SMBLF warns FG over support for Miyetti Allah
By Dapo Akinrefon The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum, SMBLF, on Thursday, warned the Federal Government over the dangerous game it is playing over its overt support for Miyetti Allah saying “Should there be any breakdown of law and order in any part of the country over this encouragement of Miyetti Allah against law […]
Obaseki woos U.S. Govt, private sector for direct investments in agriculture
To further strengthen the economy of the state, Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has engaged the United States government in the oil palm and cassava sub-sectors of the state for the manufacturing of high-value Consumer-Packaged Goods (CPG).
Buhari inaugurates National Oil and Gas Excellence Centre in Lagos
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday inaugurated the National Oil and Gas Excellence Centre (NOGEC) Lagos, aimed at strengthening Nigeria’s position as a regional leader in the oil and gas industry. Buhari said the establishment of NOGEC, situated at the Lagos Annex of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), would enhance safety, value and cost efficiency […]
Local content: Okowa tasks agency on transparency
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has charged authorities of Delta State Local Content Agency to enthrone transparency and strict adherence to the enabling law in its operations. The governor gave the charge on Thursday, while inaugurating the Director-General of the agency, Mr Morris Idiovwa, at Government House, Asaba. He said that the agency was the […]
Ebele Obiano’s designer vaccination
By Azu Ishiekwene WHETHER Jean-Jacques Rousseau mis-credited the words to Marie-Antoinette in Confessions or not, Nigeria is happy to supply a modern-day princess who has earned the title of Her Royal Spite-tress without controversy. And unlike Antoinette reputed to have tossed the infamous pate, “Let them eat cake”, out her window when the mass of ordinary people in […]
Buhari is determined to eradicate poverty — DG, NDE
DIRECTOR General of National Directorate of Employment, NDE, Mallam Abubakar Fikpo, has said the President Muhammadu Buhari’s led Federal Government was determined to eradicate poverty and unemployment in the country.
Wife seeks dissolution of 12-year-old marriage over alleged battery, lack of care
A housewife, Ayodele Oluwakemi, on Thursday, prayed an Ado-Ekiti Customary Court to dissolve her 12-year-old marriage to her husband, Ayodele Ojo, on grounds of incessant beating and neglect. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Oluwakemi, 38, is also seeking the dissolution on grounds of drunkenness as well as lack of rest of mind […]
COVID-19: Ondo First Lady calls on education stakeholders to prioritise hygiene
As pupils, students return to classroom By Gabriel Ewepu The First Lady of Ondo State, Betty Anyanwu–Akeredolu, has called on education stakeholders in the State to prioritise personal hygiene in line with COVID-19 preventive measures. Anyanwu–Akeredolu gave the advice as schools in the State resumed on Monday, January 2021 for academic activities, and also warned […]
COVID-19: Mixed reactions trail schools re-opening
Some of the girls are pregnant — Educator By Victoria Ojeme One of the sectors hampered since the COVID-19 pandemic started in December 2019 is education and to a large extent, children have been affected especially as they have been forced to stay at home for more than nine months. In the process, lots of […]
Access Bank partners Africa Fintech Foundry on 2021 Accelerator
program MONEY MARKET Africa Fintech Foundry (AFF) in partnership with Access Bank has commenced procedure for the 2021 Accelerator program. The group said it has opened up its registration portal for the 2021 Accelerator program. The ‘Accelerator’ program seeks to fast-track the growth of the best start-ups operating within the African technology ecosystem. The programme […]
Ilorin Rainstorm: Kwara disburses N92.5m to victims
By Demola Akinyemi, Ilorin Kwara State Government on Wednesday began the disbursement of N92.5m to 2,300 victims of the recent rainstorm in Ilorin, the state capital, with victims in each of the three categories getting between N25,000 and N100,000 in preloaded ATM cards. The exercise will hold for about one week. Addressing newsmen during the […]
