Benue Commissioner for Finance, Mr Michael Oglegba, has said that the Alia Cares Scheme has so far given ₦150,000 grants to more than 4,000 small business owners to expand their businesses. Oglegba made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Makurdi....
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- An 80-room new hotel in Victoria Island Lagos used as cover for distributing illicit substances has been raided by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) who after hours of combing the rooms recovered 589 bags of Canadian Loud, a strong strain of...
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, has said he is optimistic that more members of the opposition party will defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC). He made this known while briefing newsmen in Abuja on Saturday after a meeting with political stakeholders from Delta. The News Agency of Nigeria...
The Deputy National Chairman of the Labour Party, Dr Ayo Olorunfemi, has advised the 2023 LP presidential candidate to ignore all calls to dump the party ahead of 2027 general election. Olorunfemi, also the LP Candidate in the 2024 Ondo governorship election, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
President of the Nigeria Rescue Mission Organisation and former President of Buhari Youth Organisation (BYO), Dr Jibril Mustapha, on Sunday urged former President Goodluck Jonathan to contest 2027 presidential election. Mustapha, who made this call in a statement on Sunday in Lagos, said Jonathan should heed the call to...
The Accord Party in Lagos State has announced free nomination forms for female aspirants and Persons with Disabilities (PwD) in the July 12 local elections. The Chairman of Lagos State Accord Caretaker Executive Committee, Mr Dele Oladeji, disclosed this in the party’s Election Guidelines and Timetable, released on Sunday...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri– No fewer than 12 people were reported killed by suspected Boko Haram terrorists along Kirawa road and Bokko Ghide community of Pulka District in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State on Friday and Saturday. This is as the Emir of Gwoza, HRH Alhaji Mohammed...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Association of Resident Communities in Sokoto (ARCOS) has inaugurated a 12-member security committee task with the responsibility of gathering intelligence in assisting the maintenance of the peace and security enjoyed in the State. Addressing members of the association before inaugurating the security committee,...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The management of Benue State Polytechnic, Ugbokolo has revealed its plans to introduce digital models to enhance seamless administrative and academic operations for effective and efficient service delivery.Speaking during the inaugural academic board meeting over the weekend, the Rector of the Polytechnic, Dr....
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The immediate past Governor of Benue State, Chief Samuel Ortom has mourned the demise of the Ter Ikyor, His Royal Highness, Chief Thomas Tule Jam Gbinde, describing it as a huge loss to Tiv land and the state at large. Ortom in a...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia has described the comments of Prof. Chidi Odinkalu during his recent reaction regarding governor’s response to the ongoing violence in Benue State as unveiling a disturbing insensitivity towards the casualties of these attacks. The governor, who spoke through...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara, has urged the Chad Basin Development Authority (CBDA) to make significant investments in groundwater irrigated farming around the Lake Chad area, in order to enhance food sufficiency and stimulate economic revitalisation across the State and the North East...
Pope Francis was buried in the Basilica of Saint Mary Major on Saturday afternoon, after hundreds of thousands of people from global leaders to the impoverished and marginalised paid their respects to the man celebrated for his humility and humanity. The rites for the pontiff, who died at the...
The Congress of University Academics (CONUA) has urged the Federal Government to review lecturers’ salaries in line with Nigeria’s current economic realities. President of CONUA, Prof. Niyi Sunmonu, made this call on Saturday in Abuja while reacting to the federal government’s release of N50 billion for Earned Academic Allowances...
A chieftain of All Progressives Congress.(APC), Uche Nwosu, has said the South should be allowed to complete its eight years of presidency. Nwosu, a former Chief of Staff to Imo government, stated this in an interview with newsmen on Saturday in Abuja. According to him, the southern part of...
By HARUNA AHMED, Damaturu – Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, has declared he will not join the opposition coalition led by former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar. The Director-General, Press and Media Affairs, Alhaji Mamman Mohammed, stated this in a statement issued in Damaturu on Saturday. Recalled that a viral...
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted thunderstorms and haziness across Nigeria from Sunday to Tuesday. In its weather outlook released on Saturday in Abuja, NiMet forecasted moderate dust haze over Katsina, Sokoto, Zamfara, Borno, Kano, Yobe, and Jigawa States. It also predicted isolated thunderstorms in parts of Adamawa...
In a small village of Unguan Kanawa, Tankarau, Dutsen-Abba Ward, Zaria Local Government Area of Kaduna State, a tragic reality has sparked a life-saving transformation. Many residents in the village had lost their children to measles due to their resistance to vaccination. This true call confession cane to the...
The Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has directed a total clampdown on unregistered hospitals and quack medical personnel operating in the FCT. Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, to the minister, Mr Lere Olayinka, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on...
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has described vaccines used in immunisation efforts as “sustainable” adding that they have saved six lives every minute over the last five decades. UNICEF’s Chief, Enugu Field Office, Mrs Juliet Chiluwe, said this at a virtual media dialogue with journalists in Owerri, on...