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Tinubu appoints new FERMA board, management

NewsDeskNgOct 13, 2023October 13, 20230

President Bola Tinubu has approved appointment of new board and Management of the Federal Roads and Maintenance Agency, FERMA. Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity disclosed this in a statement on Friday. Chairman of FERMA Board is Engr. Imam Ibrahim Kashim Imam and the Managing...

Suspected herdsmen hijack fully loaded Benue Links bus, butcher passengers

NewsDeskNgOct 13, 2023October 13, 20230

Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen on Thursday, attacked a Benue Links bus conveying passengers to Otukpo en route Naka road Gwer West LGA at Tyolaha village. One passenger was killed and several others were injured during the attack by the marauders. Newsmen gathered that the latest attack is not...

Food Security: FG plans 50% subsidy for wheat farmers

NewsDeskNgOct 13, 2023October 13, 20230

The Minister of Agriculture, Abubakar Kyari, has said that the Federal Government is giving a 50 per cent subsidy to wheat farmers across the country to ensure adequate food security. He said President Tinubu’s Renewed Hope agenda was aimed at making sure that Nigeria secured food production starting next month,...

Katsina United get new secretary Aminu Alhassan

NewsDeskNgOct 13, 2023October 13, 20230

The Katsina State Government has approved the appointment of Aminu Alhassan as the secretary of Katsina United Football Club. The appointment was contained in a letter signed by Mika’il Surajo Muhammed, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Youth and Sports Development. Alhassan’s appointment is in recognition of his outstanding quality and contribution...

Akwa Ibom Assembly passes bill on financial autonomy

NewsDeskNgOct 13, 2023October 13, 20230

The Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly has passed a bill for a law that allows it to manage funds accruing to it from the consolidated revenue fund of the state. The law was passed after the third reading on Thursday, October 12, 2023. The lead sponsor of the bill...

Israel vs Hamas: ‘We’re fully ready’ – Hezbollah

NewsDeskNgOct 13, 2023October 13, 20230

Hezbollah deputy chief Naim Qassem said on Friday that the group would not be swayed by calls for it to stay on the sidelines of the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, saying the party was “fully ready” to contribute to the fighting. “The behind-the-scenes calls with us by great...

VIDEO: Davido confirms birth of twins

NewsDeskNgOct 13, 2023October 13, 20230

Afrobeats artiste Davido has welcomed a set of twins with his wife, Chioma. The couple were spotted smiling with the twins, a boy and a girl, in a viral video on Friday Recall that the singer, who had tweeted that this week would be the best week in his life,...

Security a vital asset for National Development – Bagudu

NewsDeskNgOct 13, 2023October 13, 20230

By Palma Ileye In line with the Reviewed National Integrated Infrastructure Master Plan, NIIMP, the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Abubakar Atiku Bagudu has said that security was one of the assets vital for national development . Bagudu, according to the Ministry’s press release, made this comment when...

FG calls for citizens active participation in development process

NewsDeskNgOct 13, 2023October 13, 20230

Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Sen. Atiku Abubakar Bagudu has called on citizen to participate, interrogate and agree on consensus, as the key to development especially in a federation such as Nigeria . Bagudu made this revelation while receiving members of the Society for Family Health, SFG, on a...

Era of exporting raw materials is over – Alake

NewsDeskNgOct 13, 2023October 13, 20230

By Palma Ileye Minister for Solid Minerals Development, Dr Oladele Alake has restated the overarching policy of value addition by any company wth requisite license and permits to mine minerals, just as he made a clarion call to potential investors that the era of exporting raw materials was over. Alake...