Federal Government has unveiled plan to upscale its World Bank-partnered project, the Nigeria for Women Project (NFWP) to target more rural communities for economic empowerment. The Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, made this known during a strategic meeting with the World Bank, UNICEF and other key partners...
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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has said the FCT Administration will work round the clock to deliver the Abuja Rail Mass Transit (ARMT) System project on May 29. Wike stated this after an inspection tour of the project in Abuja on Thursday,...
The Nigerian Export-Import Bank has unveiled an online portal tagged ‘cocoaconnectafrica.com,’ to create market linkage among farmers, aggregators, and buyers in the cocoa value chain in Africa. The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, NEXIM Bank, Mr Abubakar Bello, made this announcement on the sideline of one-day International Cocoa and...
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday held a meeting with the Minister of Steel Development, Prince Shuaibu Audu, and the Minister of Defence, Alhaji Mohammed Badaru, during which he received briefing on investment prospects in the steel sector. The President emphasised that a revitalised steel development industry was both...
The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Mr Adegoke Fayoade, said that seven high ranking cultists have been arrested in Ikorodu area of the state in the last five days. Fayoade confirmed the arrest during his interaction with the Crime Reporters Association of Nigeria (CRAN) at the state’s...
The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), in the February 2023 polls, Mr Peter Obi, on Thursday presented a cheque for N75 million to the Immaculate Heart of Mary Specialist Hospital, Nkpor, Anambra. Obi, while presenting the cheque, disclosed that the donation comprised US$50,000 he personally raised...
Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of a Federal Capital Territory High Court on Thursday admitted former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Aguloye bail in the sum of N50 million. Aguloye was charged with seven counts bordering on forgery, disobedience of presidential order and corruption in the suit marked FCT/HC/CR/617/22,...
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, on Thursday, charged the newly appointed Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) and directors of the aviation agencies to optimally carry out their duties in the best possible way as outlined in the ministry’s key performance indicators. He also...
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party , Mr Peter Obi says President Bola Tinubu must ensure that those culpable in the alleged N585m fraud involving the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu are brought to book. Obi said in a write-up in...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Police in Nasarawa State, said it has arrested a fake soldier wearing military camouflage and a notorious armed robbery suspect. A statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Nasarawa State Command, DSP Ramhan Nansel, said the two criminals were...
Bandits have killed the village head of Kukar Babangida, the Magaji Zauren Katsina, Alhaji Haruna Ubale and two of his sons in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina state on Thursday. The assailants killed six other persons and burnt five vehicles in the village. Police spokesman in the...
A former Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in South Africa, Mr Bola Babarinde, said President Bola Tinubu should fish out accomplices of suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu. Babarinde, also the deputy director of the Sanwo-Olu/Hamzat Campaign Council, Diaspora Directorate, in...
The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed three separate appeals brought before it by some governorship candidates seeking nullification of election of Akwa Ibom Governor, Umo Eno on account of alleged certificate forgery. The petitions of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Young Progressive Party (YPP) and New Nigeria Peoples...
A budding Ghanaian musician and chef, Failatu Abdul-Razak on Wednesday ended her cooking marathon attempt that lasted 227 hours and two seconds, waiting to be recognised by the Guinness World Records. Local media reported on Friday that Failatu Abdul-Razak, a mother of one, began her cooking marathon on...
An Ibadan Family Court sitting at Iyaganku remanded a fake doctor, Olarewaju Oludele (50), at the Agodi Correctional Centre on Thursday for allegedly causing the death of a baby boy. He allegedly drowned the baby in a canal. The magistrate, Mrs O. O. Ogunkanmi who did not take...
The Edo Central Senatorial District has endorsed Dr. Asue Ighodalo, as its sole aspirant ahead of the February 22, 2024, Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) governorship primary election in Edo. The decision is contained in a statement signed by Archbishop Anthony Okosun, the senatorial caucus Chairman and two others,...
AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU AND APC NATIONAL LEADERSHIP Your Excellency, I am writing as a concerned member of our dear party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), to draw your attention and that of the national leadership of our great party to the emerging ugly developments...
Supreme Court on Thursday reserved judgment on the appeal by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate in the March 18, 2023 governorship election, Ladi Adebutu against Gov. Dapo Abiodun. After hearing of the appeal by Adebutu, the apex court five member panel of justices led by...
By MARK JANG, Jos – The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Plateau State has called on its members and supporters to remain calm as the Supreme Court is set to deliver judgment on the governorship election in the state. The Supreme Court has slated Friday, Jan. 12, to...
Kogi Government has warned principals of public secondary schools against sabotaging its efforts in the payment of West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) fees for final year students. The state’s Commissioner for Education Science and Technology, Mr Wemi Jones, gave the warning on Thursday during the verification of government-...