The Indomitable Youth Organisation a non-governmental organisation, has called for a total overhaul of the Nigeria Police Force to assist in weeding out its bad elements. The Project Director, Dr Bright Oniovoukor, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin on Friday....
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The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola has commended the progress of work on the ongoing rehabilitation of Eko Bridge linking Alaka in Lagos mainland. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the minister climbed through the intricate scaffold stairway from ground zero to see repair...
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has called on the Federal Government to prevail on electricity distribution companies to regularise the varying costs of electricity tariffs across the states of the country. Mr Mansur Ahmed, President, MAN, made the call in a statement on Friday in Lagos. Ahmed said...
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)-led Building an Economically Sustainable Integrated Cassava Seed System, Phase 2 (BASICS-II), has enlisted 45 farmers in Kogi State as Cassava Seed Entrepreneurs (CSEs).The IITA Digital Extension and Advisory Services Specialist, Mr Godwin Atser, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Ibadan.According...
The Federal Government has embarked on a tsetse fly survey to improve livestock health and boost production in Gombe State, an official of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has confirmed. Mr Duchi Dang, the ministry’s Chief Tsetse fly Control Officer, Pest Control Division, Jos office, disclosed...
The palace of the Alawe of Ilawe-Ekiti, Oba Ajibade Alabi, was among the many buildings sacked by flood in Ekiti, on Thursday night, reports the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN). A NAN Correspondent reports that the Thursday rain which began at about 6 pm and lasted for hours,...
Lagos based rights activist, Malcolm Omirhobo, on Friday, asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to determine the status of Non-Government Organisations (NGO) and charities under the Company and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) 2020. Omirhobo is seeking an order of the court to strike out the entire provisions of...
Nigeria recorded zero COVID-19-related deaths in five days, as 103 new infections were recorded. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known on its official twitter handle on Thursday. The centre said that Nigeria total COVID-19 cases hit 59,841. It added that the new cases were recorded...
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Mohammed Adamu, has condemned the attack on policemen and destruction of operational vehicles and other assets by ”ENDSARS” protesters at Ughelli in Delta. The I-G condemned the act in a statement issued by the Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), DCP Frank Mba on...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos In furtherance of its determination to revamp the health sector for effective service delivery, the Ogun State Government through the Hospitals Management Board, said it has set to upgrade its health information technology for adequate data gathering and efficiency. Board Chairman, Dr Iziaq Salako, revealed this...
SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri Borno State Governor Babagana Umara Zulum on Tuesday delivered a lecture at the National Institute For Security Studies in Abuja on “Promoting National Security and Sustainable Development: Borno State Experience.” At the lecture attended by about 50 participants drawn from the various security establishments both within...
AUSTIN FAIR, Lagos Musicians and music lovers in Nigeria are still mourning the death of American solo and sentimental singer, Johnny Nash who died on Wednesday. The popular and highly adored singer who died at the age of 80, was a great inspiration to both the artistes and music...
AUSTIN FAIR, Lagos From all indications, the ‘Good Husband’, a block buster movie packaged by the veteran and award winner, Dickson Iroebgu, and which has been slated for unveil at the cinemas on November13, promises to be one of the best produced in recent times. Aside from receiving a...
AUSTIN FAIR, Lagos From the horse’s mouth, it’s now a known fact that there is big profit in organizing a television reality show [contest] like the just-concluded Big Brother Naija. At the same time, it is very capital expensive to do so. According to Mr. John Ugbe, big boss...
By GODWIN ASTER – The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) led Building an Economically Sustainable Integrated Cassava Seed System, Phase 2 (BASICS-II) on Thursday enlisted 45 farmers in Kogi state as cassava seed entrepreneurs (CSEs). The CSEs were drawn from across the state after a thorough screening process...
“Direct your children onto the right path, and when they are older,they will not leave it” (Proverb 22:6) The life of a newborn child is like that of a new slate, an empty page, an open book, waiting to be written upon. As a parent, you have this beautiful...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN – President of the Republic of South Africa and Chairperson of the African Union (AU), Mr. Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, has congratulated Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of Nigeria on her advancement to the third and final stage of the selection process for the position of the Director-General (DG)...
By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, has directed that all schools within the Territory should re-open for the first term of the 2020/2021 academic session on October 12, 2020. The Minister, who gave the directive during a press briefing...
By PHILIP IKPONKO, Abuja – The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has commiserated with the Government and people of Lagos State, and particularly the residents of Baruwa area, on the gas plant fire incident that ravaged the community in the early hours of Thursday. The Corporation’s Group General Manager,...