By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Cross River State Executive Council has approved the payment of WAEC fees for 16, 301 indigenes of public schools in the state. The State Government will be offsetting the payment with N440, 127, 000 (Four Hundred and Forty Million, One Hundred and...
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The Federal Government may lose over N400 billion if the technical equipment and accessories procured by the National Population Commission (NPC) are allowed to waste in warehouses spread in 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), investigations show. The census materials supplied to the NPC...
The Super Eagles of Nigeria will play hosts Cote d’Ivoire on Sunday in the final of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). Nigeria’s substitute Kelechi Iheanacho scored to give Nigeria a 4-2 penalty shootout victory over South Africa on Wednesday after an Africa Cup of Nations semi-final thriller...
Super Eagles of Nigeria on Wednesday in Bouake qualified for the final of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), after defeating South Africa in a pulsating semi-final clash. The News Super Eagles of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the match played at the Stade de la Paix, Bouake, was...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Vice President Kashim Shettima on Wednesday, urged Super Eagles to sustain the momentum to lift the coveted 2023 AFCON trophy. Shettima, who made the call in his verified Facebook account, said millions of Nigerians are indeed behind the team. ” I congratulate and salute...
Boko Haram terrorists have killed no fewer than 3 persons including a police inspector were killed on Wednesday in a fresh Boko Haram attack on Kukareta, Kaga Local Government Area of Borno State. It was gathered that the terrorists set ablaze the police officer along with a makeshift...
Three soldiers and two vigilante group members have been killed in an attack by suspected militia in the Toto Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. State Commissioner for Special Duties, Security, Timothy Kasuwa, confirmed the incident to Channels Television in a telephone conversation on Wednesday, where he...
Trading on the stock market of Nigerian Exchange Ltd. (NGX), on Wednesday, ended on a cautious note with investors losing one billion Naira. Specifically, the market capitalisation which opened at N55.872 trillion dipped one billion naira to close at N55.871 trillion. Similarly, the All-Share index shed 174 points to...
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) with the Federal Government has assisted 34,694 stranded Nigerian migrants to return home from April 2017 till date. Cyprine Cheptepkeny, Awareness Raising Programme Officer, International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Nigeria, said this during a media training on Amplifying Women’s Voices in...
Super Eagles qualify for final after beating South Africa’s Bafana Bafana 4-2 on penalty kicks after a 1-1 draw over 120 minutes of play in the 2023 AFCON semi-finals in Bouake, Côte d’Ivoire
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja -. Against the backdrop of the rising naira to dollar exchange rate, Social Media influencer, Reno Omokri, has called on Nigerians to patronize made-in-Nigerian products as it is the only way the country can sustain its drive towards achieving industrialisation. Mr Omokri, who stated...
The planned interface of the Senate with Service Chiefs, was stalled on Wednesday, following the absence of the National Security Adviser (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa and others at the National Assembly. The Senate had Jan. 30 summoned the Service Chiefs...
The trial of a former Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Patrick Akpobolokemi, charged with alleged N754.8 million fraud on Wednesday suffered a setback due to the absence of the defence witness. Akpobolokemi is standing trial alongside Ezekiel Agaba, a former Executive Director of NIMASA, on...
The Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike has admonished the area council chairmen in the territory to stay in their domains and develop the communities. Wike stated this on Wednesday in Yangoji, while inaugurating the construction of 11-kilometre rural road to connect Sukuku Ebo and Yangoji...
An early mor , on Wednesday, gutted the popular Roky Fella Night Club, located at Udoji Street, Kpirikpiri, Abakaliki, destroying property worth millions of naira. The Ebonyi Chief Fire Officer, Mr Raphael Ibiam, who confirmed the incident to newsmen, said he received distress call about the incident around...
An unidentified driver of a mini commercial bus ” Korope”, on Wednesday, died in an accident that occurred on the Olaiya overhead bridge in Osogbo. An eyewitness, Mrs Funmi Adeyemo told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the accident, occurred when the bus driver allegedly slumped while...
The Anambra State Government in collaboration with security operatives on Wednesday rescued six pregnant teenagers from ‘a baby-making factory’ at Umunya in Oyi Local Government Area of the state. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Afam Obidike, told journalists after the raid that the baby factory where babies...
Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Mr Temitope Fadeshemi, has said 88.4 million people in Nigeria are living in extreme poverty. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Fadeshemi spoke on Wednesday in Kaduna during the distribution of farm inputs and empowerment materials to 250...