By Christian Njoku The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja has inaugurated a 70,000 litre solar-powered water project at Alesi in Ikom Local Government Area of Cross River. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the project is a Special Intervention Civil-Military Cooperation scheme, initiated by theContinue Reading
By Fortune Abang Foreign Affairs Minister Yusuf Tuggar has underscored the need for Nigeria to continually play key role towards sustainable peace, security and stability in the Sahel region. Tuggar stated this while delivering a lecture titled: “Pathways to peace, security and stability in the Sahel: What Role for Nigeria?”,Continue Reading
By Sumaila Ogbaje The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has begun the first Programme Management Review (PMR) meeting with officials of the United States Government and Bell Textron Company to discuss progress made so far on the supply of the AH-1Z attack helicopters to the Service. This is contained in aContinue Reading
By Fortune Abang The African Union (AU) has restated its position against external interferences in the Sudan war situation. Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Chair, AU High-Level Panel of the Resolution of the Conflict in Sudan (HLP-Sudan), stated this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) onContinue Reading
By Fortune Abang The African Union (AU) and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) have urged Sudanese political and civilian actors to put supreme interests in their country above other considerations. They also urged Sudanese people to work closely together to end the war and return their country to normalcy.Continue Reading
The lingering crisis in Sudan has displaced 10 million people while two million others have become refugees, Dr Mohammed Ibn Chambas has said. Chambas, Chairman of the African Union High-level panel on the resolution of the crisis, told the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) in a telephone interview that the situationContinue Reading
By Mohammed Baba Busu President Bola Tinubu’s horse named ‘Renewed Hope’ has won the Hope Renewed 1st Year Anniversary Horse Racing Derby that ended on Saturday in Kaduna. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the four-day epochal sports that opened on Thursday was organised by the Horse RacingContinue Reading
By Bashir Rabe Mani The National President, Horse Racing Federation of Nigeria (HRFN), Alhaji Mustapha Abubakar-Bida, says a world cup for the sport will soon be organised in Nigeria. Mustapha-Bida told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna on the sidelines of the ongoing four-day of maiden edition ofContinue Reading
By Mohammed Baba Busu/Bashir Rabe Mani The Hope Renewed 1st Year International Horse Racing Derby opened on Wednesday in Kaduna. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the tournament, organised by the Horse Racing Federation of Nigeria ends on Saturday. The derby with the theme: ‘Hope Renewed 1st AnniversaryContinue Reading
By Vivian Emoni Sen. Atiku Bagudu, Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, has inaugurated a Joint Planning Committee for the 30th Nigerian Economic Summit (NES), to shape national development. Inaugurating the committee on Tuesday in Abuja, Bagudu said the previous summit played vital roles in shaping policies of government acrossContinue Reading
