Author: Ezeibekwe Kingsley
Senator advises ITF on enrollment to achieve scheme objectives
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Industries, Sen. Sam Egwu has advised that the enrolment of students into the Students Industrial…
Governments urged to increase allocation to water, sanitation
An NGO, Alliance for Hygiene Promotion, has urged all tiers of government to increase budgetary allocation toward the attainment of…
Government to promote health innovations
The Federal Ministry of Science and Technology (FMST) says will increase efforts in promoting inventions and innovations in the health…
Security agencies to intervene in Abia-Cross River boundary dispute
The House of Representatives has urged the National Boundary Commission (NBC) to urgently commence the demarcation of the boundary between…
Uja: Doing business with NCPC requires doing right things
Executive Secretary, Nigerian Christians Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), Rev Tor Uja, says doing business with the commission requires doing the right…
Minister: Low production, manufacturing to blame for slow economic growth
Minister of Budget and National Planning, Mr Udoma Udo Udoma, has blamed the slow growth of Nigeria’s economy on weak…
Special courts needed to handle tax issues – Experts
Mr Ike Odume, a Director in the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) said there is need for Nigeria to designate…
N40bn bailout provided for MDAs electricity debts
The Federal Government on Tuesday in Abuja said it had provided N40 billion to settle reconciled outstanding electricity bills of…
Dialogue critical in restructuring agitations – Group
The Savannah Centre for Diplomacy, Democracy and Development (SCDDD), has called for national dialogue to address agitations in parts of…
Consul General: Passport challenges faced by Nigerians in S/Africa
Nigeria’s Consul General in South Africa, Mr Godwin Adama, says the mission is tackling passport challenges of Nigerians in that…
NDLEA seizes 700 kgs of illicit drugs in Nasarawa, arrests 42
The Nasarawa State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arrested 42 suspected drug traffickers and seized 700…
Akeredolu assures varsity of support
Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu said on Tuesday that his administration would support the Ondo State University of Science and Technology (OSUSTECH),…
Voters Registration: State gets additional centres
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced on Tuesday that it had created seven additional voter’s registration centres in Plateau.
Insurgency: 900 widows receive goats from FOA in Borno
The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), on Tuesday, distributed 3, 600 goats to 900 widows, who were affected by Boko…
FG to invest N9bn in health facilities upgrade
Minister of Budget and National Planning, Mr Udoma Udo Udoma, said Federal Government would invest N9 billion in upgrade of…
Fishery, Aquaculture can create 100m jobs in ECOWAS
Stefania Marrone, Head, Regional Cooperation Section, EU Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS, said developing framework on Fishery and Aquaculture for…
Senate suspends confirmation of nominees
The Senate, on Tuesday resumed from its two-week vacation, and resolved to suspended all issues relating to the confirmation of…
Minister hails council on election of FAAN boss as president
The Minister of State for Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, has hailed Airports Council International (ACI), Africa, for electing Mr Salem…
Gov. assures sustainable funding for basic education
The Edo Gov., Mr Godwin Obaseki, has said that the core of his administration was to revamp the state’s basic…
State Assembly calls for return of counsellors in schools
The Oyo State House of Assembly on Tuesday called for the return of counsellors in schools in the state.
Minister summoned over alleged projects insertion in 2017 budget
The House of Representatives on Tuesday summoned the Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, over his allegation that…
NDLEA nabs 356 suspected drug traffickers
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Zonal Command in Enugu State arrested 356 suspected drug traffickers in six months,…
Man jailed for 3 years over N5.8m fraud
An Osun Magistrate’s Court sitting in Ile-Ife on Tuesday sentenced one Olayinka Awofisoye, 33, to three years imprisonment over N5.8million…
Erosion threatens Federal Secretariat, High Court in Anambra
The Federal High Court, Awka, and the ongoing multi-million naira Federal Secretariat complex both in Anambra are currently under threat…
Farmers urged to key into yam export initiative
The Nigerian Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (NASME) Farmers’ Cooperatives in Lagos State has called on farmers to key…
NIMASA, shipping coys advised to partner on sea time training
A maritime expert, Chief Kunle Folarin, has advised the Management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) to…
State Assembly moves to return history teaching
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution to revive teaching and learning of history as a…
Funding and research building block of Agric in Nigeria – Don
Prof. Musibau Bamikole, the University of Benin (UNIBEN), has called for adequate funding and capacity building for effective research coordination…
Gov. advises parents to guard children against drug abuse
Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia has advised parents to guard against instances that could lure their children indulging drug abuse.
Party Chieftain cautions loyalists against utterances
Alhaji Maigoro Hukuma, a chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Katsina state, has cautioned party loyalists to refrain from…