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A 17-year-old student of Offa Grammar School, Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State, Adegoke Adeyemi, has reportedly committed suicide as a result of his failure to pass his promotion examination from SS1 to SS2. Adegoke was found hanging on a tree following his failure to get promoted into the next class in the school. The state Police Command Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Okasanmi Ajayi, who confirmed the development in a statement in Ilorin on Thursday, said the corpse of the deceased student was removed from a tree behind Ariya Garden Hotel, Offa, by a team of policemen from the Divisional Police Headquarters, Offa last Tuesday. Okasanmi said the corpse of the deceased was taken to the Offa General Hospital for autopsy, adding that the police have commenced investigation into the matter. In another development, the spokesman of the state Police Command said one notorious cultist on the wanted list of the anti-cult team, Monday Ojoagbu, and other members of his

As part of efforts to cushion the economic hardship in Nigeria, the Christian Women Fellowship International (CWFI) and the Chicason Group of Company have shown readiness to empower 200 families to enable them cater for themselves and their relatives. The Head of Marketing and Communication, Chicason Group of Company, Dr. Amechi Chukwu, disclosed their efforts to empower the families, during the just concluded CWFI convention in Benin-city, Edo State capital. She said the convention, which had always held once in a year, is targeted at sponsoring and facilitating projects to help women, their families, the church and the kingdom of God. According to her, "We want to give back to the society for what God had done for us. We want to empower women, and that is why we made provisions for them to be distributors, with a special discounts and gifts. “We have to water down the distribution requirements to the level that we can empower 200 women to pick our products and bec

Uduak Akpan, 21, from Uruan Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State has been sentenced to death by hanging for the murder of a job seeker in the state, late Iniubong Umoren. An Akwa Ibom State High Court in Uyo, the state capital, delivered the judgement on Thursday after about one year of trial. The Presiding Judge, Justice Bassey Nkanang, in his ruling, also sentenced the accused to life imprisonment for raping the deceased who he lured to his father's house in Uruan LGA for sake of job offer. In the more than two hours’ judgement, Justice Nkanang discharged and acquitted the convict's father, Frank Akpan, and sister, Anwan Bassey, who were second and third defendants accused of accessory after the fact to murder respectively. He said: "This court has proved beyond reasonable doubts that you, Uduak Akpan, is guilty of murder, and you are charged accordingly. You are to die by hanging until you rot away." Following the ruling, a mild drama ensued as t

An Edo State High Court in Benin-city has adjourned the N5 billion libel suit instituted by the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Mike Igini, against the Edo State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Col David Imuse (rtd), to September 26, 2022. The adjournment, which was granted by the presiding Judge, Justice Vestee Eboreime, was sequel to an oral application by the counsel to Imuse, Mr. Austin Osarenkhoe, Thursday, who informed the court that at the close of sitting on August 3, he had a meeting with the claimant's counsel, Clement Onwuenwu (SAN), on the possibility of settling the matter amicably. Osarenkhoe stressed that having settled a sister matter with the claimant out of court earlier, he would like to explore the same window for Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), and implored the court to grant his prayer. In a further demonstration of his seriousness at pursuing an out of court settlement, the first defendant's counsel s

The Field Commander of the Osun State Western Security Network Agency codenamed: Amotekun Corps’, Amitolu Shittu, has warned the residents of the state to stop harbouring criminals in their domains. He disclosed this while featuring on OSBC Radio 104.5FM programme tagged: ‘Ela Loro’, said the security outfit is ever battle-ready, warning that terrorists who attempt an attack on Osun State will meet their waterloo. Shittu urged residents to stop harbouring criminal elements in the state, adding that they should rather raise the alarm when they discover any unknown faces in their communities. Shittu, who described the Yoruba people as peace-loving, and despise the shedding of blood, however, maintained that that has not made the tribe a coward, saying: "We are not cowards and we cannot live in cowardice. "We are valiant warriors in the land, in the sea, in the air and we are warlords of warlords who are great in battle; we are unrepentant warriors on any battlefield.

