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Fire gutted 18 rooms, 8 toilets in Kano Nursing School

Bode October 29, 2020

The Kano State Fire Service has confirmed that 18 rooms and eight toilets razed in Wednesday night fire at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Kano. Alhaji Saidu Muhammed, Public Relations Officer of the Service, confirmed the incident in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Thursday...

S/African NGO urges Senate to hold public hearing on Lekki shootings

Bode October 29, 2020

Nigerian Lives Matter, a South Africa-based NGO, has called on the Senate to immediately conduct public hearing into Lekki Toll Gate shootings to unravel what happened during the EndSARS protest. In a petition signed by its Founder, Mr Debo Adesina, Nigerian Lives Matter asked the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan,...

CBN releases framework for N75bn youth investment

Bode October 29, 2020

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has released guidelines for implementation of the proposed N75 billion Nigeria Youth Investment Fund (NYIF). CBN, in a statement by its Development Finance Department, stated that the fund was a built-in strategy to effectively respond to the challenge of youth employment in Nigeria....

Eid-el-Maulud Celebration: FCT minister wants Muslims to adhere to principle of peace

Bode October 29, 2020

The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello, has urged all Muslims to adhere to the cardinal principle of peace upon which the religion of Islam is built. Bello made the call in his Eid-El-Maulud message to the residents of FCT, in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. “On behalf of...

Kano Govt directs private schools to slash 3rd Term fees

Bode October 29, 2020

Kano State Government has urged proprietors of private schools to reduce school fees by 25 and 30 per cent for the 2019/2020 Third Term academic session. The state’s Commissioner for Education, Sanusi Kiru, stated this in a statement signed by Aliyu Yusuf, the Public Relations Officer of the ministry,...

Nigeria lacks infrastructure to run 100% e-learning – NUC

Bode October 29, 2020

By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The National Universities Commission (NUC) has restated its position on e-learning in Nigeria, noting that the country cannot operate 100 per cent e-learning in view of challenges of infrastructure, power, and internet access. NUC’s Deputy Executive Secretary (Academics) Dr Suleiman Ramon-Yusuf, who disclosed this...

NERI hands over rehabilitated Girls Schools projects to Borno Govt

Bode October 29, 2020

By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The North-East Regional Initiative (NERI), as parts of it’s closing events, has officially handed over the 20 blocks of newly constructed and rehabilitated ultra modern showers (bathrooms) and toilets; at Government Girls College (GGC) Maiduguri to the Borno State Government. NERI has also handed over...

FCT Minister condemns warehouse looting at Idu industrial zone

Bode October 29, 2020

By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, has expressed extreme displeasure at the looting and damage to property in parts of the Territory by the hoodlums during the #EndSARS protests. The Minister who registered his displeasure when he undertook a...

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Alleged sponsorship of warehouse looting in Edo against Prince Agba is wicked – Group

Bode October 29, 2020

n a swift riposte to the allegation by a group, which calls itself Forum for Progressives Governance and Accountability (Forum4PGA), that the Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Agba, sponsored thugs that hijacked the #EndSARS protests in Edo State, Afenmai Progressive Youth Vanguard (APYV) has...

Bauchi detects 2,116 ghost workers on govt payroll – Gov Mohammed

APC tackles Bauchi Gov. over tweet: ‘If hoodlums found palliative warehouse empty, where are FG’s 118 trailers of foodstuff’

Bode October 29, 2020

By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bauchi state has questioned the State government on the whereabouts of 118 trailers of foodstuffs donated to the state by the federal government since the government claimed that hoodlums invaded the COVID-19 palliative warehouse and found it empty....

Wike signs Executive Order proscribing IPOB in Rivers

Bode October 29, 2020

Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers has signed an executive order to reinforce the ban on the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) and its activities in the State. He made this known in a statement by Mr Kelvin Ebiri, Special Assistant (Media) to the Governor. Ebiri stated that the governor,...

Nigeria records 4 deaths with 147 new COVID-19:19 infections

Bode October 29, 2020

The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC), said four COVID-19 related deaths and 147 new infections were recorded in the country from 11 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The NCDC made this known via its verified wedsite on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), reports that the country...

EndSARS: Plateau NOA urges calm

Bode October 28, 2020

The National Orientation Agency (NOA) in Plateau has called for calm among youths over the #EndSARS protests to enable government to work out a lasting solution to the issues involved. A statement signed by Dazong Dung, Public Relations Officer (PRO) for the acting State Director of the Agency on...

Rivers Govt set to employ 5,000 youths

Rivers Govt set to employ 5,000 youths

Bode October 28, 2020

The Rivers Executive Council has approved the employment of 5,000 youths into the State Civil Service. The approval was given at a meeting presided over by Gov. Nyesom Wike at Government House, Port Harcourt, on Wednesday. Mr Kelvin Ebiri, the Special Assistant (Media) to the Governor, said that the...

NSE mulls listing by introduction, seeks members’ approval

Bode October 28, 2020

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) will be seeking members approval to undertake a listing by introduction at the 59th Annual General Meeting (AGM) slated for Nov. 18. The NSE disclosed this in a notice signed by Mrs Mojisola Adeola, the Council Secretary, posted on its website on Wednesday to...

Hoodlums loot Kogi medical store, destroy equipment

Bode October 28, 2020

Hoodlums have invaded Kogi Central Medical Store, looted and vandalised medical equipment and consumables worth billions of Naira. Dr Saka Audu, the State Commissioner for Health, disclosed this at a press conference on Wednesday, after he led a team from the ministry and the media to inspect the burgled...

FG introduces disease resistance maize to farmers in A’Ibom – Official

Bode October 28, 2020

The Federal Government under the National Agricultural Seed Council (NASC) has introduced a disease resistance maize to farmers in Akwa Ibom. Mr Mmoeyak Usua, the Regional Director of the Council, South-South Zone, disclosed this during the 2020 Farmers’ Field Day organised by NASC in collaboration with Premier Seeds, Du...

#EndSARS: 4 Policemen die, 11 Stations razed in Anambra

Bode October 28, 2020

No fewer than four Police officers were confirmed dead and two injured in Anambra during the recent #EndSARS protests in the state by hoodlums. Mr John Abang, Commissioner of Police in Anambra said this in Awka on Wednesday during the parade of 17 suspected hoodlums. The list of 17...

NGO urges FG, States to increase budgetary allocation on education to 15%

Bode October 28, 2020

Human Development Initiative (HDI) an NGO, has urged the Federal and state governments to increase budgetary allocation on education to 15 per cent to enhance the sector. Mr Johnson Ibidapo, the Programme Manager, HDI, gave the advice on Wednesday during a sensitisation programme for basic education stakeholders in Ojo...

Nasarawa Govt. builds bus terminus to ease Abuja-Keffi traffic gridlock

Bode October 28, 2020

The Nasarawa State Government says it is building a Bus Terminus in Karu and Lafia in the state, to help ease the traffic gridlock along Abuja-Keffi road. The state Commissioner of Works and Housing,Mr Philip Dada, disclosed this when he appeared before the Committee on Works of the State...