Deputy Gov. Obafemi Hamzat of Lagos State on Tuesday said that effective mortgage system would be a sustainable solution to housing deficit in Nigeria. Hamzat said this when management teams of Echostone Development Nig. Ltd. and IFC Edgepaid him a courtesy visit at Alausa in Ikeja. The News Agency...
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Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp on Tuesday said Takumi Minamino is still in his long-term plans, in spite of being loaned out to Southampton for the rest of the season. The Japan forward has played only a handful of games for Liverpool since joining in the summer but can now...
The Federal Government has developed five health promotion Strategic Policy documents toempower Nigerians to live healthy lives and adopt healthy behaviours. Dr Salma Anas-Kolo, the Director, Family Health, Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH), said this at the opening of a two-dayFourth Quarter 2020 National Health Promotion Forum (NHPF) meeting...
The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) has donated 18,200 Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) to Federal Capital TerritoryAdministration (FCTA) in its commitment to prevent and contain the spread of COVID-19, especially among essential healthcare workers. Presenting the PPEs in Abuja on Tuesday, Ms Karima Bungudu, the UNFPA FCT Focal Point, Gender,...
Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution urging President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Assembly to come up with a Bill for inclusion of State Police in the Constitution. The House passed the resolution sequel to the motion moved by the Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, during plenary....
Most of us agree that the unity of Nigeria is held by a tenuous thread, and that by the hands of the current administration old scars have been lacerated to bleed anger and hate. Sleeping dogs awakened and the flames of division stoked ever so tenaciously. Nigeria needs healing....
A Federal High Court sitting in Kano on Tuesday fixed March 16 for continuation of hearing in an application filed by Centre for Awareness on Justice and Accountability(CAJA), seeking for an order stopping the Kano State Government from borrowing N300 billion from China for a light rail project. NAN...
A former Governor of Lagos State, Chief Bola Tinubu, has described the late Chief Tony Momoh, a former Information Minister, as “a statesman, patriot and exemplary journalist’’. Tinubu, in a condolence message by his Media Aide, Mr Tunde Rahman, on Tuesday in Lagos, said: “I am deeply saddened by...
The Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Mr Clem Agba, on Tuesday, said that the Federal Government’s construction of 377 rural roads across the country was to stop annual post harvest losses.The minister stated this when he paid a courtesy visit to Agadagba of Olodiama, Godwin Ogunyibo,...
From SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has relieved the state’s commissioner of health, Dr Salihu Kwayabura, of his position. Special Adviser on Public Relations and Strategy, Malam Isa Gusau, who announced this on Tuesday in Maiduguri, noted that Governor Zulum’s directive was part...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) says it has commenced financial intervention into Research and Development (R&D) activities in the Nigerian defense and security sub-sector. Executive Secretary of the Fund, Prof. Suleiman Bogoro made this known while declaring open a four-day TETFund R&D Standing...
A housewife Mrs Martha Ojo, on Tuesday prayed a Customary Court in Jikwoyi, FCT, to grant her estranged husband, Moses, divorce on grounds that he is secretly planning to marry his sales representative. The respondent who resides in Abuja, said this while defending herself in a divorce petition Moses...
Nigerian Civil Service Union (NCSU), Federal Capital Territory Council, on Tuesday picketed Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) over alleged freezing of accounts belonging to the union members. The picketing exercise which lasted for few hours disrupted commercial activities at the Area 3 branch in the FCT. Mr Prince Sani, Secretary...
The Adamawa State Polytechnic, Yola, in affiliation with the University of Maiduguri, has concluded arrangements to begin offering Degree programmes. Prof. Ibrahim Umar, Rector of the polytechnic, disclosed this during a news conference on Tuesday in Yola. Umar said that the university’s Senate had given approval for the programmes...
The Police in Abuja, on Tuesday confirmed the kidnap of Mr John Makama, father of Bwari Area Council Chairman, Mr John Gabaya. CSP Biodun Makanjuola, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), in charge of Bwari Police Station, confirmed the incident in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
A Federal High Court sitting in Jos on Tuesday, sentenced a 30-year-old man, Lepan David, to 18 months imprisonment for trafficking in 78kg of cannabis. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), charged David, who lives in Langtang North Local Government Area of Plateau with drug trafficking. Delivering judgment,...
Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers has approved the purchase of new buses for the Rivers-owned football clubs, Rivers United and Rivers Angels. Daniel Nwankwoala, the Press Officer of the Rivers Ministry of Sports, disclosed this in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Tuesday.Rivers United are to get a...
The Federal Government and the UN are set t0 organise series of dialogue towards ensuring resilient, inclusive and sustainable food systems in Nigeria by 2030. This is contained in a statement following a multi-sectoral, inter-agency planning meeting in Abuja. Mrs Olusola Idowu, national convenor of Nigeria Food Systems Summit...
The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has promised to deepen relations with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) under its new Chairman, Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa (Rtd). The promise was made on Monday in Abuja when the UNODC Country Representative to Nigeria, Mr. Oliver Stolpe, paid a courtesy...