Governor Sule Presents N148. 9bn 2023 Budget To Nasarawa Assembly
Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has presented a budget of N148.9 billion for the 2023 fiscal year to the State House of Assembly for approval. Sule laid the appropriation bill tagged “Budget of Economic Consolidation and Continuity” before the…
Army Trains 40 Security Guards To Protect IDPs Camp In Borno
The 7 Division of the Nigerian Army has concluded the training of 40 security guards to strengthen security in Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Maiduguri, the Borno capital. The Division’s General Officer Commanding (GOC), Maj.-Gen. Shauib Waidi said the…
ASHRAAF Celebrates 5th Annual Maulid Nabbiy
By Maryam Aminu An Abuja faith-based and non-profit organisation that stands as an umbrella body under which Islamic programmes and projects are unfolding for the purpose of entrenching proper understanding of Islam and making positive impact in the lives of…
2023 National Population And Housing Census: NPC, NOA Sensitise Kaduna Residents
National Population Commission (NPC), in partnership with National Orientation Agency (NOA), on Tuesday, embarked on a sensitisation road show, preparatory to the 2023 National Population and Housing Census. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the road show started…
What Is Needed To Make Policing Effective in Nigeria – SDP Presidential Flagbearer Reveals
Adewole Adebayo, Presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), has said that if the police system in Nigeria was effective, half of those in government would be in jail. He stated this during the second series of presidential town-hall…
Domestic Airlines Take FG To Court Over National Carrier Deal With Ethiopian Airline
Nigeria’s domestic airlines have taken the Federal Government and its foreign technical partner and majority shareholders to court in the recently announced national carrier deal with the Ethiopian Airlines. About eight local airlines and their association took the government to…
NYSC DG to Corpers: Utilize SAED Program to Get Relevant Skills
Corps Members have been advised to acquire vocational skills through the NYSC Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development programme so as to become self-employed. According to a statement signed by the Director of Press and Public Relations of the NYSC, Eddy…
FCTA Reopens Popular Abuja Market
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has reopened the popular Abuja market, in Dutse – Alhaji after closing it for four days. The reopening followed the directives of the Minister of FCT, Malam Muhammad Bello. Few days ago, the market…
We Remember Ken Saro Wiwa, 27 Years On!
By Sobomabo Jackrich I am Ambassador Sobomabo Jackrich, Executive Director of the Network For Defence of Democracy and Good Governance. Today is the 27th memorial anniversary of the brutal execution of Ken Saro Wiwa and 8 others. I stand with…
Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan Laments Ordeals Of Women Seeking Elective Offices in Nigeria
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for Kogi Central Senatorial District, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has decried the attacks women who aspire to run for elections in Nigeria face. Regretting the dearth of women in political positions in Kogi State, the aspiring…
