Month: August 2017

  • Group Commends Gov. Umahi’s Empowerment of 2000 Widows

    By Aaron Ossai, Abuja The recent release of over N1.5 Billion by the Government of Ebonyi State for the immediate payment of the pension and gratuity to retired workers from 1996 when the state was created till date and empowerment of 2000 widows across the State have been described as not only as unprecedented, divine,…

  • IPMAN Zonal Chairman Warns Against Fresh Crisis In Benin Depot

    By Ikhili Monday EBALU, Benin City The Zonal Chairman of the Independent Petroleum Markets Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), (Edo/Delta), Chief Solomon Ogbewe has expressed fears over fresh crisis in the Edo state IPMAN following alleged failure by the state leadership led by Comrade Johnbull Asemota to remit dues and flagrant disregard of the constitution of…

  • Sokoto Pilgrims Pray For President Buhari and Nigeria

    By Najem Francic, Sokoto Sokoto state pilgrims currently in Saudi Arabia for the 2017 annual hajj have held special prayers for the continued recovery of President Muhammadu Buhari and the peaceful coexistence of Nigeria. The special prayers which took place at the Grand Mosque in Mecca were also attended by pilgrims from other states who…

  • Sokoto Pays N1.8Bn Counterpart Funding To UNICEF

    By Najem Francis, Sokoto Sokoto state government has paid N1.8 billion as counterpart funding to various agreements entered into with UNICEF to boost basic education, healthcare delivery and sanitation in the state. Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, who stated this at the opening of a three day forum on high level advocacy and community engagement (ACE)…

  • CBN Pumps $364m into Inter-bank Forex Market

    CBN Pumps $364m into Inter-bank Forex Market

    By Joseph INOKOTONG   The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has intervened in the Inter-Bank market to the tune of $364 million to sustain liquidity in the Foreign Exchange, Forex, Market. The Acting Director of Corporate Communications Department, CBN, Mr. Isaac Okorafor, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Mr. Okorafor said the…

  • Newwark City Award To Gov Umahi, Another Testimony of Great Achiever – DUNETA

    Newwark City Award To Gov Umahi, Another Testimony of Great Achiever – DUNETA

    By Aaron Ossai   Governor of Ebonyi State, Engr. Dave Nweze Umahi, has been described as an International figure, a trailblazer, a radical revolutionist, an asset to Nigeria and an example for others in leadership positions at all levels to emulate. A grassroots NGO, the David Umahi Nweze Akubaraoha Ebonyi Transformation Agenda (DUNAETA), stated this while…

  • CSOs Closed Down BEDC In Edo

    CSOs Closed Down BEDC In Edo

    By Ikhili Monday EBALU, Benin City The Edo State Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) on Monday said it was set for showdown with the Benin Electricity Distribution Company over alleged assault on one Innocent Okpara on the instruction of an expatriate working with the firm. The rights activists in  a statement  endorsed by its spokesman, Comrade…

  • Bank of Industry disburses N21million to 438 GEEP beneficiaries

    Bank of Industry disburses N21million to 438 GEEP beneficiaries

    By Sule ALIYU, Bauchi  The Bank of Industry has disbursed fresh N21million loan to 438 traders in Bauchi State. Special Assistant to Governor Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar on Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and Social Investment Programmes (SIPs) Mansur Manu Soro disclosed this yesterday after a meeting with officials of the benefiting traders associations. The traders were beneficiaries…

  • Anambra Church Massacre is abominable, barbaric, inhuman- Dogara

    Anambra Church Massacre is abominable, barbaric, inhuman- Dogara

    By Aaron Ossai Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has described Sunday’s attack on worshippers in a Catholic church in Anambra state as abominable, barbaric, inhuman, and the height of wickedness. Scores of worshippers were murdered by gunmen inside a Catholic church in Ozubulu in Anambra State. The shooting is said to have…

  • Gov Ahmed Flags off N1.1billion State Secretariat

    Gov Ahmed Flags off N1.1billion State Secretariat

    By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has performed another ground breaking event by flagging off the construction of the N1.1billion new secretariat complex for civil servants. Speaking at the occasion on Monday, the Governor said the new secretariat became necessary in view of the fact that office accommodation has become…