FG resumes rehab works on Marine Beach bridge on Tuesday
2021-03-07
The Federal Government says, it would resume phase 2 rehabilitation works on the Marine Beach Bridge, Apapa, Lagos, from Tuesday.Continue Reading
LG polls: Gov. Okowa hails peaceful conduct of elections
2021-03-07
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has expressed satisfaction over the peaceful conduct of the local government council elections of Saturday in the state.Continue Reading
Digital switchover to be completed in 2022 – NBC
2021-03-07
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) plans completion of Digital Switch Over (DSO) project by middle of 2022.Continue Reading
Poverty alleviation: Foundation gives N10.5m financial aid to FCT community
2021-03-07
Peculiar Gracious Family Foundation, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), gives N10.5 million financial support to some Nyanya residents in the Federal Capital Territory.Continue Reading
Borno Govt uncovers 550 fake IDPs in Maiduguri
2021-03-07
Borno Government uncovers about 550 fake Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), after conducting headcount of displaced persons at Mohammed Goni College of Islamic Legal Studies camp in Maiduguri.Continue Reading
Week in review: Official engagements of Buhari, Osinbajo
2021-03-07
By Ismaila Chafe President Muhammadu Buhari started the week on March 2 with a briefing from a delegation he sent to Zamfara to sympathise with the people and government of the state on the kidnapped Jangebe schoolgirls. The delegation was headed by the Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, withContinue Reading
Use ALGON as vehicle for grassroots dev’t – President
2021-03-07
By Emmanuel Oloniruha The National President, Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), Mr David Alabi, has urged stakeholders to use the association as a vehicle for grassroots development. Alabi was quoted making the call in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr Obiora Orji,Continue Reading
Peace Institute foresaw Boko Harm emergence – DG
2021-03-07
By Ifeanyi Nwoko The Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) foresaw the emergence of the Boko Haram insurgency way back in 2007, the Director-General of the institute, Dr Bakut Bakut, disclosed on Sunday. Bakut, who made the disclosure at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja, saidContinue Reading
Nation’s challenges take centre stage at 2021 Awolowo Lecture
2021-03-07
By Adeyemi Adeleye Nigerian leaders and panelists, at the 2021 Obafemi Awolowo Annual Lecture, have reiterated the necessity of building a united and progressive Nigeria through massive education and a re-engineered constitution. The webinar lecture, held on Saturday evening and chaired by Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka, was to mark theContinue Reading
Firm wants FG to halt handover of National Theatre to CBN – Official
2021-03-07
By Peter Okolie A concessionaire, Topwide Consortium, has urged the Federal Government to discontinue the handover of National Theatre to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) pending the determination of the matter in court. Topwide Consortium Project Director, Mr Chris Ogan, made the call in a statement made available toContinue Reading
