Friday, 22 November, 2024

Month: August 2020


Erastus Awortu, Special Adviser to Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State on Niger Delta Development Commission Matters, has dismissed insinuations that his principal has plans to control the NDDC. Awortu was reacting to claims on social media that Wike asked Read more…


A 72-year-old passenger has died aboard an Air Peace flight P47182 en route Abuja from Calabar. It was also gathered that he had been on medication and was travelling to Abuja for a medical examination when the incident happened. His Read more…


Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State has signed into law, the revised appropriation bill of N114.9 billion for the year 2020. The budget themed, ‘’Accelerating Infrastructural Development and Youth Entrepreneurship’’ it has a total reduction of N22.2bn from the original Read more…


Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has tested negative for Coronavirus alongside his daughter and three aides. In a statement, Umahi disclosed that his daughter and three of his close aides have tested negative for the virus, stressing that contracting Read more…


Lagos State governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Saturday announced that worship centres in the state will be opened from Friday, August 7. Sanwo-Olu announced the reopening of worship centres at a press conference where he gave updates on how the state Read more…


Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi says more prominent Nigerians will still benefit from the Federal Government’s naming of railway stations across the country. Amaechi, in a statement by his Media Assistant, Mrs Taiye Elebiyo-Edeni, said the late Alhaji Waziri Mohammed Read more…


Police Command in Niger State has confirmed the death of seven females  from generator fumes at Rijau town, in  Rijau Local Government Area of the state. Mr Adamu Usman, the state Commissioner of Police told the News Agency of Nigeria Read more…


The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the  World Health Organisation (WHO) say that they are rallying supports for breastfeeding as the first pathway to preserving a  healthier planet. The Nutritional Officer of  UNICEF in Ebonyi, Mr Cyprain Ogbonna,  gave Read more…


The Presidency on Saturday said the views expressed by Malam Mamman Daura, on zoning were personal to him and did not, in any way, reflect that of either the president or his administration. Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant Read more…


A Nigerian, Mr Gabe Okoye, is on the ballot in a forthcoming Democratic Party’s senatorial primary runoff election in the U.S. Okoye, who hails from Enugwu-Aguleri, in Anambra,  is seeking the main opposition party’s ticket for the Nov. 3 general Read more…


As Ndi Anambra count down to 2023 governorship election in the State, more groups have continued to express support for zoning arrangements in achieving peace, equity, fairness and justice at the state. This was the core message delivered by the Read more…


Anambra State Ministry of Basic Education has said that only SS3Students in approved Public, Private and Mission schools are to resumein the State. According to a statement signed by the Commissioner for BasicEducation, Professor Kate Omenugha, boarders are to return Read more…