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A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Anyim Pius Anyim, on Tuesday, urged South-East governors and Igbos to invest in the five states of the zone for it to be further developed. Anyim gave the advice in Enugu at a two-day 2nd Eastern Nigeria Investment Summit....
Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to make adequate provisions for the over two million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the state ahead of 2023 general elections. He made the call at a roundtable discussion, tagged; “Contemporary Security Challenges and their...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday said it would be constitutionally and legally impossible to resume voter registration before the 2023 elections. INEC had ended the registration exercise in July but civil society groups have kicked, arguing that the move would disenfranchise millions of Nigerians. On Tuesday,...
Borno Govt. budgets N83bn to drill over 1000 boreholes By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The United Nations International Children Education Fund (UNICEF) in collaboration with Goal Prime Organization Nigeria (GPON), Borno State Environmental Protection Agency (BOSEPA) and other partners has organized Water and Sanitation Health (WASH) drama and demonstrations...
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Tuesday said that Nigerians in diaspora with expired passport would no longer require visas to visit home. The Service, however, stated that they must show their expired Nigeria’s passport to ensure they were truly from Nigeria. Mr Tony Akuneme, the NIS Public Relations...
The Senate has endorsed the N48billion oil pipeline surveillance contract by the Federal Government to Mr Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, a former Niger Delta militant leader. Sen.Albert Akpan, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum (Upstream) said this on Tuesday in Abuja, when he spoke with newsmen shortly after presenting...
The Borno Sector Commander of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Utten Boyi, has confirmed the death of 37 people in a ghastly accident that occurred along the Maiduguri-Damaturu Road. Boyi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri that the accident which occurred on Tuesday involved two...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Acting Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dauda Biu has directed Commanding Officers to step up nationwide special operations to apprehend violators of legal speed limits. Biu who gave the directive in a statement issued by the Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi...
Bayelsa government confirmed on Tuesday that it had been receiving refunds of arrears of 13 per cent oil derivation proceeds from the Federal Government. It did not state how much had been received, however. Tuesday’s confirmation by Bayelsa followed Rivers Gov. Nyesom Wike’s declaration and commendation for President Muhammadu...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – As part of its activities to mark the World’s Children Day, UNICEF in collaboration with Goal Prime Organization Nigeria and Da Rerrafe Yaron Kan Tashi have trained a 15 years old blind boy, Bakura Muhmadu for six months to become a newscaster and journalist...
Gov. Dapo Abiodun of Ogun has expressed his administration’s readiness to collaborate with Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to reconstruct the dilapidated Ogijo-Sagamu road. Abiodun made this known on Monday at the official inauguration of the four-kilometre Oba Erinwole road in Sagamu. He said that work would commence on...
The newly-elected Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly, Hon. Gboyega Aribisogan, has called on the elders, sons and daughters of the state to intervene over alleged plan to impeach him as the Speaker. Aribisogan made the call at a news conference in Abuja on Monday against the backdrop...
The new Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly, Gboyega Aribisogan, was on Monday impeached, barely six days after his election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Aribisogan was also suspended as member along with his six loyalists indefinitely and without salary and other emoluments. Aribisogan was immediately...
Gov. Mai Mala Buni of Yobe has unveiled the implementation of a 10-year Development Masterplan for Damaturu, the state capital. This is contained in a statement issued by Alhaji Usman Geidam, Spokesman, Yobe Geographic Information Service (YOGIS) in Damaturu. The approval of the master plan, the state government said,...
The Tiv Community in has urged Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku to facilitate the return of Tiv Displaced Persons to their ancestral homes in some parts of the state before the expiration of his tenure. The Tiv Traditional Leaders’ Council, made the call in a communique issued on Sunday...
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has congratulated former President Goodluck Jonathan as he marked his 65th birthday. The party described the former president as ‘an honest, forthright, humane, caring leader and Icon of Peace’. The party in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba in Abuja...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, departs Abuja on Sunday for the first high level visit to Canada, since 2000 when then President Olusegun Obasanjo visited the North American nation. The visit will deepen diplomatic ties between Nigeria and Canada as Prof. Osinbajo will meet...