By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Cross River State Microfinance and Enterprise Development Agency (MEDA) has awarded a ₦1 million grant to three women-owned businesses at the Calabarmums Big Meet Business Summit. The event, themed “Her Money, Her Power,” aimed to empower women entrepreneurs and promote business development. In...
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By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has described the death of elder statesman and Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, as shocking and and filled with grief. The governor, in a statement signed and made available to journalists in the State on Tuesday by his Special...
By AUSTINE TSENZUGHUL, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, has received praise for substantially increasing the monthly allocations to Sa’adu Zungur University (SAZU), Gadau, a state-owned institution. A statement issued by the university’s PRO, Auwal Hassan, said the University’s management and community expressed their gratitude to the...
For the first time in Africa, radio is no longer just about listening to music and advertisements; it’s added shopping. KongaFM -103.7, Nigeria’s pioneering Hit Music & Commerce radio station, is set to change the way Nigerians buy and sell with the official launch of “Shop On Radio.” On...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – Elder statesman and leader of Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, has died at the age of 97. The elder statesman, who was a former Commissioner of Information, died on Monday night, February 17, 2025, according to a statement signed by...
Nigeria’s headline inflation has dropped to 24.48 per cent year on year in January 2025. This is a sharp decline from the 34.80 per cent headline inflation recorded in December 2024. This is according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The Statistician-General of the Federation Adeyemi Adeniran announced...
By OLA MODUPE, Abeokuta – Ogun State Police Command has declared a music artiste, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as “Portable”, wanted. The command’s spokesperson, CSP Omolola Odutola, in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Tuesday, said Portable was wanted for allegedly attacking some government officials on lawful duties. Odutola...
A former two-term lawmaker at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Jude Idimogu, on Tuesday said that Nigeria and Niger-Delta had lost a rare star and courageous leader with the death of Chief Edwin Clark. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Clark, the leader of the Pan...
Cross River State Government has taken over the possession of the foremost Tinapa Business Resort following an agreement with the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON). Gov. Bassey Otu made the disclosure on Tuesday at a media parley with selected journalists in Calabar. Otu explained that the recovery of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Government through the Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) distributes the sum of 200,000 each to first batch 713, returnees who return back from Chad & Cameron respectively The first trip (Batch A) also received many humanitarian intervention which includes food...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja- Operatives of the Makurdi Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 15 suspected internet fraudsters in Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, FCT. The anti-graft agency in a post on its X handle on Tuesday, said the suspects were arrested in Amax Apartment,...
by SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Federal Government of Nigeria, through the National Commission for Migrants, Refugees, and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI), officially handed over food and non-food relief items to the Borno State Government this morning to support the resettlement of Nigerians returning from Chad. During the handover...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja– Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has called for a thorough investigation into a viral video showing armed operatives from the Department of State Service (DSS) at the Lagos State House of Assembly. Abubakar, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, described the action of the security...
The national leadership of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday told the sacked local government chairmen and councilors in Osun to perish the thought of coming back to office. The party, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba in Abuja, described the attempt by the council...
Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday in Ikeja passed a vote of confidence in the leadership of Mojisola Meranda as the substantive Speaker. The lawmakers passed the resolution through a voice vote after Oladipo Ajomale (Oshodi-Isolo 2) moved a motion affirming the Assembly’s trust in...
An auto crash involving an articulated vehicle in Kogi has claimed the lives of seven people, including four students from the Federal University, Lokoja (FUL), while another student sustained injuries. The FRSC Kogi Sector Commander, Mr Samuel Oyedeji, revealed the details to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
The Lagos State House of Assembly has called for a thorough investigation into the Department of State Services (DSS) for its undue interference at the complex on Monday. Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Security, and Strategy, Mr Stephen Ogundipe, made this known in a statement statement in...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja- The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has announced the successful completion of its recruitment exercise, which was conducted with fairness, transparency, and rigor. The Chief Corporate Communications Officer, NNPC Limited, Olufemi Soneye, expressed gratitude to all applicants who participated in the process and assured...
Key All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders in Ekiti Central Senatorial District have endorsed Governor Biodun Oyebanji for the 2026 governorship election. The endorsement took place during a special senatorial meeting organised by APC leaders and stakeholders from Ekiti Central Senatorial District, held at Fajuyi Pavilion, Ado Ekiti. Among the...
By EMMANUEL JIMOH, Benin – Operatives of the Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arrested 47 suspected internet fraudsters at different locations in Ekpoma, Edo State. The suspects according to a post on Monday on the Commission’s X handle were arrested on Saturday,...