Finance guru, Lucky Oghene-Omoru clocks 70

Finance guru, Lucky Oghene-Omoru clocks 70

Development Economist, Investment Banker, and astute Public Servant, Olorogun Lucky Oghene-Omoru clocks 70 years today Tuesday, August 22, 2023. Oghene-Omoru a notable professional and staunch PDP stakeholder in Delta State hails from Orogun in Ughelli North Local Government Area. He was a…

Bashorun ASKIA Honoured In GRAND Style

Bashorun ASKIA Honoured In GRAND Style

It was a gathering of nobles as Ten Man Committee and the entire Uzere People held a Grand Reception to host their illustrious Son & Father Bashorun Askia Ogieh (Immediate Past MD/CEO DESOPADEC) at the Bashorun Askia Civic Centre, Uzere. The ceremony…

NDLEA raids drug warehouse in Lagos, recovers N4.8billion worth of opioids***Intercepts $20miilion counterfeit notes in Abuja

NDLEA raids drug warehouse in Lagos, recovers N4.8billion worth of opioids***Intercepts $20miilion counterfeit notes in Abuja

Multi-billion naira worth of illicit drugs have been seized at a warehouse tucked in the midst of popular International Trade Fair Complex, Alaba, Ojo area of Lagos by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The spokesman of the anti-narcotics…

Zulum Releases N10m to Wounded Soldiers in Borno

Zulum Releases N10m to Wounded Soldiers in Borno

Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has approved the release of N10 million as relief package to soldiers wounded during battles in Borno. The relief package was a fulfillment of pledge by the governor two months ago at a Sallah launch organised…

WHD: NEMA Applauds Humanitarian Workers

WHD: NEMA Applauds Humanitarian Workers

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has applauded humanitarian workers in the country especially its staff who paid the ultimate sacrifice while serving others. NEMA, in a statement by its Director General, Mustapha Ahmed to commemorate the 2023 World Humanitarian Day, also…

Naira Marley is Not Our Ambassador- NDLEA

Naira Marley is Not Our Ambassador- NDLEA

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has revealed that its engagement with music star, Afeez Adeshina Fashola popularly known as Naira Marley is to encourage him to use his skills and platforms to put out content that will discourage millions of…

Zulum Seeks Collaboration with Customs for Growth of Business in Borno

Zulum Seeks Collaboration with Customs for Growth of Business in Borno

Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has appealed to Nigeria Customs Service to collaborate with his government to build business with neighbouring countries of Niger, Chad and Cameroon, with whom the state shares borders with. The governor made the appeal while paying…

NHRC Asks Well Meaning Nigerians to Join Humanitarian Train

NHRC Asks Well Meaning Nigerians to Join Humanitarian Train

As Nigeria joins the rest of the global community to commemorate the 2023 World Humanitarian Day (WHD), the Executive Secretary of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chief Tony Ojukwu has called on well-meaning Nigerians to join the humanitarian train by lending a…

Over 3.5 million Displaced by Crisis in Nigeria-UN37 Aid Workers Lost, 24 Wounded, 34 Kidnapped in North East Since 2016

Over 3.5 million Displaced by Crisis in Nigeria-UN37 Aid Workers Lost, 24 Wounded, 34 Kidnapped in North East Since 2016

Over 3.5 million people are internally displaced in the country as a result of crises, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) data has revealed. Also the insurgency in the Northeast, mostly affecting Borno, Adamawa and Yobe (BAY) states have led…

Maui Wildfire: FG Commiserates with US

Maui Wildfire: FG Commiserates with US

The Federal Government has commiserated with the Government and people of the United States of America over the devastating wildfires that ravaged the State of Hawaii’s Maui County. A signed statement by the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Francisca Omayuli…

We Are Yet To Receive USAID $1m Donation For Flood Victims – NEMA DG

We Are Yet To Receive USAID $1m Donation For Flood Victims – NEMA DG

The Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mustapha Ahmed said the agency did not receive any $1 million donation from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), for the support of flood victims in 2022. The NEMA boss stated…

SADC Supports AU, ECOWAS Positions on Niger Coup D’etat

SADC Supports AU, ECOWAS Positions on Niger Coup D’etat

The Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) bloc in Nigeria on Thursday said the action taken so far by both the African Union (AU) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on the political impasse brought about by the military coup…

Adepoju Says Continued Synergy Needed Among Security Agencies to Safeguard Nigeria

Adepoju Says Continued Synergy Needed Among Security Agencies to Safeguard Nigeria

Acting Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Caroline Adepoju has called for sustained synergy among security agencies in dual areas of both border security and migration management to safeguard Nigeria’s territorial integrity. She equally said a management training of security…

NSCDC Nabs Four Suspected Rail Track Vandals In Nasarawa

NSCDC Nabs Four Suspected Rail Track Vandals In Nasarawa

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Squad( NSCDC) has nabbed four suspected rail track vandals in Nasarawa State. A statement on Thursday by the spokesman of the NSCDC, Babawale Afolabi revealed that the four vandals were intercepted along Lafia-Akwanga–Abuja expressway, Sabon Pagi,…

