archiveSeptember 2021

Miss Lucy Iziegbe, a Person with Albinism (PWA) and current Miss Philanthropy Nigeria, has called for an end to all forms of discrimination against PWA. Iziegbe, who is also representing Nigeria in the Miss Philanthropy Africa Beauty competition, made the call while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...

  Troops of Operation Hadin kai have eliminated two terrorists when they attempted to infiltrate Babangida community in Tarmuwa Local Government Area of Yobe on Sunday. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said the troops frustrated the terrorists,...

  President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated Executive Director/CEO, Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), Mr Olusegun Awolowo, on his 58th birthday.In a congratulatory message by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, on Monday in Abuja, the president joined family and friends to celebrate with the lawyer and administrator “whose contributions to nation building...

  Gov Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State on Monday, condemned an attack on Madamai community in Kaura Local Government Area that claimed 34 lives.In a statement through his Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs ,Mr Samuel Aruwan, the governor promised that government would bear the cost of treatment of...

In light of the growing unemployment rate in Nigeria, Heritage Bank Plc has partnered Living Faith Church (LFC) Worldwide via its Youth arm at the 17 th Annual International Youth Alive Convention to help prepare and empower millions of young Nigerians with the aim of boosting their employment prospects. Incidentally,...

  The Northern Governors’ Forum will on Monday (today) hold an emergency meeting to discuss issues relating to the Value Added Tax, The PUNCH has learnt. It was further gathered that the planned meeting, which would be hosted by the Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasiru El-Rufai, would be presided over...

  Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Sunday called for equity, fairness and justice in governance to ensure a better Nigeria. Sanwo-Olu stated this during the Special Thanksgiving Church Service to mark Nigeria’s 61th Independence Anniversary, held at the Chapel of Christ The Light, Alausa, Ikeja. He said that...

UPDC Plc present its 2020 financial year to capital market stakeholders on the Facts Behind the Figures platform of Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited on Friday, 24 September 2021. The virtual event was hosted by the Divisional Head, Listings Business, NGX, Mr. Olumide Bolumole, and featured the Chief Executive Officer, UPDC...

Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has said it was regrettable that 61 years after independence, Nigeria was still grappling with leadership challenges. The governor noted that because of such leadership failure, Nigeria was now at a point in its history needing God more than ever. Wike made the assertion...

  Dr Idris Salako, the Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Lagos State, has reiterated the commitment of the government to zero-tolerance for illegal building constructions in the state. Salako said this while delivering a keynote speech at an interactive session with the Lagos State Physical Planning Permit Authority...