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U.S. Pledge Over $7 Million In Health, Humanitarian Funding In Nigeria
The U.S. Consulate General, Lagos, says more than $7 million in health and humanitarian funding will go toward risk communication, water and sanitation activities, infection prevention, and coordination in Nigeria. This is as the U.S. provides nearly $274 million to help dozens of countries to combat the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), a statement by the consulate said on Tuesday in...
Cross River unveils theme for 2019 carnival
The Cross River state government has unveiled the theme for the 2019 street carnival. The theme is "Humanity". Cross River State carnival has received reviews and ratings to be the biggest street carnival in Africa. Governor of Cross River State, Prof. Ben Ayade, said the theme of the carnival seeks to speak truth to power to the effect that all the artificial barriers...
World Bank, EU Support FG’s Skill Training Programme
The European Union and the World Bank have thrown their support behind the Nigerian Federal Government’s ambitious “Three Million Technical Talent” (3MTT) programme, an initiative aimed at equipping young Nigerians with digital skills and connecting them to global job markets. Launched by the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, the 3MTT programme seeks to train three million Nigerians...
Rerun Election: Police Restrict Movement In Bauchi
Bauchi Police Command has imposed restrictions on movement for the Saturday, February 2024, rerun election to be held in three local government areas of the state. The restriction of movement is from midnight of Friday to 06:00 pm on Saturday, February 3, 2024. The Command equally barred Very Important Persons, VIPs, and politicians from going to a polling unit with their...
BBC Report: TB Joshua Can’t Defend Himself – Dele Momodu
Veteran journalist and publisher Dele Momodu has faulted the British Broadcasting Corporation, BCC, for a documentary exposing the alleged secret lifestyle of the late founder of Synagogue Church of All Nations, SCOAN, Temitope Balogun Joshua. Momodu said it’s unfortunate that TB Joshua can’t defend himself against the mirage of allegations leveled against him by some people close to him during...
“Rivers Emergency Rule Expires September 18” – FCT Minister
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, on Saturday said he was optimistic that the state of emergency declared in Rivers State would expire on September 18. He disclosed this after casting his vote in the ongoing local government election in the state. Wike noted that the expiration would pave the way for the state House of Assembly to...
Wike Declared PDP ‘Long Dead’
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, on Friday declared that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was “long dead”. He blamed the party’s woes on impunity, arrogance and disregard for internal democracy by some of its governors. Wike said this during his monthly media chat monitored in Abuja. He added that the ongoing exodus of party members was not a...
2027: “We’ll Match APC Tactics For Tactics” – ADC
Coalition-backed African Democratic Congress, on Saturday reiterated its determination to send the President Bola Tinubu administration packing, saying it will match the ruling All Progressives Congress, tactic for tactic in the 2027 general election. ADC said the fact that it does not have serving governors in its fold does it detract from its formidability as a viable platform to sack...
El-Rufai’s Government Has Thrown People Out Of Job — Sen. Hunkuyi
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) governorship candidate in Kaduna State, Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi, has accused the state governor, Nasiru Ahmad El-Rufai, of rendering some workers jobless and not providing enough alternatives for them. The former Senator representing Kaduna North stated this on Tuesday during a chat with Arise TV on issues concerning the NNPP campaign activities in the state. Hunkuyi...
FG Launches 77,400 Housing Units Across 774 LGAs
The Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Dangiwa, unveils the launching of the Renewed Hope Social Housing Programme to address the housing needs of Nigerians, regardless of class or income level. The minister made this known while receiving a delegation from Creative Sphere Limited at the ministry’s headquarters in Mabushi recently. Dangiwa explained that the Renewed Hope Social Housing Programme...
