By EDDY OCHIGBO, Kaduna – In a bid to enhance participatory democratic governance and quality service delivery at the local government level in the country, Partnership to Engage, Reform and Learn (PERL), a United Kingdom-funded governance programme, during the week, engaged media executives in Kaduna, to mobilise support for...
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As Christians celebrate Good Friday, Bishop Emmanuel Badejo of the Catholic Diocese of Oyo has urged all Nigerians to use the opportunity to repent and take positive actions toward God and humanity. Badejo made the call in a statement he made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
Hamman Madu has been appointed as the new Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) Managing Director by President Muhammadu Buhari. The outgoing MD, Ahmed Dangiwa, took over from Richard Esin, who served in an acting capacity after the tenure of Gimba Ya’u Kumo. The President also approved the reconstitution...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. (NNPC) says the ongoing Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) gas pipeline project will be completed by the first quarter of 2023. Malam Mele Kyari, Group Managing Director, NNPC said this on Thursday while inspecting the AKK gas project site at Abaji, Abuja along with some NNPC...
The Senate has passed the revised 2022 N17.3trillion budget. This followed the adoption of the report of Senate Committee on Appropriation at Thursday’s plenary. Presenting the report, Sen. Barau Jibrin, the Chairman of the committee said that the budget was made up of N7 trillion recurrent expenditure and N5...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – The Benue State Government has released over N1.5 billion naira to facilitate implementation of the State COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus Programme, B-CARES. Governor Samuel Ortom made this known Thursday, while launching the commencement of the programme which featured distribution of cheques to...
Intending railway passengers should get their National Identity Number (NIN) ready as it will be a requirement from May. Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Mr Fidet Okhiria, stated in Abuja on Thursday that the NIN would be needed to enhance profiling of passengers. This, he explained,...
By EMMANUEL JIMOH, Asaba – The Deputy Senate President, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege on Thursday declared his intention to run for the office of Governor of Delta State under the All Progressives Congress (APC). Senator Omo-Agege declared his interest at a rally held at the Federal University of Petroleum Resources...
The House of Representatives on Thursday approved N4 trillion for fuel subsidy in the revised 2022 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) sent by President Muhammadu Buhari on April 7. The House also passed the sum of N182 billion as an increment for the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) salary, while it...
The Federal Government is targeting April 2023 for the conduct of National Population Census. The Chairman of the National Population Commission (NPC), Nasir Isa-Kwarra, made this known at the end of the virtual meeting of the Council of State, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja....
The Senate has received the Money Laundering Bill and Terrorism Prevention Bill transmitted by President Muhammadu Buhari for consideration and passage. The bills were accompanied by a letter read at plenary on Thursday by Senate President Ahmad Lawan. Buhari, in the letter dated April,12, said the request for the...
I join our Christian brothers and sisters to celebrate this year’s Easter, which is the most significant event/festival in the Christian calendar. This year’s celebration is very unique for adherents of the two great faiths in Nigeria. It culminates the 40-day season of Lent for Christians, where the faithful is...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Eight years after the abduction of 276 Chibok school girls by Boko Haram, more than 1,500 Nigerian school children have been abducted by armed groups and the Nigerian authorities are failing to protect them. This is according to an investigation by the human rights...
An 18-year-old boy identified as Chibuike Emmanuel has reportedly died from electrocution in Ozoro, Isoko North Local Government Area of Delta. The teenager was said to have been electrocuted at about 5:00 pm on Tuesday while charging his iPhone 8 with a public electric supply. According to a community...
Twenty-nine bodies of young firewood hawkers have been buried in Gidan Magana Village in the Shagari Local Government Area (LGA) of Sokoto State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the hawkers died on Wednesday when their boat capsized in Shagari River on their way to fetch firewood...
We bring you greetings in Jesus’ Name. We are in a season that calls for sober reflection in the light of the passing of our beloved sister, Osinachi Nwanchukwu who is a kingdom and generation asset to this generation. In the light of so much misinformation and misconstruction of...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Executive Secretary of Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Dr Hamid Bobboyi has disclosed that Commission is worried by the poor learning outcomes in basic education despite huge intervention by the Federal Government. He, however, blamed this on a number of factors including, recruitment...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – UNICEF has called on the Federal Government to make schools safe and provide a secure learning environment for every child in Nigeria, especially for girls, to increase girls’ enrollment, retention, and completion of education. The UNICEF Communication Officer in Borno State, Mrs. Folashade Adebayo,...
The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, has directed the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) to handover tickets and passengers’ identification to Secure ID, the company in charge of the E-Ticketing platform for Abuja-Kaduna rail service. According to Amaechi, this will help in reducing incidents of crime and also curb...
INEC will count votes and not prayer points in 2023, the Anglican Bishop of Nike Diocese, in Enugu State, Most Rev. Christian Onyia, reminded eligible voters on Wednesday. Addressing a pre-Synod media briefing, Onyia admonished eligible voters yet to obtain Permanent Voter Cards to do so, speedily as the...