Category: News
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Gov. Sule of Nasarawa inaugurates Council on MSMEs
Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has inaugurated the State Council on Implementation of the National Policy on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). This is in line with the policy thrust of President Muhammadu Buhari to open up the frontiers of economic activities in the country. The committee, which has the governor as the…
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Rice production: Ayade appeals for FG’s assistance in land development
Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River has appealed to the Federal Government to assist in land development for rice cultivation in the state. Ayade made the appeal on Friday at the South-South Rice Value Chains Stakeholders Forum in Calabar. The governor was represented by Mr Emmanuel Ano, his Special Adviser on Agriculture and Value Chains…
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Youth ministry disowns web link on Nigerian Youth Investment Fund, says it is fake
The Ministry of Youth and Sports Development says the link: https://nyif–edi.mystrikingly.com currently being circulated in the media is fake and is not from the ministry. A statement signed by the Director Press in the Ministry, Mrs. Lere-Adams Adjobome, on Thursday in Abuja, said the application and entrepreneurship development training for the Nigerian Youth Investment Fund…
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Katsina Revenue Board surpasses 2020 revenue target in spite of coronavirus — Chairman
The Katsina State Board of Internal Revenue has generated N9.1 billion revenue in the first nine months of 2020, indicating a 125 percent performance over its set target of N7.3 billion, the chairman of the Board, Alhaji Aminu Darabati-Abdulmumini has said. Abdulamumini told a press briefing on Thursday in Katsina, that the collection was N1.8…
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Tiv-Jukun crisis: plaintiffs seek transfer of suit to Taraba
The Federal High Abuja has adjourned indefinitely a suit challenging the composition of the panel of investigations into the Tiv/Jukun crisis in Taraba. Justice Ahmed Mohammed adjourned the suit indefinitely on Thursday following an application to that effect by Mr. Sebastine Hon (SAN), counsel to the plaintiffs. Hon informed the court that the plaintiffs had…
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Jigawa fire service saves 118 lives, property worth N332m in 3 months
The Jigawa Directorate of Fire Service says it saved 118 lives and property worth N332million in various operations in the state from August to November 2020. Alhaji Haruna Aliyu, Director of the service said this while speaking with Our correspondent on Friday in Dutse. Aliyu said that 16 lives and property worth N200 million were…
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Customs: Joint Border Operations yield 65 seizures of various contrabands
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Joint Border Operations Drill (JBOD) Sector 3, with headquarters in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, led by the Nigerian Customs Service, has made 65 seizures of different items between October and November 2020. This was revealed at a press briefing in Ilorin on Monday by the new JBOD Coordinator, Comptroller…
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Kwara Gov launches house-to-house distribution of 2.3m free mosquito nets
By Steve Oni, Ilorin Kwara state Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has noted that more than 50 percent of health complications reported across public hospitals resulted from poorly treated malaria-related cases, reiterating his commitment to the global fight against the disease that experts say is number one killer in sub-Saharan Africa. The governor spoke in Ilorin at…
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Borno Gov Builds Teaching Hospital/ Medical College for For State university
By, Ali Musa Biu-Maiduguri Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum’s on Thursday, began the construction of a Teaching Hospital and a College of medical sciences for the Borno State University. This, he said, is to enable the new university start the award of degree in medicine and surgery as well as other medical programmes. Nigeria’s…
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We need all stakeholders for true reconciliation —APC caretaker committee
The Gov. Mai Mala Buni-led All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee has said that its ongoing reconciliation process requires all efforts of stakeholders. Buni, chairman of the committee and Yobe governor said this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. He, however, added that the committee since it assumed office on…