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State sign MoU for $20m oil palm project

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Delta Government has signed a 20 million dollars Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Norsworthy Investment Limited, a private firm,…

State signs MoU to establish Fabrication Village

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Edo Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nigeria Institute of Welding (NIW) to establish a…

Lack of lecturers, poor infrastructure delaying accreditation – KDSCOE boss

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

Prof. Emmanuel Chom, Administrator, Kaduna State College of Education, Gidan Waya has said that the dearth of lecturers and poor…

EFCC rewards 25 youths

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The EFCC has rewarded 25 youths with Net book laptops with Bribe Buster application for joining the Commission in the…

NNPC completes refund of N450 billion to Federal Govt, States

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has completed the refund of N450 billion to the federation account, to be shared among…

Defence Headquarters defends service chiefs over extension of officers’ tenure

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The Defence Headquarters says the Service Chiefs of the Armed Forces of Nigeria have not committed any illegality in extending…

$1.2b Loan: We’ve not taken over Etisalat – Banks

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The consortium of 13 banks involved in Etisalat Nigeria loan on Thursday refuted reports that they have taken over the…

Osinbajo orders security reinforcement in Taraba

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Thursday ordered police reinforcement, deployment of extra military battalion and personnel of Nigeria…

Lagos Offers Free Legal Services To Inmates Of Ikoyi Prisons

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

The Lagos State Prison Watch Team has offered free legal representation to indigent inmates in Ikoyi prisons.

Eid-el-Fitr: NSCDC deploys 40,000 personnel, sniffer dogs nationwide

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

‎The ‎Commandant-General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Abdullahi Muhammadu, has directed that 40,000 personnel be deployed nationwide to…

Nigeria begins exportation of yam to Europe, U.S June 29

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Chief Audu Ogbeh, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, says the country will on June 29, export 72 tonnes…

Eid el-Fitr: Look out for new moon on Saturday, Sultan urges Muslims

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has urged the Muslim Ummah in the country to look for the new…

Eid el-Fitr: Federal Govt declares Monday, Tuesday public holiday

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The Federal Government has declared Monday, June 26 and Tuesday, June 27 as Public Holiday to mark Eid-el-Fitr.

Power outage hits Ikoyi, Victoria Island

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDP) on Thursday said there would be interruption of power supply in some parts of…

Customs officer docked for trafficking Indian Hemp

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday ordered the remand in custody of a Customs officer, Emmanuel Ugwoke, charged…

Kogi doctors suspend strike

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Kogi has suspended its 18-day old strike to enable government meet up with her…

Abuja, Lagos among top 60 most expensive cities globally

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

Lagos and Abuja ranked 29th and 59th respectively as the most expensive cities to live in a 2017 global cost…

PIB passage will reform oil sector – Rep

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

A member of House of Representatives, Rep. Sergius Ogun, says passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) will be the…

7147 N-Power volunteers engaged in Delta

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

No fewer than 7,149 N-Power volunteers were engaged in Delta in 2016, Mr Afolabi Imoukhuede, the Senior Special Assistant to…

FG urged to invest in honey for wealth creation

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

Mr Edwin Aguddah, an agriculturalist has advised the Federal Government to invest in the honey value chain to enhance wealth…

2018 Budget: NAPTIP under consideration for special intervention funds

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

Sen. Udoma Udo Udoma, Minister Budget and National Planning, says the Federal Government is considering providing special intervention funds for…

Gov. appeals for calm over renewed crisis in State

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

Gov. Darius Ishaku of Taraba, has appealed to the people of Mambilla Plateau in Sardauna Local Government Area to eschew…

European Union: Education, a key factor in poverty reduction

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The European Union says education is a key factor in reducing poverty and urged Nigeria to empower women and girls…

Breast cancer: State Govt. distributes screening kits to health centres

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Kano State Government, on Thursday, distributed breast cancer screening kits worth N30 million to 26 health facilities across the…

Airline operators call for clear policy to grow Nigerian aviation sector

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) has called on the Federal Government to come up with a deliberate economic policy…

Kaduna Govt. spent N6.5bn on school infrastructure — Commissioner

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Kaduna State Government said on Thursday that it expended N6.5 billion on infrastructural development in schools in the Southern…

Consultant condemns irregular fiscal/budget cycle

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

Mr Oseloka Obaze, a Good Governance Consultant, has said that the irregular fiscal/budget cycle by the FG is negatively affecting…

Wife seeks divorce over constant beating

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

A 47-year-old woman, Bosede Ayodele, on Thursday approached a Customary Court in Ikole-Ekiti, seeking divorce from her husband of 20…

Judge Wants Actions Intensified To End Child Marriage

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

Justice Kazeem Alogba of the Lagos State High Court on Thursday called for intensified actions to end child marriage and…

No royal wants to be king or queen, says Britain’s Prince Harry

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Prince Harry said no one in Britain’s royal family wants to be king or queen and criticised a decision to…

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