From Left: Alhaji Muazu Ruma, Technical Adviser Zones Development NEPZA, Senator Tijani Yahaya Kaura, MD/CEO OGFZA, Prof. Adesoji Adesugba, MD/CEO NEPZA, Hon (Dr.) Richard Gbande, Deputy Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Commerce and Trade, Mr. Adekunle Ajayi, Director OGFZA, at a function in Lagos Today 18/8/22
The Obtuse Technical Engineering and Construction (OTEC) firm has partnered with TAJ Bank and the First City Monument Bank (FCMB) to invest N10 billion in infrastructural facilities in Borno State. The facilities are sited in Maiduguri Metropolitan Council (MMC) and Jere Local Government Area to stabilize and boost the recovery efforts under the 10-year 2020…
BY LAWYER ESTHER KUMAH Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Ghana Administrator, Ghana ADR HUB Being Paper submitted to GIZ and its partners on 10May 2022 for presentation on 13 May 2022 at the Mediation in Africa Conference, under the theme “Promotion of Mediation via training and continuous formation” to be held in…
The Borno State chapter of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has solicited for the setup of a Commission to address restiveness and unemployment among youths. According to the Council, the youths are both perpetrators and victims of insecurity in the country, despite their involvement in peace-building processes in communities. The Council’s State Chairman,…
As the two days Power-to-Power Summit put together by PortHarcourt Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (PHCCIMA) ends in PortHarcourt, stakeholders have tasked government at all levels on a legislative frame work to boost the power supply in the country. In his opening remark, the President Port Harcourt Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and…
Ahead of next year’s general elections, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has been asked to probe allegations of corruption against former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Abubakar Sadique, and his wife, the minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Hajia Sadiya Umar. The All Progressives Congress Youth Vanguard tasked the anti-graft agency in a letter to…
The Human Rights Advocacy Centre has called on the Department of States Services to investigate the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Bauchi State, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar (rtd) over alleged link to insecurity in the state. A security source had revealed during the weekend how Sadique and his party recruited 1,000 militants…
The Federal Government has commended the leadership of the Nigerian Communications Commission for the remarkable strides of the agency that has earned spectacular international reputation for Nigeria and placed the telecom regulator in the forefront of the nation’s quest for forward looking national economic growth. Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. William…
The Borno state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has suspended Hon, Umara Kumalia for engaging in anti-party activities. Suspending Kumalia, yesterday (Monday), in Maiduguri, in a letter signed by the Maiduguri Metropolitan Council (MMC) ward Chairman and Secretary, Modu Gofama and Mohammed Kagu; disclosed: “Following the 2019 general elections, you contested for the…
The crack team of the Borno State Police Command has clashed with Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists, losing a personnel along the Maiduguri/Damaturu road. The policeman was killed, while the crack team repelled the terrorists at the check-point of Auno village, 25 kilometres west of Maiduguri, the state capital. Auno was severally torched…
