Month: August 2017

  • Benin Republic University Rewards Senator Wamakko

    Benin Republic University Rewards Senator Wamakko

    By Najem Francis, Sokoto The ESAE University (Ecole Superieure D’ Administration D’Economie, De Journalisme  Et Des Metiers de l’Audiovisuel), in Benin Republic, has conferred a Honourary Doctorate Degree,  Doctors of Science, Honoris Causa   in Leadership and Community Development on the immediate past governor of Sokoto State, Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko. This was contained in a…

  • Sokoto To Establish Textile Factory Under PPP

    Sokoto To Establish Textile Factory Under PPP

    By Najem Francis, Sokoto A few months after commissioning a new fertiliser plant, Sokoto state government is poised  to establish a textile factory in partnership with a private firm. The factory which will have the capacity to produce 20,000 metric tonnes of finished products and  provide employment opportunity to about 2,000 people, is to be …

  • Saraki V Sahara Reporters’ Livel Case: Court Adjourns To Sept 14

    Saraki V Sahara Reporters’ Livel Case: Court Adjourns To Sept 14

    By Steve Oni, Ilorin Kwara youths have shunned all entreaties by the associates of the publisher of Sahara reporters to throng the Kwara state high court complex, Ilorin on Wednesday in solidarity with the online media man, over a suit between him and the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki. Instead, both the vicinity and the…

  • Dogara Applauds D’Tigress For FIBA AfroBasket Victory

    Dogara Applauds D’Tigress For FIBA AfroBasket Victory

    By Aaron Ossai Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has hailed the national female basketball team, D’Tigress, on their victory over Senegal in the 2017 FIBA Women’s AfroBasket tournament in Mali and for qualifying for the 2018 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup in Spain. The Speaker praised the doggedness of the team,…

  • Dogara Condoles Katsina Over Kanti Bello’s Death

    Dogara Condoles Katsina Over Kanti Bello’s Death

    By Aaron Ossai Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has expressed sadness at the demise of Senator Kanti Bello. The Speaker, who described the loss of the elder statesman as painful, said that he lived a life of service to the country and embodied patriotic and democratic ideals. “Alhaji Kanti Bello was…

  • Osinbajo opens 60, 000 Metric Tonnes Fertilizer Plant in Edo  *Hails Obaseki’s effort at improving business environment

    Osinbajo opens 60, 000 Metric Tonnes Fertilizer Plant in Edo *Hails Obaseki’s effort at improving business environment

    By Ikhili Monday EBALU, Benin City The Vice president, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has inaugurated the Edo Fertilizer Plant and Chemical Company Limited, a public, private venture which has the capacity to produce about 60,000 metric tons of fertilizer per annum. The Vice President, who was accompanied by the ministers of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief…

  • UNILORIN: VC Ambali’s Successor Named

    UNILORIN: VC Ambali’s Successor Named

    By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Governing Council of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) has announced a a Professor of Chemical Engineering, Sulyman Age Abdulkareem as the new Vice Chancellor of the University. The tenure of the current Vice Chancellor Prof Abdulganiyu Ambali will come to an end on October 15, 2017. Addressing journalists in Ilorin,…

  • Gov Ahmed Assures Kwarans On Completion Of All Projects

    Gov Ahmed Assures Kwarans On Completion Of All Projects

    By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has assured Kwarans that his government will complete all ongoing projects in the state before the expiration of his tenure. The governor gave this assurance during a stakeholders meeting with members of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) held at the Banquet Hall, opposite Government…

  • Ekweremadu Mourns Kanti Bello

    Ekweremadu Mourns Kanti Bello

     By Aaron Ossai The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has expressed sadness over the death of former Senator Kanti Bello, describing it as a heavy loss to the entire nation.  Ekweremadu, who served with the late Senator in the fifth and sixth Senate, said the Katsina-born Senator was a “cosmopolitan and highly detribalised…

  • Bauchi Commences Feeding of 307,000 Pupils

    By Sule ALIYU, Bauchi Bauchi State has commenced the daily feeding of pupils in primary schools across the 20 LGAs in the state under the Federal Government’s schools’ feeding program. Speaking with journalists in an interview, the Special Assistant to the state governor on development partners and Social investment Mansur Manu Soro said the program…