The Nigerian Shippers' Council (NSC) has posited that the inability of Nigeria to consistently produce and export goods and services have negatively affected the country's economy. It noted that the society standard of living depends on its ability to produce and export goods and services. Prof. Bongo Adi of Lagos Business School made the assertion on Thursday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, during his presentation at a one-day sensitisation seminar with the theme: ‘Promoting Competitiveness in the Maritime Industry: The Mandate of Nigerian Shippers' Council’. He said: "With the globalisation of the world economy, a nation's economic competitiveness is linked increasingly to its ability to export raw materials, intermediate goods and products efficiently and economically." Prof Adi harped on the importance of an active sea port in the society, stressing that nothing attracts investments in any part of the world more than sea ports. According

Three weeks after the conduct of the Osun State governorship election, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has opined that the party had concluded plans to drag the Independent National Electoral Commission, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Senator Ademola Adeleke, before Election Petition Tribunal. The state Chairman of the party, Prince Gboyega Famodun, who stated this at a press conference held at the party secretariat in Osogbo, on Thursday, said there was no cause for alarm as the party is going to reclaim its mandate through legal means. According to Famodun, the party and the state Governor, Gboyega Oyetola legal counsel has stated that they have a very good case at the tribunal, expressing optimism that the will of the people over the July 16 gubernatorial election shall prevail. He stressed that: "We are going to the tribunal, and our lawyers have let us know that we have good cases at the tribunal. While speaking on the anti-party activities

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the House of Representatives in Ajeromi/Ifelodun federal constituency, Lagos State, Mr. Francis Bartholomew Chima, has asked a Federal High Court in Lagos to decline jurisdiction in a suit filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) seeking his disqualification in the 2023 general election. APC and his candidate, Mr. Paul Adeboye Kalejaiye, who is also vying for the same seat, have dragged Chima before the court, challenging his emergency as the PDP candidate in the coming general election on the ground that the party's primary election, which produced him, was not in conformity with the Section 84(13) of the new Electoral Act. APC and Kalejaiye in their suit marked: FHC/L/CS/1316/2022, filed by their counsel, Lawal Pedro (SAN), listed Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the PDP as Chima’s co-respondents. Lawal, while moving his clients' motion last Wednesday, urged the court for the following relief

A group, the Niger Delta Youth Leadership Forum (NDYLF), on Tuesday slammed the former presidential spokesman, Dr. Reuben Abati, over his outburst against leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for purportedly condoning the alleged excesses of Rivers State Governor, Nyosom Wike. According to the group, Abati's outburst is a clear attempt to malign and denigrate Governor Wike and the PDP leaders with the description that they are “hungry men who allowed Wike to take over the party.” The President of the NDYLF, Richard Akinaka, said the position of Abati is a hatchet job and a clear indication that it is a case of vendetta against Wike, "and also his unholy political alliance with those who may have commissioned him to use his platform to disparage the character of supposed political enemies. "Reuben has so far, in his conduct, not just on Wike, but on other previous altercation with guests on his programme, demonstrated his partisanship, hence, he is not fit

Former Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano, has reacted to videos of himself and his family having a good time in the United States, which trended on social media recently. In one of the videos, the Obianos were seen partying in a cruise ship while on vacation with several white people. Obiano was filming the event, while the second one showed the family celebrating a giant chicken in their US home. Many people had condemned the former governor for the video, accusing him of looting the state treasury before leaving for US to enjoy with the people's collective patrimony. But in a reaction to the videos, Obiano, while speaking through his publicist, Mr. Tony Nezianya, explained that the vacation was paid for by Obiano's daughter, after he underwent intensive treatment in the US. Explaining the video, Nezianya said: "Chief Obiano, his wife and son did travel for vacation after he received seven weeks of intensive medical treatment in the United States

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has urged Christian leaders in the state to promote unity and peace in the state and within the body of Christ. Diri gave the advice on Monday at a one-day Prayer Summit/Dinner for Izon ministers in the state. The summit, which was the first of its kind, had in attendance more than 1,300 leaders from different Christian denominations. The governor charged them to imbibe and promote the spirit of brotherliness across Ijaw land for the common good of all. He also admonished the indigenous ministers to work in peace and unity to enhance stability and sustainable development not only in Bayelsa State but also the entire Ijaw nation. He said: “When I was the National Organizing Secretary of the Ijaw National Congress (INC), one thing I noticed whenever I travelled was that the Ijaw people lived in close settlements, and they were close-knit families across Ijaw land. But we are fast losing all of that. "Unity is exempli

