A former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Obong Victor Attah, on Friday, announced the formation of a new non-partisan political pressure group, ‘The Compatriots’ ahead of the 2023 general election, which will champion national unity and good governance. Attah, who ...
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NGF, FG Working To Pay Lecturers’ Withheld Salary Arrears
Jigawa Governor Mohammed Badaru has said the 36 Governors were working with the Federal Government to pay the salary arrears of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Badaru said the Governors were considering using legal ways to resolve ASUU ...
Read More »Lagos, P’Harcourt LikelyTo Witness ‘Weather Catastrophe’ – FG
The Federal Government on Thursday said a report by the inter-governmental panel on climate change revealed that many coastal mega cities including Lagos, Port Harcourt and others, would witness weather catastrophe by 2050. It, however, stated that it was taking ...
Read More »AfDB Provides Over $1.1bn To 20,500 Nigerian MSMEs
The African Development Bank has said that it has provided over $1.1bn worth of interventions for 20,500 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in Nigeria. It said that this had contributed to the creation of more than 440,000 jobs in Nigeria, ...
Read More »FG Disburses N785m To 10m MSMEs
…Says $3bn invested in seven sugar projects The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Richard Adebayo, has said that the Federal Government, in its efforts to create the right environment for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises to thrive, has disbursed ...
Read More »4 Battling For Survival As Stephen Keshi Stadium Collapses In Delta
Four persons are battling for survival at the hospital as the Multiple Sports Complex at the Stephen Keshi Stadium in Asaba, Delta State, collapsed Thursday morning. This may not be unconnected with the speed at which the construction work was ...
Read More »NGO Launches National Post COVID-19 Educational Response Plan
A non-governmental organisation, Educational Network Against COVID-19 (ENACOVID) has launched a National Post COVID-19 Educational Response Plan (CERP). Executive Director of Educational Network Against COVID-19, Dr. Ben Onwudinjo, said the NGO targets all groups of persons whose fortunes and possibilities ...
Read More »Hoodlums Raze INEC Office In Osun
Hoodlums have razed the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) office located at Oke-Iresi area of Ede in Ede-South Local Government Area of Osun State. The Nation gathered the arsonists stormed the office in the early hours of Thursday with petrol to carry out ...
Read More »Omos Returns To Nigeria After 14 Years, Visits His Family
TMZ Sports shared a video which shows footage of the giant’s emotional homecoming to Nigeria; he hadn’t been in the country since 2008, but he visited his family in the aftermath of WWE Crown Jewel. The clip shows his loved ...
Read More »Commission Proposes N532.7bn For 2023 Census
The National Population Commission has declared that N532.7bn will be needed by it to conduct the national census in April 2023. The Chairman of the Commission, Nasir Kwarra, on Wednesday, made the disclosure to members of the Senate Committee on ...
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