The Federal Government has released relief materials mainly food and non food items to flood victims in Anambra. Mr Walson Ibarakumo, an Assistant Director in charge of Response and Rehabilitation, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), said this after a closed-door meeting with officials of Anambra Government in Awka on...
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The sleeping Eziama Afara-Ukwu Community in Umuahia, the home of Nnamdi Kanu, erupted in jubilation on Thursday, following the news of his acquittal by an Abuja Court of Appeal. Kanu, the Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), had been standing trial for alleged treasonable felony and...
The Federal Government has said it would consider appropriate legal options concerning the judgment of the Court of Appeal on the trial of the leader of proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. The Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, made this known in a statement issued...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A Non Governmental Organization, Save the Children has hosted members of the Borno State Children’s Parliament and presented computers, printer, laptop bags and other tools to the Parliament to mark The International Day of the Girl Child in Maiduguri. The event which is being...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), has called on residents of Niger and Kwara to adhered to the Seasonal Climate Prediction by the Nigerian Metrological Agency (NiMet) and the Flood Outlook by Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA). Hajiya Zainab Sai’du, Head, NEMA Minna Operations Office, made the call in...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), says the National Bureau of Statistics has ranked roads in Anambra 15th on the list of roads that constitute death traps in Nigeria. The Sector Commander in Anambra, Mr Adeoye Irelewuyi, said this on Thursday at the flag-off of the 2022 Ember Months...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has urged the unemployed Nigerian youths to embrace entrepreneurship as a means of creating wealth instead of waiting for white collar jobs which are not readily available. The NDE Director of Training, Vocational Skills Development Programme (VSD), Isa...
By LEKAN AGBOOLA, Ilorin – Kwara State Government is to upwardly review student Indigenes bursary award from five thousand naira to ten thousand naira. The state’s Commissioner for Tertiary Education, Dr. Afees Abolore- Alabi confirmed this while featuring on the 34th Edition Media Parliament organized by Kwara State Council...
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The Kaduna State Police Command has invited five persons to assist them in their investigation over the locking up of a 67 years old man for 20 yeers in Kaduna. The Command Public Relations Officers, DSP Mohammed Jalige, stated this at the scene of the alleged offence on Wednesday....
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The National Pension Commission (PenCom) has disclosed that it would soon commence the online verification and enrollment of retirees and prospective retirees of Federal Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) on Oct. 17. PenCom spokesman, Mr Abdulqadir Dahiru, said in a statement issued in...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has endorsed the completion of the ongoing Enugu-Onitsha expressway by MTN Nigeria PLC, telecommunication company, at the cost of N202.8billion via the Tax Credit Scheme of the Federal Government. Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, revealed this when he along with Minister of...
More media outfits have teamed up with The Top10 Magazine on the project to celebrate worthy Benue Business Ambassadors. On the list of media partners so far are Daily Asset newspaper, National Accord, Cattigan.com, FrontView Africa and Fabmimi blog. More media houses are negotiating to be part of the...
Officers of the Nigerian army compulsorily retired by the authorities in 2016 have rejected an offer to convert their illegal disengagement to voluntary retirement. PRNigeria reported how 38 officers were compulsorily disengaged from the Nigerian Army in 2026 via announcement in the media even before they were eventually informed...
The Nigerian government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the global tech giant, Microsoft Corporation, to train five million citizens on high-demand technological skills that are needed to advance their respective careers. While signing the agreement on behalf of Nigeria on the margins of the ongoing GITEX...
The Enugu State Chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), Mr Edwin Aroh, has expressed worry over the rising cases of political violence in some parts of the state. Aroh spoke in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Wednesday. He said that the...
By EMEKA CHIKWE, Port-Harcourt – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested 29 suspects and seized 493.263kg of illicit drugs in River State The NDLEA Commander in the state, Mr Ahmed Mamuda, the Rivers State Commander, disclosed this on Wednesday in a statement issued in Port Harcourt....
The Police on Wednesday rescued a 67-year-old man locked up in a room for over 20 years in Kaduna State. The man was found naked and locked up in a room at a house located on Bayajidda road in Kaduna. Residents of the building fled when a police team...
The 2023 Appropriation Bill on Wednesday scaled second reading in the Senate. This followed the presentation of the lead debate by the sponsor and Senate Leader, Ibrahim Gobir at plenary. Leading the debate on the general principles of the bill, Gobir said that it was laid before the chamber...
Vice-Presidential Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, says the creation of state police will help address insecurity in Nigeria. Okowa this in his remarks at the annual conference of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) in Abuja on Wednesday. He said that there had been...