Nigerian Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima has charged world leaders to move beyond pledging to performance, and from dialogue to taking reasonable action in tackling climate change and its attendant natural disasters that have claimed innocent lives and rendered many homeless across the globe. “Let COP30 be remembered as...
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Kogi State Executive Council presided over by Governor Ahmed Ododo has approved the sum of eight hundred and twenty billion, four hundred and ninety million, five hundred and eighty five thousand four hundred and forty three (₦820,490,585,443) naira as the draft budget estimates for the 2026 fiscal year. The...
Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Arc. Sonny Echono, has called on the Public Service Institute of Nigeria (PSIN), to develop a core of officers that can respond to the fast-changing dynamics of governance, and elevate the quality of their service to meet the changing needs of...
Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Wahidi Shaibu, paid a courtesy visit to the Shehu of Borno, His Royal Highness, Alhaji Dr. Abubakar Ibn Umar Garbai Al-Amin El kanemi, at the Shehu’s palace in Maiduguri on Thursday to seek royal blessing and special prayers over his recent appointment...
Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has expressed deep sorrow over the passing of Major-General Abdullahi Mohammed (rtd), describing him as a distinguished patriot, consummate nationalist, and a pillar of Nigeria’s security and governance architecture. In a condolence message signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Professor Tukur A. Muhammad-Baba, the ACF...
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commenced the distribution of sensitive election materials across all 21 Local Government Areas in Anambra State ahead of Saturday’s governorship election. Speaking on Thursday at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) office in Awka, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) confirmed that all materials...
Federal Government has said it would not slide into panic mode but will continue to work assiduously with local and international partners to end terrorism and insecurity in the country. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, stated this on Thursday while briefing State House correspondents after the...
Africa Nature Investors (ANI) Foundation and Roshan Renewables have empowered 450 women in some rural communities of Adamawa state to save funds to the tune of N53 million. Deputy Project Manager of ANI Foundation, Dr. David Peter, disclosed the savings milestone during the close-out ceremony for the two-year programme...
Taraba State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has officially confirmed that Governor Agbu Kefas has “crossed the Rubicon” to join the ruling party. Party officials say members across the state are ready to welcome him with open arms. APC’s State Director of Publicity, Aeron Atimas, disclosed this...
Two major domestic workers’ unions in the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Association of Senior Staff of Banks, Insurance, and Financial Institutions, (ASSBIFI) and the National Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions Employees, (NUBIFIE), have thrown their weight behind the Management team led by the Managing Director,...
Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned one Bashir Bello Ibrahim, a former Kaduna State government’s contractor and Chief Executive Officer, CEO, of Formal Act Legacy Limited before Justice R. M. Aikawa of the Federal High Court, sitting in Kaduna for fraud. He...
President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday in Abuja, stated that Nigeria remains on a steady growth trajectory, with more promise of stability and prosperity as economic reforms continue to yield results and gain national and international acceptance. The President spoke at the Federal Executive Council after the swearing-in of two...
Nigeria has positioned itself as West Africa’s climate action leader following its submission of the region’s first 3rd National Determined Contribution (NDC 3.0) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. This comes as Vice President Kashim Shettima prepares to unveil Nigeria’s green transition roadmap to world leaders,...
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Joash Amupitan, has revealed that about 75 percent of all litigations involving the commission arise from pre-election disputes, most of which are fueled by internal wrangling and leadership crises within political parties. Speaking with journalists in Awka on Wednesday,...
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members to be deployed in Saturday’s Anambra governorship election of their safety and prompt payment of election duty allowances. INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, in an interview with newsmen in Awka on Wednesday, said nobody would...
For more than two decades, the popular commercial spot known as Bulumkuttu ‘Yan Nono along the Kano-Jos Road has served as a bustling center for the sale of traditional fermented milk (nono) a northern Nigerian delicacy attracting hundreds of residents including youths, tricycle riders, drivers, and travelers. Over time,...
Benue State Government has approved the sum of N2.9 billion for payment of allowances of the staff of Fr. Adasu University Makurdi (FAUM) as well as the College of Health Sciences. Addressing newsmen at the end of the State Executive Council meeting on Wednesday at Government House Makurdi, the...
There is high hope for the sacked employees of Local Government Councils in Benue State who were employed in 2011 but sacked in 2017 by the previous administration of the state. The Chairman, Benue State Local Government Service Commission (LGSC), Mr. James Ivever, while briefing journalists at the NUJ...
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has commended the leadership of the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) for its decentralization reforms and establishment of the North-East Regional Steering Committee (NERSC) which is aimed at strengthening engineering governance across the country. Governor Zulum gave the commendations in...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, has commended Governor Uba Sani for transforming the agricultural and agro-industrial landscape of Kaduna State within just two and a half years in office. Speaking when he led a delegation of Commissioners of Agriculture from...