EHIME ALEX, Lagos Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun has again appealed to the Nigerian youth to call-off the #EndSARS protest and engage the government in dialogue to find a win-win solution to their demands. Abiodun, while hosting representatives of students of higher institutions in his office at Oke-Mosan in...
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… Asks Gov Ugwuanyi, Police Commissioner to protect his life from Monarch NSUKKA—–“if I die today, Remigius Attah and his cohorts would have been responsible for it.” This statement was made by the former Regional Editor of Vanguard newspaper and Publisher of Southeast Post online newspaper, Chief Emeka Mamah,...
Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami has commissioned more projects executed by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF) towards advancing the digital economy vision of the government. The projects include the NCC’s Emergency Communications Centre, Ado –Ekiti; the...
EDDY OCHIGBO, Kaduna The Coalition of the Middle Belt Youth Leaders has reacted to comments credited to the President of Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF), Mallam Yerima Shettima, threatening the peace and unity of Nigeria over the ongoing #EndSARS protests. Shettima was quoted to have threatened that the North...
Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau on Tuesday in Jos appealed to the Federal Government to support the state to process potatoes, tomatoes and other perishable farm products in the state. The governor made the appeal during a courtesy visit to him by a delegation of the Agro Processing, Productivity...
Gov. Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom on Tuesday presented a budget of N435.65 billion for the 2021 Financial Year to the state House of Assembly for consideration. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the proposed budget is higher than that of the current 2020 revised appropriation of...
Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa has approved the composition of an 11-member judicial panel of inquiry to investigate allegations of police brutality and extra-judicial killings in the state.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the development was sequel to the directive of the National Economic Council, following the...
Some youths in Rivers on Tuesday embarked on a peaceful #EndSARS protest during which they called on their colleagues to allow government to implement their demands. Mr Tekena Iyalla, one of the protesters and communication expert, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt on the sidelines...
Speaker of the Niger State House of Assembly, Mr Abdullahi Wuse, on Tuesday in Minna expressed sympathy with victims of a fuel tanker explosion in a multiple accident which occurred in the Lapai Local Government Area of the state earlier in the day. The tanker was involved in an...
The National Orientation Agency (NOA), as part of statutory mandate, has made a pledge with all religious leaders, relevant stakeholders and influential personnel to address issues of violence against male and female children in Kano. The State Director of the Agency, Alhaji Lawal Haruna, disclosed this in an interview...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi The Chief Of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai, has said that with the newly procured war tanks for the Nigerian army armoured corps, the end to the Boko Haram insurgency in the northeast is very near. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the newly...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday inaugurated the multi-billion naira NPF Pensions House, Abuja, with an assurance that his administration would continue to support and enhance the welfare of the personnel of the Nigerian Police Force. The president, who virtually inaugurated the new Head Office Building of Nigerian Police Fund...
The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) has inducted seven members of its staff into the Anti-Corruption and Transparency Unit (ACTU) of the agency. Dr Rufus Ebegba, the Director-General of NBMA, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sidelines of the inauguration and induction of the ACTU of...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja ActionAid Nigeria has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to address the nation and give a clear-cut response to the demands of the #EndSARS protesters before it is too late. ActionAid Nigeria made the appeal in a statement signed by Mrs Ene Obi, Country Director of...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja PAN Nigeria is to introduce new brands of vehicles into the market to re-launch brand affordability in the country. The Chairman, PAN Nigeria Limited, Alhaji Ahmed Wadada made this known in a statement made available to newsmen yesterday in Abuja. Wadada said: ”in 2019, Nigeria...
The Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology (OFAB), a biotechnology informative platform, says Nigeria could rake in 638 million dollars in six years through cowpea export with the adoption of Biotech(Bt) cowpea by the Federal Government. Dr Rose Gidado, OFAB Country Coordinator said this in an Interview with the News...
The Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT and the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools, NAPPS, have thrown their weight behind the decision of the Lagos State government to shut down schools following the violent dimension the #EndSARS protest has taken. In different chats with the Newsmen, the two...
The Kaduna State University (KASU) has introduced essay writing competition to promote literary education and enhance creativity of its undergraduate students. A notice by the Student Affairs Division of the university headed by Associate Prof. Terhemba Wuam, in Kaduna on Tuesday, said that the competition was open to all...
By John Onah, Abuja The Minister of State for Education, Mr Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba has turned down a bid by members of the Federal Government College, Sokoto, to name a lecture theatre after him. In a statement by, Director of Press in the ministry, Mr Ben Goong yesterday in Abuja, ...