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News platform names CDS Leo Irabor as Man of the Year 2022

NewsDeskNgDec 31, 2022December 31, 20220

The Chief of Defence Staff, General Leo Irabor, has bagged an award of excellence as Man of the Year. The award was conferred on the CDS by media platform, News Headquarter Publisher Services. In a statement signed by its Publisher, Gena Lubem, the company said the award is in recognition...

Former Pope Benedict is dead

NewsDeskNgDec 31, 2022December 31, 20220

Former Catholic Pontiff, Pope Benedict XVI has died at his Vatican residence, aged 95. Benedict died almost ten years after he stood down because of ailing health. He led the Catholic Church for less than eight years until, in 2013, he became the first Pope to resign since Gregory XII...

775 constables graduate from Police Training School in Sokoto

NewsDeskNgDec 31, 2022December 31, 20220

No fewer than 775 Police constables on Friday graduated from the Police Training School in Sokoto State. The Police Recruitment Scheme under the year 2022 batch involved a total of 10,000 trainees that passed out across the country. The event took place simultaneously in four Premier Colleges and 12 Police...

Gov. Ugwuanyi signs 2023 budget into law

NewsDeskNgDec 31, 2022December 31, 20220

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, on Friday, assented to the 2023 appropriation bill of One hundred and sixty six billion, six hundred and two million, four hundred and sixteen thousand, seven hundred and seventy naira (N166,602,4I6,770.00) passed by the State House of Assembly. Signing the approved 2023 budget into...

Buhari to sign 2023 budget Tuesday – Senate President

NewsDeskNgDec 30, 2022December 30, 20220

Barring any last minute changes, President Muhammadu Buhari will sign the 2023 appropriation bill on Tuesday (Jan. 3, 2023). Senate President Ahmed Lawan confirmed this to State House correspondents on Friday after a closed-door meeting with Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Lawan revealed that he discussed some national issues...

LIFE-ND has greatly impacted us – Delta beneficiaries

NewsDeskNgDec 30, 2022December 30, 20220

Some beneficiaries of the Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises in the Niger Delta (LIFE-ND) Project in Delta have lauded the project for impacting them by improving their livelihood. The incubatees (beneficiaries) who spoke with newsmen on Friday on their experiences and benefits at the various project centres visited in the state,...

Youth groups disagree over name of hydro electric dam

NewsDeskNgDec 30, 2022December 30, 20220

The Zungeru Youths Development Association, Niger State has condemned the call by the Coalition of Shiroro Association to rename the 700 megawatts Zungeru dam located in Wushishi local government area of the state. The group through their spokesman, Mr Ammar Abubakar, and President, Idris Abubakar stated this at a press...

Crowd welcomes Senator Akpan back from prison in Akwa Ibom

NewsDeskNgDec 30, 2022December 30, 20220

Thousands of supporters of the Young Democratic Party, YPP, governorship candidate in Akwa Ibom, Senator Albert Bassey Akpan, on Thursday stormed the streets of Uyo to welcome the politician back from prison. Recall that on December 1, 2022, an Uyo Federal High Court, led by Justice Agatha Okeke sentenced the...

Lagos govt announces preferred bidder for Fourth Mainland Bridge

NewsDeskNgDec 30, 2022December 30, 20220

The Lagos State Government has selected Messrs CCECC-CRCCIG Consortium as their preferred bidder for the proposed Fourth Mainland Bridge project. They confirmed this through the Office of Public-Private Partnerships. The Special Adviser to Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Public Private Partnerships, Ope George stated this on Thursday during a briefing in...

Court quashes DSS move to charge Emefiele with terrorism, economic crimes

NewsDeskNgDec 29, 2022December 29, 20220

The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory on Thursday quashed moves by the Department of State Services to invite, interrogate and charge the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Godwin Emefiele. The presiding Judge, Justice M.A. Hassan, considering the Originating Motion brought before him by the Incorporated Trustees of...