Delta Governor Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has said that the entrepreneurship development initiative of his administration in vocational skills was a deliberate effort to mitigate poverty, stamp out youth restiveness and meaningfully engage the unemployed youths in the state in productive ventures. Okowa made this known on Thursday while inaugurating the second cycle of Girls Entrepreneurship […]

Delta Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, on Thursday, signed the Delta State Livestock, Breeding, Rearing and Marketing Regulation Bill, 2021, otherwise known as Anti-Open Grazing Bill, with a call on the Federal Government to assist interested farmers to establish ranches across the country. Okowa made this known after assenting to two Bills passed by Delta State […]

By Wole Mosadomi – Minna Former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar has said that his Transition programme to the civilian rule about 22 years ago would have been truncated if he had succumbed to pressure from some Nigerians notably politicians who pressurised him to extend his stay in office. General Abubakar, who took over […]

An Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday sentenced Bolaji Elesho, 40, and her Son Bidemi Elesho, 24, to four years jail each for burglary and theft of cartons of cigarettes and other provision items. The Magistrate, Mr Asimiyu Adebayo, sentenced the convicts to Ilesa Correctional Centre due to the magnitude of the offence committed. Adebayo, […]

The Port Harcourt Distribution Company (PHED) has dragged a former staff, Kufre Udoh, before a Magistrate Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State to answer to charges of fraud

By Dirisu Yakubu The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has described the six years of President Muhammadu Buhari administration as the worst in Nigeria’s history as an independent, sovereign state. The party stated this in its message to Nigerians ahead of the 61st independence anniversary. Addressing newsmen at the party’s national headquarters, PDP national publicity secretary, […]

The Presidential Advisory Committee on Prerogative of Mercy, PACPM, Thursday, visited Kuje Correctional Centre in Abuja, where it considered 60 cases of inmates for presidential pardon

Rt. Hon. Chima Obieze ESQ., member representing Ezeagu Constituency in the Enugu State House of Assembly has lauded the achievements of his Excellency, Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, the Executive Governor of Enugu State on security & his bold stand on the People Democratic Party’s (PDP) decision to zone the party’s chairmanship ticket to the North, […]

By Lawani Mikairu Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, said the claim in some sections of the media that the federal government has directed that intending passengers without COVID-19 vaccination will not be allowed to board their flights is not true. The General Manager, Public Affairs, NCAA, Mr Sam Adurogboye who refuted the claim said such […]

FRSC has disclosed that no fewer than 441 trucks and articulated vehicles were involved in road crashes between January and August this year in Ogun State