Former Governor of Lagos State, Sen. Bola Tinubu, has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on his 79th birthday. Tinubu, in a statement signed by him on Friday in Lagos, described the President as a great reformer and democrat. The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader said beyond his admiration and...
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By DAVID IORJA – On his 79th birthday, today Friday in Istanbul, Turkey, President Muhammadu Buhari cut a birthday cake moulded in national colours, green-white-green to start the day, went straight to chair a planning meeting with officials in his delegation and thereafter drove to the Dolmabahce Palace for...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, in pursuance of its mandate of provision of Rural Development Projects, has commissioned two solar powered boreholes with overhead plastic tanks at Jibrilla, Kotoko and Muna farming community farming communities in Jere Local Government Area of Borno...
Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral, A.Z. Gambo, has inaugurated two projects in the Central Naval Command (CNC), Bayelsa. Inaugurating the projects on Friday, Gambo, said that the projects, which include the construction of a Mast Island and NNS Soroh Regulating Office, will boost professional efficiency of the...
By DAVID IORJA – In furtherance of sustained efforts at keeping Nigerians safer, President Muhammadu Buhari, Friday said Nigeria will partner with the Republic of Turkey in dealing with the current security challenges facing the nation. Speaking at a bilateral meeting with Recep Tayyip Erdogan, his Turkish counterpart shortly...
The Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has written a letter to the President Muhammadu Buhari, highlighting the problems with the inclusion of mandatory direct primaries in the Electoral Act amendment bill. It was learnt on Thursday that the AGF’s letter on the amended Electoral Act bill was...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) Chapter has threatened to join the ASUU National Secretariat planned nation wide strike if the Federal Government do not implement the negotiations jointly signed by both the Federal Government and ASUU National officials....
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETfund) has sponsored a total of 30,000 lecturers for master’s and Ph.D. programmes in both local and foreign institutions in the last ten years. Executive Secretary of TETFund, Professor Suleiman Bogoro, disclosed this in Abuja yesterday, at the 10th...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja Federal Capital Territory Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, has called for unity and peaceful coexistence among Nigerians, when she led Ambassadors of Voice for Change on a road show along major streets of Abuja. The minister who was joined by the immediate members...
The Federal Government has rolled out plans to strengthen Nigeria’s agricultural sector so as to ensure food security in 2022. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammed Abubakar, disclosed this on Thursday at the launch of a Rural Rubber Resources Centre at Ndioko Izombe and a 1,000 capacity...
The House of Representatives has resolved to setup an ad hoc committee to investigate the level of compliance of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) aided Transport Companies with the country’s extant tax laws. The resolution was sequel to a unanimous adoption of a motion by Rep. Ganiyu Abiodun (APC-Lagos...
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Federal Ministry of Finance to release withheld salaries of resident doctors for the month of September and October 2021. The Minister of Labour, Dr Chris Ngige, disclosed this to State House correspondents after a meeting with Buhari on Thursday. He explained that the...
The World Bank has approved a 700 million dollar credit from its International Development Association (IDA) for the Nigeria Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) Project. It said this in a statement issued in Washington on Thursday. According to the statement, the project will increase the implementation of sustainable...
Obinna Iyiegbu, the Chairman of Cubana Group, popularly known as Obi Cubana says he will build low cost housing for charity across the six geopolitical zones of the country. Iyiegbu made the promise while receiving the 2021 Man of The Year Award presented to him by Igbere TV, Leadership...
BY BARBARA KALU, Abakaliki- The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Ebonyi State has intercepted about 196 pinches of methamphetamine, popularly called “Mkpurummiri” from suspected drug dealers from January to date. The state NDLEA Commander, Mr Isa Adoro, who revealed this to newsmen in Abakaliki on Thursday, said...
The Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has urged the National Chairman Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, Gov Mai Mala Buni and members of the planning committee to consider postponing the earlier scheduled plan of holding National convention in February. In a letter signed by Orji Uzor...
The Independent Petroleum Marketers of Nigeria (IPMAN) has blamed the increase in the pump price of petrol in South-Eastern states on the hike in price at private depots. Mr Chinedu Anyaso, Chairman of IPMAN, Enugu Depot in charge of Anambra, Ebonyi and Enugu States, disclosed this in an interview...
The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) on Thursday matriculated 453 cadets of its 75 regular course in Kaduna. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the event which was the 10th matriculation of the institution featured an oath taking by the cadets to mark their formal induction into their...
President Muhammadu Buhari marks the age of 79 on Friday 17, without the joy of being with the family and the country he governs, seeking to maximize bilateral benefits in critical areas of Nigeria’s safety, survival and economic development in a distant country, Turkey. As President in the last...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has assured that there will be a more aggressive accountability audit of Federal Government agencies. Prof. Osinbajo said the audit would help in identifying bureaucratic bottlenecks and removing them in a renewed effort to further improve the country’s business environment and economy. His spokesman, Laolu...