Oborevwori sympathizes with Seplat over rig mishap

Oborevwori sympathizes with Seplat over rig mishap

Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State has extended heartfelt condolences to Seplat Energy Limited following collapse of its ‘Majestic’ oil rig near Ovhor Oilfield in Sapele Local Government Area of the State. The incident, which occurred in the early hours of Tuesday,…

ECOWAS Expresses Worry Over Killings of Soldiers in Niger

ECOWAS Expresses Worry Over Killings of Soldiers in Niger

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission has expressed worries over the degeneration of situation in troubled Niger that has resulted in several killings of Nigerien soldiers by armed groups. The Commission in a statement on Wednesday reiterated the call…

NSCDC to Collaborate in Ridding Niger State of Criminal Elements

NSCDC to Collaborate in Ridding Niger State of Criminal Elements

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has assured of its willingness to collaborate with other security agencies to rid Niger State of all the criminal elements that have continued to terrorising the North Central state lately. The Commandant General of…

USAID, Other Stakeholders Partner to Reduce Malnutrition

USAID, Other Stakeholders Partner to Reduce Malnutrition

The United States government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), in collaboration with the Government of Nigeria and other stakeholders, held a trade fair in Abuja to foster innovation and collaboration to address severe acute malnutrition. Tagged “Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Foods…

Fuel Subsidy: Zulum gives 2,000 households palliatives in Maiduguri’s Ward

Fuel Subsidy: Zulum gives 2,000 households palliatives in Maiduguri’s Ward

Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has distributed food and other palliatives to 2,000 residents of Feezan ward in Maiduguri Metropolitan Council (MMC). The distribution which took place on Wednesday at the Mohammed Goni College of Legal and Islamic Studies is part…

AAU Alumni Association Warri Chapter Gets new Excos

AAU Alumni Association Warri Chapter Gets new Excos

-By Joseph Obaro Ikupa (Worldwide Publicity Secretary AAU Alumni Association): The Warri branch of the Ambrose Alli University Alumni Association, held her biennial elections at the weekend ushering into office a new crop of dedicated officers to pilot the affairs of the…

Amina Mohammed: Africa, Best Investment Proposition of 21st century

Amina Mohammed: Africa, Best Investment Proposition of 21st century

United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed has observed that Africa is the best investment proposition of the 21st century, in view of its natural resources, arable land and massive population. She said: “The long term structural endowments of our continent are as…

NSCDC to Commence Immediate Manhunt of Infrastructure Vandals in Abuja

NSCDC to Commence Immediate Manhunt of Infrastructure Vandals in Abuja

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC) has said it would commence the immediate manhunt of infrastructure vandals and manhole thieves in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja The promise was made on Tuesday by the newly deployed Commandant of the Federal…

NO ONE HAS RIGHT TO UNSEAT ELECTED GOVT  -ONWUDINJO

NO ONE HAS RIGHT TO UNSEAT ELECTED GOVT -ONWUDINJO

-BY CHUKWUDI ASOYA: The Chairman of Amachai Youth, Comrade Emmanuel Onwudinjo Agala has described the online post of his impeachment as baseless , saying that no one has the right to impeach elected government . He stated this in Okpanam while reacting…

ECOWAS Accuses Nigerien Junta of Provocation

ECOWAS Accuses Nigerien Junta of Provocation

The Economic Community of West African States {ECOWAS) Commission has accused the Nigerien junta of provocation and contradicting it’s reported willingness to dialogue in order to resolve the troubled country’s political impasse with latest move to charged the deposed President Mohamed Bazoum…

Press Release>> RE: FG SETS UP PANEL TO RECONSTITUTE BOARDS OF PARASTATALS – A REBUTTAL

Press Release>> RE: FG SETS UP PANEL TO RECONSTITUTE BOARDS OF PARASTATALS – A REBUTTAL

The attention of the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF), has been drawn to the publication in the Sunday Punch on Page 6 which reads: ‘FG sets up Panel to Reconstitute Boards of Parastatals’. The Secretary to…

Wase to Lead ECOWAS Parliament Mediation Team to Niger

Wase to Lead ECOWAS Parliament Mediation Team to Niger

The Community Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), otherwise known as ECOWAS Parliament has appointed Nigeria’s lawmaker, Idris Wase to lead 10 other parliamentarians to Mediate with Niger junta. This is a last ditch attempt by the subregional…

Boko Haram: Zulum receives another Chibok girl

Boko Haram: Zulum receives another Chibok girl

Borno State Governor, Prof Babagana Zulum has received another Chibok girl, Rebecca Magu, abducted by Boko Haram insurgents alongside 275 of her schoolmates while sitting for the Secondary School Certificate Examination in 2014 at GSS Chibok. The governor, meanwhile has promised tosupport…

