By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – An environment expert and Executive Director of Rainforest Resources Development Centre (RRDC) Prince Odey Oyama has raised the alarm over the alleged clandestine transactions conducted by Barr Ichire Imo Okim and the Council of Chiefs of Effi Community, members of Effi Community. According to...
Nigerian News
Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda has signed over N300.6 billion 2023 supplementary budget into law, saying that it will be used to tackle insecurity and poverty in the state. Malam Ibrahim Kalau, the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the governor, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen...
Ogun State has emerged the overall winner at the 16th International Arts and Craft Expo (INAC) held in Abuja. Chief Olusegun Runsewe, Director-General, National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), organiser of the expo made the announcement at the closing ceremony of the expo on Saturday. Runsewe commended the...
Friends and family members of the late Founder of the Fountain of Life Church (FOLC) Lagos, Pastor Taiwo Odukoya, on Saturday celebrated and bade farewell to the preacher as he was laid to rest. The event, spiced up with solemn renditions by the church choir, afforded people opportunities to...
Prof. Kanayo Ofodile, a clinical psychologist, says old age looks like a death sentence in Nigeria, as children abandon their aged parents without care and compassion. Ofodile made the assertion on Saturday in Awka, at the inauguration of the First Best Domiciliary Home Care World, a non-governmental organisation which...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Vice President Kashim Shettima on Saturday, in Maiduguri, declared open the 8th meeting of the North East Governors Forum (NEGF). VP Shettima, who is on a two-day official trip to Maiduguri for commissioning of projects executed by Governor Babagana Zulum, also flagged...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Vice President Kashim Shettima has flagged off the distribution N15 billion food palliatives to the people of the north east across the 112 LGAs of the 6 North East states. VP Shettima also declared opened the 8th North East Governors Forum Meeting...
The House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating crude oil theft has insisted on the appearance of the Group Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPC) and others before the committee. They include the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and the Nigeria Inland...
Executive Secretary, Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency (ADSEMA), Dr Suleiman Muhammad, has confirmed that eight persons died, eight rescued and seven others missing in a boat mishap at Njuwa lake in Rugange village, Yola South Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. Suleiman confirmed this during an interview...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Vice President Kashim Shettima on Friday evening unveiled three new schools and a primary healthcare centre executed by Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum within 100 days of his ongoing second term. The VP who arrived Maiduguri in the evening was received at the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The North East Development Commission (NEDC) in conjunction with the Borno State Government and other critical stakeholders in the State have identified the 22.5 Km Ngowom – Koshebe and Ngowom – Dusman – Zabarmari – Gongulong – Khaddarmari Road among others for urgent...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu, on Saturday in New Delhi, India, expressed Nigeria’s commitment to play a major role within the G-20 and contribute to shaping a more equitable world. Addressing world leaders at the 18th G-20 Leaders’ Summit, the Nigerian leader called for...
The National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC) says plans are underway to replicate the Abuja Arts and Crafts Village in 36 states of the federation to tackle unemployment and boost the nation’s economy. The Director-General of NCAC, Otunba Olusegun Runsewe, disclosed this on Saturday when he led...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has extended his heartfelt condolences to King Mohammed VI of Morocco following Saturday’s devastating earthquake in his homeland, which claimed many lives. The President in a condolence message by his spokesman, Mr Ajuri Ngelale, commiserated with all families...
Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo has called on the people of the state to always find time to engage in physical exercises in the interest of their health. Governor Soludo made the call after leading no fewer than 1,000 residents on a monthly walk organised by the Anambra State...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has given kudos to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for re-appointing Dr Samuel Ogbuku as the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. Senator Diri expressed his appreciation when he received the Minister of Niger...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Cross River State government has secured a $15 million private sector investment into the Agip Eku oil Palm estate with multiple effect on employment and growth of the state GDP Also the state government has developed a six years agricultural credit guarantee fund...
The Vice President, Kashim Shettima, says all parts of Nigeria will benefit from the development stride of President Bola Tinubu led administration. Shettima gave the assurance in Maiduguri on Friday during a courtesy call on the Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Abubakar Umar-Garbai. Shettima said the young administration...
No fewer than 15 persons are feared dead after a local boat conveying residents including children, capsized on Friday in the popular Njuwa lake across Rugange village in Yola South LGA of Adamawa State. According to reports, the boat conveying the victims was crossing to main Yola town...
The Seme Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it intercepted different seized items with a total Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N1.8 billion from Jan. 23 to Sept. 8. The Customs Area Comptroller, Mr Dera Nandi, told newsmen of the seizures in Seme on Friday....