BY SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum on Tuesday released a grant worth N814m to a combined number of 9,154 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME’s), to stimulate local businesses. The Governor gave the grant at the launch of the “Borno COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic...
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Goods worth millions of naira were destroyed in a fire at the popular Ọgbọ Ọgwụ Market in Onitsha, Anambra, on Tuesday. Anambra Fire Service chief, Mr Martin Agbili, who confirmed the incident, said the cause of the fire have yet to be ascertained. Agbili said the fire affected a...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the board, management, and staff of First Bank Nigeria (FBN) for cross-border services in the United Kingdom for 40 years, sharing almost 130 years of banking experience. The president’s congratulatory message is contained in a statement issued by his...
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Kingmakers in Iree, Boripe Local Government Area of Osun, have called on the state government to reconsider the process that produced Prince Raphael Ademola, as the new 16th Aree of Iree in the town. One of the kingmakers in the town, the Aogun of Iree, Chief Saliu Atoyebi, who...
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, says cases in court from the conduct of primaries for the nomination of candidates by political parties was on the increase. Yakubu made this known in his remarks at the capacity building workshop for justices and judges...
The Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA), has requested for N100 billion intervention fund from the Federal Government for urgent repair of roads damaged by flood across the country. Managing Director of FERMA, Mr Nurudeen Rafindadi, made the request on Monday at the National Assembly Complex during the 2023 budget...
The Head, International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in Lagos, Mr Victor Lutenco, says migration is high in Nigeria and it is important to make sure those involved do it rightly. He said this at sensitisation programme held at Dover Hotel, Lekki, in Lagos, on Monday. The sensitisation programme was...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT has rescued 10 crew members from a fishing trawler christened OLOKUN XII, which capsized within the Lagos channel in the early hours of Monday. The spokesperson of the Western Naval Command, Commander Edward Yeibo, disclosed this in a...
The National Population Commission (NPC) says outcomes of the 2023 census results will rewrite the history of censuses in Nigeria. Mr Ayodeji Ajayi, the NPC Federal Commissioner, representing Ekiti, made the assertions on Monday in Ado-Ekiti. He spoke at the opening of the “State Compendium of Localities Workshop”, organised...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Borno State Council in collaboration with British Council have organized a two day workshop on “Promoting Safety of Journalists In Post-conflict Era”, to prepare journalists on the post conflict developmental reportage. Speaking at the occasion which was held...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Governors Nyesom Wike, Okezie Ikpeazu, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi and Seyi Makinde have commissioned some projects executed by the administration of Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State. The four Governors, who are of the influential group of PDP G-5 inaugurated the various projects on Monday, November...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has donated the sum of 50 million naira to Eunice Spring of Life Foundation (ESLF),the foundation of the first lady of Benue State, Dr Eunice Ortom, to facilitate completion of its Integrated Health Facility located in Apir, Makurdi...
The Federal Government has assured that the Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri rail line will be constructed to link Abuja for ease of transportation for people along the corridor. The Minister of Transportation, Muazu Sambo, gave the assurance on Monday in Abuja while presenting the achievements of his ministry at the second edition...
The Federal Government, on Monday announced the re-opening of train services on the Abuja-Kaduna Rail corridor on November. The Minister of Transportation, Mr Mu’azu Sambo, made this known to newsmen while presenting President Muhammadu Buhari’s scorecard in the Transportation Ministry from 2015 to 2022 in Abuja. The News Agency...
Three persons died and three others severely injured in a lone road accident on Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Mr Ahmed Umar, the Sector Commander of the FRSC in Ogun, confirmed this to newsmen on Monday in Abeokuta. Umar explained that the accident occured in the early hours of Monday and involved...
The Bayelsa State Emergency Management Agency (BYSEMA), says flood has affected no fewer than 1.3million people. This is according to data released on Monday by BYSEMA in Yenogoa obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). The agency said no fewer than 1.2million were displaced and compelled to seek...
Prominent Nigerians have confirmed their participation in the Realnews 10th Anniversary Lecture. They include Elizabeth Ngozi Ebi, Group Managing Director of Futureview Financial Services Limited, Otunba Lanre Ipinmisho, former director general and member of the Presidential Committee on Eradication of Drug Abuse (PACEDA), Dr. Dokun Adedeji, director general, Christ...
The Image Merchants Promotion Limited, publishers of PRNigeria, Economic Confidential, and other titles, has offered automatic employment to a corps member, Bukar Lawal Maigana, for his contributions to the organisation in the area of investigative reporting and fact-checking. The CEO of IMPR, Alhaji Yushau Shuaib, made the disclosure at...