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The Federal Government has inaugurated a new initiative under the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme to empower two million petty traders between now and the end of the year. The initiative called the Trader Moni is meant to further enlarge the present administration’s financial inclusion agenda for all Nigerians regardless of social class and economic status. The Senior Special Assistant …

The Nigerian Army said calm has been restored at Maiduguri Airport seized for two hours on Sunday by riotous troops, that it described as ‘unscrupulous”. In a statement today, Colonel Onyema Nwachukwu, Deputy Director Public Relations, Operation Lafiya Dole Theatre Command said the protest by the few unscrupulous troops happened while the command was conducting a redeployment of soldiers at …

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has berated gospel preachers for failing to lend support to the Federal Government’s anti-corruption war by failing to preach against the scourge. Speaking at the 30th National Biennial Conference of the Students Christian Movement of Nigeria holding in Enugu, Osinbajo noted that preachers were preoccupied with preaching prosperity rather than righteousness. “Very rarely do you hear …

Another suspected ballot box snatcher has been beaten to death in another polling unit in the traditional area of Lokoja metropolis. It was gathered that the suspect was the son of a House of Representatives aspirant who declared interest just last month. An Eyewitness told our correspondent that the suspect invaded the ‘Ward C’ Voting Center and attempted to snatch …

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has denied being responsible for the defection of some members of the Kwakwansiyya group in the All Progressives Congress in the state. A statement by his Special Adviser, Media and Communication Strategy, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, said, “The focus of Governor Obaseki is governance and getting the dividends of democracy to the ordinary Edo people. “While …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has urged stakeholders to intensify efforts in raising awareness especially in rural areas on the importance of breastfeeding, which provides infants with best start to life. Obaseki, who said this in commemoration of the World Breastfeeding Week celebrated from August 1 to 7, noted that breastfeeding is the bedrock of good nutrition and food …

WASHINGTON — The proposal to form the U.S. Space Force is rooted in protecting America’s advantages in space and in ensuring such advantages continue, Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick M. Shanahan said during a roundtable discussion with Pentagon reporters yesterday. Shanahan and Air Force Gen. Paul J. Selva, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke following Vice President …

…Obaseki commends police gallantry, commiserates with victims …pledges more support for security agencies   Edo State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Johnson Kokumo, has said that his men killed three armed robbery suspects who attempted to rob the Keystone bank in Igarra, Akoko Edo Local Government Area of the state on Thursday and in the process lost a Police Inspector and …

He flouted the constitution. He disregarded court orders. He grabbed citizens and held them incommunicado without charges. And then, he expressed no scruples about it all. Lawal Daura is now out of the State Security Service, but his ruthless exploits are unlikely to be forgotten by Nigerians for the foreseeable future. A native of Daura, Katsina State, who graduated from …

The detained former National Security Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan, Sambo Dasuki, may get a reprieve after nearly two years in detention under the Acting Director of the Department of State Security, Matthew Seyifa. Seyifa, who addressed the media in his office in Abuja today, disclosed that the agency would review all arrests and detentions after he had obtained proper …