By Haruna Aliyu, Birnin Kebbi Kebbi state government, Sunday imposed curfew of 6am to 6pm on Danko/Wasagu and Bena, following the spate of killings in the state. Disclosing this, the special adviser to the governor Muhammad Rabiu Kamba, said that the curfew will restrict movement of motorcycles and tricycles in the affected areas.  Muhammad added […]

By Udeme Akpan THE Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Simbi Kesiye Wabote, Saturday, urged youths to create business opportunities around uncomfortable situations, rather than complain about them. In his keynote address, delivered at the Junior Chambers International (JCI) Nigeria Senate Association Leadership Excellence for National Development (LEND) Webinar Series in Lagos, […]

Development Authority, NALDA to set up integrated farm estates on the 108 senatorial districts across the country.

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Ibrahim Muhammad, will on Monday, query the six Chief Judges he summoned to an emergency meeting over conflicting court orders that emanated from their judicial divisions within the last one month.

By Ugochukwu Alaribe UMUAHIA-The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, says it has rescued 1,758 victims of child trafficking and abuse in the southeast zone since the inception of the agency in 2006. Zonal Commander of NAPTIP, southeast zone, Barr. Nneka Ajie, who stated this in Umuahia, explained that over 1,692 […]

“Most of the residents of this area saw this coming but we could not avert it. It is our collective responsibility to dispose of our dirt properly and not in the water channels. Now, see the results. We cannot move comfortably in our own locality as everywhere has been taken over by flood.”

THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, South East zone, weekend stated that nobody can fraudulently write the forthcoming Anambra gubernatorial Election.

Delta  State Governor Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, on Sunday, said the state was impressive in all aspects of governance and in the comity of states in the country.  Okowa stated this in Oginibo, Ughelli South Local Government Area of the state at a thanksgiving service in honour of Justice Sybil Gbagi for her elevation as Justice […]

Northern Elders Forum, NEF, has asked State Governors to go beyond the imposition of economic and social lockdown on communities besieged by terrorists, and facilitate an aggressive and effective military assault on the bandits.

…Backs Amaechi, Zulum’s ticket By Dirisu Yakubu ABUJA- A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Alex Kadiri has called on prospective Presidential aspirants from the North Central zone to perish the thought of succeeding Muhammadu Buhari in 2023, saying there is nobody of substance from the zone fit for the exalted office. The […]

The police on Sunday said that they were combing forest to arrest the killers of Olajide Sowore, the younger brother of Sahara Reporters’ Publisher and human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore. The Edo Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Kontongs Bello, gave the assurance in Benin while addressing newsmen. READ ALSO:Police arrest 3 suspects for allegedly diverting […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Abuja The Nigerian Ambassador to Belgium, Obinna Onowu, has told members of the Belgium-Luxembourg-Nigeria Chamber of Commerce, BLNCC, that Nigeria is a major investment hub and the largest economy in Africa. Ambassador Onowu also gave an assurance that the Federal Government is ready to provide all adequate measures and incentives to ensure […]

Over 20 million children are out of school and into drugs across the country, former Deputy Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN), Dr Obadaiah Mailafia has raised the alarm.

“Kogi State, we have gotten a land donation from the governor of Kogi State for 700 hectares of land, which the first phase of that project will be commissioned this year.”

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has disclosed that it introduced no less than 37 intervention programmes to boost the economy of the country.