The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) in Niger on Tuesday said that the turnout for the ongoing free business registration in the state was impressive.

By Harris Emanuel – Uyo Authorities of  Akwa Ibom State University (AKSU) has stated that the institution was not employing or admitting fresh students. The social media is reportedly awash with an advertisement for staff recruitment, admission of students and sales of 500 laptops computers from the office of the Vice Chancellor of the state-owned […]

The Akwa Ibom Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), says it will collaborate with youth leaders across the state to ensure adequate protection of critical government infrastructure. The State Commandant of NSCDC, Mr Samuel Fadeyi, said this while answering questions from newsmen on Tuesday in Uyo. Fadeyi said that, in view […]

With the outbreak of COVID-19 worsening nutrition situation across the world, Coalitions of Civil Society Organisations in Nigeria have raised the alarm over malnutrition challenges in the country, particularly, in Lagos state where 6.6 percent of under-five children are wasted and 17.3 percent are stunted, according to the 2018 National Demographic Health Survey, NDHS.

The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says it will investigate the sources of COVID-19 relief items looted across the country. Spokesperson of the commission, Mrs Azuka Ogugua, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja. Ogugua said the move was in response to increasing public demand on the commission […]

South-West Senators on Tuesday visited the Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to commiserate with him and Lagosians on the mayhem arising from the EndSARS protest. Addressing the media, the lawmakers, led by Sen. Ajayi Boroffice, said that the Senate was pained by the level of damage and sued for peace for the progress of […]

By Henry Umoru, Abuja Following the ongoing protests by youths across the country against the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) and bad governance, with attendant burning and looting of property, the Senate asked Security Agencies to go and nip the crisis in the bud, rather than participate in the ongoing budget defence. When Senate Committee […]

By Vincent Ujumadu THE youth wing of the apex Igbo sociocultural organization, Ohaneze Ndigbo has said that the organization believed in the indivisibility of Nigeria, insisting that it would not be part of any agenda that would bring disunity in the country. In a statement Tuesday, the president of Ohaneze Ndigbo Youths worldwide, Ambassador Arthur […]

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai has tasked officers and men of the Nigerian Army to imbibe the culture of accountability, transparency and probity in the management of financial resources. Buratai made the call at the opening of a 2-Day Workshop on Compliance with Assets Declaration and Code of Conduct for officers and […]

Beijing has launched an online trading platform to strengthen the supervision of imported cold-chain foods amid the COVID-19 pandemic, local authorities said on Tuesday. Producers and marketers of imported frozen meat and aquatic products in Beijing are required to register on the platform, according to a circular jointly released by the municipal administration for market […]

By Ozioruva Aliu, The Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) Edo state has called on community leaders in various communities in Edo state to appeal to youth leaders in the areas to ensure peace which. It said would bring peace to the entire state. A statement by the chairman of PCRC in the state Rev. (Mrs.) […]

By Olasunkanmi Akoni South-West caucus of the Nigeria Senate said it will consider a motion to urge Federal Government to assist in the rebuilding of Lagos State in view of the massive destruction of people’s lives and property recorded during #EndSARS violence.in the state. Senator Boroffice Ajayi, from Ondo North, made the remarks on behalf […]

By Dirisu Yakubu, Abuja A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Lekan Jackson Ojo has identified some “self-centred elements” as the mastermind of the recent onslaught against the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, saying the former governor of Akwa Ibom state should be supported to deliver on his mandate. Ojo […]

Alhaji Sadiq Umar-Daware, the Chairman, North East Commodity Association (NECAS) says hoodlums who took advantage of the EndSARS protests, have carted away 110 new tractors and implements from the association’s warehouse in Yola. Umar-Daware, who made this known in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, said the hoodlums also broke into […]