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Barely two weeks to 2019 edition of the Alaghodaro Summit, more local and international players in the business scene have made strong commitments to be at the event, which has become a rallying point for Nigeria’s business community. In a statement on Tuesday, Special Adviser to the Edo State Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr. Crusoe Osagie said the …

African Palm Oil Initiative (APOI) has commended the Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki on his commitment to ensuring sustainable oil palm production and reforestation in the state. The facilitator of APOI in Edo State, Mr. Churchill Oboh, gave the commendation during a training programme organised by Proforest for thirty APOI members, in Benin City, the Edo State capital. Members …

Nigeria’s Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi Tuesday said that certain freight forwarders will be banned from operating in the ports for going against the Act establishing the Council for the Regulation of Freight  Forwarding of Nigeria (CRFFN). Speaking at the opening of the a two day ‘Sensitization Workshop on Freight Forwarding as a Career’ Amaechi said that said that …

…Calls for prevention of misguided minority from destroying the institution Nigerian Police force is without a doubt, “one of our proudest national assets,” the largest Police Force in Africa, with some of the best trained and best-educated men and women in any force, anywhere in the world, the nation’s Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo declared on Monday. “Our policemen and …

Lagos, Nigeria – The Civil Empowerment & Rule of Law Support Initiative, CERLSI, has hailed the World Bank decision to launch a new initiative to promote literacy among children after a research indicated that there was that half of all children in low and middle income countries, and nearly 90% of all those living in sub-Saharan Africa are unable to read …

…Osinbajo says Nigeria is open to Egypt for more investments …Egypt pledges support for Adesina’s candidacy …President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi Invites Nigerian President to Africa Investment forum in Egypt A concerted action by countries around the world is crucial towards tackling terrorism in the Sahel region, as well as the challenges posed by Boko Haram and ISWAP in Africa, according …

Special Adviser to the Edo State Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, has told the state lawmakers-elect yet to be inaugurated into the state’ 7th Assembly that they are free to walk in for their inauguration. Osagie insisted on Monday that the state was peaceful, as law-abiding citizens go about their lawful activities without any hindrance or …

A cleric, Mr. Chukwu Christopher, who is also the Chairman of  Ebonyi State Mining Association, has been arraigned before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, on a two count-charge of obtaining the sum of N10 million under false pretence. Arraigning the accused, police counsel from State Criminal  Investigation and Intelligence Department, SCIID, Panti, Yaba, Lagos, Mr Anota Oluseye told …

Nigeria’s Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Ms Sadiya Farouq, expressed the resolve of the Federal Government to lift 90 million Nigerians currently living in poverty across the country.  Farouq said this while presenting the 2020 budget estimates N44.21 billion for the approval of the House Committee on Internally Displaced Persons and Refugees chaired by Rep. Mohammed …

The remains of Hajiya Jummai Abubakar, wife to Nigeria’s first prime minister, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, was buried on Monday at the Bauchi Central Cemetery in Bauchi State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the funeral prayers, presided by the Chief Imam of Bauchi Central Mosque, Mallam Bala Baba-Inna, took place at exactly 2.15 p.m at the Palace of the …