Rivers communities in showdown with NAOC over alleged neglect
By Davies Iheamnachor, Ahoada Indigenes of Ukpeliede and Emezhi II in Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State have cried out over the alleged neglect of their communities by the Nigeria Agip Oil Company operating in their domain. The angry natives last Friday embarked on peaceful protest barricading the road leading to the Oshie […]
Senior civil servants partner firm on affordable housing
As project gears towards solving accommodation challenges By Gabriel Ewepu and Alice Ekpang – Abuja As Nigeria continues to grapple with a housing deficit, senior civil servants under the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, ASCSN, under the Federal Ministry of Environment Unit has partnered with a real estate firm, Prime Green Project and […]
Reps Reject N45.32bn Budget for Northeast
By Tordue Salem, Abuja Members of the House of Representatives on Tuesday dismissed as the low, the N45.32billion allocated for infrastructure in the region. They argued that the sum allocated to the North East Development Commission is insufficient to raise the standards of people in the conflict riddled region. The legislators pushed back at the […]
US-based Nigerian Singer, Mogream debuts with infectious Afrobeat Singles
A 19-year-old US-based Nigerian Singer, Great Oghenemaro, popularly known by his stage name as Mogream is set to drop his new Singles “Give Me Love”
Kaduna screens youths to commence community policing
By Ibrahim HassanWuyo The Kaduna state government has started screening youths in its preparation to commence community policing to tackle the general insecurity in the state. The Acting Governor, Dr. Hadiza Balarabe, chaired a meeting which is part of the consultations in the three senatorial districts on how to address insecurity on Monday. The meeting […]
COVID-19 Survivor, Vumomsé appreciates God with new music, ‘You No Dey Fail’
By Gabriel Olawale US based afro-gospel musician, Vumomsé, has premiered his very first single since surviving coronavirus, also known as COVID-19. The new song is titled ‘You No Dey Fail’. ‘You No Dey Fail’ by Vumomsé is a song of praise, voicing his gratitude through the uplifting track to the Almighty God after recovering from […]
Akinjide’s fraud trial resumes Jan. 18
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday adjourned until Jan. 18, trial of a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Jumoke Akinjide, and others for N650 million fraud.
FG vows to complete East-West road by December 2021
By Chris Ochayi The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, Tuesday, reiterated the commitment of the All Progressives Congress, APC, led administration to complete the dualisation of the East-West carriageways and deliver it to the people of the region on or before end of December 2021. Senator Akpabio, who gave the assurance at […]
CSOs propose 6 inclusions in Electoral Amendment Bill
Call for urgent attention, implementation By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, Monday, proposed six inclusions in Electoral Amendment Bill and submitted to leadership of the National Assembly. The CSOs that made the demand include Yiaga Africa, Centre for Liberty, NESSACTION, Raising New Voices, and Millennials Active Citizenship Advocacy Africa, under the auspices […]
COVID-19: Reps slash FCT budget to N199.240bn from N278.35bn
By Tordue Salem, Abuja The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved for expenditure the N199.240 billion revised 2020 statutory Appropriation Act (budget) of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, after considering and adopting the report of the House Committee on FCT. The National Assembly had in December 2019 passed N278.35 billion FCT statutory budget for the […]
Bill for integrated rural community development agency passes 2nd reading in Senate
A bill for an Act to establish National Integrated Rural Community Development Agency on Tuesday, scaled second reading at the senate. Leading debate on the general principles of the bill, Sen.Stella Oduah (PDP-Anambra) said the bill seeks to adress developmental challenges in rural communities by improve the living conditions of the people in a sustainable […]
Investment firm set to unveil 10 new subsidiaries
…as Teni, Fireboy, Oxlade others storm Uyo for Company’s dinner By Cynthia Alo Brisk Capital Investment has said it is set to establish 10 new subsidiaries in Transport and logistics, agriculture, interior design, digital marketing, health and wellness, food production among other Industries. According to the firm, the formal launch will take place in Akwa […]
Understanding why wailers are after Gov Zulum
By Philip Agbese Bigoted partisans have come to free reign in Nigeria. Very unconscionably and irresistibly, these partisan lees which have populated Nigeria delight in politicizing national security. It is the only explication which sufficiently accounts for their unbearably selfish outrage and mouthing of inanities on resurgence of insecurities in the country. These dregs in […]
President Buhari sacks NDE boss Argungu
President Muhammadu Buhari has relieved Dr Nasiru Argungu of his position as the Director-General of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE). The president’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, confirmed this development in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. The presidential aide revealed that the president’s directive on the sacking of […]
UNICEF says 320m children locked out of school due to pandemic
The number of children locked out of classrooms has soared again, UNICEF said on Tuesday, as it warned that school closures are the wrong response to the coronavirus pandemic. The UNICEF Global Education Chief, Robert Jenkins, said this in a statement in New York. Nearly one in five schoolchildren globally – or 320 million – […]
APC boycotts Zamfara supplementary election
The All Progressives Congress (APC) says it will not feature in the Dec. 9, Bakura state constituency supplementary election in Zamfara. Alhaji Ibrahim Magaji, Chairman of the State APC Publicity Committee said this at a news conference in Gusau on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) […]
