. This followed a meeting held...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri- The Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum on Monday hosted in Maiduguri, the graduation ceremony of about 269 soil doctors and extension workers. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the graduates were selected from across the 27 LGAs oftge state were trained on soil analysis and extension...
President Muhammadu Buhari has received newly defected All Progressives Congress (APC) members – Dimeji Bankole and Former Ogun State Governor, Gbenga Daniel at the State House. They were accompanied by the Governor of Yobe State who is also the Chairman, Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the APC,...
Men of the Ondo State Security Network Agency, otherwise known as Amotekun Corps have arrested over one hundred cows for flouting the open grazing law of the State. The cows were caught grazing along the busy Akure/Ilesa highway. The herdsmen were said to have taken to their heels upon...
The Kaduna State Government said no fewer than 19 persons have died in a road traffic crash on Kaduna-Abuja highway. A statement issued by Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, on Monday in Kaduna, indicated that 34 other passengers sustained injuries and were evacuated to...
The Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) said equipment worth N100 million had been acquired through the support of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) for its departments of Mechatronics, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Electronics. The Deputy Dean, School of Post Graduate Studies, Dr Adefemi Adekunle, disclosed this in an interview with...
Nigeria’s sports fans hoping to be at venues of the rescheduled 20th National Sports Festival (NSF) would not have the opportunity to do so, the organisers have announced on Monday. The chairman of the festival’s Local Organising Committee (LOC) and also Deputy Governor of Edo, Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu...
Tunisia celebrated the launch of its first domestically made satellite, hoping it would inspire young engineers to reach for the stars at home rather than join those emigrating overseas. Challenge-1, built by a team from telecommunications giant TelNet, blasted off along with 37 other satellites aboard a Russian Soyuz...
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, adjourned a suit filed by the Ondo State Chief Judge, Justice Oluwatoyin Akeredolu against the state governor and five others over a viral video made by a citizen of the state, Olupelumi Fagboyegun, until March 26. Justice Inyang Ekwo again adjourned the...
Lobi Stars team manager and former Super Eagles striker, Barnabas Imenger, is dead. The team’s media officer, Austin Tyowua who confirmed this on Monday, said the manager died at 3AM, Monday at the National Hospital, Abuja after a protracted illness. “With heavy hearts but total submission to the will...
Youths from Imo North senatorial district on Monday stormed the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Owerri to protest the non-representation of the area in the upper legislative chambers of the National Assembly. The youths who numbered over one hundred carried placards with various inscriptions such as...
Ex-militants from Ondo State have called on the Federal Government to integrate them into the Presidential Amnesty Programme. The Ex-Militants while briefing newsmen during a peaceful protest in Akure, Ondo State capital expressed disappointment over abandonment by the Federal Government. In a letter addressed to the National Security Adviser...
The Bauchi State Universal Education Board (SUBEB) in collaboration with the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has executed projects worth N3.3 billion from the 2019 intervention projects. The spokesperson for SUBEB, Malam Abdullahi Muhammed, who disclosed this on Monday in an interview with newsmen in Bauchi, said that the projects...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja- The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), has charged the 226 public tertiary institutions statutorily benefiting from its interventions to inculcate efficient service delivery to ensure Nigerian higher institutions compete favourably with the best in the world. TETFund also warned that its desire to achieve results...
Poland and Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski on Monday was awarded Commander’s Cross of the Polonia Restituta Order, one of the highest state honours, by Polish President Andrzej Duda. World Player of the Year Lewandowski was awarded for his accomplishments in football as well as promoting Poland abroad. During...
The Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, has assured that the military would enhance its kinetic operations in dealing with the prevailing security challenges confronting the nation. General Irabor gave the assurance at a One-Day National Defence and Security Summit with the theme: “Promoting Kinetic Operations as a...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Osun on Monday confirmed the death of two persons, including a radio presenter, in an auto crash on Ilesa-Ile-Ife expressway. the Osun FRSC Sector Commander, Mrs Kudirat Ibrahim, told newsmen in Osogbo that the accident involving a luxury bus and a car...
EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels on Monday approved sanctions over abuses in China, Myanmar, and Russia, as the bloc expands measures targeting global rights breaches. The 27 nations are due to place four Chinese officials and one state-run entity on a blacklist over Beijing’s crackdown on the Uighur...