By PATRICK ABCalabar – The Spokesman of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star (BCS), Amah Williams has said that the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star (BCS) has promoted tourism and economic development of Cross River State. Speaking while addressing a press conference on Tuesday at...
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By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Minister for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, has congratulated the Emir of Ilorin and chairman of Kwara State Traditional Ruler’s Council, Maimartaba, Dr. Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari on the 28th anniversary of the ascension to the throne of his forefathers. The...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Tuesday, paid visit to the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Ibadan, the Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI) and the National Centre for Agricultural Mechanization (NCAM) in Ilorin Kwara State. Governor Zulum’s visit...
Community stakeholders in Konduga LGA of Borno State have appealed to government and humanitarian partners to alleviate their poverty, by providing the youths and women with job opportunities and vocational skills acquisitions. They also called on the government to provided adequate security especially in the remote areas and...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Vice Chancellor of University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID), Professor Aliyu Shugaba has said that the institution is set to hold its combined 24th Convocation ceremony on Saturday, where at total of 20,048 students will be graduating from the institution. Prof. Shugaba said...
As the strike by Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) enters second day, court activities at the Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja were going on smoothly. A check by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Showed that judges, staff, lawyers and litigants in the high-rise...
Senator Austin Akobundu (PDP- Abia-Central) on Wednesday at plenary took his oath of office and allegiance. The administration of Akobubdu’ s oath of allegiance, followed his declaration as winner of the Abia -Central senatorial election by the Appeal Court. The Clerk of the Senate, Mr Chinedu · Akubueze,...
The UK Supreme Court has ruled that the Rwanda asylum policy is unlawful, in a major blow to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s promise to “stop the boats”. Five justices at the UK’s highest court unanimously rejected the government’s appeal over its policy of removing asylum seekers to the...
The on-going two-day-old workers’ strike has stalled the coroner inquest into the death of popular rapper, singer, and songwriter Ilerioluwa Aloba (Mobhad). Born in Lagos on Jan. 3, 1996, Mohbad died in mysterious circumstances on Sept. 12, 2023 and was buried the following day. His death sparked nationwide protests...
Not long ago, one of the correspondents of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), was abducted by gunmen in Abuja. The correspondent had boarded their vehicle at the Federal Secretariat on the way home after an assignment on the fateful day. The fear-stricken Reporter, who is yet to...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said the governorship election held in Kogi State was free, fair and credible, faulting claims that it tampered with the accredited figures of voters in the election. The National Commissioner and member, Information and Voter...
The Contractor handling the renovation of the House of Representatives chamber says the Dec. 31st deadline given by the Speaker of the House Representatives, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas, to complete the renovation as not sacrosanct. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Project Manager of the contract,...
Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in San Francisco, U.S., to attend a Summit with President Joe Biden. The Summit is also the 30th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting that started on November 14 and will end on November 17. In a statement on Wednesday, Chinese...
The Congress Of Nigeria University Academics (CONUA), University of Benin (UNIBEN) Chapter, on Tuesday distanced itself from the ongoing Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) strike in Edo. The Chairman, UNIBEN CONUA, Comrade. Ishaq Osagie-Eweka, while speaking with newsmen in Benin, described the strike as a one-man decision. Osagie-Eweka noted...
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has said it is set to inaugurate the African Energy Bank in June 2024 to mitigate the crisis in the African energy sector. The bank disclosed this during a session on “Africa’s Energy Transition and Financing’’, at the ongoing Inter-African Trade Fair...
A former House of Representatives member, Isaac Kwallu (PDP-Plateau), whose election was recently nullified by the Court of Appeal has vowed to reclaim his seat from the incumbent in 2027. Kwallu, who represented Shendam, Qua’an-Pan, Mikang federal constituency, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it is reviewing last Saturday’s governorship elections in Kogi and Imo, before making a pronouncement on its next line of action. The PDP National Chairman, Alhaji Umar Damagum, stated this at a news conference after the meeting of the National Working...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday slammed Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for his call to stop the killing of women and children in the Gaza Strip. Netanyahu again appealed for support for his country’s fight against the Islamist group Hamas. “It is not Israel that is...
1. Introduction. There has been clamor by the Bureau De Change (BDC) operators for their readmission into the Investors and Exporters (I&E) window, now known, as the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM). With the re-listing by the new CBN Governor Mr. Cardoso of the 43 items...
Former presidential aide and veteran journalist, Laolu Akande, has described the ongoing national strike as a “distraction” and cautioned that the nation has bigger problems to deal with especially the current hardship being faced by Nigerians and the fiscal crisis of the Federal Government. Featuring on Channels...