Abia State Governor, Alex Otti has said the Islamic Development Bank(IDB) has approved a loan of $125m, to finance some of the capital projects in the state. The governor made this known on Monday during the monthly media parley in Umuahia. He also disclosed that the African Development...
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Forced labour in the private economy generated 236 billion dollars in illegal profits per year, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) reported from Geneva on Tuesday. The total amount of illegal profits from forced labour had risen by 64 billion dollars, or 37 per cent, since 2014, the ILO...
Nigeria’s Under -20 female football team, the Falconets, will take on Ghana on Thursday in the final of the women’s football event at the 13th African Games in Ghana. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Falconets booked their place in the finals, after defeating Uganda 2-0...
Consumer goods giant Unilever has announced plans to cut around 7,500 jobs globally as part of an overhaul aimed at saving around 684 million euros (869 million dollars) over the next three years. The Marmite-to-Dove soap firm said the jobs affected were largely office-based and the move came...
A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday ordered the remand of a 35-year-old man, Tijjani Bala in Correctional Centre over alleged sodomy. Bala, who lives at Kinkinau, Kaduna, is being tried on a one-count charge of unnatural offence. The Magistrate, Ibrahim Emmanuel, who did not take the suspect’s...
Opposition politicians are sometimes able to admit the truth and provide unflattering praise. Yes, the Prof Chukwuma Soludo administration is doing remarkably well. Even the opposition in Anambra State concurs. The opposition leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former governor of Anambra State, Dr. Chris Ngige,...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – About fourteen (14) trucks loaded with Ilmenite (Titanium-Iron Oxide), mined from Kwande local government area of Benue State have been impounded by the Benue State Internal Revenue Service (BIRS). A statement, by the Media Assistant to the Acting Executive Chairman of the...
“I started the Heart of Gold Hospice after I almost lost my legs” Laja Adedoyin shares on #WithChude
“I started the Heart of Gold Hospice after I almost lost my legs” Laja Adedoyin shares on #WithChude
Chude Jideonwo sat with Heart of Gold Hospice Founder, Laja Adedoyin, for his Birthday Special. As the hospice celebrates its 20th anniversary, Laja Adedoyin shares why she runs the hospice, what she thinks about when any child passes, how she takes the children everyone else has abandoned –...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia has been urged to expedite action by declaring public a woman to serve as first lady of the state to avoid a situation where opportunities both national and international has eluded women of the state within the...
By PATRICK ABANG, Càlabar – No fewer than thirty two students of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) has bagged First Class degrees from the University. Also, the university will commission 5 projects at the cost of two billion naira constructed by the administration. The Vice Chancellor of the...
The Federal Government has appealed to the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) to call off their seven-day warning strike. Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Mrs Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, made the appeal in a statement signed by...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, dismissed a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by Dr Olu Agunloye, former Minister of Power and Steel under ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Obiora Egwuatu, in a judgment, awarded a fine of N500, 000...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) has said it would commence a 3-day warning strike on March 20, over non-payment of four months withheld salaries. President of NAAT, Mr Ibeji Nwokoma, disclosed this in a letter addressed to the Minister of State for...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called for the immediate payment of the withheld salaries of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU)and Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU). NLC President, Mr Joe Ajaero, urged the Federal Government to pay the four months outstanding...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has said the N1.15 trillion 2024 proposed FCT Statutory Budget was designed to transform the capital city and rural communities. Wike stated this when he appeared before the Senate and House Committees on FCT, to defend the...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said the voice and data services affected by the cable cuts have been restored. The Commission’s Director of Public Affairs, Dr Reuben Muoka, stated this in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja. Muoka said that services were restored,...
The Nigerian Military has debunked claims that it has embarked on reprisal attacks on Okuama Community in Delta. Some members of the community had on Thursday ambushed and murdered the Commanding Officer of 181 Army Amphibious Battalion, two Majors, one Captain and 12 soldiers. The Director Defence Media...
Some eminent Nigerian political and leaders of thought have called for a new constitution to propel the country’s development and address its present challenges The leaders include an Afenifere leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, Ex-Osun governor ,Mr Rauf Aregbesola, a former PDP Deputy...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, re-arraigned former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s Chairman, Bello Mohammed, at a Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja. Mohammed was re-arraigned before Justice Peter Lifu on a four-count charge bordering on his alleged role in the diversion of funds meant for...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) says it will commence sale of its Expression of Interest and Nomination forms for the Ondo State Governorship election from April 3 to April 10. Alhaji Suleiman Arugungu, the party’s National Organising Secretary, stated this in a schedule of activities released, on Monday...