By Lucy Ogalue The Comptroller-General, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Mr Adewale Adeniyi, has praised the visionary leadership and reform-driven legacy of his predecessor, Dr Bello Mohammed, as the former comptroller-general clock 80. Adeniyi, in a congratulatory message released by Mohammed’s media office in Abuja, described the octogenarian as a transformativeContinue Reading
By Ismail Abdulaziz Members of the National League of Veteran Journalists (NALVEJ) in Kwara led by their Chairman, Alhaji Tunde Akanbi, on Friday attended the wake of the late former governor of the state, Chief Cornelius Adebayo. The solemn event held at the Kwara State Banquet Hall in Ilorin andContinue Reading
By Ismail Abdulaziz The Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has reiterated its commitment to the peace and unity of the country. Imam Haroun Muhammad, NSCIA Deputy National Legal Adviser, said this in a statement in Abuja. Muhammad said that all hands must be on deck towards ensuring thatContinue Reading
By Tosin Kolade Former Nigerian Heads of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon and Gen. Ibrahim Babangida (rtd), former Senate presidents, Sen. David Mark and Iyorchia Ayu, have extolled the virtues of late Prof. Jonah Isawa-Elaigwu. They spoke during a Night of Tributes held in honour of the deceased erudite scholar andContinue Reading
By Doris Esa The Federal Government has inaugurated the Federal Inter-Agency Technical Committee for Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones ( SAPZ) programme. The SAPZ initiative is a flagship programme designed to drive agro-industrialisation, promote value addition, create jobs, enhance food security, and attract private sector investments into rural economies. Speaking atContinue Reading
By Isaiah Eka The Akwa Ibom Government has launched the Nigeria Solar for Health Project (NISHP) to tackle the challenges of epileptic power supply to the health sector. Gov. Umo Eno in his keynote address during the state launch on Friday in Uyo said that the project would be inContinue Reading
By Stephen Adeleye The Kogi government has launched a major initiative to rehabilitate nine livestock markets across the three senatorial districts of the state. The bid opening ceremony for the project was held on Friday at the Kogi State Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support (Kogi L-PRES) Project office in Lokoja.Continue Reading
By Reporters Residents of Abia and Imo, including prominent politicians, educationists, and technocrats in Abia and Imo have called for collective action to promote women’s participation in politics. The people spoke in interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Umuahia and Owerri, saying that women play crucial rolesContinue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has approved a final reopening for a period of 48 hours to enable tertiary institutions yet to complete their student verification exercise to do so. This is contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Friday by MrsContinue Reading
By Emmanuel Afonne The Governing Council of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) has approved the appointment of Prof. Uduma Uduma as the new Vice-Chancellor of the institution. The Pro-Chancellor/Chairman of the Governing Council, Malam Isa Yuguda said this while briefing newsmen on Friday after the council’s meeting. YugudaContinue Reading
