Rivers PDP guber candidate, Fubara (2nd left) and others party stalwarts By Femi Ogunshola Mrs Ibim Semenitari, Director, New Media, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Campaign for the Rivers governorship election, says the governorship candidate, Mr Siminalayi Fubara, has released a policy document on healthcare. Semenitari told the News Agency ofContinue Reading
By Yahaya Isah The Federal Fire Service (FFS) said property valued at more than N23.3 billion were lost to fire outbreaks in the country between October and December, 2022. This is contained in a statistical report made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja byContinue Reading
By Naomi Sharang The Senate is to resume plenary on Tuesday (March 21), the Clerk of the Senate, Mr Chinedu Akubueze, has said. A statement issued by Akubueze on Monday in Abuja said that the plenary had been rescheduled from March 14 to March 21. He said: “This is toContinue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi The President, Read and Earn Federation (REF), Prince Abdulsalami Ladigbolu, has called on president-elect Bola Tinubu to plan for the development of local talents for global success. Ladigbolu made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Monday, while congratulatingContinue Reading
By Sumaila Ogbaje The Niger-Delta Safe Environment Group (NSEG) has lauded the Nigerian military on its increased operations aimed at curbing oil theft in the region. This is contained in a statement on Monday by Mr Ombo Princewill and Felicia Akpabio, President and Secretary of the group, respectively, inContinue Reading
By Philomina Attah The Society of Women Accountants of Nigeria (SWAN), Abuja Chapter, has empowered 32 widows, single mothers and young girls with relevant start-up materials to be self-employed and eventually employers of labour. Chairperson of the association, Miss Joy Esu, in Abuja said that the gesture was to alsoContinue Reading
By Sumaila Ogbaje Former Chief of Army Staff retired Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has congratulated Nigerians on the election of Sen. Bola Tinubu as the President-elect, saying his victory was a clear reflection of the will of the people. Buratai, who is the immediate past Nigerian Ambassador to Benin Republic andContinue Reading
By Fabian Ekeruche The Civil Society Network Against Corruption (CSNAC) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to sanitise the judiciary by removing corrupt judges reinstated by the National Judicial Council. This is contained in a statement by CSNAC Chairman, Olanrewaju Suraju, on Sunday in Lagos. Suraju said that theContinue Reading
Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Agba, has felicitated His Most Eminence, David Bob-Manuel (Orimolade IX), Prelate of the Eternal Sacred Order of the Cherubim and Seraphim (ESOCS) on his 82nd birthday. The prelate marked his birthday on Sunday, March 12. Agba, who is a memberContinue Reading
By Lucy Ogalue The African Development Bank (AfDB), has signed a 362,000 Euros grant agreement with Hadejia Jama’are Komadugu Yobe Basin-Trust Fund. The bank in a statement said the grant would prepare additional studies under the second-phase of developing a strategic plan for managing water resources in the Komadugu-Yobe Basin inContinue Reading
