Some staff members of International Staff School, University of Lagos (UNILAG), have filed a suit against the institution’s management over its alleged failure to recognise them as staffers of the university.The suit, which was filed at the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN), Ikoyi, came up for mention on...
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A Grade I Area Court, Karu, Abuja, on Tuesday, sentenced a 23-year-old man, Sanusi Mohammed, to six months imprisonment for escaping from police custody and breaking a police officer’s jaw.The Judge, Inuwa Maiwada, gave the verdict after the convict had pleaded guilty to the charges levelled against him.Maiwada did...
The African Development Bank’s Fashionomics Africa initiative is launching a competition to support designers of sustainable and circular fashion. The first Fashionomics Africa online contest will invite African fashion brands pursuing environmentally friendly measures, sustainability and circular economy actions to participate. The designer submitting the “best sustainable design” will...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has presented a budget proposal of N213,914,559,427.00 to the State House of Assembly for the 2021 Fiscal Year for consideration and passage. Presenting the budget on Tuesday tagged: “Budget of Consolidation” the governor said that it is made up...
Defence and Police Officers Wives Association (DEPOWA) has empowered 39 military widows and vulnerable barrack youths in Abuja through skill acquisition with starter packs and seed capital. The President of DEPOWA, Mrs Omobolanle Olonisakin, disclosed this during the graduation of the batch 9 of DEPOWA Skill Acquisition Centre in...
More than 100 Ijaw Elders under the auspices of the Ijaw Elders’ Consultative Forum, have resolved to convene an All Ijaw Summit to tackle the numerous challenges facing the Niger Delta region. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting which held on Tuesday at Hotel Presidential,...
Gov. Muhammad Badaru of Jigawa on Tuesday assented to the 2021 state’s appropriation bill of N156.58 billion. The budget was tagged “Budget of Sustained Economic Growth and Social Transformation —Meeting the Next Level Agenda II”. Badaru, while signing the budget into Law in Dutse, thanked the state legislature for speedy...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja-According to a report, an estimated that 24.4 million of Nigeria’s 200 million Populations, are homeless. However, there is no official record or data-keeping within the country and, as a consequence, numbers could easily be much higher. The lack of official records which is not peculiar...
Rep. Aliyu Yako (PDP, Kano) and Rep Danjuma Shiddi (APGA, Taraba), have defected to the APC. Announcing their defection on Tuesday in Abuja, Rep Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of the House of Representatives, said the duo attributed their defection to divisions in their former parties. Gbajabiamila said that Yako confirmed...
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Tanko Muhammad, has tested positive for COVID-19. This was disclosed by a Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Ibrahim Saulawa, at the unveiling of the national headquarters of the Muslim Lawyers’ Association of Nigeria in Abuja on Tuesday. He said the CJN...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has presented a budget proposal of N213,914,559,427.00 to the State House of Assembly for the 2021 Fiscal Year for consideration and passage.Presenting the budget on Tuesday tagged: “Budget of Consolidation” the governor said that it is made up of Capital...
Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Tuesday swore in Ayansiju Lawal as Commissioner for Establishment and Training. He replaces the former commissioner, Prof. Daud Sangodoyin, who was redeployed to the Ministry of Public Works, Infrastructure and Transport. The governor had sacked the former Public Works, Infrastructure and Transport...
The Nigeria Air Force (NAF) Provost Training Centre, Kerang, Plateau, has graduated 75 of its officers, airmen and airwomen after successful completion of their training in four different courses at the centre.Speaking at the graduation on Tuesday at Kerang, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, the Chief of the Air Staff...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says discussions on relations between Nigeria and the United Kingdom in post Brexit era is exciting and will make positive difference for both countries. The vice president, in a statement by his spokesman, Laolu Akande, made the remark when a UK delegation visited the Presidential...
The National Population Commission (NPC) in Bayelsa on Tuesday enlisted the support of stakeholders for its Enumeration Area Demarcation (EAD) preparatory to a reliable census. Mrs Gloria Izonfuo, Federal Commisioner, NPC Bayelsa who made the apeal during an advocacy and flag-off ceremony for the EAD in Southern Ijaw Local...
The police in Taraba said on Tuesday in Jalingo that operatives foiled an attempt by armed men to abduct a Chinese national at Gidin Dorowa area of Wukari Local Government Area of the state on Monday. Police spokesman in the state, DSP David Misal, said the armed men blocked...
Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has appealed for calm over the arrest of two Nigerian superstars by the Uganda police at the weekend. Two Nigerian musicians, Stanley Omah Didia a.ka Omah Lay and Temilade Openiyi a.k.a Tems were arrested for alleged violation of Ugandan COVID-19...
The Chairman, All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Delta Chapter, Mr Richard Asenime, has said that the state government is working out financial support for small-scale farmers in the state, to boost food production. The AFAN boss stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
The Executive Chairman of the Ebonyi Universal Basic Education Board (UBEB), Chief Hyacinth Ikpor, says that state government has commenced the construction of 117 staff quarters for teachers in public schools. Ikpor, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abakaliki, commended the Gov. David...
The 8th regular meeting of the National Council on Communications and Digital Economy (NCCDE) has called for the launching of high-throughput – NigComSat-2 and NigComSat-3 – communication satellites. This is contained in a statement signed by the General Manager, Public Affairs of NIGCOMSAT, Mr Adamu Idris on Tuesday in...