Group Appeals to Tinubu for Appointment of New Auditor General from North – East

Group Appeals to Tinubu for Appointment of New Auditor General from North – East

The North East Peoples Solidarity Front (NEPSF) has made an appeal to President Bola Tinubu to appoint a new Auditor General for the Federation from the North-East geo-political zone. In a statement jointly signed by President Comrade Gabriel Michi and Secretary Comrade…

Charity support: Zulum grants N80m to Guwori Islamic Academy

Charity support: Zulum grants N80m to Guwori Islamic Academy

Borno State Governor, Banagana Umara Zulum, has approved the release of N80m grant for use by Guwori Islamic Academy, a charity institution that provides education to children mostly from low income families. Zulum announced the approval on Sunday at the graduation ceremony…

Massive Fraud Rocks Amnesty Office As Stakeholders Call for Probe

Massive Fraud Rocks Amnesty Office As Stakeholders Call for Probe

Strong indications of massive fraud has rocked the Presidential Amnesty Office under the leadership of General Barry Ndiomu, with stakeholders calling for its probe. Sources in critical position in the office have raised the alarm over the alarming plundering of the office…

Zulum joins Tinubu at groundbreaking of 1,350 megawatts power plant in Gwagwalada  

Zulum joins Tinubu at groundbreaking of 1,350 megawatts power plant in Gwagwalada  

… Tinubu commends Zulum’s performance in Borno  President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday laid foundation stone for the establishment of 1,350 megawatts Gwagwalada Independent Power Plant (GIPP) Project sited in Gwagwalada area council of the FCT.  The project is being carried out…

Group Warns Against Military Invasion on Niger…Urges AU, ECOWAS to Commence Constructive Engagement with Nigerien Political Actors

Group Warns Against Military Invasion on Niger…Urges AU, ECOWAS to Commence Constructive Engagement with Nigerien Political Actors

Africans Rising for Unity, Justice, Peace and Dignity, a Pan-African movement of people and organisations working for unity, justice, peace and dignity in Africa has called on African Union (AU) and Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to commence constructive engagement…

SAFE SCHOOLS: TECHNICAL ADVISORY C’TTEE INAUGURATED FOR NSSRCC, AS NSCDC CG TASKS EXPERTS ON SUPPORT

SAFE SCHOOLS: TECHNICAL ADVISORY C’TTEE INAUGURATED FOR NSSRCC, AS NSCDC CG TASKS EXPERTS ON SUPPORT

PRESS RELEASE In responses, kindly quote:AAA.03/CPRU/NHQ/ABJ/VOL 01/08Date: 4 AUGUST, 2023Head of News. SAFE SCHOOLS: TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE INAUGURATED FOR NSSRCC, AS NSCDC CG TASKS EXPERTS ON SUPPORT. The Commandant General (CG) of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Dr Ahmed…

USAID Gives Access to Clean Water to Over 73,000 people in Kebbi, Sokoto

USAID Gives Access to Clean Water to Over 73,000 people in Kebbi, Sokoto

More than 73,000 people in Kebbi and Sokoto States gained access to improved water supply following the construction of 19 new solar-powered boreholes and the rehabilitation of 27 non-functional hand pump boreholes, courtesy of support from the United States Agency for International…

IOM, Search for Common Ground, Mercy Corps Wade Into Farmers/Herders Crisis in Adamawa, Taraba

IOM, Search for Common Ground, Mercy Corps Wade Into Farmers/Herders Crisis in Adamawa, Taraba

International Organisation for Migration, (IOM), Search for Common Ground and Mercy Corps Nigeria are wading into farmers and herders clashes in Adamawa and Taraba States through the commencement of the second phase of the project, ‘Contribution to the Mitigation of Conflict Over…

