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Wike Confers Honorary Abuja Citizenship On Visiting Senegalese President
FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, has conferred the honorary citizenship of Abuja on the President of Senegal, Bassirou Diomaye Faye. Wike who received the Senegalese President on Thursday on his arrival at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on behalf of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, also presented the symbolic key to the city to Faye. Faye is in...
We’ve Done A Lot Without Noise, Media Hype — Fubara
The Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, says contrary to what many people have been saying, his administration has achieved a lot silently without blowing trumpet. Fubara said this on Friday during the inauguration of Emohua/Kalabari Tema Junction Road in Rivers State. Explaining details of the project, the governor said it is “for those who said that we have not been...
Gov. Otti, Deputy Set To Grace Ohafia Traditional Rulers Quinquennial Conference
Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti along with his Deputy, Engr. Ikechukwu Emetu are set the grace the quinquennial conference of Ohafia Traditional Rulers Council as Chief Guest of Honour and Guest of Honour respectively. The conference which comes every five years is being organised in conjunction with Ohafia Chamber of Commerce will also have in attendance the Chairman of...
US, Nigeria Unveil Open Skies Air Transport Agreement
The United States has announced the unveiling of an Air Transport Agreement with Nigeria. The Public Diplomacy Department of the US Mission in Nigeria, which disclosed this on Friday in Abuja, said the agreement had provisionally been applied since 2000. The bilateral agreement establishes a modern civil aviation relationship between the two countries. READ ALSO: Okuama Killings: Withdraw From Igbomotoru – Ijaw...
Okuama Killings: Withdraw From Igbomotoru – Ijaw Group Urges Military
An Ijaw think-tank group, the Ijaw Integrity Group, IIG, has urged the Nigerian military to withdraw troops from Igbomotoru town in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. Chairman of the group, Walter Moneyman, made the call while reacting to reports of the withdrawal of troops from Okuama in Delta State, where several soldiers on a peaceful mission were...
Reps Move To Conserve Wildlife, Passes Bill For Second Reading
The bill to address wildlife trafficking and habitat destruction passed second reading in the House of Representatives at Thursday’s plenary. Sponsor of the bill and member representing Kwande/Ushongo Federal Constituency of Benue State, Hon. Terseer Ugbor, while explaining the general principles of the bill, said the wildlife trade and trafficking was assuming a very dangerous dimension, hence, there was need...
36 States Assembly Speakers Back State Police, Says It Is An Antidote To Lingering Insecurity
The Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures of Nigeria has declared that state police is the only antidote to the growing insecurity across the country. The conference made this declaration in a communique issued at the end of its general meeting held in Abuja. The communique was signed by its Chairman, who is the Speaker of Oyo State House of Assembly,...
Ebonyi Assembly Confirms Gov. Nwifuru’s Commissioner Nominee
Ebonyi State House of Assembly has screened and confirmed a commissioner nominee, Prince Collins Emeka Igboke to serve as a member of the state cabinet. The Deputy Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Chinedu Onah who presided over the plenary, read a letter from the State Governor, Francis Nwifuru requesting the House to screen him as a commissioner nominee. According to...
Nigerians In Pain, Bishop Kukah Tells Tinubu
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, said Nigerians are in pains, calling on President Bola Tinubu to open a channel of communication with the people on when his policies will begin to yield results. Kukah said even though the “pains are unintended”, it was brought about as the results of certain policy decisions that hopefully, with...
Enugu Govt, Labour Party Disagree Over N100bn Agro Project
The Enugu State chapter of the Labour Party, LP, and the Enugu State government are not on the same page as the government consummates an agriculture partnership agreement with Pragmatic Farms Limited. The partnership between the Enugu State Government and Pragmatic Farms Limited, worth N100 billion, is for the revival of the moribund United Palm Products Ltd (UPPL). However, the Labour...