Nigerian Embassy in Niger Not Razed- Ambassador

Nigerian Embassy in Niger Not Razed- Ambassador

The Nigerian Embassy in Niger had not be razed, the Nigeria’s Ambassador to Niger has said. In a statement on Saturday signed by Dr Litti Auwalu on behalf of the Ambassador, the purported video showing the Embassy was set ablaze by the…

Nigeria’s Ambassador to France is Dead

Nigeria’s Ambassador to France is Dead

Nigeria’s Ambassador to France, Kayode Laro is dead, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced. The Ministry in a statement on Saturday signed by its spokesperson. Mrs. Francisca Omayuli said Ambassador Kayode Laro died last Friday in Paris, France, after a protracted…

LABOUR PARTY GOVERNORSHIP ASPIRANT WANTS YOUTH INVOLVEMENT IN GOVERNANCE

LABOUR PARTY GOVERNORSHIP ASPIRANT WANTS YOUTH INVOLVEMENT IN GOVERNANCE

-By Austen Akhagbeme A foremost Governorship aspirant of the Labour Party, LP, in Edo State, Dr Azemhe Azena, has called for increased participation of Nigerian youths in the affairs of the nation. In his message to the nation in celebration of the…

About 34,000 Already Affected by Flooding in 2023- NEMA

About 34,000 Already Affected by Flooding in 2023- NEMA

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has lamented that no fewer than 33,983 persons have already been affected by the flooding during the ongoing raining season in parts of the country. The Director, Planning, Research and Forecasting, Hajiya Fatima Kasim gave the…

Borders With Niger Remain Closed- NIS

Borders With Niger Remain Closed- NIS

Various Nigeria’s borders with Republic of Niger remain close, the spokesman of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Dr Aridegbe Adedotun has said. He said the Acting Controller General of Immigration, Caroline Adepoju has ensured that all official border points with the troubled…

Flooding: Delta demolishes buildings on waterways

Flooding: Delta demolishes buildings on waterways

Delta State Government, Monday, commenced demolition of buildings erected along waterways and causing flooding across the state in line with Governor Sheriff Oborevwori’s directive. The demolition exercise started with the pulling down of parts of three buildings, including a yet-to-be-completed church structure…

HEALTH: Deaconess Oborevwori Takes Menstrual Hygiene Awareness to Evwreni Community

HEALTH: Deaconess Oborevwori Takes Menstrual Hygiene Awareness to Evwreni Community

Wife of Delta Governor and Founder, You Matter Charity Foundation, Deaconess Tobore Oborevwori has tasked young girls in the state on the need to maintain good hygiene during their menstrual period. She stated this on Thursday, in Evwreni community, Ughelli North Local…

Yobe Wins Best Performing state in Contributory Health Programme

Yobe Wins Best Performing state in Contributory Health Programme

Yobe State Governor, Hon. Mai Mala Buni has assured more support to the State Contributory Healthcare Management Agency, for emerging the best performing state in Contributory Healthcare Programme in the North. He stated this on Thursday when the Executive Secretary of Yobe…

KACRAN Calls to Review Stand on Military Action in Niger

KACRAN Calls to Review Stand on Military Action in Niger

Kulen Allah Cattle Rearers Association of Nigeria (KACRAN) has called on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to review its stand of deploying military on Niger to compel a return to democratic order The group in a statement on Thursday…

State House Press Release: NEW NORTH-EAST DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION BOARD MUST PRIORITIZE ACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATION, HEALTHCARE, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES – VP SHETTIMA

State House Press Release: NEW NORTH-EAST DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION BOARD MUST PRIORITIZE ACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATION, HEALTHCARE, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES – VP SHETTIMA

*Inaugurates new NEDC board at Presidential Villa *Says: “Task of rebuilding north-east region cannot be undertaken divided” The Vice President, Sen. Kashim Shettima has tasked the new board and management of North-East Development Commission (NEDC) to prioritize access to quality education, healthcare,…

Buni Seeks More Partnership With Customs

Buni Seeks More Partnership With Customs

Yobe State Governor, Hon. Mai Mala Buni has assured the commitment of his administration to strengthen working relationship between Yobe state and Nigeria Customs Service. He gave the assurance on Wednesday when he visited the Acting Comptroller General of Customs, Mr. Adewale…

N1.9 billion Fraud Rocks Amnesty Office

N1.9 billion Fraud Rocks Amnesty Office

The Presidential Amnesty Office is being rocked by a raging controversy over N1.9 billion deducted from trainees and beneficiaries of the programme. Investigations revealed that the alleged fraud involves the office of the Head of Reintegration of the office. The N1.9 billion…

Okonjo-Iweala Advises on Strategy to Attact Nigerians in Diaspora for Nation’s Development

Okonjo-Iweala Advises on Strategy to Attact Nigerians in Diaspora for Nation’s Development

The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has given an advice on mechanisms that should be employed to attract second and third generation Nigerians in the Diaspora to contribute towards Nigeria’s development and growth. Okonjo-Iweala gave the advice on…