The Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) has said that nine bodies were recovered from a boat mishap that occurred in Shiroro Local Government Area of the state. The Head of Relief and Rehabilitation in NSEMA, Alhaji Salihu Garba, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency...
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The Nigeria Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) has signed a historic deal with the Image Merchants Promotion Limited (IMPR) – publishers of PRNigeria, Spokespersons’ Digest and Economic Confidential – for the hosting of annual Spokespersons’ Communications Awards (SCA). The epoch-making Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – A Civil Society Organisation (CSO), Close Watch, has described the recent clash between between the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) and some personnel of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) in Kaduna, as unnecessary. The National Coordinator of Close Watch, Biodun Odele...
The Federal Government has suspended Mr Balogun Tajudeen, the Acting Director, Admin, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife, Osun state over his involvement in a job racketeering saga in the institution. The Director of Information, Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Ms Patricia Deworitshe, disclosed this in...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Police Service Commission (PSC) has said Kaduna and Adamawa states have the highest number of applicants in the ongoing recruitment of Constables into the Nigeria Police. The Head of Press and Public Relations of PSC, Mr Ikechukwu Ani said this in...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has congratulated former President Goodluck Jonathan on the occasion of his 66th birthday . President Tinubu in a statement on Sunday by his spokesman, Mr Ajuri Ngelale, commended Jonathan for his unique demonstration of statesmanship and for his distinguishing achievement...
Rivers Information Commissioner, Mr Joseph Johnson, said Gov. Siminialaye Fubara was resilient and committed to the development of Rivers. Johnson said this during an interaction with executives of Rivers Correspondents chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, on Friday in Port Harcourt. The chapel had visited the commissioner...
A total of 4,068 inmates of correctional centres across the country has been released as part of efforts to decongest the centres, Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has said. The minister made this known on Saturday at the Kuje Medium Correctional Centre, where 37 of the inmates...
A former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, was on Saturday conferred highest honour of doctoral fellowship of the Institute for Governance and Leadership Studies in Africa (IGLSA). The Director-General of the Institute, Dr Lanre Adebayo, said Magu’s selection for the honour was...
The Chief Executive Officer, Gosima Group, Dr Gideon Osi, has called on government at all levels to make entrepreneurial studies compulsory in academic curriculum of tertiary institutions in Nigeria. Osi made the call on Saturday at the investiture ceremony into the Governing Council of the board of Havilla University...
In a move to enhance the national cybersecurity programme in Nigeria, the Senate Joint Committees on ICT & Cyber Security and National Security & Intelligence have issued a Public Hearing notice inviting stakeholders and the general public to contribute to the amendment of the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention,...
Tinubu congratulates Liberians, commends President Weah’s leadership following presidential election
Tinubu congratulates Liberians, commends President Weah’s leadership following presidential election
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the government and people of Liberia on the successful conduct of the Liberian Presidential Election. The President also congratulated President-elect Joseph Boakai, who won the mandate of the people, enjoining him to unite the country and build...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has commissioned Abdul Samad Rabiu Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Maiduguri, Borno State. Represented by the Vice President Kashim Shettima, the president said on Saturday that N1 billion centre was constructed and donated to the...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas says the 10th Assembly will strive to strengthen the Nigerian Armed forces and other security agencies to tackle security the challenges in the country. Abbas said this at a two-day post inauguration retreat for members of the House...
The Catholic Diocese of Katsina-Ala, in Benue, Bishop Isaac Dugu has called on Catholic Priests to shun materialism and focus more on winning souls for God. The Bishop made the call on Saturday in Lafia, Nasarawa State, in a Homily during a Mass to mark the 25th priestly...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has advised African countries, especially Mozambique, to be transparent and carry the private sector along in the formulation of their local content laws, as a means of making the policy to be more effective and beneficial to the people. Dr. Jonathan who stated this at...
The Chairman of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), in Kano State, Alhaji Hashimu Dungurawa, has described the judgment of the Appeal Court that sacked Governor Abba Yusuf as a threat to the survival to democracy. Dungurawa disclosed this while speaking with newsmen in Kano on Friday. “This...
Local production of 2,000 tractors yearly will boost food production, the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Sen. Abubakar Kyari, said in Abuja on Friday. It will also create jobs for farmers, especially women and youths and enhance food and nutrition security, he said in a statement issued...
No fewer than 10 persons have lost their lives in a boat mishap in Shiroro local government area of Niger state. Head of Relief and Rehabilitation in the Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA), Alhaji Garba Salihu, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has said that the Corona Virus (COVID-19) pandemic which impacted the World three years ago, was responsible for the all time high global inflation. Obaseki stated this while delivering his keynote address on Friday at the 2023 Delta State Executive Council Retreat in...