Gimbiya Khadijat Sa’idu, Kebbi Chairperson of Standup For Women Society, says Nigerians should elect leaders based on performance, not the money they will share to voters. Sa’idu said in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Birnin Kebbi that money politics was responsible for...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum has disbursed over N225 million to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and residents of Gamboru, Ngala and Wulgo host community and border towns of Ngala LGA in the northern part of the state . He also distributed wrappers to over...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Professor Ben Ayade has urged the seven Carnival Calabar bands to interpret this year’s theme of the annual fiesta, ‘Agro-Industrialization’ to reflect the importance of agriculture in the economy of the state. Speaking on Sunday in Calabar during the flag...
Bill and Melinda Foundation says its new commitment of 1.4 billion dollars to Africa, including Nigeria is to spur the region-led innovation to build a pipeline of climate-smart agriculture projects for smallholder farmers. Mr Enock Chikava, Interim Director, Agricultural Development of the foundation stated this in an interview with...
President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja after successful routine medical check-up in the United Kingdom. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Nigerian leader and members of his entourage arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja on Sunday evening. While in the UK, President Buhari...
Civil Society Legislative and Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has charged anti-graft and law enforcement agencies in Africa to return stolen money and recovered assets back to their original owners. Mr Auwal Rafsanjani, the Executive Director,CISLAC said this when he spoke at the Global South Forum for Asset Recovery, in Nairobi...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) and Policy Alert, two front-line civil society organisations (CSOs) working on economic and environmental justice in Nigeria, have asked the legislature to evolve more devolved and corruption-proof criteria for accessing ecological funds in the country. The...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – As the campaigns and build-up to the 2023 general elections thicken, the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, has said that the media holds the ace in making a difference in promoting credible elections in Nigeria. Danbatta...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has called on the National Assembly to include specific roles for traditional rulers in the ongoing constitution amendments. Governor Mohammed made the appeal in his speech shortly after presenting the staff of office to the 11th Emir of...
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) donated N40 million to flood victims in Edo on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the floods displaced about 32,893 persons in Etsako Central, Etsako East and Esan Southeast Local Government Areas of Edo....
The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has inducted 36 new members and 15 members as Fellows of the Guild. The induction followed a Gala Night organised for the Guild by Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo to conclude the 18th All Nigeria Editors Conference, (ANEC) 2022 in Owerri. In his...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “urgently direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN and appropriate law enforcement agencies to identify and arrest the perpetrators and sponsors of attacks on...
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The Federal Government on Sunday pledged to commence a toilet revolution that would encourage African countries to build and use toilets for a healthier and hygienic society. The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Water Resources, Mrs Didi Walson-Jack, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in preparations to the...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, on Saturday, presented the Staff of Office to the 12th Emir of Katagum, in Bauchi State, Umar Faruk II. The event attracted Emirs, politicians, Captains of Industries and thousands of supporters, who thronged the Aminu Saleh College of Education...
By EMEKA CHIKWE, Yenagoa – The Bayelsa State government has described as false some media reports purporting that Governor Douye Diri was involved in a sex escapade with a South African female legislator, Zanele Sifuba. The alleged sex tape is contained in an alleged leaked video circulating in the...
Malam Mohammed Isa, the Special Assistant to the President of the Senate on Media, died on Friday, an official has said. Mr Ola Awoniyi, the Special Adviser on Media to Senate President, said in a statement on Saturday in Abuja that Isa died while undergoing treatment for injuries sustained...
The Yobe Governor, Mai Mala Buni, says he is supporting 200 orphans with the sum of N50,000 each to be self reliance. Buni made this known while hosting 200 orphans from the 17 local government areas of the state on Saturday in Damaturu. He also directed the Ministry of...
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq says there are enough evidences to prove that the Cash Transfer programme for the vulnerable people is a workable solution to extreme poverty. AbdulRazaq said this in Ilorin at the launch of the United Nations Development Programme Socio-Economic Revitalisation Support Programme, which targets over...
In what is being heralded as a huge step forward in the fight against organized crude oil theft, the Nigerian Navy has recovered a vessel suspected of being engaged in illegal crude export. Measuring 336m in length and 60m in width, the Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) called MT...