By Ndahi Marama – Maiduguri The Borno State government has proposed a Budget of N134.5 Billion with Recurrent Expenditure of N67.54 Billion and Capital Expenditure of N66.96 Billion representing 50.37% Recurrent Expenditure and b49.73% Capital Expenditure. This is even as Government seek procurement of new fleets of buses for both intra and inter-state mass transit […]

The Solid Miners were hoping to end their winless streak against the newcomers, however, they failed in that bid. Solomon Enudi’s strike proved vital for the visitors as the Lafia-based team failed in their quest to come back in the second half. ALSO READ: Ihedioha promises to return glory to Imo through sports Following their second […]

An Abia-based sociopolitical Group, the Ikuku Vision Mandate Initiative (IVMI), has congratulated the Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Chinedum Enyinnaya Orji, on his recent award as the Best Performing State Assembly Speaker in Nigeria, at a ceremony held on Thursday at the Sheraton Hotels & Towers, in Abuja.

Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Virgil van Dijk are expected to be among the 30 nominees for the 2019 Ballon d’Or as they contest for the crown of best player in the world. Barcelona captain Messi is in the hunt for his sixth Ballon d’Or, having last won the accolade in 2015, and will be […]

By Chinonso Alozie, Owerri The leadership of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, led by Uchenna Madu, yesterday said that  there was never a time MASSOB, begged Ralph Uwazuruike, for forgiveness after he was sacked from MASSOB. This was according to a statement to newsmen in Owerri, by the […]

By Ike Uchechukwu – Calabar A  forest conservation organisation operating under the aegis of Nigeria  Conservation Foundation  NCF,has restated its avowed committment  to established a 25% forest cover to mitigate the effect of climate change in Nigeria. The foundation made this known on Monday in Calabar  during the flagging  off ceremony to mark the  global […]

By Kingsley Omonobi – Abuja Following the observance of increased incidents of human rights abuses within theaters of operations and its negative consequences on the armed forces, the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar has directed regular training and enlightenment of troops on rules and regulations guiding the use of arms in crises […]

  Arsenal’s star summer signing Nicolas Pepe was an unused substitute in the 2-2 draw against Norwich City because of his training performances, according to the club’s new interim manager Freddie Ljungberg. The Gunners twice fought back from a goal down to get the point at Carrow Road, with Pierre Emerick Aubameyang twice cancelling out […]

By Olasunkanmi Akoni The Lagos State Environment Sanitation Corp, LAGESC, has arraigned nine persons arrested for violating the Environmental Law of the state. The violators were arrested during the joint operation exercise of LAGESC and the Lagos State Waste Management Authority, LAWMA, in different locations which include; Ikeja, Agege, Oregun, Jakande, Lekki/Epe Express Way for […]

The Minister for Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, said on Monday he had no regrets siting the Transportation University in Daura, Katsina. Amaechi stated this at the groundbreaking of the university on Monday. He said: “When we sited the factory at Kajola, there was no noise, nobody debated about it, nobody abused us for it unlike the […]