A journalist with Daily Nigerian, Umar Audu, has been awarded the Anyim Ude Prize with a sum of one million Naira as the Best Investigative Reporter of the Year by the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ). The recognition was one of the award categories organised by the NUJ...
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By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Nigerian National Committee of the International Press Institute (IPI Nigeria) has again raised the alarm over the safety of journalists in the country. This follows the report of the abduction of Daniel Ojukwu, a journalist with the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ)....
The Nigerian Police Force, Zone 2 Command headquarters at Onikan, has commenced investigations into an alleged land grab, malicious damage, encroachment, trespass and threat to life, in what has signposted one of the biggest land-grabbing deals in Okegun-Odofin via Elerangbe area on the outskirts of Lagos in Ibeju-Lekki Local...
Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri on Saturday paid his last respects to the late Queen Gladys Daukoru, wife of the Amayanabo of Nembe Kingdom, His Eminence, King Edmund Daukoru. Diri, at the funeral of the deceased at King Koko’s Square, Nembe, Bayelsa, said she lived to contribute to...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq is excited over reports indicating that students from across public and private schools in Kwara are recording impressive results in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Governor AbdulRazaq in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Rafiu Ajakaye, said...
Mr Obinna Iyiegbu, popularly known as Obi Cubana, has urged the federal and state governments to create a more enabling environment for businesses to thrive. He also urged the governments to development infrastructure and boost security to enhance entrepreneurship. Iyiegbu made the call in an interview with the...
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Youth and Community Engagement, Sen. Yemi Adaramodu, (APC Ekiti South), said that the recently passed National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) Trust Fund Bill would provide jobs for graduates. Adaramodu disclosed this when he led a delegation of the committee on official visit...
The Archbishop, Province of the Niger and Bishop, Diocese of Awka, Anglican Communion, Most Rev. Alexander Ibezim said on Saturday that poverty and hunger were major threats to the nation’s peace and unity. Ibezim said this while delivering the Archbishop’s Charge during the 2nd Session of the 13th...
At least twenty-four persons are said to have been killed and several others wounded in a fresh bandits attack on Unguwar Sarkin Noma community in Sabuwa Local Government Area of Katsina State. Those killed were mostly vigilante members who reportedly came out to confront the bandits. A local...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), has said that there would be power outage in its Amukpe substation for two weeks. The TCN General Manager, Public Affairs, Mrs Ndidi Mbah, said in statement on Saturday that the disruption would begin on May 4 and...
Kano State Government on Saturday said a journalist working with the state-owned Television Station, Abubakar Rimi TV, attached to Government House suffered injuries from metal debris that hit him while in the premises. This is contained in a statement issued by Director-General Media and Publicity, Malam Sanusi Bature,...
Kebbi State Governor, Nasir Idris has said he will sign death warrant of any one convicted of volunteering information to bandits in the state. Idris gave the warning on Saturday during a visit to the inhabitants of Tudun Bichi in Wasagu Chiefdom of Danko-Wasagu Local Government Area. The...
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The Police Command in Ebonyi has assured maximum security during the ongoing tour of the 13 Local Government Areas of the state by the wife of the governor, Mrs Mary-Maudline Nwifuru. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nwifuru had embarked on tour to inaugurate her pet...
The Oyo State Government plans a free training of 1,000 senior secondary school students on coding and non-code technology skills, an official said in Ibadan on Friday. The Executive Assistant to the Governor on Administration, Mr Idowu Ogedengbe, told newsmen the gesture was part of government’s efforts to...
Dr Chuma Ezedinma, Agricultural Economist at African Development Bank (AFDB), says the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone programme (SAPZ), will create jobs for no fewer than 200,000 residents in Anambra. Ezedinma spoke with newsmen on the sidelines of a meeting tagged “Preparation Mission for the Development of the...
Dozens of people in two rubber dinghies reached the southern coast of England on Saturday, the latest among thousands of asylum-seeking migrants to make the risky sea crossing from France this year. Bobbing on the waves of the English Channel on a clear morning, the boats sailed across...
The African Union Commission (AUC) has officially invited the governments of Nigeria and South Africa to take advantage of the hosting rights benefits of the next 2 editions of the prestigious annual All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA). In a letter bearing reference number HHS/CUL/16/170.23 and signed by the AUC’s...
Former Minister of Defence, Lt.-Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (rtd), has identified culture and tradition as veritable tools for strengthening unity, national cohesion and integration amongst Nigerians. He stated this in a message to the 2024 Zuru Emirate Uhola Cultural Festival and Agricultural Show held in Zuru Emirate of Kebbi...
President Bola Tinubu has given the assurance that his administration would continue to put in place policies for the industrialisation of the country. A statement by the presidential spokesman Ajuri Ngelale, said Tinubu disclosed this when he received a delegation of the African Association of Automotive Manufacturers and...