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Stop Heating Polity With False Allegations Against Obi, HURIWA Warns Lai Mohammed

NewsDeskNgApr 6, 2023April 9, 20230

Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA), on Thursday, tackled the Minister of Information and Culture for levelling “false allegations” of treason and “stoking insurrection” in Nigeria against the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi. HURIWA, in a statement by its National Coordinator, Comrade...

Blood bath as armed herders kill 46, including police officer in Benue

NewsDeskNgApr 6, 2023April 9, 20230

IT was a blood bath on Wednesday, April 5th, 2023 at Umogidi, Entekpa in Adoka District of Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State as suspected armed herders for the second day invaded the community and murdered 46 people. Among those killed were the son of the council chairman, Mr....

Okpanachi of Ojapata Ajodi family buried mother in Ejule

NewsDeskNgApr 6, 2023April 6, 20230

By Augustine Aminu The remains of late Mrs. Mary Attaboh-Achimawo, mother to the Vice president, Integrity Club International, Abuja, Mr. Emmanuel Okpanachi Thomas was laid to rest on Thursday, at her home town, Ejule, in Ofu local government, Kogi State. The resident pastor of United Evangelical Church, Ejule, Reverend Isaac...

NO Cause For Alarm Over Presence Of UN Fighting Vehicles, Equipment In Nigeria

NewsDeskNgApr 5, 2023April 5, 20230

The Defence Headquarters wishes to react to some social media video clips been circulated arising from the presence of some United Nations Peacekeeping fighting vehicles and equipment sighted recently in Benin, Edo state. This has resulted to insinuations which are inimical to public peace and may even cause panic. According...

Why Nigeria’s human capital development drive must be sustained—Osinbajo

NewsDeskNgApr 5, 2023April 5, 20230

The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, says Nigeria must accord attention to Human Capital Development (HCD) to drive the desired economic growth. Osinbajo said this at the Peer Review Meeting of the HCD State Focal Persons held on Tuesday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the...

Buhari sacks NASENI Executive Vice Chairman, Prof. Mohammed Haruna

NewsDeskNgApr 5, 2023April 5, 20230

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the Executive Vice Chairman, National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Prof. Mohammed Haruna, to vacate his office immediately. A statement from the office of Secretary to the Government of the Federation on Tuesday in Abuja by Mr Willie Bassey, the Director of Information,...

Customs hands over N1.4 B seized expired drugs to NAFDAC

NewsDeskNgApr 5, 2023April 5, 20230

The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone A, Ikeja, has handed over seized expired drugs, valued at about N1.4 billion to the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). The FOU Zone A Acting Controller of the Service, DCG Kehinde Ejibunu, did the handing over...

Climate change: Agency pledges more afforestation activities to curb challenges

NewsDeskNgApr 5, 2023April 5, 20230

Director-General, National Agency for Great Green Wall (NAGGW), Dr Yusuf Maina-Bukar, has pledged more commitments to afforestation activities to curb the challenges of climate change in Nigeria. Maina-Bukar gave the pledge while addressing newsmen to mark his first anniversary in office, on Tuesday in Abuja. “Since the inception of the...

Rail modernisation: Senate announces new financier of Kaduna-Kano

NewsDeskNgApr 5, 2023April 5, 20230

The Senate on Tuesday announced a new financier for the Kaduna-Kano railway modernisation project. The former financier, the China Exim Bank backed off the project making way for the China Development Bank (CDB) to take over. To this effect, the Senate harmonised the terms of the 2016-2018 Federal Government’s external...

9mobile set to host ‘Channel Partner Conference’

NewsDeskNgApr 5, 2023April 5, 20230

9mobile, a telecommunications company, says its forthcoming annual ‘Channel Partner Conference’ aims to provide business development support across its stakeholder landscape. The company in a statement on Tuesday said the theme for this year’s edition would be: “Re-engage to Succeed”. It said the conference slated for April 13, would lay...