By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja eulogized contributions of the digital economy in driving growth, creating employment and generating revenue for the country, saying auctioning of the 5G spectrum alone generated $547 million, further fueling options for funding development. President Buhari, accompanied by...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has commissioned two newly constructed primary health care departments and renovation work carried out by the Chairman of Maiduguri Metropolitan Council, Hon Ali Umar Bolori. Zulum while unveiling the projects, said the state government is proud of his achievements...
The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) and Coalition of Activists with former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Dr Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), are at loggerhead over alleged money laundering in Kogi. The disagreement between the two sides began on Thursday when the nephew to Gov Yahaya Bello, Aliyu...
As part of activities to celebrate President Muhammadu Buhari’s 80th Birthday, the Commander, Guards Brigade Nigerian Army, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Usman has led his officers on a special visit to the president. The Assistant Director Army Public Relations, Guards Brigade, Capt. Godfrey Abakpa, made this known in a statement on...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has started the 2022 recruitment of suitably qualified graduates and post-graduates as Direct Short Service cadets. Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF Headquarters, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, made this known in a statement he issued on Tuesday in...
By BARBARA KALU, Abakaliki – Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi has been conferred with Great Grand Commander of Ebonyi Hall of fame, which is the highest honours award in the state. The conferment is contained in a statement signed by the governor’s Special Adviser on Media and Strategy, Mr...
Chief Sam Onyishi, Chairman/founder, Peace Mass Transit; Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun state, Chief Jude Onyedum, CEO, Bravo Foams; Rtd. Gen. Lonsdale Adeoye; Tim Akano, CEO, New Horizons Systems Ltd; Dr. Daniel Moses, Property Wealth Corporation; and others have been conferred with The Top10 Magazine Excellence Awards for their...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Journalists have been called upon to factor in the national interest in the course of their practice. Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade made the call at the 2022 Media Week of the Nigerian Union of Journalists( NUJ), Cross River state chapter, with the...
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Usman Baba says the police has devised strategies to arrest and prosecute politicians moving on election days with tonnes of cash for vote buying. Baba stated this on Monday in Abuja at a one-day Stakeholders Summit on Addressing the Influence of Money on the...
Gov. Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi has tasked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure that the country’s electoral processes were strengthened. He made the call while speaking with newsmen in Abuja, on Monday. The governor said that as the 2023 general elections were fast approaching, the electoral umpire...
The Wife of Anambra Governor, Mrs Nonye Soludo, has offered scholarship to a 13-year-old girl, allegedly impregnated by her 75-year-old guardian, Sunday Moghalu. Soludo made this known on Monday while receiving the victim and her baby in company of the state Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, Mrs Ify...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has expressed worries that if attacks on its facilities persist into January 2023, it could affect the conduct of the general elections. National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, INEC, Mr Festus Okoye, said this at a workshop on Political Violence...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it won’t relent in its determination to prevent vote-buying in 2023 general election. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this at a day stakeholders’ summit on addressing the influence of money in the 2023 general election on Monday in Abuja. Yakubu...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has tasked Nigerians to reject possible inducements by money bags trying to buy their votes in 2023 general election. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this at a day stakeholders’ summit on addressing the influence of money in 2023 general election on...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – The transformation of rural communities in Benue State will receive greater focus as Governor Samuel Ortom has formally signed a Rural Development Policy for the State. Governor Ortom signed the Rural Development Policy on Monday at the Conference Hall of the Governor’s Lodge, Makurdi....
The Minister of Women Affairs, Paulen Tallen on Monday betrays emotions and wept on live television over continuous captivity of Leah Sharibu and over 100 other Chibok girls. The minister’s action took place after presenting the achievements of her ministry at 13th edition of the President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB)’...
The occasion was the end of year and merit awards ceremony of the Federal High Court in Abuja. The event was also part of programmes put together to mark the beginning of the 2022/2023 legal year of the court. Judges from all divisions of the court and members of...
A Nigerian man has raised alarm over the circulation of fake N1000 notes. Recall that the redesigned N1000 notes were released to Nigerians on December 15. It appears some criminal-minded people have manufactured the fake notes and are now circulating them. The Nigerian man says the money was given...
Lamentations, wailing and gales of funerals have trailed the massive floods that Nigerians experienced recently. As communities struggle to build back lives devastated by the disaster, the magnitude of which has never been captured in the country’s history, some important lessons have undoubtedly been learnt. That natural disasters occur,...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has congratulated former President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki on his 60th birthday, describing him as a political giant. The governor in his congratulatory message issued by his Chief Press Secretary Nathaniel Ikyur, showered encomiums on Saraki for...