Igala indigenes in Kogi East Senatorial District have rejected Federal Government’s suspended grazing reserves, otherwise known as Rural Grazing Areas (RUGA) settlements earlier proposed for Fulani herdsmen across the country. The Igala leaders took the decision in Kaduna during the ...
Read More »Supreme Court declines overruling self on Zamfara as PDP commends decision
The Supreme declined the request by the All Progressives Congress (APC) asking it to reverse its May 24 ruling on the February 23 and March 10,2019 elections conducted in Zamfara State. Citing that the appellant never held valid primaries prior ...
Read More »Ahmed Lawan rules out external help for future disagreements in Senate
Senate President Ahmed Lawan has ruled out help from the Forum of All Progressives Congress (APC) chairmen in future altercations between him and colleagues in the upper chamber of the National Assembly. He challenged the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) ...
Read More »At Olakunri’s burial, S’West governors talk tough on criminality, Fani-Kayode, cleric, others urge action
South-West governors have vowed to deal ruthlessly with criminals in the region. They assured residents that security architecture would be beefed up next month for effectiveness. Chairman of South West Governors Forum, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, read the riot act after an ...
Read More »Varsity teachers task Federal Government on implementation of population control policies
Health and population experts have called on the Federal Government to implement policies that control population and promote reproductive health in the country. Speaking during the first annual Professor Babatunde Osotimehin’s National Reproductive Health Legacy Forum in Ibadan, Oyo State, ...
Read More »NGO sensitises nurses on illegal migration in Imo State
A Non-Governmental Organisation, RARDUJA International, has organised a workshop for nurses in Imo State on the dangers of illegal migration. Founder of the NGO, Dr. Endy Duru, represented by the National Coordinator, Andy Duru, told newsmen at the weekend in ...
Read More »Ekweremadu, Nwodo take investment drive to Germany
Immediate past Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, John Nnia Nwodo; and Nigerian Ambassador to Germany, Yusuf Tuggar, are among special guests expected at the second Annual Igbo Cultural Festival and Convention in Nürnberg, Germany. Themed ...
Read More »Kaduna State to get $25m agricultural industrial park as IFC signs Abia economic city project
The Tamaidukka Group (also known as TMDK Industries) with bias for estate development, oil and gas is to develop a $25 million agro-based industrial park in Kaduna State. The facility is to make use of soya beans and cottonseeds for ...
Read More »Criticise Adelabu’s spending on election, not Makinde’s assets, PDP tells Oyo APC
Oyo State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Kunmi Mustapha, has described reactions of the state Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the voluntary declaration of assets by Governor Seyi Makinde as reckless, unpatriotic, uncivilised and a ...
Read More »Power sector revenue shortfall hits N309b, says ex-MD of TCN
As at April 2019, total revenue shortfall in the Nigerian power sector amounted to N309b because power distributors and transmitters could not meet their obligations due to illiquidity in the sector. A former Managing Director of the Transmission Company of ...
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