By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum on Friday flagged off the resettlement of internally displaced persons to 9 local government councils while also disbursing N954.7m for their rehabilitation and supporting them in getting a source of livelihood. About 12,985 comprising 4,880 male heads of...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has allocated a total of ₦4,582,955,000 for scholarships for students undergoing different programmes in Nigerian and foreign universities. The breakdown of the scholarship is as follows: ₦241,000,000 for the tuition fees of 241 Master’s degree candidates in Nigerian...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum has approved N4.8 billion foreign and local scholarships for 524 Brono indigenes to study postgraduate degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The governor flagged off the scholarship scheme on Friday at the multi-purpose hall of the Government...
The tripartite committee meeting for a new national minimum wage is underway. The meeting, which is the fifth since the suspension of the industrial action by organised labour, is holding behind closed doors at the Nicon Luxury Hotel in Abuja. Some prominent members of the committee...
A renowned political economist, Prof. Pat Utomi says Federal Government and the Organised Labour should take advantage of the new minimum wage negotiation to move Nigeria down the path of thrift and production. Utomi, Founder, Centre for Values in Leadership (CVL) and 2007 Presidential Candidate of the African...
The National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), on Friday called on universities across the country to consider including Astronomy studies in its curriculum for technological advancement. Director, Centre for Basic Space Science and Astronomy (CBSSA), an activity centre of NASRDA, Dr Bonaventure Okere, made the call in...
By ESTHER ALEXANDER, Abuja – pa The State of Palestine has commended the Federal Government of Nigeria for its show of solidarity and its clear stance in support of international law and rejecting the ‘law of the jungle’ in the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Palestinian Ambassador to Nigeria, Abdullah...
By ESTHER ALEXANDER, Abuja – The President of Voice of the Voiceless, Nasir Ismail Doka, has criticized Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, over his handling of the escalating security crisis in the state. At a press conference on Thursday in Abuja, Doka joined forces with internally displaced persons...
YIAGA Africa an NGO, has urged the National Assembly not to accede to calls for the scrapping of State Electoral Commissions (SIECs) saying doing so would undermine decentralisation of governance. Mr Samson Itodo, Executive Director, YIAGA Africa, said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. According to...
U.S. President, Joe Biden is to give a keynote speech in the northern French region Normandy on Friday. The keynote speech in defence of freedom and democracy as part of a visit to France that includes D-Day commemorative events. According to the White House, Biden is planning a...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Sultan of Sokoto and President-General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has announced Friday 7th June as the first day of Dhul Hijjah 1445. Thursday, June 6, is therefore the last day of Dhul Qa’adah and Friday, June...
The Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) has continued to expand in spite of the death of the Founder, Pastor Temitope Joshua (TB Joshua), three years ago. The SCOAN Director of Public Affairs, Pastor Dare Adejumo, gave the assurance in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
The Kano State Government has earmarked N2.9 billion for payment of the National Examinations Council (NECO) and National Board for Arabic and Islamic Studies (NBAIS) examination fees for 119,903 indigent students. The Commissioner for Education, Umar Doguwa, who stated this at a news conference on Thursday in Kano,...
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Sen. George Akume, has urged Nigerians to remain calm in spite of the current economic challenges. “Nigerians must remain calm. President Bola Tinubu is working to improve the economy,” Akume said in Abuja on Thursday, while addressing the National...
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday in Abuja called on international development financiers to see Africa as a destination for growth and prosperity. The President made the call at a meeting with a delegation of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), led by its Managing Director, Mr. Makhtar Diop....
The Statistician-General of the Federation, Mr Adeyemi Adeniran, has called on stakeholders to take action to eradicate poverty in Nigeria. Adeniran, CEO, National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said this at a Stakeholders Technical Dialogue on the “Operationalisation of the Multidimensional Poverty Index(MPI) as a Policy Tool in Nigeria”...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – No fewer than 2.18 million people of the region benefitted from the Niger Delta Development Commission’s (NDDC), initial free healthcare services. The Managing Director, NDDC, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, disclosed this in a statement issued by the commission’s Director, Corporate Affairs, Pius Ughakpoteni, and...
The House of Representatives has mandated its Committee on Communications to investigate the activities of private internet service providers (ISPs) in Nigeria. This followed the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance moved by the member representing Yagba East/Yagba West/Mopamuro Federal Constituency, Kogi State, Mr Leke Abejide during...
The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Wale Edu, has said “there is no cause for alarm” on the ongoing negotiations between the Organised Labour and the Tripartite Committee on the new minimum wage for workers in the country. The minister made this known after he met with...
The Senate has mandated the Committee on Solid Minerals to investigate the cause of a rockslide in Farin Doki community, Shiroro Local Government of Niger State. The rockslide buried 30 informal miners alive in a gold mining site. This followed the adoption of a motion at plenary on...