HERITAGE, OML 30 JV PARTNERS RELEASE N169 MILLION FOR 2022 SCHOLARSHIP

HERITAGE, OML 30 JV PARTNERS RELEASE N169 MILLION FOR 2022 SCHOLARSHIP

-By Michael J. Ekokoruwe: As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility and the United Nation’s SDG 4 on Education, Heritage Energy Operations Services Limited (HEOSL), operator of OML 30 assets on behalf of the Joint Ventures between Nigeria National Petroleum Company E…

Rotary club to expend N18.4 million on projects in Abuja

Rotary club to expend N18.4 million on projects in Abuja

The Rotary club of Abuja Wuse Central is planning to expend N18.4 million on intervention projects in the federal capital city, Abuja. Apart from infrastructure to be built the humanitarian club also planned to embark on tree planting and vaccination of residents…

WACCIMA expresses members readiness to collaborate with Delta ports management

WACCIMA expresses members readiness to collaborate with Delta ports management

The president and executive members of the warri chamber of commerce, industry, mines and agriculture (WACCIMA), led by it’s president Mr Francis Eruotor paid a courtesy visit to the new Delta ports manager, Mr Teslim Makanjuola in his office at the ports…

NGO Launches Draft Bill on Proposed Health Development Bank of Nigeria… Says Sugar, Sweetened Beverage (SSB) Tax Capable of Yielding $4.8 bn Annually to Finance Nation’s Health Sector

NGO Launches Draft Bill on Proposed Health Development Bank of Nigeria… Says Sugar, Sweetened Beverage (SSB) Tax Capable of Yielding $4.8 bn Annually to Finance Nation’s Health Sector

The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) has put forward a proposal for the establishment of a Health Development Bank in a move towards strengthening Nigeria’s healthcare system. The announcement was made by the Lead Director of CSJ, Eze Onyekpere, during a workshop…

WE HAVE NEITHER RECONSIDERED NOR SUSPENDED NATIONWIDE MASS PROTEST -Comrade Joe Ajaero

WE HAVE NEITHER RECONSIDERED NOR SUSPENDED NATIONWIDE MASS PROTEST -Comrade Joe Ajaero

A press statement signed by President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero and made available to Blank NEWS Online reads: “We want to inform all Nigerians that we have just risen from a meeting with the federal Government where…

Monday Market: Zulum adds N1 billion for reconstruction; targets September for reopening 

Monday Market: Zulum adds N1 billion for reconstruction; targets September for reopening 

Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has approved the release of additional one billion naira towards completion of the ongoing reconstruction works at the Maiduguri Monday Market which was razed in February, this year.  Zulum announced the latest intervention on Monday in…

We Run An All Inclusive Govt In Delta, Says Onyeme

We Run An All Inclusive Govt In Delta, Says Onyeme

The Deputy Governor of Delta State, Sir Monday Onyeme, has assured members of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), that the administration of Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori is running an inclusive government. According to Onyeme, the administration is not discriminatory and embraces…

Hundreds March Against Human Trafficking in Abuja

Hundreds March Against Human Trafficking in Abuja

Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory was agog on Monday as hundreds of people marched against human trafficking. The march brought staff of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) from across 23 states of the country to Abuja…

NDLEA arrests artistes’ manager, businessman notorious for drug sales at Lagos clubs

NDLEA arrests artistes’ manager, businessman notorious for drug sales at Lagos clubs

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested an artistes’ manager and an accomplice notorious for distribution illicit drugs to fun seekers at VIP night clubs and lounges in parts of Lagos. A statement by the spokesman of NDLEA,…

Aladja/Ogbe-Ijoh Crisis: Emaduku Led UUC Urges govt to relax Lockdown placed in Aladja 

Aladja/Ogbe-Ijoh Crisis: Emaduku Led UUC Urges govt to relax Lockdown placed in Aladja 

*says lockdown bring untold Hardship, Hunger to the People  The Apex body of Udu kingdom, known as Union of Union Communities (UUC) has urged the state government to relax the military lockdown ordered in Aladja Community to enable people to go out…

