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Gen. Ndiomu Visits NIMASA DG, Seeks Opportunities For Youths In Maritime Industry

NewsDeskNgApr 25, 2023April 25, 20230

The Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) Major General Barry Ndiomu (rtd), has implored the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) for a workable and sustained partnership towards creating opportunities for teeming youths in the Niger Delta region. Ndiomu who made this solemn request on Tuesday in...

JAMB strengthens efforts to ensure 2023 UTME hitch-free as exam commences nationwide

NewsDeskNgApr 25, 2023April 25, 20230

Joint Admission and Matriculation Board has scaled up efforts to ensure that the ongoing 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME experience technical hitch-free. The JAMB Technical Advisors who were seen assisting morning section candidates of 2023 UTME during biometric capturing, revealed that JAMB is doing everything to ensure that all...

Gov Sule upgrades 22 traditional rulers to first, second class status

NewsDeskNgApr 25, 2023April 25, 20230

By Peter Ahemba Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nassrawa state has announced the upgrade of 22 traditional rulers to the status of first, second and third class status respectively across the state. The Governor, who disclosed this while receiving members of the State Traditional Council of Chiefs at the Government House,...

Borno Hisbah Officials Shave Off Youths’ Hair, Say It’s Against State’s Morals

NewsDeskNgApr 25, 2023April 25, 20230

Borno State Hisbah Command officials shaved the hairs of some young men for violating the state’s morals. The security outfit on its Facebook page on Monday, said the haircuts were done during the Eid celebration. According to the state deputy commandant, Mallam Abdurrahaman Musa, the Islamic police decided to shave...

222.5m Nigerians use telephones – NBS

NewsDeskNgApr 25, 2023April 25, 20230

There were 222.5 million telephone subscribers in Nigeria as at end of 2022, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said. The 2022 figure showed an increase of 27.1 million subscribers over the 195.5 million subscribers recorded at the end of 2021. The NBS stated the figures in its Telecoms...

Buhari to attend summit of Gulf of Guinea Heads of State and governments in Ghana

NewsDeskNgApr 25, 2023April 25, 20230

President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja for Accra on Tuesday to attend the 3rd Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Gulf of Guinea Commission (GGC). His media aide, Mr Femi Adesina, stated in Abuja on Monday that the summit was convened by President...

Gwarinpa clash: AMAC Chairman calls for calm

NewsDeskNgApr 25, 2023April 25, 20230

Mr Christopher Maikalangu, Chairman, Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) has called on residents of Gwarinpa to be calm and law abiding. He made the appeal on Monday in a statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Public Affairs, Mr Kingsley Madaki. The chairman said security agencies were...

ITUC-Africa calls for immediate ceasefire in Sudan

NewsDeskNgApr 25, 2023April 25, 20230

By Michael Paul The African Regional office of International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa ) has joined calls for an immediate end to hostilities in Sudan, which has left over 400 persons dead. In a statement on Monday signed by the General Secretary, Kwasi Adu-Amankwah, ITUC-Africa expressed concerns over the impact...

Tinubu, Wife Return To Abuja Ahead May 29 Swearing-in

NewsDeskNgApr 24, 2023April 24, 20230

The President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and his wife, Remi, arrived in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, on Monday. Tinubu’s flight touched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, and was welcomed by a crowd of supporters. Tinubu had on March 21 travelled out of the country to spend some...

NPFL Clubs To Slug It Out For Dozy Mmobuosi/NPFL Super Cup Star Prize Of N1.5bn

NewsDeskNgApr 24, 2023April 24, 20230

Winner of the upcoming 2023 Dozy Mmobuosi Super Cup Football Tournament is expected to part with the whopping sum of N1billion as star prize. The tournament, organised by Dozy Mmobuosi Foundation, in partnership with the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) is under the auspices of the Nigeria Premier Football League...