By JOY ADARA, Abuja — The Federal Government has expressed its readiness to partner with the Indian Government on total eradication of fake Nigerian passports into India. The Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, said this in a statement issued by the Deputy Director of Press and Public Relations...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Following successful implementation of the first land degradation neutrality project in Nassarawa and Plateau States, Green Sahara Farms and its International Partners have designed a project to develop 200 thousand hectares for full value development . Green Sahara Farms was inspired by the encroaching...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Reverend of Christian Evangelical Fellowship of Nigeria (CEFN), Sokoto Missionary Zone, Adaji Olobo Micheal has admonished Christians to stop complaining about hardship and have confidence in God that owns everything. Reverend Micheal noted that, people should cultivate the habit of thanksgiving at all times....
Rep. Tolulope Akande-Sadipe (APC-Oyo) has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to ensure that the redesigned naira notes were available to cash-trapped Nigerians. She made this known in a statement by Mr Olamilekan Olusada, the Media Aide to the lawmaker in Abuja on Sunday. According to her, the...
Three labourers were killed in Aluu community in Rivers on Saturday as the two-storey building on which they were working crumbled. Mr Ngene James, Head, Disaster Management Rescue Team of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Rivers confirmed the incident in a statement issued by the...
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Senate President, Dr Ahmad Lawan and Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila over their “failure to cut the unlawful National Assembly budget of N228.1bn, including the N30.17bn severance payments and...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – As the scarcity of Naira currency crisis hit harder, the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has charged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to review its new notes apportioned ratio policy and also to collaborate with law enforcement agencies in monitoring...
Project Pink Blue (PPB), a non-governmental organisation, has appealed to the Federal Government to do everything to gazette the National Cancer Act in order to put the document into operation. The Chief Executive Officer of the NGO, Mr Runcie Chidebe, made the call on Saturday in Abuja during a...
The poor mobile service network at the Lagos International Trade Fair Complex that houses three markets in Lagos, on Saturday stalled commerce, as traders complained of inability to transfer cash online. The traders, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at the close of business, said that...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday inaugurated the Federal Secretariat, Lafia, Nasarawa State, naming the edifice situated on 10.9 hectares of land after Justice Sidi Dauda Bage, a retired Justice of the Supreme Court and the Emir of Lafia. The President in a statement by...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday in Lafia inaugurated the Agricultural Machinery and Equipment Development Institute (AMEDI) to boost food and agro production in the country. The president inaugurated the project during his visit to Lafia on Saturday. Prof. Mohammed Haruna, the Executive Vice Chairman of the National Agency for...
Gov. Mai Mala Buni of Yobe has directed the state-owned Yobe Microfinance Bank to open branches in all the 17 Local Government Areas of the State. In a statement by Buni’s Director-General, Press and Media Affairs, Alhaji Mamman Mohammed in Damaturu on Saturday, the directive was part of measures...
Prof. Ayobami Salami, the Ekiti State Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) has said that the commission won’t disappoint Nigerians in the 2023 general election. Salami stated this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ado-Ekiti on Saturday shortly after monitoring the...
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has assured Nigerians that the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) for use in the 2023 general elections would work effectively. The Resident Electoral Commissioner in Ekiti State, Prof. Ayobami Salami, gave the assurance while monitoring mock accreditation of voters in some selected polling...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The lawmaker representing Borno South Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume has accused the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) of suffering poor Nigerian and frustrating national economy with its cashless policy implementation process. Senator Ndume, who is also the Chairman,...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines used for the mock accreditation of voters in Onitsha, Anambra on Saturday worked seamlessly. Mr Reginald Onyeukwu, INEC’s Assistant Electoral Officer (AEO) in Onitsha South Local Government Area of Anambra, made the declaration while monitoring...
Dr Adeniran Tella, INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Oyo State, says the success of Saturday mock accreditation in the state, is an affirmation that BVAS has come to stay. Tella made the assertions while monitoring the conduct of the exercise in 12 polling units across the three senatorial...
President Muhammadu Buhari has conferred the title of Ambassador-in Situ to one hundred and fifteen foreign officers for their contributions to the nation’s development and economy. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama presented the letters of conferment on behalf of the President to serving Officers who have attained the...
The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) on Saturday urged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to stop playing politics with the new Naira policy and challenges Nigerians faced in accessing the new notes. Alhaji Yerima Shettima, the National President of the AYCF, in a statement on Saturday in Lagos, frowned...