The Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), has rehabilitated and empowered fifty seven beneficiaries of its Employees’ Compensation Scheme (ECS) with start-up kits and work tools. This is as the Fund’s Managing Director Barrister Oluwaseun Faleye stated that NSITF will continue to be alive to its mandate of improved...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, on Monday, received the new Swiss Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Patrick Egloff, at the Government House in Maiduguri. During the meeting, Governor Zulum expressed gratitude to the government of Switzerland for its humanitarian support, particularly the aid provided during...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH Lafia – “Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time” …. anonymous. In his inaugural speech on May 29, 2019, Governor Abdullahi Sule, emphasized his commitment to peace and security, highlighting it as a foundation for...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) has released the list of candidates shortlisted for the upcoming Computer-Based Test (CBT) in the ongoing paramilitary recruitment exercise. The shortlisted applicants are those who applied for positions in the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Nigeria Immigration...
Nigeria Police Force has withdrawn its proposed evidence in the ongoing cyberstalking case against Mrs. Chioma Okoli, who is being tried over her controversial review of Erisco Foods’ Nagiko Tomato Mix. The decision was made on Wednesday at the Federal High Court in Abuja, where police counsel Adam Ugwuanyi...
Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Sen. Basheer Lado, has commended the Senate leadership and lawmakers for the prompt confirmation of the newly appointed Service Chiefs. Lado, in a statement released on Wednesday in Abuja, expressed satisfaction with the smooth and efficient screening process...
Federal Government has released ₦2.3 billion to unions across federal universities to offset long-standing arrears, reaffirming its commitment to revitalising Nigeria’s tertiary education sector. Minister of State for Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, announced the development on Wednesday while providing an update on ongoing talks between the government and various...
Foremost real estate investor in Port Harcourt and South-South, My-ACE China, popularly known as the Mayor of Housing, has bagged the Mandela Africa Leadership Award. The real estate success strategist, who is behind a new mini-city known as the Alesa Highland Smart City near Onne Port, said after the...
Federal Government has announced that Nigeria’s livestock industry could contribute as much as $74 billion to the nation’s GDP by 2035, under the new National Livestock Growth Acceleration Strategy (NL-GAS). Minister of Livestock Development, Dr. Idi Maiha, disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja during a Donor and Partnership Workshop...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has revoked the presidential pardon earlier granted to Maryam Sanda, who was convicted of murdering her husband, Bilyaminu Bello, in Abuja. According to an official gazette released on Wednesday by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu commuted Sanda’s death sentence...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to transforming the livestock sector through partnerships, infrastructure development, and investment promotion. Speaking at the Arla-Dano Open Day in Kaduna on Wednesday, the governor disclosed that Arla Foods has invested €10 million in establishing a...
Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede has handed over properties and money recovered from a fake spiritualist and advance fee fraudster, Fatai Alli, to a victim, Daniel Attiogbe, in Ibadan. Its Spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, said this in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday. Oyewale said the...
Senate on Wednesday confirmed the appointments of Nigeria’s new Service Chiefs, following their nomination by President Bola Tinubu. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), those confirmed include General Olufemi Oluyede as Chief of Defence Staff, Major-General Waheedi Shaibu as Chief of Army Staff, Air Vice Marshal Kennedy...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has formally signed the instruments of release, completing the constitutional process of granting clemency and pardon to selected individuals previously convicted for various offences. This move follows consultations with the Council of State and input from the public, leading to a...
In most democratic states, there is always the tendency for citizens to assume, though erroneously, that the exercise of the rights guaranteed under the Constitution is absolute and without limit. Buoyed by such reasoning, some citizens are often tempted to make demands, ranging from the unusual to the absurd,...
By ANIEFIOK UDONQUAK, Uyo – General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye has paid a condolence visit to the family of the late Evangelist Uma Ukpai in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State describing him as a friend and a true general of the faith....
Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the permanent forfeiture of $49,700 recovered from Dr. Nura Ali, the former Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Sokoto State, to the Federal Government of Nigeria. Justice Emeka Nwite issued the order on Wednesday after hearing...
Danish billionaire and Founder of Bestseller Foundation, Mr Anders Povlsen, has pledged to invest in Nigeria’s digital economy, entertainment and sports sectors. Povlsen made the commitment on Tuesday during a courtesy visit to President Bola Tinubu at the State House, Abuja. He was accompanied by the Danish Ambassador to...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- President of the Bloggers and Vloggers, Content Creators Association in Nigeria (BAVCCA), Mr. Ikechukwu Chukwunyere, has described the Dangote Refinery as a “national asset that every Nigerian must protect, nurture, and defend against any form of sabotage or doubt.” He made this declaration on Wednesday...