The North East Development Commission (NEDC), said yesterday that at least 2,056 persons from its coverage area will benefit from the N6 billion fund set aside for building human capital under the North-East Development Commission Education Endowment Fund (NEDC-EEF). Specifically, in a release signed by the commission’s Head, Corporate Affairs, Abba Musa, the body disclosed…
Waste cart pushers have been banned from operating in Ogun by the state government on grounds of being “indicted of complicity in crimes across the state.” Special Adviser to the Governor on Environment and Chief Executive Officer of the Ogun State Waste Management Authority, Ola Oresanya said the ban is with immediate effect as activities of the…
The spokesman for the United Nations secretary-general says three peacekeepers from Burundi were killed and two others wounded in the Central African Republic in attacks Friday by armed combatants BANGUI, Central African Republic — Three peacekeepers from Burundi were killed and two others wounded in Central African Republic in attacks Friday by armed combatants, the…
Biden spoke out as millions of Americans saw their jobless benefits expire after Trump threw a long-awaited pandemic aid package into doubt—demanding lawmakers approve $2000 instead of the $600 direct payments to US taxpayers. “This abdication of responsibility has devastating consequences. Today, about 10 million Americans will lose unemployment insurance benefits,” Biden said in a statement. The stimulus measure…
President Donald Trump leaves the White House next month with the country more sharply divided than when he moved in and amid caustic assessments of his record in office, a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds. Fifty percent of Americans now predict history will judge him as a “failed” president. The survey, taken in the…
The presidency has disclosed what President Muhammadu Buhari has in the pipeline to curb the frequent clashes between herdsmen and farmers in the country. The Senior Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu on Tuesday said farmers would be restricted from roaming around the country. Adamu said this on Tuesday when he appeared as a…
An Auditor-General’s report has exposed how the Ministerial Tenders Board of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources allegedly paid N718 million to 11 firms for different services rendered without documents. The audit report is currently being considered by the Senate Committee on Public Accounts, chaired by Matthew Urhoghide (Edo South). The report shows that the contracts…
The Oyo State Police Command on Sunday said the two people who were reportedly killed at Asaka area of Ibadan were killed for not joining Odu’a People Congress (OPC). Some newspapers had last week reported that men of Amotekun killed two people – Delokun Akin and Azeez Hammed at Akala Road, Asaka in the state…
As the two-week deadline for the deactivation of sim cards not linked to their National Identification numbers draw near, residents in Lagos state this morning stormed the Alausa office of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) in Lagos. Currently, only about 41.5 million Nigerians out of an estimated 198 million active phone subscribers have NIN….
FG Rescues 333 Abducted Katsina School Boys as Boko Haram Releases Shocking Video of them. A total of 333 recently abducted students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State have been reportedly rescued by the federal government. According to the Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, who acknowledged the incident on her…
