A former Minister of Information, Prof. Jerry Gana, has tasked Nigerian youths to desist from using God-given energy for destruction rather for ideas that will project Nigeria forward. Gana made the call on Thursday at the 11th African Biblical Leadership Initiative (ABLI) 2024 Conference, organised by the Bible Society...
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President Bola Tinubu has pledged to collaborate with the Presidential Livestock Reforms Implementation Committee to attract investments to the livestock value chain, enabling it to contribute substantially to Nigeria’s GDP and provide decent jobs. Tinubu, speaking at the opening session of a two-day Stakeholders Consultative Workshop on Livestock Reforms...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The president Bola Ahmed Tinubu led government on Thursday flagged off the construction of the 1068km section 1 phase 1A 3 Lane single carriageway Sokoto-Badagry superhighway in Illela local government of Sokoto state. Tinubu who was represented by Governor Ahmed Aliyu assured of adequate...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja + The Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BOT) of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Rt. Hon. Aminu Bello Masari has disclosed the intention of the Fund to create a new intervention line aimed at addressing the pressing issues of security and power in...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has called for collaboration between the state and federal government towards accelerating investment in the exploration of crude oil resources in the state. According to Ismaila Isah, Special Adviser to the Governor on Media, Governor Ododo made the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Chief of Maiduguri Field Office, Maiduguri, Dr. Gerida Birukila, has launched a song tagged, “No More Zero-Dose” to commemoration the 2024 World Polio Day. The song produced by UNICEF was released on Thursday at a brief event at...
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory on Thursday, granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s application for adjournment in a fresh charge against the immediate-past Governor of Kogi, Yahaya Bello, and two others until Nov. 14 Rotimi Oyedepo, SAN, who appeared for the EFCC, made the oral...
The Super Eagles of Nigeria have moved up by three spots to place world 36th in the October FIFA ranking. In the ranking table on the website of the world football governing body on Thursday, Nigeria garnered 1503.29 points within the period under review. The senior men’s national team...
A constitutional lawyer and public affairs analyst, Mr Jide Ologun, has urged newly appointed ministers and reassigned cabinet members to work for the progress of the country . Ologun, also the Pastor in Charge, Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Living Faith Parish, Ikeja, made the plea in an...
A former presidential spokesman Dr Doyin Okupe has commended President Bola Tinubu’s decision to scrap ‘superfluous ministries’ in his cabinet reshuffle. Okupe, former Director-General of Mr Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Organisation,gave the commendation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos. He said:...
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), says repairs will commence on the Ugwuaji–Apir 330 Kilo-Volt (KV) Double Circuit transmission line Thursday following discovery of a fault at the Igumale area of Benue. The company said that a team of linesmen from TCN discovered the fault on the line, at...
The Zamfara Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU), has threatened strike action in Ahmad Sani Bakura Specialist Hospital, Gusau, over non implementation of promotion arrears of members. The threat is contained in a letter addressed to the office of the State Head of Service by the unions. The letter made...
Stakeholders in the tourism and culture sectors have expressed divergent opinions over the merger of the tourism ministry with the arts, culture and creative economy ministry. The stakeholders bared their minds in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Thursday. NAN reports that President...
A High Court in Kaduna State on Thursday, ordered the forfeiture of a Samsung S20, 3 Hp laptops, three exotic cars and N9.5million cash belonging to a convict, Stephen James, to the Federal Government. Delivering Judgment, Justice Dairus Khobo, sentenced James after he pleaded guilty to internet related fraud...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – The Chairman of the Senate Adhoc committee, investigating activities in Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited, and National Iron Ore Mining Company Itakpe, all in Kogi State, led by Sen. Adeniyi Ayodele Adegbonmire (SAN), has assured the workers and management of the company, that his Committee...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – A former President of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator (Dr) David A.B. Mark, GCON, has condoled with the publisher and editor-in-chief of THE CONCLAVE online newspaper, Mr Sufuyan Ojeifo, on the death of his mother, Madam Aishetu Ojeifo. Madam Aishetu...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – In recognition of United Nations Day 2024, the Plateau State’s SDGs Project Coordinator, Mrs. Nanbam Esther Danjuma-Lot, has called for heightened commitment to sustainable development in the state. In a statement issued to mark the global event, Mrs. Danjuma-Lot emphasized that the day serves...
The much-awaited cabinet reshuffle of President Bola Tinubu began on Wednesday with the sacking of five ministers and the nomination of seven new ones for Senate confirmation. The President also re-assigned 10 ministers to new ministerial portfolios and appointed seven new ministers for Senate confirmation. Tinubu nominated Bianca Odumegu-Ojukwu...
President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, charged Nigerians to embrace the Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), which he said had come to stay. Mr Ekperikpe Ekpo, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), said, while addressing State House correspondents, that the President gave the charge at the Federal Executive Council (FEC)...
The Managing Director of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), Mr Akintunde Sawyerr, has announced the fund’s commitment to disbursing 90 billion naira for tuition fees and stipends. Sawyerr said this at a meeting with the House of Representatives Committee on Student Loans, Scholarships, and Higher Education Financing on...