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Yearly Archives: 2021

CBN supports Customs with 4 scanners to boost revenue generation

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has made commitment to support Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to promote technology driven service to boost the nation’s...

COVID-19: C/River Gov’t inaugurates CARES Committee

The Cross River Government has inaugurated the COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (CARES) committee to steer the activities of the programme in the...

FG empowers 100 Nigerians with digital tools, free internet subscription

The Federal Government has empowered 100 Nigerians with digital tools including laptops, free one year internet subscription and cash, towards driving Nigeria’s digital economy. Dr...

Kalu mourns veteran broadcaster, Ukonu

The Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Kalu, has described the demise of a popular broadcaster, Chief Anyogu Ukonu, as a huge loss...

2023 election: Group begins vote education to correct recurring anomalies

The Voters Awareness Initiative (VAI) says arrangements have been concluded to begin education of voters aim at correcting the recurring anomalies before, during and...

We’re going to be ruthless with traditional rulers harbouring bandits – Bello

Gov. Abubakar Bello of Niger has vowed to deal ruthlessly with traditional rulers and other local collaborators conniving with bandits to wreak havoc on...

Makinde urges Nigerians to assist families of fallen heroes

Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Wednesday, appealed to Nigerians to continue to cater for the needs of families of soldiers who paid...

PDP supporters defect to APC in Zamfara

A group of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) supporters in Kungurki Ward in Kaura Namoda Local Government Area (LGA) of Zamfara has defected to All...

Stakeholders seek Enugu Govt’s collaboration to revive game of cricket

Stakeholders in the game of cricket in Enugu State, comprising former players, on Wednesday, solicited the collaboration of the State Government in their quest to...

Newly-established Bamidele Olumilua Varsity gets VC, Registrar, others

Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti, on Wednesday, approved the appointments of principal officers to run the affairs of the newly- established Bamidele Olumilua University...

DICON pledges more productivity toward fight against terrorism, others

The Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON) has pledged to redouble its efforts in the production of military equipment and arms to support the...

Bauchi Gov. pledges to ensure independence of the judiciary

Governor Bala Mohammmed of Bauchi State on Wednesday pledged that his administration would ensure independence of the judiciary. Mohammmed stated this at the swearing in...

ESPW Programme: Ganduje commends FG for engaging 44,000 youths in Kano

Kano state Governor, Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje on Wednesday, commended the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration for engaging 44,000 youths in the Extended Special Public Works...

COVID-19 resurgence: Lawyers urge judiciary to embrace virtual proceedings

Some lawyers in Lagos on Wednesday urged the judiciary to fully implement virtual court sitting as a strategy to control the second wave of...

UPDATE: Tambuwal swears-in new HoS, re-engages predecessor 

    Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State Wednesday swore-in the new Head of Civil Service (HoS) in the state. On the same occasion, the governor...

Police arraign man over alleged video of bank customers in Ado-Ekiti

The Police, on Wednesday, arraigned a 28-year-old man, Oluwasuyi Olakunle, for allegedly videoing customers in a banking hall in Ado-Ekiti. The defendant, whose address was...

Edo guber race: Court nullifies candidacy of APC’s Ize- Iyamu, running mate

The Edo State High Court has held that the All Progressives Congress (APC) Deputy-Governorship aspirant, Audu Ganiyu Abudu, presented false information to INEC in...

COVID-19: Second wave ravaging our land, claiming many lives, says LUTH CMD

Prof. Chris Bode, Chief Medical Director (CMD), Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, Lagos, on Wednesday said COVID-19 second wave was ravaging our land...

FCTA arrests 50 dispatch riders for traffic violations

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has arrested over 50 dispatch riders for various traffic offences lights within the city centre. Alhaji Wadata Bodinga, Director,...

2020: Accord Party rates Sanwo-Olu high

The Accord Party has rated Lagos State Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu high in  performance in 2020. The party’s Acting State Publicity Secretary, Mr Dele Oladeji, made...

Ogun govt. inaugurates clinical skills lab for midwifery students

The Ogun government in collaboration with the United Nations Population Funds (UNFPA), on Wednesday, inaugurated a skills laboratory to aid the learning of midwifery...

Ebonyi residents uncover body of new born baby in a refuse dump

Residents of Igweogbuofia Street, Kpirikpiri in Abakaliki metropolis of Ebonyi, have called on relevant authorities to evacuate the remains of a dead baby found...

Buhari hails pioneer NLC leader, Hassan Sunmonu, twin brother Hussein at 80

President Muhammadu Buhari has joined the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and other Nigerians to celebrating pioneer President of the congress, Alhaji Hassan Sunmonu, on...

APC stalwart wants increase in intelligence gathering to curb crime

Mr Femi Yusuf, a chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara, has called for an increase in intelligence gathering to curb high rate...

Issa Aremu: 60 hearty cheers to a global citizen!

By Abdulrazaq Magaji Growing up in his native Ilorin, capital of Kwara state in the late 60s and early 70s, Comrade (Alhaji) Issa Obalowu Aremu,...
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