News Archives - Page 369 of 387

Rivers traditional rulers pledge to uphold court verdict

NewsDeskNgDec 22, 2022December 22, 20220

Traditional Rulers in Ngo town in Rivers have vowed to respect upcoming Supreme Court verdict expected to terminate an over 40 years chieftancy tussle in the community. Speaking shortly after a peace pact organized by the Council on Tuesday at Ngo, the Council headquarter, the parties involved in the suit...

Entrepreneur lauds FG on youth empowerment

NewsDeskNgDec 22, 2022December 22, 20220

Chinedu Nwonyeuba, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Lamido Motors on Thursday lauded President Muhammadu Buhari for driving policies that promote youths’ empowerment and entrepreneurship. Nwonyeuba said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the occasion of his birth celebration in Abuja. He acknowledged Buhari for his...

NSCDC deploys 1,800 personnel for special operations in Edo

NewsDeskNgDec 22, 2022December 22, 20220

The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Edo, says it has deployed 1,800 personnel for special operations during the Yuletide. This is contained in a statement on Thursday, signed by the state Commandant, Mr Samuel Dan, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja....

Yuletide: LP senatorial candidate donates 700 bags of rice to widows, orphans

NewsDeskNgDec 22, 2022December 22, 20220

Mr Mike Auta, Kaduna-South Senatorial Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has distributed 700 bags of rice to widows and orphans in the area, to celebrate Christmas. Mohammed Zakari, Director-General of Auta Campaign Organisation, made the donation on Auta’s behalf in Kafanchan, headquarters of Jema’a Local Government Area. The News...

Presidency: Vote for candidate with mental, physical energy – Peter Obi advises

NewsDeskNgDec 21, 2022December 21, 20220

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi said Nigeria is in dire need of a president who has the necessary mental, physical energy and capacity to take it out of the quagmire. He noted that the people have moved beyond voting on sentiments based on religion, state...

Fashola commissions project in Ebonyi varsity

NewsDeskNgDec 21, 2022December 21, 20220

The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola has inaugurated a 0.6 kilometres reconstructed road at the Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo, in Ebonyi State. Fashola, represented at the inauguration by the Federal Controller of Works in the state, Mr Steve Oluwadun, described the road as “an important asset...

Matawalle urges military to redouble efforts against bandits in Zamfara

NewsDeskNgDec 21, 2022December 21, 20220

Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle of Zamfara State has said that the persistent onslaught by the military personnel against bandits in the Dansadau area of Zamfara State will finally push the terrorists out of the state. The governor who commended the military for their victory over bandits in Malele and Matunji...

FG assures farmers of deploying smart agric tech to reduce effect of floods

NewsDeskNgDec 21, 2022December 21, 20220

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has reassured farmers of deploying infrastructures and other climate-smart agric technologies to reduce the effect of future floods in the country. The National Programme Coordinator, FGN/IFAD Value Chain Development Programme, VCDP-VC, Dr Fatima K. Aliyu made the disclosure during the flag-off ceremony on...

NCS Comptroller, Ali frustrating $3.1bn modernisation project – Investors tell court

NewsDeskNgDec 20, 2022December 20, 20220

A Federal High Court in Abuja has been told that the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, (NCS), Col Hameed Ali is frustrating the $3.1bn Customs Modernisation Project by seeking to reverse the Federal Executive Council (FEC) approval granted for the project. The allegations of frustration of the new...

Igbos in US military drag American to court for calling IPOB terrorist group

NewsDeskNgDec 20, 2022December 20, 20220

Some Nigerians of Igbo descent, in the United States Military, have instituted a legal suit against the Executive Director of the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Baltimore, Ivan Sascha Sheehan, for describing the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, as a terrorist organization. The group known...