By Rukayat Moisemhe DiFTAS (Disputed Financial Transaction Advisory Services), a financial consultancy, has expressed readiness to assist Africans in the diaspora grappling with frozen or blocked bank accounts, which hinder local and international transactions. Mr Gbemi Adelekan, Co-founder of DiFTAS, gave the assurance in an interview with the NewsContinue Reading
By Aderogba George Journalists covering the human trafficking and irregular migration beat have been urged to be in-depth in reportage, and to go the extra mile in investigating and exposing the heinous crimes. The call was made on Saturday in Abuja at the closing session of a three-day training onContinue Reading
By Sumaila Ogbaje The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has charged operational commanders to ensure that no terrorist, bandit or any criminal is spared in their various areas of responsibility. Musa gave the directive at the closing of the maiden Defence Headquarters Joint Task Force Commanders ConferenceContinue Reading
By Justina Auta HEIR Women Hub, an NGO, has engaged 40 young FCT women on leadership and civic knowledge enhancement to tackle gender gaps in governance. Aniebo Ola-Olaniyi, Executive Director, HEIR Women Hub, made this known in a virtual conference on Saturday. Ola-Olaniyi emphasised the need for young women toContinue Reading
By Thompson Yamput The Kogi chapter of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, (MACBAN)on Saturday declared its support for Alhaji Usman Ododo, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress(APC) for the Nov.11 poll. Malam Umar Damina, the state MACBAN chairman stated this when he led hundreds of Fulani herdersContinue Reading
By Kelechi Ogunleye/Kadiri Abdulrahman The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) says it is taking steps to block leakages and boost the Federal Government’s revenue generation initiatives. Mr Mohammed Shehu, the Chairman of the commission, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on SaturdayContinue Reading
By Perpetua Onuegbu The Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) has listed the University of Abuja, Modibo Adama University in Yola, Adamawa, and Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo, as institutions running engineering programmes with expired accreditation status. President of COREN, Prof. Sadiq Abubakar, made this known inContinue Reading
Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa has begun the N5bn credit guarantee scheme for agribusiness owners in the state. A statement by Muhammad Tukur, Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on New Media, said that the beneficiaries of the scheme would include producers, agregators and marketers. Fintiri, while speaking inContinue Reading
By Taiye Agbaje The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Friday, upheld the election of Rep Jafaru Leko as member representing Bogoro/Dass/Tafawa Balewa Federal Constituency of Bauchi State in the House of Representatives. The three-member panel, presided by Justice Lawal Shuaibu, dismissed the appeal filed by Kefas Magaji ofContinue Reading
By Sumaila Ogbaje The Tinubu Campaign Organisation (TCO) on Friday congratulated President Bola Tinubu on his victory at the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC). This was contained in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja by Joshua Ilevbare, the National Coordinator of the group. He said that the judgment ofContinue Reading
