THE Federal Government has inaugurated the second phase of its Renewed Hope Agric Empowerment Project (REHAEP) for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Plateau to enhance food security. The project was inaugurated in Kpwasho, Bassa Local Government Area (LGA) of the…
THE National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has demobilised 54 “graduates” that were illegally mobilised for youth service by the University of Calabar. The Director-General, NYSC, Brig.-Gen. Yusha’u Ahmed said this in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja by the…
THE Acting Governor of Niger, Yakubu Garba, has felicitated with former Military President Ibrahim Babangida on his 83rd birthday. Garba in a statement by his Press Secretary, Hajiya Ummikhaltume Kuta, in Minna on Saturday, described IBB “as a bridge builder…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has congratulated Nigeria’s former head of state, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, on his 83rd birthday. This is contained in a statement by Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, on Saturday in Abuja.…
NIGERIA and Equatorial Guinea have indicated the desire to deepen economic cooperation to advance their common interests. President Bola Tinubu and President Obiang Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea disclosed this on Friday in a statement jointly signed by Nigeria’s Minister of…
Alhaji Sa’idu Ibrahim, the newly deployed National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) Coordinator to Katsina State has promised to operate an open door policy. The coordinator stated this in Katsina on Friday while taking over from Hajiya Aisha Muhammad, who proceeded…
THE National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has warned water producers, patent medicine dealers and other manufacturers of regulated products against selling fake and substandard products. Mrs Roseline Ajayi, NAFDAC Southwest Coordinator, gave the warning during…
THE Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), retired, Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa says imprisonment will strengthen deterrent effect of the agency’s drug supply reduction efforts. Marwa said this while reacting to the sentencing of three kingpins and 16…
THE FCT Minister of State, Hajia Mariya Mahmoud, has pledged her support for the JAV Christmas Village, Abuja’s premiere family-oriented yuletide event. This according to her is to ensure that the annual show becomes a tourism attraction in the FCT.…
FEDERAL High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered interim forfeiture of $2.04 million and seven properties linked to the embattled former Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. Justice Akintayo Aluko made the order on Thursday following an application by the…