Edo NIPR Elects New Exco, James-Wisdom Abhulimen as Chairman

Edo NIPR Elects New Exco, James-Wisdom Abhulimen as Chairman

The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), Edo State Chapter has inaugurated a New Executive to coordinate its affairs within the next two years.  The election took place during the 2022 AGM/Conference of the Chapter held recently at the Urban Oasis Hotel in Benin…

Zulum visits Ngala, opens central mosque; inspects 7 projects, approves houses for teachers

Zulum visits Ngala, opens central mosque; inspects 7 projects, approves houses for teachers

Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Friday visited Ngala and Gamboru communities both in Ngala Local Government Area in the central part of the State. The Governor, during the visit, opened Gamboru’s central mosque where he prayed, the juma’at service. He…

Gov. Oborevwori approves recruitment of teachers, others

Gov. Oborevwori approves recruitment of teachers, others

Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, has approved the recruitment of primary school teachers, clerical officers and watchmen in 22 local government council areas in the state. State Chairman, Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, ALGON, Hon. Victor Ebonka announced the…

Victory at Last as Tribunal declares Ndudi Elumelu Winner -By Amina Yahaya Okeke

Victory at Last as Tribunal declares Ndudi Elumelu Winner -By Amina Yahaya Okeke

The victory of every contest is established by the celebration of the people. In every Electoral Contest, there are rules and regulations which made it impossible to cut corners where it is followed. As the 2023 election was held, the electorate played…

Tribunal Victory: Delta Professionals Congratulate Elumelu, Urge Okolie To Drop Appeal Court Moves

Tribunal Victory: Delta Professionals Congratulate Elumelu, Urge Okolie To Drop Appeal Court Moves

Aniocha/Oshimili Peoples Mandate, a Socio-political group in Asaba, Delta State has commended the Judgment of the National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Asaba that declared the immediate past Minority Leader of the House of Representatives Hon. Ndudi Elumelu as winner of…

Nigeria Condemns Coup D’etat in Niger, Calls for Release of Bazoum, Return to Status Quo

Nigeria Condemns Coup D’etat in Niger, Calls for Release of Bazoum, Return to Status Quo

The Federal Government of Nigeria has condemned the coup d’etat in the Republic of Niger that ousted the Administration of the democratically elected President of the country, Mohamed Bazoum on Wednesday. The FG, in a statement yesterday by the spokesperson of the…

Economic Downturn: Government Asked to Reduce Cost of Govenance

Economic Downturn: Government Asked to Reduce Cost of Govenance

Government has been asked to reduce the cost of governance in the country not only in reduction of pecks of office but also the retinue of appointees. Addressing journalists yesterday in Abuja, the Lead Director of Speak out Africa initiative, a Non…

Govt Is Working To Mitigate Effects Of Flood, Says Onyeme

Govt Is Working To Mitigate Effects Of Flood, Says Onyeme

Delta State Deputy Governor, Sir Monday Onyeme, has said that the Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori’s administration is putting up measures to mitigate the effects of flood. Following the predictions of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NiMet, and the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency, NIHSA,…

Chairman Best Aluminium Regains Freedom, Asks His Community People Not To Lose Hope

Chairman Best Aluminium Regains Freedom, Asks His Community People Not To Lose Hope

–BY SUNNY A. DAVID: Chief Pius Nweke, the Proprietor of Best Aluminum, has regained his freedom. Recalled that a Federal High Court, Awka presided over by Justice Nnamdi Dimgba had on 14th June 2023 sentenced Chief Pius Nweke (Ikemba) to ten (10)…

Zulum Orders Rehabilitation of Hospitals, School

Zulum Orders Rehabilitation of Hospitals, School

Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has ordered the immediate rehabilitation of Baga General Hospital and a Primary Healthcare Centre in Doron Baga, both in Kukawa Local Government Area. The governor also directed the rehabilitation of a primary school in Doron Baga….

