By Salif Atojoko Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, Governor of Benue, on Thursday that his state is experiencing relative peace, enabling farmers to return to previously abandoned farms due to farmers/herders clashes. He made this statement while briefing State House correspondents after meeting with President Bola Tinubu. Alia visited theContinue Reading
By Joan Nwagwu The Federal Government says it is making efforts to curtail irregular migration by Nigerians through policies and programmes that will boost the economy and create employment. Sen. Abubakar Bagudu, Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, said this during an Anti-Migration Summit organised by the Blacks Ancestral NativeContinue Reading
By Okeoghene Akubuike The Federal Government, through the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) is set to audit all Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects to ascertain their performance. Mr Ifeanyi Nwoko, Acting Head of Media and Publicity, ICRC, said this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Dr Jobson Ewalefoh, Director-General,Continue Reading
By Philip Yatai The Federal Capital Territory Civil Service Commission has begun the regularisation of staff appointments in the FCT Administration and the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA). The Head of the FCT Civil Service, Dr Udo Atang, said at the commencement of the exercise in Abuja on Wednesday,Continue Reading
By Rukayat Moisemhe An author, Mrs Margaret Olele, says extended family life has a lot of benefits for knowledge and culture and not a burden as people think of it these days. Olele, also Chief Executive Officer, American Business Council, made the assertion at the launch of “Corals ofContinue Reading
By Yakubu Uba The people of Borno South Senatorial District have donated N200 million to the state government to support victims of Maiduguri flood disaster. The representatives of the zone comprising nine local government areas led by Sen. Ali Ndume and the state deputy governor, Umar Kadafur, announced the donationContinue Reading
By Salif Atojoko Mrs Olu Verheijen, Special Adviser to the President on Energy, said reforms introduced by the President Bola Tinubu administration to improve the viability of the gas-to-power value chain had started yielding results. Verheijen said this at a luncheon organised as part of the inaugural US-NigeriaContinue Reading
By Hafsah Tilde The National Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (N-HYPPADEC) will conduct a community mapping and need Assessment of 6,246 communities under its jurisdiction. Alhaji Abubakar Yelwa, Managing Director of N-HYPPADEC, disclosed this on Tuesday at a training of officers for the 2024 Needs Assessment exerciseContinue Reading
By Emmanuel Oloniruha Journalists in Akwa Ibom are set to hold a maiden media stakeholders summit in the state on Sept. 20. Entitled “The State of the Media in Akwa Ibom: The Way Forward,” the one day summit would hold at the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) PressContinue Reading
By Salif Atojoko President Bola Tinubu says the Federal Government will support the government and people of Borno following the floods that have ravaged parts of the state. The President, who was received in Maiduguri on Monday by Gov. Babagana Zulum, expressed sadness over the massive losses caused by theContinue Reading
