BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Vocational Skills Development Department of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) today flagged off three months Basic National Open Apprenticeship Training (B-NOAS) for 20 unemployed youths in Sokoto State. Stating importance of the training in his welcome address, the Sokoto NDE Head...
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By AUSTINE TSENZUGHUL, Bauchi – National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has warned that Nigeria would be shut down if their demands to ameliorate nationwide economic hardship are not met. The students are kicking against what they described as “skyrocketing prices of essential commodities” nationwide. The...
As the weather condition gets harsher with the temperature going as high as 40 degrees Celsius sometimes, many women in Abuja have abandoned their wigs and opt for low cut hair. For some of them, wigs remain fashion items that should be seasonal and so they can do...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The Managing Director, Benue Investment and Property Company, (BIPC) Dr. Raymond Asemakaha has said that a new brand of beer that would be brewed by the company would hit the market first week of December this year. Dr. Asemakaha, who disclosed this...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar, has warned communities and institutions against encroaching on the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) lands across the country. Air Marshal Abubakar, gave the warning in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja by the Director,...
President Bola Tinubu is expected to inaugurate the Funtua Inland Dry Port in Katsina State on May 9. The Assistant Director, Public Relations Unit, Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Mrs Rebecca Adamu, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Wednesday. She said...
The Police Command in Ogun said it has killed two suspected kidnappers terrorising travellers on the Sagamu-Ijebu Ode-Benin expressway in a gun duel. This is contained in a statement on Tuesday, in Abeokuta, by SP Omolola Odutola, the command’s spokesperson. Odutola said that the suspects were killed during...
Kano State Police Command has arrested 17 suspected forex hawkers for illegal operation of Bureau de Change in Wapa area of Fagge Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Usaini Gumel, told the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) in an interview on Wednesday. ” The operation...
Concerned Nigerian Network in Diaspora (CNND), a Pressure Group, has faulted former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar’s criticism of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway Project, describing it as baseless. The President, CNND, Mr James Erebuoye, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja....
Ondo Guber Primaries: Jimoh Ibrahim heads to court, insists on cancellation One of the aspirants for the April 24 Ondo governorship primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen.Jimoh Ibrahim, has vowed to challenge the outcome of the exercise in court. Ibrahim said this at a news conference on...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu is currently participating in the 19th session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF19), at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The Governor, ably represented by his deputy, His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Peter Odey is...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum is among the dignitaries to speak at the 2024 Edition of the Africa Dialogue Series (ADS 2024), holding at the United Nations headquarters in New York, from May 6th to 24th, 2024. According to a publication by the...
Suspended lawmakers brought charms to assembly complex – Edo Speaker The Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Blessing Agbebaku, on Monday accused the suspended members of the assembly of bringing native doctors to the house to perform sacrifices. The three lawmakers, Donald Okogbe, PDP, Akoko-Edo, Addeh Emankhu...
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Mr Heineken Lokpobiri, has said the 17 oil blocs put forward for sale under the 2024 bidding round are not for politicians, but investors with financial capacity and technical competence. Lokpobiri disclosed this during a conference organised by the Petroleum...
Senator Jimoh Ibrahim, one of the aspirants for the April 24 Ondo governorship primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says he is heading to court to challenge the outcome of the election. Ibrahim said this at a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja. He alleged that the...
El-Rufai probe: Kaduna Assembly quizzes former aides Kaduna State House of Assembly ad-hoc committee investigating financial dealings under the administration of former governor Nasir El-Rufai has summoned former commissioners, their permanent secretaries, some local government chairmen and other stakeholders. The committee was set up by the House to scrutinize...
Veteran Nollywood actor, Jide Kosoko, on Tuesday mourned Elizabeth Evoeme, popularly known as Ovularia in the 1980s TV sitcom, ‘The New Masquerade’, who died at the age of 81. Kosoko, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, described the late actress as a...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Tuesday picketed the offices of Trustfund Pensions Limited nationwide over anti-labour practices. NLC Deputy General Secretary, Mr Ismail Bello, said this while addressing newsmen during the picketing in Abuja. The protesters carried placards with inscriptions such as “Stop casual and contract employment,...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says it is working to set up a counter terrorism force to tackle security threats within the sub-region. The Commissioner Political Affairs, Peace and Security of ECOWAS, Amb. Abdel-Fatau Musah, stated this at the opening of a three-day consultative meeting of...
A scuba diver, Mr Kelvin Ngwa, has been found dead five days after reportedly missing amid an unapproved diving activity at the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) facility in Warri, Delta. The Diving Personnel Development Foundation (DPDF) disclosed this in a statement signed by its Principal Investigator, Mr...