In order to reduce crime in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Abubakar Bello, has called on residents not to take law into their hands, warning that “whoever is found wanting will face the music of the law.” The commissioner, who gave the warning yesterday at a security meeting with stakeholders in Kuje, said his visit Read More
The federal government has concluded arrangement to introduce Phygital Value Chains technology to small holder farmers in the country as part of efforts to further mechanise agriculture and boost the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) of the current administration, At a well attended event by key Stakeholders in the sector and officials of the Ministry recently, Manobi Incorporation Ltd, Read More
Sokoto Chairman of Rabah local government area of Sokoto state, Alhaji Salisu Lawalli Gandi, has aid no individual or group has sold any land across the area. The council chairman made the clarification in Rabah town, headquarters of the local government during a stakeholders’ meeting on land matters. According to him, the land allocated to a private firm, Man Modiya Read More
By Adeola Tukuru Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday said the commissioning of additional locomotives and coaches at Rigasa station and Inland Dry Port at Kakuri, in Kaduna state is not just a statement of his intent but a benchmark for measuring the performance of his administration. The President also solicited the support of the national assembly, development partners and relevant Read More
By Agi Onda Abuja Concerned by reports of mass casualties on the high seas, enslavement and other harrowing misfortunes being experienced by Nigerian youths seeking to migrate to Europe, the Industrial Training Fund (ITF) has called on stakeholders to collaborate with the organisation in order to equip more Nigerians with skills for entrepreneurship. Director-General/Chief Executive of the Fund, Sir Joseph Read More
By Emeka Nze Abuja Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu has attributed the Commission’s successes in the conduct of elections in recent times to its “dedication and openness to constructive criticisms from stakeholders and transparency in its processes.” “There is nothing that the Commission is hiding and the more open and transparent our processes are, Read More
By Binta Shama Abuja The Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC) supported by the British Department for International Development (DFID) has challenged Nigerians to list out the promises made by politicians and hold them accountable at the assumption of office should there be any default. The Executive Director of PLAC, Clement Nwankwo, stated this at the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Read More
By Bode Olagoke Abuja A registered youth organisation on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC) known as APC Youth Connect, has commended the Court of Appeal over the decision not to uphold the judgment of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) on 15- count charge against the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki. While commending the judiciary, the youth group Read More
By Hamidu Sabo Katsina Chairman of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) and Sardaunan Katsina, Alhaji Ibrahim Coomassie has tasked northern governors on the need to work together to fashion out a northern agenda that will take care of all the various interests in the region. Coomassie stated this yesterday while presenting a paper at the on-going retreat organised by the Northern Read More
A two –day workshop to finally and fully connect the Nigeria Football Federation to the very key FIFA Connect system of registration of football players and officials began on Tuesday in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. FIFA officials Hannes Thies and Elizabeth Eastman are joined at the Boardroom of the LMC in Maitama, Abuja by NFF’s Club Licensing Officer Nasiru Read More
By Raphael Ede Enugu Zonal Head of South East zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Corruption (EFCC), Johnson Babalola, has urged well meaning Nigerians not to see their efforts at eradicating corruption as fruitless but a battle aimed at safeguarding the future of the country and generations yet unborn. Babalola, represented by the head of Intelligence and Special Read More
By Raphael Ede Enugu Stakeholders of the People Democratic Party (PDP) in Igboeze-South LGA of Enugu State have advised former governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Okey Ezea, to have a rethink and drop his politics of rancour and violence. The spokesman of stakeholders, Mr Martins Ugwueze, representing Igboeze-South in the Enugu State House of Assembly, said Read More
VIVIAN OKEJEME writes on the National Policy on Justice 2017, adopted to coordinate all actors in the Justice Sector Over the years, the justice system has been plagued with lack of challenges such as poor accountability, inadequate skilled man power, delays in justice adjudication, and poor work ethics to mention but a few. To this end, a lot of Read More
By Patrick Andrew Abuja Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former military President, retired General Ibrahim Babangida, has urged the party to take advantage of the December 9 National Convention to reposition itself and ensure a stable democratic practice in the country. The former military ruler said the founding fathers of the party and other stakeholders hope for Read More
Family planning experts have called on Nigerians, especially women, to take hold of the opportunities in the use of family planning commodities, to improve on their well-being and quality of life. They made the call at the event of the 2017 2nd biannual health communications conference, organised by the Association of Nigeria Health Journalist (ANHEJ), in Abuja. Speaking Read More
By Agi Onda Abuja The Association of Professional Bodies of Nigeria (APBN) has commended the timely presentation of the N8.6trillion 2018 budget by President Muhammadu Buhari, describing the effort as commendable. The Association, which took a holistic assessment of the cardinal activities of the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration in the last two years, including security, anti-corruption drive, state of Read More
By Usman Ibn A. Lapai kaduna The Kaduna State People’s Democratic Advocate, (PDA), a group within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has called on the National Caretaker Committee chairman, Senator Ahmed Makarfi and other leaders of the party to ensure that all positions should be contested for at the forthcoming national convention. The group said it has aligned itself with Read More
By Moses John Abuja Managing Director, Kogi Agricultural Development Project (ADP), Mr. Oyisi Okatahi, has assured that the lingering dispute between the organised labour and the state government would soon be over. Okatahi gave the assurance at a training on electronic agricultural extension programme for ADP workers held in Lokoja, the Kogi state capital. He said that the governor Yahaya Read More
The Advanced Peoples Democratic Alliance (APDA) believes no serious success is being recorded in the current fight against corruption in the country because of government’s failure to guarantee Nigerians social welfare. In this interview with PATRICK ANDREW, the party chairman, Alhaji Kabiru Mohammed Shittu, says indigeneship as a constitutional provision does not promote nationalism. Excerpts. The APDA seems embroiled in Read More
By Raphael Ede Enugu The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has decried the high level of voter apathy among the people of Southeast, stating 139, 342 Permanent Voters Card (PVC) were awaiting collection by voters at its office in Enugu. Also, the election umpire lamented the reluctance of the electorate to take advantage provided by the commission to participate in Read More
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Muhammad Bello, has ordered that the Nyanya market illegally converted into residential accommodation be reversed to its original purpose. Bello gave the directive when the Ministerial Taskforce on Traffic Decongestion and Environmental Sanitation along the Nyanya – Karu – Karshi Road, led by its Chairman, Maj.-Gen. Emmanuel Nienge (retd), briefed him on Read More
The 23rd Nigerian Economic Forum, tailored at enhancing the nation’s economic performances and local productivity, has just ended in Abuja. KEHINDE OSASONA looks at possible implementation of policies cum communiqué arrived at while it lasted, and how expectations reached could trickle down to salvage current economic challenges. Undeniably, Nigeria’s economy as dissected by array of economic analysts and stakeholders’-alike has Read More
By Kabiru Dogon Daji, Birnin Kebbi People Democratic Party’s (PDP) National Reconciliation Committee is aimed at reconciling aggrieved members of the party and ensuring that they returned to the fold and work to recapture power. Leaders of the committee in the North-west, Ambassador Aminu Wali said the reconciliation would restore sanity to the party as the different factions are expected Read More
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