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Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, on Thursday, charged the Delta State Oil Producing Area Development Commission (DESOPADEC) to execute projects that would add significant value to the socio-economic lives of people in oil bearing communities in the state. Okowa gave the charge at his office in Asaba, while swearing-in a new member of the Commission, Mr. Bright […]
Students of the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara abducted last Friday and released on Thursday night have arrived Katsina State, according to The Punch. The students escorted into the state capital by security operatives with some still in their school uniforms, were led to an expansive hall in the Government House where they were received […]
The federal government has licensed 173 centres and 30 state government institutions to conduct the enrollment of the National Identity Number (NIN) across Nigeria. This was disclosed on the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) website on Wednesday. This is coming after a two-week ultimatum was issued by the government to telecom service providers to block […]
The court of appeal sitting in Abuja has nullified the seven-year jail sentence handed down to Olisa Metuh, former spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party. In its ruling on Thursday, the court held that Okon Abang, judge of a federal high court in Abuja, exhibited bias in the case of the former PDP spokesman. The […]
The Defence headquarters (DHQ) says there is no cause to worry over the safety of President Muhammadu Buhari in Katsina state. John Enenche, Coordinator of Defence media operations, said this during an interview on Wednesday morning. The president was in the state on a private visit to Daura, his hometown, when gunmen attacked and abducted over […]
Nigerian artists Stanley Omah Dibia known as Omah Lay and Temilade Openyi popularly known as Tems arrested in Uganda have been released. This was revealed in a tweet on Tuesday by the Chairman Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa. The artists were arrested in Uganda following a concert at Speke Resort in […]
The Delta State government on Tuesday handed starter packs to four hundred and sixty women from the 25 local government areas of Delta State who completed their training under the Women Empowerment and Skills Acquisition Programme (WESAP) in Asaba. Governor Ifeanyi Okowa speaking at the event congratulated the beneficiaries of the programme and urged them […]
The abduction of hundreds of Government Science Secondary School (GSSS), Kankara’s students, has been described as a slap on President Muhammadu Buhari’s face. Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III’s led Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), says the boldness of the bandits to carry out the abduction on the day Mr. President arrived Katsina State […]
The West African Examinations Council has approved the barring of students involved in examination malpractice from taking the West African Senior School Certificate Examination. This was contained in a press release issued after the 70th Meeting of the Examination Committee of WAEC, which is the highest decision making organ of the council on examination-related matters. […]
The Boko Haram terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the abduction of hundreds of school students in Kankara,Katsina state according to the report of AFP . Abubakar Shekau a factional leader of the terrorist group was said to have claimed responsibility for the abduction in a voice message on Tuesday. “I am Abubakar Shekau and […]
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