By MHMM KUJE, Abuja- The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Wednesday expressed sadness at the reported death of 105 persons in Tuesday’s petrol tanker explosion in Majia town in Jigawa. The NGF, in a statement in Ilorin by its Chairman, Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, noted that the circumstances surrounding the...
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The Nigerian team on Wednesday in the Dominican Republic defeated their New Zealand counterparts 4-1 in their opening match at the 2024 FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that, in the match played at the Cibao Stadium in Santiago de los Caballeros, the...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu has said the state contributes approximately 40 percent of the total onions consumed in Nigeria, thus making the state the highest producer in the country. The governor, who made this submission at the ongoing 6th International Conference On Onion...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The Director General, National Orientation Agency (NOA), Onilu Isa has announced the creation of Citizens Brigade in Nigeria to add to the existing nrigades. The Director General of NOA disclosed this during a press briefing at the Benue State Directorates office, Federal Secretariat...
Systemic corruption is the bane of many developing countries. In the words of a prominent anti-corruption crusader, corruption is a “force which drives poverty, inequality, dysfunctional democracy and global insecurity”. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu recently highlighted the dangers of allowing corruption to fester when he described the menace as...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto state government said it has purchased no fewer than 186,000 bags of rice at the cost of over 14 billion naira and would sell same to the people of the state at a 55 percent subsidized rate. Speaking during the flagging off of...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu has assured residents of the state that his administration is dedicated to resetting the state’s development agenda to restore and establish the state as a prosperous sub-national entity. During an interactive session with select resident business leaders and...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Benue State Government has flagged off the distribution of the second phase of the Federal Government palliatives secured to cushion the hardship of people in Benue State. Performing the ceremony on Thursday at IBB square Makurdi, Governor Hyacinth Alia appreciated the President Tinubu...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has directed the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, to lead a Federal Government delegation to Jigawa in response to Tuesday night inferno in Majia town, which claimed over 100 lives. The government delegation will comprise...
Minister of State, Petroleum Resources (Oil), Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri, has directed the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), to investigate the circumstances surrounding petrol tanker explosion in Jigawa. Lokpobiri expressed sorrow over the incident that occurred at Majiya town I Taura Local Government Area of Jigawa on...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, says FCT is open for business and streamlining processes to make it easier for investors to set up and operate. Wike stated this in Abuja on Wednesday, at the first edition of the Abuja Business and Investment Summit,...
A former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA, Mr Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, has said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is an unlawful organisation. Agbakoba stated this in two separate letters to the Senate and House of Representatives, dated Oct. 14 and a certified true copy of...
UBA Foundation, the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) arm of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has launched the 2024 edition of its prestigious National Essay Competition (NEC), unveiling a significant 100% increase in the educational grants for top winners. Now in its 14th year, the NEC is an...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Government held a town hall meeting on Wednesday to gather input for the 2025 budget. The meeting, which took place at the El Kanemi Hall of the Ramat Polytechnic in Maiduguri, aimed to give citizens a platform to share their needs...
The Small Scale Women Farmers Organisation in Nigeria (SWOFON) has expressed concern that food prices may go higher in 2025 if challenges facing farmers are not accorded due attention. The farmers spoke on Wednesday in Abuja at the SWOFON FCT State Level Interactive Forum to commemorate the International Day...
More than 2.8 billion people in the world cannot afford healthy diets, the Director-General of the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Qu Dongyu, has said. Dongyu made this known during the 2024 World Food Day global ceremony with the theme: “Right to ‘Foods’ for a Better Life...
The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) has called for collaborative efforts to scale up Private Public Partnerships (PPPs) to address the infrastructure gap in Nigeria. Governor of Kwara, and Chairman of NGF, AbdulRahman Abdulrazaq, said this at the 2nd Joint PPP Units Consultative Forum (3PUCF) and the Nigeria PPP Network...
The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has denied the invasion of the National Assembly by the Department of State Services (DSS) over alleged impeachment move. Akpabio, who stated this on Wednesday’s plenary, said that the allegation reported on the social media that the DSS invaded the national assembly...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – As part of efforts to tackle the surge of cardiac arrest, the FCT Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, has flagged off a Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation Centres in the nation’s capital city. The minister performed the flag off on the occasion of the Bring...