By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The United Nigerians in Diaspora (UND) has resolved to embark on an advocacy march to the United States (U.S) Embassy as well as the British High Commission in Abuja to demand for a visa ban and travel restrictions against the Chairman of the Independent...
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Can l rhetorically ask whether Nigeria has really attained nationhood with the myriad of problems that is bedeviling her? Will restructuring resolve all of these problems? If so, why then is the restructuring campaign not making any appreciable headway? My answers to these questions are simple. Yes, Nigeria...
Access Holdings Plc has announced Mr Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, Access Bank pioneer Group Chief Executive Officer (Group CEO), as its Non-Executive Chairman. Mr Sunday Ekwochi, Company Secretary, Access Holdings, said this in a disclosure sent to the Nigerian Exchange Ltd. (NGX) on Wednesday in Lagos. Ekwochi said that Aig-Imoukhuede...
Maj.- Gen. Obinna Onubogu, on Wednesday assumed office as the 46th General Officer Commanding (GOC), 2 Division of the Nigerian Army. Lt.-Col. Polycard Okoye, Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 2 Division Nigerian Army, made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Ibadan. The new GOC, who...
On Saturday 9th March 2024, scores of my friends and brothers from across the globe including the US-based talented visual artist, Sunday Oluwasomi, the scion of the late Olisa Raymond Olusoga (Prime Minister of Akure Kingdom) Engr Taiwo Olusoga, Aquinarian Tunde Aladenola, and a host of others called my...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Confederation of African Football (CAF), have granted Nigeria Football Federation’s (NFF) request to move the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament final qualifying fixture, first leg encounter between Nigeria and South Africa by one hour. This is contained in a statement issued by the NFF’s...
The Ogun State Government says it has began the payment of N10,000 cash award to 100,000 primary school pupils and secondary school students in 2,000 public schools across the state. The Chief Press Secretary to Gov. Dapo Abiodun, Mr Lekan Adeniran, in a statement on Wednesday in Abeokuta...
The Minister of Power, Mr Adebayo Adelabu says the Federal Government is addressing power deficit by using alternative energy sources, such as windfall, solar and mini-grids. Adelabu, represented by Mr Abdulrasheed Lawal, Director Procurement, Ministry of Power said this in Abuja on Wednesday at the presentation of the...
The Edo House of Assembly on Wednesday, summoned the Managing Directors of the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) and Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), over incessant power outages in the state. The summon was sequel to a matter of urgent public importance by Mr Kaycee Osamwonyi, (PDP-Uhunwode) at...
The Federal Government has pledged strict monitoring of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs’) projects, including constituencies’ projects across the country. Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, Mr Zaphaniah Jisalo, said this while unveiling the ministry’s eight priorities strategic plan of 2024 to 2028 on Wednesday...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – The Anthony Nyong Climate Center of Excellence (ANCCE) at the University of Jos (UNIJOS) recently launched its inaugural seminar series in an effort to explore the intricate relationship between climate change, migration patterns, and environmental dynamics. The theme of the seminar, titled loo”...
President Bola Tinubu has directed the opening of Nigeria’s land and air borders with the Republic of Niger and the lifting of other sanctions against that country with immediate effect. This directive is in compliance with the decisions of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government...
Cross River government has pleaded with newly graduated nursing students of University of Calabar (UNICAL) not to migrate abroad, saying the health sector was in dire need of their expertise. The Commissioner for Health, Cross River, Dr Henry Ayuk, made the appeal on Wednesday in Calabar during the...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has expressed his support for the suspended Senator, Bauchi Central District, Abdul Ningi, over his now controversial comment on the 2024 budget. Recall that Ningi, representing Bauchi Central, in a recent interview with BBC Hausa, had alleged that...
The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Government to hasten investigation on the alleged misappropriation of public funds against Dr Beta Edu, the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation. Edu was alleged to have misappropriated funds in the National Social Investment Programme(NSIP) and was subsequently...
President Bola Tinubu has further directed the immediate release of the abducted children in Kaduna State and Borno. He insisted that the Federal Government would not succumb to the payment of ransom to kidnappers and terrorists in the country. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, made...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has donated over 2 million bags of fertilisers worth N100 billion to farmers through the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security. The Governor of the CBN, Mr Yemi Cardoso, presented the bags of fertilisers to the Minister of Agriculture and Food...
The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security has received 2.15 million bags of assorted fertilisers from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the assorted fertilisers would be distributed to farmers to curb food inflation in the country as well as...
Former Managing Directing, Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) Plc, Mr Aliyu Abdulhameed, was, on Wednesday arraigned at a Federal High Court, Abuja on allegations bordering on document forgery. Abdulhameed was arraigned alongside Babangida Abdullahi, on a 10-count charge before Justice Inyang Ekwo. They were,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has applauded Hon. Engr. Ahmed Satomi for empowering his constituents with N140 million programme on livestock farming and agricultural value chain for 140 youths in Jere LGA.of the state. Zulum who stated this Wednesday while flagging off the...