The National President of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Ambali Akeem Olatunji, has said Nigeria is no longer the country of the citizens’ dream. Olatunji made the statement while speaking at the seventh state quadrennial inauguration of the newly elected executives to run the affairs of NULGE in Kogi State on Tuesday, stating that the country is on the brink of collapse. He added that Nigeria is drifting due to bad leadership, pointing out that the last four years under the present administration has shown that the country has no one in charge-it’s drifting with nobody in control. Olatunji lamented that the country is going through the worst level of insecurity, adding that the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) is now vulnerable to insurgents, as he described the current security challenge as a shame. The national president of the union disclosed that the inauguration with the current challenge in the country makes it an occasion to call for Ni

The Rwandan Ambassador to Nigeria, Stanislas Kamanzi, has said it is important to place harmony and unity over ethnic considerations. The envoy, while speaking on the 28th Rwanda Liberation Day and the commemoration of the 60th Independence Anniversary celebration of the country in Abuja, said Rwandans chose harmony and unity over ethnicity for even development in Rwanda. Kamanzi said the Rwandan liberation pave the way for a new springboard for the harmony unity and paradigm shift in the governance of Rwanda. According to him, “Rwanda liberation on July 4, 1994, represents the springboard of the renaissance of Rwanda. A new paradigm was conceived around three major and single-handed choices, which President Paul Kagame pointed out in his April 7, 2014, speech: ‘We chose to stay together, We chose to be accountable to one another, and we chose to think big’.” Speaking further the diplomate said: "Rwanda recovered her Independence on July 1, 1962. Recovery of self-deter

Police in Gombe State have arrested 23 suspected thugs notoriously called 'Kalare', who often terrorise people in the night and steal valuables. The spokesperson of the state Police Command, Mahid Mu'azu Abubakar, who disclosed this on Tuesday while addressing journalists on the operations carried out by the Command in recent time. Abubakar said the suspects were apprehended in the early hours of yesterday at about 1 a.m. by the police tactical teams from Gombe Divisional Headquarters. According to him, “The police succeeded in nabbing the suspected thugs during its anti-thuggery patrol tagged: ‘Patrol 999’, where they raided criminal hideouts within Malan-Inna quarters in the state capital. "Some dangerous weapons recovered from them and registered as exhibits include 15 machetes, two long daggers, one axe and five sticks. The suspects confessed to the crime, and investigation is still on-going, as the case will soon be charged to court for prosecution.”

Chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State have declared their support for the emergence of Chief Ede Dafinone as the senatorial candidate of Delta Central district in the 2023 elections. Ede Dafinone, the scion of Dafinone family, whose all children are Chartered Accountants, is seeking to take over from the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, in next year elections. The APC chieftains maintained that the 2023 election provides the right opportunity for Dafinone, the APC Delta Central senatorial candidate, to actualise his senatorial ambition assuring him that votes will count this time around. The APC chieftains, Prof. Samuel Ibodje, former DVC-Academics, University of Port-Harcourt, and Chief Johnson Boro, former Commissioner for Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), who spoke separately, noted that unlike before "when strongmen hijacked materials and write election results," in 2023, the voters ar

A group, the Nigerian Emerging Leaders Forum (NELF) has said crippling economic challenges were among the situations forcing Nigerian youths into internet fraud, armed robbery, illegal migration for prostitution, banditry and terrorism, cultism, political thuggery, oil bunkering, human rituals and organ trafficking. The National Publicity Secretary of NELF, Maryam Ahman, stated this on Tuesday in Abuja at the inaugural briefing to mark the launch of the forum. She noted that the highlighted vices were informed by the neglect of the youths by successive administrations, which as a result of the economic downturn of the 80s and 90s incrementally reduced the budget on youth welfare, employment, education and sports. Ahman noted that this development, including population explosion, has great implications on national development, which has further magnified the clear and present danger which an unattended section of the population has fallen into. She added it was one of t

