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The leader of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, South-East chapter, Gidado Siddiki, has appealed to the Central Bank of Nigeria to extent the deadline given for the circulation of the country’s new currencies. Siddiki who made the call in an interview with journalists in Awka, on Thursday, said the December 15, 2022, deadline should be extended for another …

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Thursday pledged to support the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi with logistics for his campaign in Rivers State. According to the Punch, Wike who invited the LP candidate to inaugurate the Nkpolu-Oroworokwo Flyover in Port-Harcourt, added that Obi had all the characteristics to lead Nigeria. Wike said, “Each time you want …

By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku Over 80 Nigerian NGOs, pressure groups working on the thematic areas of climate change and the Environment at the Conference of Parties (Cop 27) in Sham El-Sheik Egypt are demanding compensations from Oil companies, investors and governments for the despoliation and environmental pollution in their host communities. Innocent Edemhanria, programme Manager, Africa Network for Environment and …

… focuses on building a resilient, sustainable foundation for reforms, projects in last six years …education, health, road transport, buildings, agriculture, others top priorities Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State on Wednesday presented a N320.35bn budget to the Edo State House of Assembly for the 2023 fiscal year, representing a 69.37 percent increase from the N222bn budgeted for the year …

Immersed in immeasurable joy and happiness, I welcome to the glory of God, my fourth grandson, Prince Matthew Ekpenede Besiru to this world. The baby was born on Saturday November 5, 2022, at Beverly Hospital Beverly, Massachusetts, the United State of America. His naming ceremony was performed on Saturday November 12, 2022 in the Middleton, Massachusetts home of his parents, …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has tasked political parties and their candidates to conduct their campaigns peacefully, eschewing divisiveness, rancour and violence. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the call in his message titled “100 Days To The 2023 General Election“ issued on Wednesday in Abuja. Yakubu, who maintained that the commission would not succumb to pressures to …

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has said that INEC’s allegiance and loyalty are to Nigeria and Nigerians who want free, fair, credible, and verifiable elections supported by technology which guarantees transparent accreditation and upload of polling unit results for citizens to view in real-time on election day. This was as he reiterated that there …

The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI),yesterday,  asked the National Universities Commission (NUC), National Board for Technical Education(NBTE) and National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) to review the curriculum for entrepreneurship courses in order to address unemployment of graduates. Its Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive,  Prof. Mohammad Haruna made the plea at the groundbreaking of the permanent site of NASENI Skill …

On September 18,2022 when MTN carried out what looked like a roll out of its 5G commercial services in Nigeria, it’s Chief Executive,Karl Toriola was full of excitement and boasted in a speech before all present that:“5G will change everything. It will allow us to connect, create, collaborate, and compete in ways we cannot imagine yet. Today we will show …

The Senate was thrown into a rowdy session Wednesday when senators began a debate on the motion on the Naira Redesign Policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), moved by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions, Senator Uba Sani. Sani had, in the prayers to his motion, urged the Senate to provide legislative support …