By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The Benue State Government has commenced the relocation of the Internally Displaced Persons ( IDPs) to mega camps. The Benue State Government in collaboration with International Organisation for Migration(IOM) has already set aside over five thousand units for the IDPs at the Mega...
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By Ibrahim Momoh, Lokoja – The Kogi State House of Assembly has appealed to Governor Ahmed Ododo to urgently renovate Abejukolo General Hospital and basic healthcare as well as educational facilities in the communities affected by the crisis in Omala Local Government Area of the State. The lawmakers made...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – The Head of Kogi State Civil Service, Elijah Evinemi has charged youths to develop vision and pursue it vigorously in order to have brighter future. Evinemi gave the charge on Wednesday at Ihima civic centre Ohueta in Okehi local government area of the state,...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The Director General, Benue Public Service Institute, Professor Terkura Tarnande, has assured that the Institute would collaborate with Industrial Training Fund (ITF) to achieve its mandate for the benefit of the Benue people and beyond. Speaking on Wednesday during a courtesy call by...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – As part of Nigerian Army commitment to non kinetic approach to counter insurgency and restoration of peace in consolidating civil military relations , the Office of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Nigerian Army Headquarters Abuja has introduced a special scholarship award to young...
The National Economic Council (NEC) has expressed reservations over the Tax Reform Bill forwarded by President Bola Tinubu to the National Assembly. The bill was forwarded to NASS based on the report and recommendations of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal and Tax Reforms set up by the President to...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- The Presidency has said that the Tax Reform Bill will not increase the number of taxes currently in operation, but rather optimize and simplify existing tax frameworks. The Presidency also clarified that the proposed derivation-based model for Value-Added Tax (VAT) distribution is designed to create...
The body of the former president of the Senate, Dr Joseph Wayas , who died on Nov. 30, 2021 would be committed to Mother Earth on Nov. 30, three years after his demise. This was disclosed at a news conference by Dr Dorn-Cklaimz Enamhe, Secretary, Central Planning Committee for...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has unveiled the FCT Renewed Hope Youth Empowerment Programme with the distribution of 80 vehicles to the youths. Wike, at the event in Abuja on Thursday, explained that the goal was to empower the youths financially and also...
he Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, has said the current administration met over 2,000 incomplete road projects running into trillions of Naira. The minister said his ministry was not afraid of taking big decisions and had wielded the big stick by terminating 10 contracts of erring companies. Umahi...
Abdullahi Ganduje, the APC National Chairman on Thursday in Abuja, advised Sen. Monday Okpebholo, Edo Governor-elect against probing the out-going administration of Gov. Godwin Obaseki. He gave the advice when Okpebholo paid a courtesy visit on the party’s National Working Committee (NWC), saying he should rather focus on enthroning...
The Zamfara Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has welcomed Rep, Sulaiman Gummi who recently defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Gummi, representing Gummi/Bukkuyum Federal Constituency on Wednesday announced his defection from the PDP to the APC over an...
A Federal Capital Territory (FCT), high court Maitama on Thursday sustained Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ‘s objection to a document sought to be tendered by the former Aviation minister, Heidi Sirika. The EFCC dragged Sirika alongside his daughter, Fatima; Jalal Hamma and Al-Duraq Investment Limited, for abuse of...
The Federal Government has apologised over the recent collapse of the national grid which caused power outages for several days in 17 states in the region. The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, gave the apology on Thursday during a courtesy visit to Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State, describing...
The Federal Government has reaffirmed its determination to boost electricity supply with a view to reviving the nation’s industrial revolution. The Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, said this during a stakeholders meeting with the management of the Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) on Thursday in Kano. Adelabu said...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has inaugurated its 2024 nationwide ember months sensitisation campaign to reduce Road Traffic Crashes (RTCs) during the end-of-year travels. The Corps Marshal, FRSC, Malam Shehu Mohammed, said this a statement by the Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO), Olusegun Ogungbemide, on Thursday in Abuja....
The Minister of Communications Innovations and Digital Economy, Dr Bosun Tijani has saidthat the grant of N2.8 billion from Google is timely for the renewed hope agenda. Tijani spoke at the press briefing where Google announced the grant to support the Federal Government’s science lab drive on Thursday in...
A bill for an Act to make provision for Retirement Age of Health Workers in Nigeria and for Related Matters has scaled second reading in House of Representatives. The bill which was sponsored by Rep. Wale Hammed (APC-Lagos state) seeks to increase the retirement age of health workers from...
The House of Representatives on Thursday rejected a motion that sought to restore the Federal Ministry of Niger Delta Development. The motion, which was sponsored by Rep. Oboku Oforji (PDP-Bayelsa), was dropped following Speaker Tajudeen Abbas’ announcement that the President was willing to sign the South-South Development Commission Bill....
By OLA MODUPE, Ado-Ekiti – Ekiti State Governor, Abiodun Oyebanji has congratulated Maj.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede on his appointment as the acting Chief of Army Staff (COAS) by President Bola Tinubu. Oyebanji also thanked the President for finding the Ikere-Ekiti born Gen. Oluyede worthy of the appointment. A statement by...