By Kelechi Ogunleye The National Coordinator of the Financing Safe Schools Initiative, Mrs Halima Iliya, has revealed plans to engage hunters and vigilantes in intelligence gathering to curb attacks on schools nationwide. Iliya in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, noted the importance of communityContinue Reading
By Philomina Attah The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has demanded the release of the remaining Chibok girls from captivity 10 years after. The Christian body said the pain and anguish experienced by the parents of the abducted girls was still being deeply felt. It said that it was notContinue Reading
By Oluwatope Lawanson Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has called on Nigerians to refrain from speaking ill of the country, but pray for its betterment. Sanwo-Olu gave the advice at the 2024 Eid-el-Fitr elebration on Saturday at the Lagos House, Ikeja. The celebration had the theme: “Allah will notContinue Reading
By Tosin Kolade Mr Chris Echikwu, an Agribusiness expert, has called for the establishment of a Commodity Trading Management Agency to promote agribusiness and address the challenges facing Benue’s agricultural sector. Echikwu, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja, noted the necessity ofContinue Reading
By Mark Longyen The United States Government has pledged to support Nigeria’s fight against terrorism, as the country marks a decade of the mass abduction of over 200 schoolgirls in Chibok, North-East, by terrorists. This is contained in a statement issued by the spokesperson of the U.S. Embassy, Aishah Gambari,Continue Reading
By Sani Idris The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, says the Federal Government direly needs the support of all Nigerians to make lives better. Idris stated this on Saturday in Kaduna at a reception organised in his honour by the State chapter of the Nigerian InstituteContinue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi An author and a retired Executive Director, Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Dr Bulus Danmagaji, says the nation’s education sector needs visionary leadership to save it from imminent collapse. Danmagaji, who also served as Human Resource Manager, Power Holding Company of Nigeria, spoke in Abuja on SaturdayContinue Reading
By Moses Omorogieva The Police Public Relations Officer in Lagos state Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, on Friday confirmed that seven persons drowned at different swimming pools and beach in the state within six days. Hundeyin confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday. “This week alone, sevenContinue Reading
By Adenike Ayodele A Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) employee, Mr Monday Osazuwa, on Friday told an Ikeja Special Offences Court how the former apex bank governor, Godwin Emefiele, on different occasions, directed him to collect three million dollars cash in tranches. Osasuwa, while being led in evidence by theContinue Reading
By Abujah Racheal, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) In the lush fields of Nasarawa State, 43-year-old Mrs Mariamu Jubril was tirelessly nurturing crops that sustained her family. However, a silent battle raged – one that would test her resilience. Jubril recounts how it all began with a persistent fever accompanied byContinue Reading
