EHIME ALEX with Agency Report After many hours of consultations and closed door meeting meant to mitigate political crisis in the Republic of Mali, African eighth-largest country, leaders of the Economic Community of West African States said they would, within their powers, find a lasting solution to the political...
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The Google News Initiative (GNI) said it is supporting 16 Nigerian publications in financial distress with funding in its Journalism Emergency Relief Fund (JERF). According to a report on Friday by the News Agency of Nigeria, Ludovic Blecher, head of Google News Initiative innovation, noted in a statement that...
Nigeria Centre for Disease and Control (NCDC), has confirmed 604 new cases of the coronavirus pandemic, with total number of infections rising to 38,344 in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle late on Thursday. It added that 20 deaths were recorded in the...
…says bad governance, injustice force people into terrorism ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has promised to accept and integrate two repentant Boko Haram members who are indigenes of the state. Mohammed, who stated this when he received members of the Operation Safe Corridor during a visit...
SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri As part of Yobe State Government’s goodwill to mark this year’s Eidl-Kabir Sallah celebration, the State has allocated four Cows and one Ram to Yobe State Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS). This was contained in a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary Protocol, Zannah...
SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Thursday chaired a virtual commissioning of six projects executed by parastatals under the supervision of Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Pantami. The event was held at the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) annex complex at Idu,...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos The Federal Government has on Thursday assured the international community of its readiness and determination to implement as closely as possible the Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP), while being hopeful of assistance as the project climaxes to more technical stages. This was according to Vice President...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos Ogun State Ministry of Finance said it generated over N129.9 million between January to June, 2020, just as efforts were on to revamp the state’s economy and achieve government’s post COVID-19 economic plans. Dapo Okubadejo, the state’s commissioner for finance, stated this while appearing before the...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi Alhaji Musa Shitu Zaki, a former special adviser on political matters to the Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed, has defected to the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC). He was sacked from office by Governor Mohammed on August 30, 2019. Zaki is also a former Bauchi...
…says it is compulsory for workers to put face masks to work ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi In an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19 in Bauchi State, Governor Bala Mohammed has flagged off the free distribution of 700,000 face masks to the vulnerable members of the society. In his speech...
SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri The Center for Advocacy Transparency and Accountability Initiative (CATAI) has called on the Borno State Government to as a matter of great importance rescue the about 30,000 helpless residents of Gongulang community and complete a three years abandoned health project. It also urged the Borno State...
By Jerome-Mario Utomi “Choose your battles wisely. After all, life isn’t measured by how many times you stood up to fight. It’s not winning battles that makes you happy, but it’s how many times you turned away and chose to look into a better direction. Life is too short...
The tragedy of Coronavirus, otherwise known as COVID-19, which they say, originated from the town of Wuhan, in China, in 2019, is not only because at the last count, about 14.3 million people worldwide, were said to have been infected with the disease, while more than 603,000 others have...
…says victims died as heroes SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, said expressed deep pain over insurgents’ execution of aid workers whom he described as heroes that were gruesomely killed in the course of serving humanity. Zulum’s spokesman, Malam Isa Gusau, said in a statement released...
*As SDGs boss wants States to prioritize basic education EHIME ALEX, Lagos The Federal Government said it has developed a strategic blueprint to address the menace and challenge of millions of out of school children in the country. According to a statement signed by Janet McDickson, head of communications...