Fourteen months after its facilities were vandalised by #EndSARS protesters, the Cross River Basin Development Authority (CRBDA) has allocated N200 million for the construction of a fish pond. Its spokesman, Mr Jackson John, told newsmen that a lot would be achieved with the 10,000 fingerlings-capacity fish pond. He said...
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The Federal Government has declared free train rides for citizens from Dec.24 to Jan 4, 2022. The Managing Director, Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), Mr Fidet Okhiria, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja. ”The decision which was made in collaboration...
Tragedy was averted on Friday at Isale Odo, LASU Road, in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State, following the containment of a pipeline explosion. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Acting Coordinator, South West Zonal Office of the National Emergency Management Agency, confirmed the development in a statement issued in Lagos....
Anambra residents have cried out to the state government to intervene and bring down the high cost of transportation in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent who monitored the human movement for the festive period reports on Thursday in Awka that fares have gone up. Mrs...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Maiduguri, Borno State, said more cooperation among elites in the country, with a commitment to inform people on realities and mobilize for development will help in resolving the challenges facing the nation. In a courtesy call at the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for his untiring concern and support to the people of Borno, just as he had visited the state twice in 6 months to commission developmental projects President Buhari had on Thursday paid a one...
The Mobil filling station at Unizik Junction, Awka axis of the Enugu-Onitsha expressway was on Thursday gutted by fire. The fire which emanated from yet to be identified source razed an empty petrol tanker, the lube house, part of the administrative block and some dispensing machines. The News Agency...
President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration will keep giving its best for the development of the country until May, 2023, reiterating that he will handover as stipulated by the Constitution. The President’s spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, in a statement said the president gave the assurance at the inauguration of...
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged troops of Operation Hadin Kai to remain steadfast as they go into the final phase of the campaign against insurgency and other forms of criminalities. The president, according to a statement issued by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, made the call when he addressed...
The Zamfara Commissioner for Women and Children Affairs, Hajiya Rabi Shinkafi, has resigned her appointment to take up another appointment as a commissioner in Imo. “I resigned my appointment as commissioner in Zamfara to enable me to pick another appointment as commissioner in Imo,’’ Shinkafi told the News Agency...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved 16 contracts aimed at boosting the capacity to transmit and distribute power in Nigeria. The Minister of Power, Alhaji Abubakar Aliyu, briefed State House correspondents after an extraordinary FEC meeting Presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday at the Presidential...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has called on Nigerians to observe COVID-19 health protocols during and after the Christmas season. The CAN President, Rev. Dr. Samson Ayokunle, made the call in a statement issued to newsmen on Thursday in Abuja. Rev. Ayokunle said...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Capital Territory Administration has disbursed a total sum of N3,726,007,503.49billion to the six Area Councils in the FCT and other stakeholders as its share of statutory allocation for the month of November 2021, The figure indicates a major decline in revenue from...
Esan Okpa Initiative (EOI), the newly birth pan socio-cultural organisation of Esan people, has restated its strong demand for a “new deal” that will guarantee justice, fairness and equity to persons of that extraction both in Edo state and within the country. While commending the very resourceful and enterprising...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade, has said the state government has shelved plans to privatize the over thirty industries built by his administration. Governor Ayade disclosed this on Thursday during his end of year interaction with the media in the state. Some of the...
As least five lives have been lost in an explosion at Maiduguri, capital of Borno State on Thursday, ahead of President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit. A source in Ajilari, Maina Mohammed told PUNCH that a bomb exploded very close to his house, killing a lady and injuring two young boys....
The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) can justify the N434.5 million payment to contractors. This is contained in a statement by the Spokesperson of the CCT, Atekojo Usman on Thursday in Abuja. Usman said the tribunal, which had the sole power to adjudicate on conducts of public officers had...
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Maiduguri as part of a one-day official visit to Borno. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the presidential jet on Thursday landed at the Nigerian Air Force wing of the Maiduguri International Airport at about 11.45 a.m. The president was received...
The Osun Government will continue to invest in infrastructure in rural areas for the socio-economic development and well-being of the people in the state. Gov. Gboyega Oyetola, who was represented by his Special Adviser on Civic Engagement, Mr Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, gave the assurance during a programme organised by the...
Gov. Ben Ayade declared on Thursday in Calabar that he would not privatise any of the 34 Cross River-owned companies in recognition of the choice of the people. Ayade told newsmen that while privatising the companies was the right thing to do, it was not politically correct. Few weeks...