SITTING above over 5000 feet above sea level, the Mambilla plateau, in Sardauna Local Government Area of Taraba State can be described as a goldmine, which remains largely untapped. From the lush vegetation that is reflected in the large trunk of fruit trees and cash crops produced to the endless natural resources, the Plateau and its inhabitants however have little or nothing to show for this seeming abundance in natural resources for decades.

Big Brother Naija Level one housemate Chichi gave her love interest, Deji and the viewers a much-awaited show of her dancing skills. Recall tht Deji recently revealed to Big Brother that the exotic dancer has hinted on nursing romantic feelings for him. The brief moment was packed with enough ‘wows’ to replicate an ambulance siren […]

By Samuel Oyadongha, Yenagoa A member representing Sagbama/Ekeremor Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives and a former chairman of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Bayelsa State chapter, Hon Fredrick Agbedi has lost his mother. Mama Bebeapere Agbedi, aged 111 died peacefully Thursday afternoon at her Yenagoa resident. Though not literate, the matriarch of the Agbedi […]

The APC 2023 Senatorial Candidate for Benue South, Comrade Daniel Onjeh, has expressed cheerful congratulations to Dr. Sam Ode, on his emergence as the APC 2023 Deputy Governorship Candidate for Benue State.

By Adeleye Adegboyega Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila was seen dancing to Kizz Daniel’s hit song Buga at a constituency meeting in Surulere. The lawmaker danced in the presence of a large crowd. In the video, Gbajabiamila encouraged those in attendance to vote in the upcoming election telling them to show their […]

As Nigeria joins rest of the world to mark 2022 International Youth Day, young people, Tuesday, hailed the International Fund for Agricultural Development’s Value Chain Development Programme, VCDP, over providing opportunity for self-employment and wealth creation in agribusiness

A serious setback is frustrating the completion of work on the multimillion Naira Zungeru Hydro Electricity Power Dam in Niger State. The trouble with the ongoing works in the dam project, which is the fourth of its kind in the state, is due to the incessant attacks by bandits and terrorists who have turned Niger State into a battleground and driven away workers, farmers and individuals from their work places, farms and natural habitats.

The Timbuktoo initiative, sponsored by the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) Regional Bureau for Africa has been launched in Nigeria with the aim of mobilizing and investing one billion dollars in public and private funding over the next decade to help spur the startup revolution across Africa. The event tagged “TimXLagos” which held at the […]

By Ike Uchechukwu, CALABAR As part of plans to improve the living standard of CrossRiverians and Nigerians at large a non-profit organization domiciled in Calabar, Henss Charity Foundation has earmarked 100 million naira for various programmes it plans to execute for Young people, widows and the vulnerable. The Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Foundation […]

Lasaco Assurance plc says it recorded a gross premium income of N13.3 billion in  the year 2021, representing a 21 per cent increase over the N10.93 billion generated in 2020. The company also assured customers and shareholders of more improved performances in the year 2022. Mrs Teju Philips, Chairman, Lasaco Assurance Plc, made this known […]

THE Federal Government insisted, yesterday, it will not succumb to the demand by Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, for its members to be paid the six months salaries withheld over the ongoing strike, saying it was meant to be the penalty for their needless action.

Transactions on the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, digital currency, the e-Naira, platform has hit N4 billion, since its launch last October.

The National Pension Commission, PenCom, has said the pension funds asset is over N14.27 Trillion.

WORRIED by the economic situation of the country, wife of the Data State Governor, Dame Edith Okowa, Thursday, told couples to give birth to the number of children they could properly carter for.

By Nnamdi Ojiego In order to recognize federal workers for their contributions and motivate them to attain greater heights in their career, the Aig-Imoukhuede Foundation, yesterday, gave out N21 million cash gifts to 42 federal civil servants in a ceremony hosted by the Office of the Head of Civil Service in Abuja. Each of the […]