...As Famodun condemns protest by 'Aregbesola's supporters', describes it as shameful, callous, wicked Many members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State on Tuesday staged a protest rally to call for the restructure of the party as a result of the party loss in the July 16 governorship election. However, while reacting to the protest, the Osun State chapter of the APC condemned the protest embarked upon by the supporters of the ‘Interior Minister, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola’, against the state leadership of the party and the administration of Governor Gboyega Oyetola. Also, the APC members also called for the removal of the APC state Chairman, Prince Gboyega Famodun, accusing him of alleged mismanagement of the party and culpability in its electoral defeats. According to the party members, who converged on Osogbo from across the 30 local government areas of the state, they described the party under Famodun as a ‘vehicle with flat tyres’, saying it ca

An Anambra State indigene, Mr. George Okoye, from Ogbunike in Oyi Local Government Area on Sunday allegedly killed his younger brother's wife over a protracted tussle on ownership of a property. Okoye allegedly led his wife and children into his brother, Mr. Emenike Okoye's compound to beat him and his wife, Mrs. Nkiru Okoye, resulting to the death of Nkiru. Emenike, who, however, survived, sustained a broken hand, a fractured waist, and an injured eye from the beating, and was still recuperating in a hospital. The physically-battered man, who spoke to journalists from his hospital bed, narrated the incident that led to his 40-year old wife's death on July 19 with tears, saying he was only abandoned by his brother and the thugs they brought because they thought he had died. Though the suspect, Mr. George Okoye, has been arrested and currently in the police custody, the whereabouts of his wife, Mrs. Uzonna Okoye; twin daughters and son, Somtochukwu Okoye, who parti

Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has suspended the traditional ruler of Eganyi, the Ohi of Eganyi and Chairman, Ajaokuta Traditional Area Council, His Royal Highness Alhaji Musa Isah Achuja, with immediate effect. The governor also ordered the suspension of the Chairman of Ajaokuta Local Government Area, Mustapha Akaaba, following the dastard killing of three policemen and members of the Kogi State Vigilance Service last Saturday in Ajaokuta LGA. This order was contained in a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Muhammed Onogwu, a copy of which was made available to journalists in Lokoja on Sunday. The statement read: "In a letter to the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Kogi State, the governor also directed that the Chairman of Ajaokuta Local Government Area, Hon Mustapha Aka’aba, be queried over the breach and should reply within 24 hours. "The governor’s directive against the affected persons is in connection

...Reaffirms opposition to Tinubu’s Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the 19 northern states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to live up to his constitutional responsibility of protecting lives and property of the citizens as well as defend the sovereignty of Nigeria. Addressing a press conference on Sunday in Kaduna, the Secretary-General of Northern CAN, Elder Sunday Oibe, said the regional CAN is deeply concerned about the helpless security situation in the country. According to him, Nigeria is under siege by terrorists who are unleashing mayhem on citizens and crippling economic and social activities across the country. He said the country is on the verge of collapse unless urgent and proactive steps are taken to contain the rampaging terrorists. Oibe said: “Northern CAN, like many other groups, is deeply concerned about the helpless security situation in the country. “Nige

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday explained to Nigerians that their Permanent Voters' Cards (PVCs) were their voters’ meal tickets and should be handled with care. The National Commissioner of the commission in charge of Bauchi, Yobe and Borno States, Maj. Gen Modibo Alkali (rtd), stated this in Bauchi while addressing voters’ registrants in the state. Alkali, however, urged Nigerians to treat their PVCs as if they were part of their lives, adding that: "Ensure that you get your PVC and handle it as if it is part of your life. "Don't sell it to anybody because it is like your voter's meal ticket. You know why it is called a meal ticket? It is because you elect the person who can work for you in your future with it. "So, if you sell it or you throw it away, then you are selling or throwing away food that you are supposed to eat. So, I want all of you to understand the importance of that PVC." The national

The Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Dr. Hamid Bobboyi, has reiterated the commitment of the federal government to commence operations in some of the newly constructed smart schools by January 2023. He gave this assurance when a team of Korean experts lead by Dae Joon Hwang of UBION Consortium paid him a courtesy visit at the end of their four-week stay in Nigeria. Speaking at the occasion, the Country Director of the Korea International Co-operation Agency (KOICA), Mr. Son Sungil, stated that the three-man team had been in Nigeria since July 3, 2022, as part of the implementation of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed between KOICA and UBEC in October 2021. In a statement signed by the Head of Media and Publicity, Mr. David Apeh, among other items, the objectives of the MOU are to assist Nigeria in the development of the smart schools project; to increase the capacity of teachers in the development and use of ICT content and to impro

