By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Director-General/Chief Executive of the Industrial Training Fund (ITF), Sir Joseph N. Ari, has commended the Ikorodu Area Office of the agency, for exceeding its one-year target even as it marks its first Interactive forum and first anniversary. The agency also expressed appreciation for...
Nigerian News
Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal has described bandits terrorising people in parts of the country as enemies of humanity who should be treated as such. Governor Tambuwal made the remark on Tuesday when he received a delegation of Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF), led by its Chairman, Gov. Kayode Fayemi...
Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Tuesday forwarded an executive Bill to the State House of Assembly for consideration of a law to provide for the forfeiture of property used for illegal storage of crude oil. The bill is contained in a letter read during plenary of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Governors of the six states in the northeast are currently in closed door session of their forum’s sixth meeting, holding in Damaturu, Yobe State capital. The meeting is being led by Governor of Borno State, Babagana Umara Zulum who is chairman of the Northeast...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has inaugurated the Fashion and Design Shared Facility with 200 garment production equipment in Owerri, Imo. The vice president also unveiled the 29th National Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Clinic in Imo under the National MSMEs Clinic Scheme. Speaking afterwards, Osinbajo said that the...
Maristella Okpala, Nigeria’s representative at the Miss Universe 2021, has won the award for Best National Costume in the pageant. The award was announced on Monday after Okpala strutted the runway in a costume inspired by ‘Mmanwa’, a traditional masquerade from the southeastern part of Nigeria. Mmanwa is a...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The Brotherhood of the Cross and Star (BCS) has said over 5,000 participants are expected to attend the 3rd edition of Leader Olumba Olumba Obu annual public lecture series in Calabar, the Cross River State Capital this weekend. Addressing Journalists at the (BCS) Headquarters, the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has said Nigeria will keep pledges made to the ECOWAS Parliament, and to the sub-regional body at large President Buhari spoke on Tuesday at State House, Abuja, while receiving a team from ECOWAS Parliament, led by the Speaker, Dr Sidie Mohammed...
The House of Representatives has approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s loan request of 5.8 billion dollars and grant of $10 million. The loans are to be sourced from the World Bank, Islamic Development Bank, China Exim bank, Chinese Africa Development Fund, and International Fund for Agricultural Development. In approving the...
President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate seeking the confirmation of the nomination of some National Commissioners and Resident Electoral Commissioners to replace the outgoing ones. Senate President Ahmad Lawan read the letter during Tuesday’s plenary session. The nominees are Malam Mohammed Haruna from Niger State as the...
Chief Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, says Nigeria has the capacity to become the highest producer of petrochemicals in the world. This, according to him, is possible with the implementation of the Decade of Gas Development initiative, The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Sylva...
President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate seeking the confirmation of a ministerial nominee, Mister Muazu Sambo from Taraba State. Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, read Buhari’s letter at the upper chamber during plenary on Tuesday morning. Details later…
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Retired Major-General Babagana Monguno, has named three groups supporting terrorist organisations in the Sahel region. Mr. Mongunoidentified them as Jama’at Nasr al-Islam Wal Muslimin (JNIM), the Islamic and Muslim Support Group (GSIM), and Islamic State in Greater Sahara (ISGS). He made the disclosure on...
The self-acclaimed leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has instituted a fresh suit against the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, and the Department of the State Services (DSS) over alleged denial of his fundamental human rights. In the fresh...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $210 million loan that could impact the lives of millions of people in Africa’s most populous country. The loan, which was approved by AFDB’s Board of Directors would co-finance Phase 1 of the Nigeria Special Agro-Industrial Processing...
Operatives of the Imo State Police Command alongside other security agents have arrested no fewer than 30 suspected kidnappers and criminals in the state. The criminals were arrested during a Monday raid, by a joint security team, on camps in Orsu local government and Uli community in Ihiala local...
The President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, says the National Assembly will pass the proposed 2022 budget before the end of the legislative week. He disclosed this on Monday in Abuja while giving a lecture at the maiden Distinguished Parliamentarians Lecture Series organised by the National Institute for...
Nigeria has regained the top spot among crude oil producing countries in Africa with the nation’s crude oil production averaging 1.27 million barrels per day in November. The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) made this known in its Oil Market Report for December which was obtained by...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Director General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Mr. Alex A. Okoh has pledged the determination of the Bureau to ensure the smooth conclusion of the Health Sector Reform in the country. Mr Okoh made the pledge recently when the Rotary Club...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – No fewer than 1,060 Special and Regular Marshals as well as medical personnel will be deployed across Bauchi State from 17th December, 2021 to 15th January, 2022 to ensure an accident-free Yuletide, the Federal Road Safety Corp has stated. A statement signed and made available...