By JOHN ONAH, ABUJA The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Ali Ibrahim Pantami has engaged relevant industry players and agencies under the Ministry to discuss ways for achieving accelerated implementation of the new Nigerian National Broadband Plan (NNBP), 2020-2025. In a statement sign by the Director of...
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Gov. Sani Bello of Niger State, on Tuesday condoled with the families of victims who died in a tanker explosion on the Lapai-Agaie-Bida road in the state. Bello said in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mrs Mary Noel-Berje in Minna that the incident had brought grief...
The Nigeria Correctional Service in Oyo, has beefed up security around its facilities in the state to forestall jail break as a result of EndSARS protests in the state and Nigeria in general. Anjorin Olanrewaju, the Public Relations Officer of the service in the state disclosed this in an...
Renowned Nigerian artiste, David Adeleke, aka ‘Davido’, has condemned the reported violence threatening to engulf the #EndSARS protests across the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nigerian youths had taken to the streets for over a week across the country, in protest against what they described...
Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in Kaduna State, on Tuesday attributed their poor performance in 2020 to non release of funds for their activities. Some of the MDAs, said at the commencement of the 2021 budget defence before the State Assembly, that their activities were hampered by lack of...
A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Quinta Health, says it has concluded arrangementsto screen 2,000 market women for breast cancer at no cost in Ilorin. The Founder of the NGO, Dr Tunde Adewumi, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday that the screening wouldcut across 10 major markets in...
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday imposed a 24-hour curfew on all parts of the state from 4pm Tuesday, as the peaceful #EndSARS protest turned violence. The Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said during a media briefing at Lagos House, Marina, that nobody, except essential service providers and first responders...
The Defence Headquarters, Abuja, says troops of Operation Whirl Stroke neutralised two bandits at Kango and Adumata villages in Nasarawa State on Oct. 18. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, said in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja that operatives of Whirl Stroke encountered the bandits while...
Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara has named a 10-member judicial panel of inquiry into issues of brutality, human rights abuses and extrajudicial killings by the Police. The Governor’s Spokesman, Mr Rafiu Ajakaye, said this in Ilorin on Tuesday. Ajakaye said that the panel was constituted in reaction to National...
The Church of God Mission Int’l (CGMI) has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to intensify efforts at calming tensed polity, by acceding to the demands of the protesting youths. Archbishop Margaret Idahosa, Archbishop of CGMI, made the appeal in a statement issued by Odemwingie Okundaye, Director of Administration of...
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), says it is reviewing the framework for financial and technical assistance to support banks faced with liquidity and solvency during the pandemic. Mr Galadima Gana, the Director, Insurance and Surveillance Department of the corporation, said this at the 2020 workshop for Finance Correspondents...
The #EndSARS Protests on Tuesday, stalled the arraignment of four men accused of armed robbery, in an FCT High Court in Kubwa. The police was to arraign Usman Dikko, Segun Adigun, Sunday Haruna and Okafor Chimeze on four counts bordering on armed robbery. The police counsel, Adama Musa told...
Fifteen people were on Tuesday reported dead amid ongoing torrential rains in Vietnam, bringing the total death toll from flooding and landslides in the country to 105, with 27 reported still missing, Vietnamese authorities said. The dead and missing people were reported in 12 provinces, stretching along the central Vietnamese...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Niger has confirmed the death of six persons in a multiple accident that occurred on the Lapai-Agaiye-Bida road on Tuesday. FRSC Sector Commander in the state, Mr Joel Dagwa, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Tuesday that three...
The Centre for Ethical Rebirth Among Young People (CERANY), an NGO, on Tuesday underscored the need for a roundtable between the Federal Government and youth leaders, to address the raging #ENDSARS protests. A statement by the President of CERANY, Mr Chuks Akamadu, said that the centre endorsed the legitimacy...
An NGO, Youth Action on Tobacco Control and Health, has called for the involvement of youths in all levels of government, including legislative, judiciary and executive. Its Executive Director, Mr Seye Omiyefa, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos,...
The National Pension Commission (PenCom) has appealed to all active Retirement Savings Account (RSA) holders and retirees to cooperate with agents that would be visiting their organisations to carry out the Data Recapture Exercise (DRE) PenCom’s Head of Corporate Communication, Mr Peter Aghahowa, made the appeal via a statement...
By AUSTIN OKERE The youth are not our enemies; let us remember this before we do anything rash such as using brute force to quell their protests. They are our children that have come of age. Their flaws are our failings as parents. All over the world, the youth...
President Nana Addo Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will, today, October 20, open the second edition of the national conference on the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement in Accra. The two-day conference is on the theme: “Empowering Ghanaian Businesses to Harness the Benefits of the African...
From SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno State has directed, as recommended by a committee on civil service reform, that Civil servants in Borno state will henceforth sit and past examination before they get promotions The governor gave the directive when the committee headed by the...