The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) has sent an emergency rescue team to search for missing passengers of a merchant boat which capsized in Kogi on Friday. The Managing Director of NIWA, Mr Bola Oyebamiji, said this in a statement on Friday. According to Oyebamiji, the boat capsized in...
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The Federal Government has raised the amount small businesses could access on single digit loans to N5 million to ensure the country’s inclusive economic growth. The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Bank of Industry (BOI), Dr Olasupo Olusi, made the announcement on Friday during a town hall sensitisation...
Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf has reaffirmed his commitment to fighting corruption, stressing that leaders must stand on their feet to minimise corruption. This is contained in a statement issued by his spokesperson, Sunusi Dawakin-Tofa in Kano on Friday. Yusuf made this statement while receiving the national executive members...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – Kogi State Government has reiterated its commitment in developing the Youth towards securing their future for a better society. The Kogi State Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Anyebe Monday, stated this at a one day stakeholders meeting on effective coordination and collaboration of Youth...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The President of the Alumni Association of the National Institute (AANI), Ambassador E.O. Okafor has pledged to strengthen institutional ties and explore avenues for collaboration with the Department of State Security Services (DSS) to address Nigeria’s pressing security challenges. Ambassador Okafor started this when...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia- Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has commissioned a multi-million naira tin mining and processing factory in Jida, Wamba Local Government Area, Seeconstructed by Matrix Energy Group. The Governor, who commissioned the facility at a colourful ceremony on Thursday, emphasized that his administration would continue...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – The General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 3 Division and Commander of Operation SAFE HAVEN (OPSH), Major General AE Abubakar, has emphasized the critical importance of effective planning as a fundamental approach to addressing the nation’s evolving security challenges. Speaking during a sensitization lecture...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – The management of the APLORI Center of Excellence has deepened its collaboration with the University of Jos (UNIJOS), focusing on extensive ornithological and biological research training. Recently, the University of Jos approved the transformation of the Dr. Anastasio Paul Leventis Ornithological Research Institute (APLORI),...
By DANJUMA Joseph, Lafia – Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has presented the 2025 appropriation bill before the Nasarawa State House of Assembly (NSHA) estimated at N382, 567, 843, 592.03, with education taking the lionshare of N78.16bn representing 20.4 percent. Governor Sule presented the appropriation bill tagged Budget of...
MultiChoice Nigeria has said its holiday channel, DStv Channel 198 would showcase live concerts and festivals during the Detty December season. Executive Head of Content and Channels, West Africa at MultiChoice, Dr Busola Tejumola, disclosed this in a statement on Friday, in Lagos. Tejumola said that the 19th edition...
The Nigerian equity market on Friday closed the week on a negative note, recording N168 billion loss for investors. Losses in Seplat, Guaranty Trust Holding Company, Oando Plc, among other declined stocks dragged the market performance down. Specifically, the market capitalisation which opened at N59.275 trillion, lost N168 billion...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has sympathized with victims of the recent boat mishap that claimed the lives of some passengers who are indigenes of the state. Governor Ododo, who expressed sadness over the boat accident, said he was particularly concerned that most...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, on her unanimous re-election today as the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The renowned development economist and global finance expert made history in 2021 as...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu and French President Emmanuel Macron signed two agreements on Thursday in Paris, France, that will ensure a partnership on the development of critical infrastructure and the long-term sustenance of agriculture and food security. Earlier, President Tinubu and President Macron witnessed the...
No fewer than eight persons are feared dead in a Friday morning boat accident that occurred near Dambo-Ebuchi section of the River Niger. The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) confirmed the boat accident involving no fewer than 200 passengers including market women and farm labourers being conveyed from Lokoja...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – Kwara State Government has said the teacher, Mrs Fatima Amuzat, involved in an alleged assault of a corps member has been summoned and that necessary disciplinary procedures will be taken. The female corps member was allegedly beaten up by teachers at the Government Day...
50 alleged IPOB members discharged and acquitted by Justice James Omotosho of a Federal High Court on Friday in Abuja A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday, discharged and acquitted no fewer than 50 persons alleged to be members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) of...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday, admitted at least 109 foreigners, charged over allegations bordering on cybercrime, to a N1 billion bail with fiver suites. Justice Ekerete Akpan, who granted them bail, directed that the five sureties must have a landed property worth N200, 000 million each....
The Labour Party presidential flag bearer in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, will, on Saturday, deliver the convocation lecture of American University of Nigeria (AUN), Yola, as the institution clocks 20. Spokesman for Peter Obi Media Reach, Mr Ibrahim Umar, made this known in a statement on Friday...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu on Friday presented N526.882 billion to the State House of Assembly for consideration and approval. Governor Aliyu, who tagged the 2025 budget: “Transformation and Infrastructural Sustainability“, assured that the state government would commence the payment of N70,000 new minimum wage...