The Senator representing Katsina South, Katsina State, in the Senate, Bello Mandiya, has debunked reports that he was planning to dump the All Progressives Congress (APC) for another political party. Mandiya, who reacted to an online media report that he and other APC serving senators were planning to join a speculated coalition against the party, said there was no iota of truth in the publication. A media outlet had claimed that Senator Mandiya was among the 12 senators who have indicated interest to dump the APC in order to join forces with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senators to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari over worsening insecurity in the country. But Mandiya, while describing the report in an exclusive interview with journalists as an imagination of the writer, said no amount of intimidation, blackmail and campaign of calumny would make him leave the party he laboured to build for another person. He said: "An online platform called ‘The Whistler’ m

Two agency heads in Niger State, Alhaji Isah Adamu of the Niger State Universal Basically Education Board (NSUBEB), and Alhaji Abdullahi Arah of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been sacked by the state government for alleged "Infraction." The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Ahmed Ibrahim Matane, who disclosed this to journalists at the weekend, said the agency heads were also removed because they failed to carry along other members of their agencies in the day-to-day administration of the organisations. Matane said on two occasions, the state Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, personally intervened in the feud between the agency heads and other board members, but they failed to heed the governor’s advice. According to him, "The suspension letter sent to Alhaji Isah Adamu signed by the SSG also said his removal is as a result of some observed anomalies in the operations of the board.” In the meantime, Alhaji Nafuntua Abubakar Sh

Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, has emerged the winner of Ebonyi South senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Umahi got 250 votes to defeat his younger brother, Austin Umahi, who scored 10 votes. However, there was confusion as the governor's brother, Austin, who had earlier withdrawn from the race after emerging as the candidate for the senatorial, made a U-turn and contested against the governor Governor Umahi's emergence was sequel to a judgement of a Federal High Court in Abakaliki that a fresh primary election should be conducted. Umahi also defeats four others to emerge the APC senatorial candidate Others who stood for the senatorial primary election in the district included Princess Ann Ago-Eze, who scored zero votes; Nwakaego Chukwu, who scored five votes, while Mrs. Ibiam Margaret scored three votes. Announcing the result of the election, which took place at the Afikpo North Local Government Area headquarters, the Chairman of the el

Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Obong Umana Okon Umana, has been urged to seize the momentum of the assurances given by President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently inaugurate the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The call was made at the weekend by a group under the aegis of Niger Delta United Congress (NDUC) in a statement signed by its President, Ebizomor Brisibe, and Secretary, Edem Archibong, which was made available to journalists. Buhari, while delivering a keynote address during the opening ceremony of top management retreat organised by the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, had last Thursday given his presidential assurance that the NDDC board was underway. Banking on this assurance, the group, NDUC, at the weekend said the minister had no reason whatsoever to allow the present "illegality" of sole administratorship and interim management to linger at the NDDC. The group reasoned that President Buhari has given the green light, hence

Even as more rape and violence against women cases continue to be on the increase in Bayelsa State, the Association Against Child Sexual and Gender-based Violence (AACSGBV) has commended the state government for the passage and signing into law of the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act (VAPP). The Chairperson of the association, Dr. Eris Ibi, made the commendation at the third National Sexual and Gender Based Violence Conference/Association Against Child Sexual and Gender Based Violence (AACSGBV) annual general meeting held in Yenagoa, the state capital. Ibi, who is also the outgoing national coordinator of association, noted that with the passage of the VAPP Act and publication of same, Bayelsa State was ahead of many states in the country, but, however, pointed out that the state was yet to open a Sexual Offenders’ register, which is one of the provision of the Act. AACSGBV, as an association, she said, is a coalition comprising non-governmental organisations (NGOs) fait

