Korea Ambassador visits SMEDAN DG, seeks stronger MSME Ties
By Emmanuel Elebeke The Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Nigeria, Jeong Yo-an, has paid a courtesy visit to the Director-General of the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), Charles Odii, at the agency’s office in Idu, Abuja. The visit took place during the groundbreaking ceremony of the Abuja Centre for […]
Nigeria, Congo deepen energy cooperation
ABUJA — Nigeria and the Republic of Congo are strengthening cooperation in the petroleum sector, with the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, calling for deeper intra-African collaboration to enhance energy security, build indigenous capacity and accelerate economic growth. Lokpobiri made the call when he received the Congolese Minister of Hydrocarbons, […]
Omo-Agege camp debunks claim he blocked FMC Ovwian Bill, releases timeline
The media office of former Deputy President of the Senate and Delta Central NDC senatorial candidate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has dismissed as false an allegation by the member representing Ughelli North/Ughelli South/Udu Federal Constituency, Rev. Francis Waive, that Omo-Agege ordered him to kill the Federal Medical Centre, Ovwian Bill. Waive had made the claim last […]
Kano convicts two drug dealers for exposing 43 children to intoxicants
By Hadiza Yusuf KANO — The Kano State Multi-Agency Task Force on Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking has secured the conviction of two drug dealers for allegedly exposing 43 underage children to intoxicating substances. The task force said the convictions were part of a wider crackdown on drug abuse and related crimes across the state, […]
Faloh Frequency gives Africans in UK platform to be heard
Faloh Frequency, a digital media and conversation platform founded by Nigerian media practitioner and cultural storyteller Olamide Michael Falolu, popularly known as Faloh Jagaban, is creating a platform for Africans in the United Kingdom to discuss migration, identity, culture, relationships, entrepreneurship and life in the diaspora. What began as a TikTok Live programme has evolved […]
Doro extols Oluremi Tinubu’s service to women, vulnerable Nigerians
By Juliet Umeh Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Dr Bernard Doro, has extolled the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, for her commitment to improving the welfare of women, children, families and vulnerable Nigerians. Doro, in a goodwill message marking the First Lady’s 66th birthday, described her interventions in humanitarian and social protection as […]
