By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has pleaded with banks’ Chief Executive officers in Nigeria to reopen their closed branches in towns across Osun state, assuring that “there is a new Sheriff in town”. Governor Adeleke made the call on Friday at the commissioning of...
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By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Nigeria has fulfilled its financial obligations to the African Union (AU) by making full payment of its assessed contributions for the year 2023. The confirmation was made on Saturday by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Adamu Ibrahim Lamuwa, on the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu on Saturday in Nairobi, Kenya, called on African leaders to respect democracy, rule of law, and ensure political stability. In his statement at a high-level event organized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on the margins of Fifth Mid-Year...
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it is investigating the shooting incident during raid on a drug joint at Okpanam area of Asaba in Delta. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy (NDLEA) Mr Femi Babafemi...
By FUNMILAYO ADEYEMI – The appetite for university education has increased the need for more universities to be established in the country. Establishing more universities come with its own challenges. For instance, Kogi government recently got the clear to open one more university in Kabba. When fully operational, that...
The appetite for university education has increased the need for more universities to be established in the country. Establishing more universities come with its own challenges. For instance, Kogi government recently got the clear to open one more university in Kabba. When fully operational, that would make it the...
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated veteran journalist, elder statesman and former governor of Ogun State, Chief Olusegun Osoba, on his 84thbirthday, saying his exemplary life and remarkable achievements are worthy of emulation by many particularly upcoming Nigerians. Chief Osoba, a prominent progressive politician who served twice as governor of...
The federal government has recently announced the outbreak of anthrax in some West African countries including Northern Ghana, Burkina Faso and Togo. The deadly disease already claimed the lives of humans and livestock. Consequently, this necessitates the need to alert members of the university community to take precautionary measures...
Mr Julius Abure, National Chairman, Labour Party, says the party has strategically positioned itself to win the 2024 governorship election in Edo state. Abure said this when Mr Stephen Osemwegie, a governorship aspirant of the party, paid an official visit to the party Secretariat in Abuja. He said that...
Founders of a new Mobile App codenamed “OLA”, say it is key to the attainment of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in Nigeria and Africa as a whole. Mr Philip Etim, founder of Spendify Technologies, who created the App, made the disclosure to newsmen in Lokoja on Saturday. He...
Maj.-Gen. Aniedi Edet has assumed duty as the 24th Director General (DG), Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON). The Chief Public Relations Officer of DICON, Mr Musa Yakubu, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Kaduna. Yakubu said Maj.-Gen. Edet took over from Maj-Gen...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) cancer research agency on Friday classified the commonly used artificial sweetener aspartame as “possibly carcinogenic to human”. Although, another UN Committee reaffirmed that there was a safe daily level of consumption. The joint assessment from WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), and...
A clergyman, Rev. Fr. Onuh Ladi, says Nigerians need to have an honest conversation to promote peaceful coexistence and socio-economic development of the country. Ladi gave the advice during an Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue among residents of Kaduna North Local Government Area in Kaduna State. The News Agency of...
Ms. Emmanuelle Blatmann, the French Ambassador to Nigeria, said Nigeria was France’s first trading partner in Sub-Saharan Africa She added that Nigeria’ trading alone accounted for 75 per cent of French investments in West Africa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the envoy made this known at...
A TikTok video shows a beautiful house that could be lifted and taken to anywhere. In the video posted by TikTok user, Oladele, many of the mobile houses were seen as they were being lifted with a crane. The houses which appear to be one-room apartments, are beautifully painted...
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Al-Habibiyyah Islamic Society, a faith-based organisation, have entered into partnership to galvanize support for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). The National Chief Imam of Al-Habibiyyah, Imam Fuad Adeyemi, made this known in a statement on Friday in Abuja. He said...
Customers of Guarantee Trust Bank (GTB) have been locked out of their app for more than 24 hours after the lender upgraded its mobile banking app. GTB, which is a subsidiary of Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc, announced an app upgrade. The bank announced July 12, 2023, as the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, July 10, 2023 secured the conviction and sentencing of one Danladi Mohammed before Justice Umaru Fadawu of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri to one-year imprisonment. Mohammed was convicted following...
The Labour Party (LP) in Lagos State has read a riot act to all aspirants jostling for the party’s ticket ahead of the Surulere Federal Constituency I bye- election, slated for Aug. 19. The party, at a news briefing on Friday evening at its state secretariat in Ikeja, cautioned ...