The Chairman, Board of Trustees of the National Mandate Group, NMG, Amb. Hassan Ardo Tukur has been honoured with the Ivorian national honour of Officer of the Order of the Nation of Cote d’ivoire. Tukur who was former Principal Private Secretary to former President Goodluck Jonathan, received the award...
Nigerian News
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – UNICEF on Monday congratulated the Kebbi State Government for signing into law, the state’s Child Rights Bill passed by the state House of Assembly. It therefore called on the state government to allocate and release adequate resources as well as put in place mechanisms...
The Speaker of the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Dr. Sidie Tunis, has directed the immediate suspension of staff recruitment. He has subsequently set up a panel to investigate alleged malpractices in the recruitment process. Tunis gave the directive in a statement issued by...
Prominent Nigerians have applauded the high quality production of a stage play “A Truth in Time”, to celebrate the time and life of Emir Sanusi. The play was written by Ahmed Yerima, a Professor of Drama at the Redeemer University, Ede, and produced by Mr Joseph Edgar, Executive Chairman,...
YIAGA Africa, a civil society organisation and a popular comedian, Chucks D General, said they would jointly mobilise 60 per cent of Nigerian youths to vote in the 2023 general elections. Mr Michael Agada, Senior Research Officer, Yiaga Africa, disclosed this at a show staged by Chucks D General...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – The Benue State Government is to formally submit an application to President Muhammadu Buhari this week for approval for licences to procure AK 47 and AK 49 riffles on behalf of the newly established Benue State Community Volunteer Guards. Governor Samuel Ortom made this...
The Director-General, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mr Mustapha Ahmed, says the agency is better prepared to provide a well coordinated and timely response to emergencies in the country. He said this at the end of an Incident Command System and Emergency Coordination Centre (ICS/ECC) training in Abuja. The...
The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) has described the economic challenges facing the country as multi-faceted and called for a holistic and multi-pronged approach toward resolving them. NECA’s Director-General, Mr Wale Oyerinde, in a statement on Sunday in Lagos, said there was no better time for the Federal Government...
President Muhammadu Buhari has joined millions of other sports loving Nigerians in celebrating the athletes that represented Nigeria gloriously in the the 22nd Commonwealth Games, Birmingham 2022. The president also watched some of the colourful and spectacular moments in the 11-day competition, which had no fewer than 5,000 athletes...
Prof. Chuwumerije Okereke, Director, Centre for Climate Change and Development at the Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ebonyi State, says climate change will cost Nigeria $460 billion by 2050, if action is not taken to mitigate its effects. Okereke made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of...
If indications from two separate but related events that were held few months ago are anything to go by, then one of Nigeria’s most vulnerable groups may be on the verge of experiencing better times. The events, hosted in two separate states/regions and split by a 20-day interval, held...
Miss Agriculture Nigeria, Miss Eucharia Odida, has said that if 60 per cent of youths in the country venture into agriculture, the unemployment challenge in the country would be reduced drastically. Odida, who spoke in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Calabar, said...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Members of the public in Nigeria and abroad have been invited to nominate Nigerians of impeccable integrity and or notable impact for recognition at the 2022 edition of the Gani Fawehinmi Impact and Integrity Awards (GFIIA). The nomination should be done through the Awards...
….Wage bills of 66,460 ministries’ staff hit N924bn The Federal Government would not encourage premature retirements of Civil Servants, as being insinuated in some quarters, PRNigeria learnt. It is recently reported that Nigerian Governors, under the auspices of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF), at a meeting with President Muhammadu...
President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged full support for three major international events scheduled to hold in Nigeria in October and November. According to him, these events are opportunities to showcase the nation’s rich heritage in culture, arts, tourism and entertainment as well as advancements in media freedom. Nigeria will...
Deposed Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, says he will continue to speak and air his views to defend and rebuild Nigeria. Sanusi, who is also the current Khalifah, Tijaniyat Movement of Nigeria, said this in Abuja on Saturday at a stage play titled “Emir Sanusi: Truth in Time.’’...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the killing of non-indigenes and law enforcement officials by terrorists in the South-East. President Buhari vowed to undertake all possible action in conducting a speedy investigation to bring the perpetrators to justice. He stated this in a statement issued...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has expressed satisfaction over the conduct of its 2022 mop-up Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) held in 45 centres across the country on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the examination was for candidates who could not participate in...
Former Inspector-General of Police, Mr Tafa Balogun, was buried in his country home of Ila-Orangun, Osun, on Saturday. Balogun was appointed Nigeria’s 21st Inspector-General of Police on March 6, 2002. He left the office in 2005. He passed on in Lagos on Thursday, four days to his 75th birthday....
Mr Aloysius Okino, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Ajaokuta Federal Constituency, Kogi has decried the incessant attacks being recorded in the constituency. Okino said this on Saturday during a sensitisation visit he paid to the people of Gadumo Primary School Polling Unit in Ajaokuta Local Government...