Revitalising Nigeria’s food systems key to rescuing Sustainable Development Goals – UN

Revitalising Nigeria’s food systems key to rescuing Sustainable Development Goals – UN

United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Matthias Schmale has underlined the importance of addressing widespread food insecurity by revitalizing Nigeria’s food systems. He described the recent declaration of food security as a national emergency by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as…

Tinubu’s food emergency: Zulum visits Baga, shares food to 23,000 households

Tinubu’s food emergency: Zulum visits Baga, shares food to 23,000 households

About 23,000 households on Monday received food palliatives at distributions that were directly supervised by Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum in Baga town of Kukawa Local Government Area.  “Distribution of palliatives is one of the agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu….

Railway Vandalism: NSCDC Arrests 12 Suspects, Impounds Trucks, Warehouse

Railway Vandalism: NSCDC Arrests 12 Suspects, Impounds Trucks, Warehouse

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) said it has impounded two trucks conveying large quantities of stolen railway sleepers, arrested 12 suspected vandals and clamped down on two illegal warehouses with vandalised railway sleepers in the last two weeks. A…

Group Expresses Apprehension Towards FG’s Fiscal Action… Demands Accountability

Group Expresses Apprehension Towards FG’s Fiscal Action… Demands Accountability

The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ), a Knowledge Institution and leading advocate for fiscal transparency and accountability, has expressed apprehension over recent developments regarding the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) and the establishment of the Infrastructure Support Fund (ISF) for the 36…

NSCDC Collaborates on Safe Schools Programme

NSCDC Collaborates on Safe Schools Programme

The Commandant General (CG) of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Dr Ahmed Abubakar Audi, mni, OFR, has expressed willingness to work collaboratively with local and international partners to enhance effective and successful implementation of the Safe Schools programme in…

Centre Calls for Massive Campaign to Arrest Threats of Climate Change

Centre Calls for Massive Campaign to Arrest Threats of Climate Change

The Centre for Media and Peace Initiatives (CMPI) has called for massive awareness campaigns across the country to sensitize Nigerians on sustainable practices to arrest growing threats of climate change. CMPI is a nonprofit organisation that seeks to promote conflict-resolving media practices…

Deaconess Oborevwori Comforts Family of NDLEA-Slain Baby

Deaconess Oborevwori Comforts Family of NDLEA-Slain Baby

Wife of Delta State Governor, Deaconess Tobore Oborevwori has visited the family of two-year-old, Ivan Omorhiakogbe slain by stray bullets from operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at Okpanam area of the State, on Thursday, July 14, 2023. Deaconess…

“Heritage is yet to Dialogue with Oleh Community, The Protest Continues” – Believe Alakri

“Heritage is yet to Dialogue with Oleh Community, The Protest Continues” – Believe Alakri

-By Michael J. Ekokoruwe: The president general of Oleh community, Chief comr. Believe Alakri says, the ongoing protest by Oleh community over the marginalization of employment slots by Heritage Energy Operational Services Limited management, will continue until the demand raised by the…

Gov. Oborevwori visits family of two-year-old killed by NDLEA officials

Gov. Oborevwori visits family of two-year-old killed by NDLEA officials

Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori on Monday visited the family of two-year-old Ivan Omorhiakogbe killed by stray bullets from operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at Okpanam area of the State capital on Thursday, 13th July. Oborevwori…

Approach Guinness for Certification of Your Road As World Most Expensive, Group Asks Rivers Government

Approach Guinness for Certification of Your Road As World Most Expensive, Group Asks Rivers Government

The Network for the Actualization of Social Growth and Viable Development (NEFGAD) has called on River State Government to approach the Guinness Book of World Records for certification of its 50.15 kilometres Port Harcourt Ring Road Contract awarded at the cost of…

Midnight Visit: Governor Zulum angry as he finds Gwoza hospital in darkness

Midnight Visit: Governor Zulum angry as he finds Gwoza hospital in darkness

… Orders immediate renovation… Rewards staff for working under poor condition Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, was dismayed by the lack of electricity and other situations at the General Hospital in Gwoza town. The governor paid a surprise visit to the…