The Oodua People's Congress (OPC) has warned that the activities of bandits and the worsening insecurity in the country are threatening the continued unity of Nigeria. The OPC in a statement issued by its Publicity Secretary, Mr. Yinka Oguntimehin, urged those bent on fomenting trouble in the country to refrain from attacking the South-west region, saying such would be met with stiff resistance. The group, while reacting to the rising spate of insecurity across the country, especially with the repeated attack on Owo town in Ondo State, insisted that South-west region should not be taken for granted by the perpetrators. Oguntimehin decried the various terrorists' attacks on the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and some parts of the North, stressing that the porous security situation in the country is a pointer to imminent war capable of pushing Nigeria to the precipice. He blamed the federal government for failing to act decisively on the issue of security, as the do

A renowned environmentalist and Executive Director, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), Rev Nnimmo Bassey, has urged International Oil Companies (IOCs) looking forward to divest from onshore to offshore in Nigeria, to as a matter of significance, conclude the cleanup of the Niger Delta environment before leaving. The environmentalist insisted that the oil multinationals are not divesting from Nigeria but deceptively running away from their responsibility over the spills and the pollution that they have caused in the region for decades. Bassey made the allegation on Thursday at a community environmental training organised by HOMEF for coastal communities in Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State. The HOMEF boss who regretted that the Niger Delta environment has been bastardised by the activities of oil corporations, both international and local, said after placing a huge burden on local communities, the IOCs are moving to offshore where they would be less monito

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Idris Wase, has assured the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima, of his total support in the build-up to the 2023 general election and beyond. Speaking when he received Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (ABAT) Support Group, which was on a courtesy call in his office on Thursday, the deputy Speaker reiterated his earlier stand on the capacity of Tinubu. According to him, there’s no candidate in any political party that can match the quality and candidature of Tinubu. He expressed optimism that the APC would come out victorious with the overwhelming majority in both chambers of the National Assembly. According to him, "I want to assure you that we in the House of Representatives, particularly members of the APC, shall collaborate with every organisation to ensure victory for the Tinubu/Shetima ticket. I charge you to go out in full fo

As part of the federal government economic expansion programme, the Nigerian Export Processing Council (NEPC) has commenced the building of export processing centres across five states in the country in an effort to reverse the country's trade imbalance. The centres will help reduce product rejection encountered by Nigerian exporters in the international market, in Lagos, Abuja, Enugu, Port-Harcourt and Kano. With NAHCO Aviance recipient of the NEPZ grant, the project, when completed in five months, will boost export potential of the country to about two million metric tons per annum. Speaking at the ground breaking ceremony for the Lagos State project on Thursday, the Executive Director of Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), Dr. Ezra Yakusak, said the country must continue to embark on projects that would reverse trade imbalance. Yakusak, who noted that the project was in line with the NEPC export survival campaign, said the only way out for Nigeria to surv

Ondo State Governor, Mr. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN), has said on Wednesday shooting at the yard of the Craneburg Construction Company in Owo was aimed at destroying some of their equipment and not to maim or kill anyone. Akeredolu stated this when he visited the construction site in company of heads of security agencies in the state. He said: "I want to allay the fears of our people. Clearly, what happened here on Wednesday night was not an attempt to kidnap anybody because they went away with nobody. And we have in the premises over hundred people living there. "Yes, there were sporadic gunshots at the wall but they never went inside to kill anybody. It is better for everybody to know. They didn't go inside there to kill anybody. The only two people who had some gunshots wounds were security men who they saw outside the premises. "So, it is clear to us that their intention was to attack one or two equipment here, which they did. Their explosives affected the

...8.5b budgeted to support 288,700 households, farmers, small scale businesses Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, has stated that the newly launched COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (GO-CARES) aligns with his administration human capital development initiative as encapsulated in the 10-year Development Agenda for Gombe State (DEVAGOM). The governor, who stated this at the commencement of the project in Kuri, Yamaltu Deba Local Government Area of the state on Wednesday, added that the emergency recovery programme would support government’s budgeted programme of expenditures and interventions specifically designed to expand access to livelihood support, food security and provide succour to the poor and vulnerable persons in communities whose lives, businesses, jobs and means of livelihood have been distorted by the pandemic. Yahaya observed that "being a domestication of the Nigeria COVID-19 Action Recovery Stimulus Programme (NG-CARES), the prog