The Benue State Government has said no fewer than 34 solid minerals out of the 44 in the country are found in the state. The state Chairman, Mineral Resources and Environment Management Committee (MIREMCO), Mr Fidelis Mnyim, disclosed this at a news conference on Friday in...
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By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has approved the immediate upgrade of key health infrastructure and equipment across all six geo-political zones in line with his administration’s vision of overhauling the health and social welfare sector for enhanced service delivery to all Nigerians. The president’s approval...
A herbalist, Kasali Yinusa has pleaded with a Mapo Grade ‘A’ Customary Court in Ibadan to dissolve his nine year-old union to his estranged wife, Abosede on the grounds that her adulterous lifestyle was having negative effects on their daughter. Yunusa, accused Abosede of being short tempered, fighting...
In a makeshift camp for people displaced by floods in the Democratic Republic of Congo, father-of-three Cyprien Seka anxiously watched his baby nap on the floor of a crowded tent and wondered if it would ever be safe to return home. Torrential rains swelled the Congo River to...
Managing Director, Leisure Court Estate Limited, Mr Segun Abolaji has called on the government to improve regulation on possession of lands in order to make affordable housing feasible. Abolaji made this call on Thursday in Abuja during the Real Estate/Housing Reporter’s Workshop organised by Leisure Court Estate Limited....
The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has suspended its North-Central Zonal Secretary, Mr Phillip Haruna over allegation of wrongdoings. In a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Yakubu Shendam, on Friday in Abuja, he said the suspension is with immediate effect. Shendam said the allegations included gross...
The family of Pa Isaac Girgih Koodar of Vandeikya Local government Area in Benue State has announced the programme for the burial of their wife, aunt, mother, grand mother and great-grand mother, Mama Monica Mbatem Girgih, who passed away on February 4, 2024 at the age of 103. ...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced an upward review of the Price Verification System (PVS) from 2.5 per cent to 15 per cent. According to a circular by Dr Hassan Mahmud, Director, Trade and Exchange Department of the CBN, this is in a bid to check...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NSC) joint border patrol team sector IV has seized consignment of sex enhancement drugs worth N19.6 duty paid value in Sokoto state. The Coordinating Comptroller, Mr Kolapo Oladeji, made this known while briefing newsmen in Sokoto. He said that trucks of food items were...
Filmmakers, actors and other players in the Nigerian movie industry have ‘lit up’ the 2024 edition of Inside Nollywood International Film Festival & Awards (INIFFAA), held in the Federal Capital Territory(FCT). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the stakeholders hit the opening of the...
The Ogun Police Command on Thursday arrested a seven-man gang that specialised in trading in human parts for rituals. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Abiodun Alamutu, said that a human heart and two kegs filled with human bodies were parts of exhibits recovered from the suspects. CP Alamutu...
By TYAV SAM TyAV, Makurdi – No fewer than fifty persons have been arraigned for operating illegal checkpoints and fake receipts by the sustained efforts of the Benue State Internal Revenue Service (BIRS) in collaboration with the various security agencies. This is part of the efforts to rid...
By HARUNA AHMED, Duste- The Jigawa State Police Command has launched investigation into the murder of a popularly Dutse restaurant owner, Esther Adekamla, popularly known as Hadiza Nakowa. The command’s spokesman, DSP Lawan Shiisu, who confirmed this in a statement on Friday in Dutse, said the deceased was...
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje has urged the party’s Edo Governorship Primary Election Committee to conduct a free, fair and credible primary. Ganduje made the call in Abuja while inaugurating the APC Edo Governorship Primary Election Appeal Committees headed by...
●Donates N2.5m take-off grant An infrastructure engineer, Engr. Olatunji Ariyomo, FNSE, has inaugurated a cooperative society for members of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Akure South local government area of Ondo State to offer interest-free loans for artisans, traders, and market women. While addressing a packed house...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has approved the reconstitution of the Executive Management teams of agencies under the Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development. Director Information, Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, Mr Badamasi Haiba, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja....
Women from Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State have placed a N1 million bounty on an Anambra woman, Mrs Adachukwu Okafor, who reportedly brutalised her 11-year-old househelp. Operating under the auspices of Umuada Awgu Global Association (UAGA), the group also issued a 48-hour ultimatum to...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has handed over essential medical supplies worth over USD$246,590 to the Borno State Government to improve the quality of care available in health facilities across the state. The UN agency also pledged to hand over a newly built...
President Bola Tinubu has tasked state governors to ensure zero tolerance to incompetence, support local farmers and remove import rent seekers from the system. The President added that his administration was evolving home-grown solutions to address the nation’s food security through schemes to support local production and discourage...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited/TotalEnergies Joint Venture (JV) has achieved zero routine gas flare in all its assets. This feat was announced on Thursday during an inspection of the Oil Mining Lease (OML) 100 in South-eastern Niger Delta, off Port Harcourt, by a joint NNPC Ltd and...