AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES: Supporting Kogi women for economic development
By Boluwaji Obahopo, Lokoja Mariam Audu deals in cashew nut in Iyale, Dekina council area of Kogi State. Every year, she looks up to the month of February with hopes of better deals to no avail. The cashew nut business had helped her to support her family. Presently, Mariam is pregnant and cannot, for now, […]
VOLLEYBALL: Nigeria retains boys U-19 title, qualify for World Championship
Nigeria’s U19 volleyball boys team retained their title as champions of Africa with an effortless victory over Morocco at the just concluded 2021 African Nations Volleyball Championship in Abuja. The Nigerians were brilliant in the first set, pummeling the Moroccans 25-8 points and controlled the rest of the match to win 3-0 (25-8, 25-21, 25-23). […]
Contributory Pension Scheme: Reps urge FG to prevail on States, LGs for full implementation
House of Representatives yesterday called on the Federal Government to, as a matter of urgency, urge States and Local Government Councils to ensure full implementation of the Contributory Pension Scheme ((CPS) in line with the guidelines set out by the National Pension Commission.
USAID moves to save Igbo language from extinction
By Steve Oko – Aba; and Ugochukwu Alaribe – Umuahia The United States Agency for States Department, USAID, has taken a bold step towards saving Igbo and other indigenous Nigerian languages from going into extinction. Deputy Chief of Party, USAID Nigeria, Dr Mrs Lydia Onuoha stated this when the agency led a delegation to hand […]
Police arraign man for allegedly defrauding cow seller of N775,000
The police on Wednesday a 38-year-old man, Tiamiyu Sikiru, in a Magistrates’ Court in Ejigbo, Lagos for allegedly defrauding a cow seller of N775,000. The police charged Sikiru, whose residential address was not given, with fraud. The Prosecution Counsel, Insp Benedict Aigbokhan, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on Oct. 28, 2020, […]
Court discharges journalists of cyber-stalking crimes
A Federal High Court in Yenagoa, on Wednesday discharged Saint Mienapo, Chief Executive Officer, NAIJA LIVE TV, of cyber-stalking charge filed by the Department of State Services (DSS). Delivering a ruling, Justice Abimbola Awogboro, discharged Mienapo, after the Prosecution Counsel, Victor Uchendu made an application to withdraw the charge. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) […]
