The Assembly of Patriots International (API) has expressed concerns over the rising spate of cult related killings in Edo State, charged the security agencies to rise up to the occasion. National Coordinator of the group, Abdulkareem Ikharo, who spoke in ...
Read More »UNIBEN ASUU rejects IPPIS enrolment, tasks FG on 2009 agreement
The University of Benin (UNIBEN) wing of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at the weekend insisted on its rejection of enrolling in Federal Government’s Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) for its members. It stressed that no ...
Read More »NAPTIP plans to move anti-trafficking activities to borders
Director-General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Julie Okah-Donli, has vowed to sustain anti-human trafficking activities in the nation’s land, air and sea borders She disclosed that the agency plans to have NAPTIP’s personnel ...
Read More »Zone presidency to S’South in 2023, SSEF tells political parties
The South South Elders Forum (SSEF) has asked political parties in the country to zone their 2023 presidential tickets to the Niger Delta region. The convener, Anabs Sara-Igbe said the call was necessitated by the fact that former President Goodluck ...
Read More »Court grants SERAP rights to details of $460m spent on Abuja CCTV project
A Federal High Court, Abuja has granted the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) leave for the Federal Government to disclose details of how a $460m loan obtained in 2010 from China to fund the Abuja Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) ...
Read More »Border closure not in breach of free trade agreement, FG insists
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, has said Federal Government’s closure of the nation’s land borders is not in breach of the free trade agreement in the West African sub-region. The minister stated this in Abuja at the ...
Read More »Yobe governor Buni tasks NSCCIMA on acceleration of North’s economic development
Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni has charged the Northern States Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NSCCIMA) to unlock the economic and industrial potential of the North. Buni stated this at the weekend while hosting the 38th Annual General ...
Read More »Bauchi governor rejoices over prospects of state’s oil producing status
Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed has expressed joy over the recent discovery of crude oil in Alkaleri Council Area, saying the development would boost the state’s economy. He said his government would ensure that the firms working in the area ...
Read More »FG releases Nigeria’s first transgenic food crop for commercialisation
The Federal Government has approved registration and release of a new Pod Borer Resistant (PBR) Cowpea variety for commercialisation. National Committee on Naming, Registration and Release of Crop Varieties, chaired by Mr. Oladosu Awoyemi, gave the approval at its 28th meeting ...
Read More »I can’t be intimidated by propagandists, minister tells telecoms stakeholders
Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ibrahim Pantami, has urged telecommunications companies and stakeholders to engage him constructively, warning that no amount of propaganda could intimidate him from reengineering the sector. Speaking at a reception organised in his ...
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