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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…

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…

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,…

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…

 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…