By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Aliyu has identified poverty, social exclusion, distance from school facilities and poor quality education coupled with gender disparities as factors working against women’s leadership roles in Africa. The minister stated this at the African Women in Leadership Organisation...
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The management of Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC), on Sunday, decried the raising spate of outright energy theft and meter bypass within the South-East. “This development has consistently impacted negatively on the revenue of the company and ultimately impacted its ability to meet up with its obligations to market...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a fake security agent, Babagana Ma’aji through a controlled delivery of 5.6kg cannabis from Lagos in Plateau. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said the suspect based...
By JACOB KUBEKA, Abuja – In an apparent move aimed at avoiding a situation where the next President would spent more time on medical trips abroad than remain at home to fix Nigeria’s problems, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), has called for proof of medical fitness of those aspiring...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – As the Federal Government commenced full implementation of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) in earnest, the new legislation has been tipped to provide business opportunities that will enable the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) earn more revenue for the country. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of...
By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and Governor of Ekiti State, Dr John Kayode Fayemi, has invited all the 36 Governors to a very crucial meeting where pressing national concerns will be discussed. The meeting is for Wednesday January 19th 2022, Head, Media...
The Plateau State Commissioner for Land, Survey and Town Planning, Mr Yakubu Dati, has said that empowering people by turning land to capital will be given attention in 2022. “This can be done through the process of title issuing,” he told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in an...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to use his good offices and leadership position to “direct the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed to provide our organization with a copy of the agreement recently signed with Twitter,...
Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has expressed appreciation to the nation’s security forces for the achievements so far recorded in the fight against banditry and kidnapping in the North-West. Matawalle spoke at the 2022 Armed Forces Remembrance Day celebration in Gusau on Saturday. He said through the efforts of...
Katsina State Governor, Aminu Bello Masari has approved for the immediate reopening of all filling stations and cattle markets earlier closed down on account of cattle rustling and armed banditry in the state. The governor however instructed the two Emirate Councils in the State to admonish District and Village...
The Northern Governors Forum has eulogised the former Head of the Interim National Government (ING), Chief Ernest Shonekan, saying his legacies of patriotism, patience and tolerance will continue to live on. They lauded the late elder statesman critical role of ensuring the stability of Nigeria during one of its...
The Borno State Government has awarded N2.8bn contract for construction of 8.2 kilometers Maiduguri township roads. Mr Ali Goni-Lawan, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Works, stated this at the signing ceremony of the contract on Saturday in Maiduguri. Ali Goni-Lawan said the projects located within Maiduguri metropolis would be handled...
The Permanent Secretary and Secretary to the Police Service Commission (PSC) , Mr William Alo, has lost his 10-year-old son, Mathew, to a domestic accident which occurred in his Abakaliki residence. A statement by Mr Ikechukwu Ani, the Head of Press and Public Relations in PSC on Saturday in Abuja,...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Nigerian military troops have killed three notorious bamdits who have been terrorising residents of Chikun LGA of Kaduna State. The Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Saturday in Kaduna. Mr....
No fewer than 60 communities across Edo and Delta are benefitting from the Nigeria Petroleum Development Company Limited (NPDC) annual scholarship scheme organised for its host communities. Mr Dahiru Abubakar, Manager, Community Relations Department, NPDC, made this known on Saturday during the conduct of the year 2020/2021 scholarship examination...
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Zubairu Dada has engaged with Amb. Faisal Al-Ghamdi, Saudi Arabian Ambassador to Nigeria, calling for the removal of travel restrictions placed on Nigerians intending to visit Saudi Arabia. Mr Ibrahim Aliyu, the Special Assistant Media to Dada, made this known in a statement...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The newly elected chairman of Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), Ambassador Ogar Osim has pledged that his executive will work towards ensuring that the 2023 general elections is freed of violence and bloodshed. Ambassador Osim made the pledged at the end of his election at INEC...
The Jigawa State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (JSPHCDA), says it has inoculated 1.7 million children against polio in the 2022 First Round Immunisation exercise. Its Executive Secretary, Dr Kabiru Ibrahim, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Dutse. Ibrahim said that...
The Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development has commenced the training of 37 Master Trainers for the N-Skills programme to address unemployment deficiency in the country. Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, in her keynote address to declare the training open on...