By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu, has called on federal lawmakers to enact legislation that will boost economic activities and create an enabling environment for businesses to thrive. Governor Otu represented by his deputy, . Peter Odey made this appeal when he received in...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Media Trust Group, owners of Daily Trust, Weekend Trust , Aminiya, Trust TV and Trust Radio, said it has raised over N200 million through fundraising and spent it on humanitarian interventions in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states. The Director of Media Trust Group/ Daily...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja ,- Ahead of the October 1st planned nationwide protest, the Commissioner of Police, Kogi State Police Command, CP Bethrand Onuoha, psc (+), has engaged with the Executive of “TAKE IT BACK MOVEMENT” Kogi State Chapter at the Command Headquarters, Lokoja. A statement issued by the...
Abubakar Umar, the Sixth Prosecution Witness in the trial of former governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam has narrated before the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja presided over by Justice Peter Lifu, how in 2014, he converted the sum of ₦3.1bn wired to him by Suswam as governor, and...
The FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike has said “nobody has the monopoly of causing violence” in the wake of the political rift between himself and the Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara. Wike made the statement in Port Harcourt on Saturday at the Rivers State Ijaw Peoples Congress organised in...
Israeli military announced on Saturday that Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah was killed in a strike on Beirut. “Hassan Nasrallah is dead,” military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani announced on X. Military spokesman Captain David Avraham also confirmed to AFP that the Hezbollah chief had been “eliminated” following strikes Friday...
Operatives from the Sokoto Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have apprehended 13 individuals suspected of internet fraud in Sokoto State. Dele Oyewale, EFCC Spokesperson, in a statement in Abuja, said the arrests were made on Saturday in the Gidan Yaro and Dandima areas of...
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has said it would address ticket racketeering at the Abuja-Kaduna Train Service (AKTS). Deputy Director, Public Relations of NRC, Mr Yakub Mahmood, gave the assurance in a statement on Saturday in Lagos. “Information has reached the management of the NRC on difficulties of passengers...
The Yobe State has recorded four new cases of polio in three Local Government Areas (LGAs), three years after the state was declared polio-free. The Executive Secretary of the State Primary Healthcare Board, Dr Babagana Kundi-Machina, disclosed this while launching a campaign against the disease in Machina, a border...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) is confident that it can increase crude oil production from 1.7 million barrels per day to 3 million, says Chief Corporate Communications Officer Olufemi Soneye. Speaking in Abuja on Saturday, at a Stakeholders Engagement Session with National Assembly journalists, Soneye emphasised that...
Mr Peter Obi, Labour Party presidential candidate in Nigeria’s 2023 general elections, says security challenges bedeviling Africa are directly linked to poverty, with over 50 per cent of the population multi-dimensionally poor. The former governor of Anambra was speaking on Saturday in Athens, Greece’s capital, at an international dialogue...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) Zamfara Command, has dismissed ASCII Maikano Sarkin-Tasha for alleged collaboration with bandits to supply hard drugs and ammunition. The State Commandant, Sani Mustapha, disclosed this on Saturday during a news briefing in Gusau. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – In a proactive measure to prevent the transmission of rabies, a lethal infectious disease, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security has launched a mass dog vaccination campaign at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, University of Jos, Plateau State. This initiative, part of the...
President Bola Tinubu, has charged the Armed Forces to engage the nation’s adversaries with more military gallantry and sophistication. Tinubu gave the charge on Saturday in Kaduna at the combined passing out parade of the 71 Regular Course, Army, Navy and Air Force. The graduands also included: Direct Short...
Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf has launched the 2024 Polio Eradication campaign in Dawakin Kudu Local Government Area of the state. Yusuf reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to combating polio and other childhood diseases. He said that the campaign aimed to vaccinate all the eligible children in the state. Yusuf...
The Anambra Local Government Area Polls currently holding in the 21 council areas of the state is marred by low turnout of voters and absence of electoral materials and staff at some polling units (PU). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondents who monitored the polls reports that there...
Food System/Nutrition Specialist at the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations, Mr Ibrahim Ishaka, has revealed that Nigeria loses around 50% of its agricultural products along the food supply chain. Ishaka disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sidelines...
Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, on Saturday, cast his vote in the Local Government polls and commends the peaceful conduct of the exercise. Governor Soludo arrived at his Polling Unit, 002 located at Ofuiyi Square, Umueze at Isuofia Ward 13, in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra and cast...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said it is partnering with Microfinance Banks (MFBs), to enhance financial inclusion to stimulate growth of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the country. Mr Sah Nyashi, CBN Controller, Yola Branch, said this on Saturday at the inauguration of Dabtikir Microfinance...
The Nigerian Technical Aid Corps (NTAC) says four Nigerian professors have been selected to hold key positions in the University of Applied Science, Engineering and Technology (USET) in The Gambia. The Director-General (D-G) of NTAC, Dr Yusuf Yakub, said this on Saturday in Abuja. Yakub spoke when the Minister...