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By Peter Amine Sen. Simon Lalong (APC/Plateau South) on Friday lauded Federal Government siting a Study Centre of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) in Wase, Wase Local Government Area of Plateau. Lalong, the immediate past governor of Plateau, gave the commendation during the Inauguration of the new study centre in Wase. He stated…
By Onyeje Abutu-Joel The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Benue Command on Tuesday, paraded two persons, Peter Iorlumun and Tileshima Kine for alleged illegal possession of firearms. The Command Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mr Michael Ejelikwu said that Iorlumun was arrested at St Mary’s Catholic Church, Ikyogen in Kwande Local Government Area on…
BY CHRIS GYANG Today, the entire machinery of government in Plateau State has literally ground to a halt. This has been the situation since May 10 when civil servants finally commenced an industrial action, having given the administration several opportunities to redeem itself and meet their demands but to no avail. Three months of…
By Thompson Yamput The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) has given a directive for the suspension of reclamation activities on Banana Island, Lagos, pending an investigation by Lagos State government. Dr George Moghalu, NIWA Managing Director gave the directive in a statement issued by the authority’s General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Mr Jibril Darda’u in Lokoja…
By Thompson Yamput Former Deputy Governor of Kogi Yomi Awoniyi on Tuesday officially joined the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the Nov. 11 Governorship Election in the state. Awoniyi, who recently declared his defection from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), was officially received into the APC at the party’s national headquarters in Abuja,…
By Thompson Yamput A delegation of Council of Ulama in Kogi on Tuesday visited the new State Commissioner of Police, Miller Dantawaye, and offered prayers for the peace and unity in the State. Mall. Zakariya Zak, the Council’s Public Relations Officer and Spokesman, said that the visit was aimed at strengthening community relations, fostering dialogue,…
By Olawunmi Ashafa Ambassador Mohammed Kabir, former Registrar of the Surveyors Council of Nigeria, on Friday joined his colleagues to cut the tape to inaugurate the World Geospatial Information Home(WGIH), in Deqing, China. The WGIH was inaugurated under the auspices of the United Nations Global Geospatial Knowledge and Innovation Centre (UNGGKIC), also in Deqing, China….
By Odoga Charles The Democratic Front (TDF) has condemned what it described as the hypocritical and emotional blackmail of the federal government by governors elected on the platform of the opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP). In a statement signed by its Chairman, Mallam Danjuma Muhammad and Secretary, Chief Wale Adedayo, TDF argued that it was…
By Sunday John The Governorship Elections Petition Tribunal in Lafia, Nasarawa State, has reserved judgment on the petition challenging the outcome of 2023 governorship poll in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr David Ombugadu, governorship candidate of the PDP, is challenging the declaration of Gov. Abdullahi Sule of the APC…
By Blessing Odega The Rotary club of Calgary North and Jos Central, has empowered over 20, 000 youths in Kwall and Rotsu communities in Bassa Local Government Areas (LGAs) with two Compressed Earth Bricks making machines. The President of Rotary club of Jos Central, Mrs Vivian Abara, on Wednesday Kwall, said the gesture through its…
