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Lagos State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Mrs. Bolaji Dada The Lagos State Commissioner of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Mrs. Bolaji Dada, has revealed that 65,000 women have benefitted from empowerment programmes in the state. The commissioner disclosed this at the 21st WIMBIZ Annual Conference, themed ‘Firing …

Peter Obi Presidential candidate of Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi has vowed to change the Northern region of Nigeria through agriculture if elected president of Nigeria in 2023. Obi made made this promise at a virtual meeting with Labour Party support groups on Friday. He said, “I am going to …

Dr Muhammad Abubakar The Minister of Agriculture, Dr Muhammad Abubakar has said that the federal government is working tirelessly to reduce the prices of food as the country goes into the dry season. He said dray season farming begins in December, and as such, President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration will ensure …

In furtherance of its commitment to improve the nation’s transportation infrastructure, restore its road network as a means to create employment and boost the economy, while responding to the aftermath of the recent flooding in the Niger Delta, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the sum of N260.5B as …

VP Yemi Osinbajo Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has inaugurated the Virginia Tech. Nigerian Bowen Equatorial Aeronomy Radar (VT-NigerBEAR) at Bowen University, Iwo, Osun State. Performing the inauguration on Friday at the institution’s premises, Osinbajo said it was the first and currently the only deployment of an equatorial-low-latitude SuperDARN in the …

Abia Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu The Nigeria Labour Congress, has accused the Abia State governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, of owing the state government workers 117 months of salary arrears in different agencies and institutions and 30 months of pension benefits to pensioners in the state. According to the NLC, the state …

Dana Air has announced that it will resume flight operations from November 9, 2022. The airline disclosed this in a statement on Friday. The development comes four months after the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) suspended Dana Air for multiple regulatory infractions. The authority said it suspended the operating licences …

Senator Ike Ekweremadu Woes of former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu who is currently battling charges related to organ trafficking in the United Kingdom deepened on Friday as a court in Abuja ordered an interim forfeiture of 40 landed property allegedly belonging to him. Justice Inyang Ekwo of Federal High …

Members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Friday protested against the continuous detention of their leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu in Aba, Abia State by Federal Government after an Appeal court in Abuja acquitted him of all charges. The Court of Appeal had on October 13 ordered the IPOB …

Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi State, has said Yahaya Bello, the state governor, shares the blame for the horrendous attack on Owo Catholic Church in Ondo State, and Kuje Prison break. Natasha who was responding to an allegation of sponsoring …