The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said that Boko Haram has been recruiting 8, 000 boys and girls into child soldiers in the Northeast since 2009. The 13-year insurgency has also killed 40. 000 people with the destruction of property worth $9.1 billion {N3.42 trillion) in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states. UNICEF Chief of…
State boys belonging to the faction of Rauf Aregbesola in Osun All Progressives Congress have reportedly stormed Osogbo in response to recent attacks on TOP members in the state. The state government has however cried foul, accusing unnamed group of attacking the state capital. The statement from the government was signed by the Commissioner for…
Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, on Monday endorsed former Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Moshood Adeoti as the next governor of the state. The endorsement follows the decision of the party stakeholders across the state to field Adeoti to contest against Governor Adegboyega Oyetola in Saturday’s primary election of the All Progressives Congress…
Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has approved the appointment of Senator Lekan Balogun as the 42nd Olubadan of Ibadanland. The approval follows a recommendation to that effect made by the Olubadan-in-Council and which was communicated to the governor. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, indicated that Governor Makinde…
COMMUNIQUE ISSUED BY THE PDP GOVERNORS’ FORUM AT THE END OF THEIR MEETING IN YENAGOA BAYELSA STATE The PDP Governors’ Forum held its regular meeting on Monday, 14th February, 2022, at the Bayelsa State Government House, Yenagoa. The meeting reviewed once again the state of the nation, the readiness of the PDP to rescue the…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has declared DCP Abba Kyari wanted over cocaine deal. The agency released video of the cocaine transactions showing DCP Kyari concluding the deal. The agency issued the following statement afterwards: Text of NDLEA’s Spokesman, Femi Babafemi’s press briefing declaring DCP Abba Kyari wanted: “Gentlemen of the press, there is…
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has secured approval to launch a $50 million fund for Nigerian Oil and Gas Parks (NOGAPS) Manufacturing Product Line. The fund would be dedicated to companies that would operate in the Nigerian Oil and Gas Parks and engage in the manufacturing of equipment components used in the…
Kano State Government Northwestern Nigeria, is seeking the cooperation of Ethiopian government to develope it’s Special Agro Processing Zone. Kano state Governor Dr. Umar Ganduge represented by his Deputy, Nasiru Gawuna stated during a study tour to Ethiopia initiated by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, He said they were in the East…
The Federal Government has said it will provide efficient guidelines, programmes, policies and processes to improve its national biosafety system as the country is a genetically modified organism-adopted country. The Director-General, the National Biosafety Management Agency, Dr Rufus Ebegba, said this at a review meeting of draft national guidelines on genetically modifies plants with stacked…
The Niger Delta group has criticized the position of the former Vice President on zoning of the 2023 Presidency and has asked him and others to support a southern candidate.
