By Roland Ike The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has inaugurated an oxygen plant it donated to the Ebonyi state government situated at the Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki.During the event Friday, the State Oxygen Desk Officer, Dr Lawrence Ezeogo said that the facility would boost
By Goodluck B Ikiebe The Edo State Government has urged residents and property owners in the State on prompt payment of the land use charges associated with properties under their ownership/occupation to avoid enforcement of actions stipulated by the State Land Use Charge Law 2023 as amended.
By Goodluck B Ikiebe The American International School of Abuja has paid the sum of $760,910.84 allegedly deposited by the embattled former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Bello was said to have deposited the sum of $845,852 to the
By Goodluck B. Ikiebe President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia to participate in the 2024 Special World Economic Forum (WEF) on Global Collaboration, Growth, and Energy for Development. The President came in on Friday evening marking the beginning of the second leg
By Ikemefuna Asika The Anambra State House of Assembly has passed a bill to prohibit Secret Cult and Similar activities in the State. The Executive bill was passed during plenary on Wednesday presided over by the Speaker Mr Somtochukwu Udeze. The essence of the law is to curb
By Ikemefuna Asika Anambra State Police Command has arrested no fewer than 16 notorious cultists involved in cult related activities in and around Awka, Anambra State capital. According to SP Tochuwu Ikenga, the PPRO Anambra Command, 21 others who are now on the run have been declared wanted
By Emediong Dianabasi Okon Food items are getting costlier for residents of Uyo metropolis in Akwa Ibom State as prices of goods climb higher, fuelling hunger and taking a big bite out of consumers’ wallets. According to a survey conducted by our Correspondent across major markets in Uyo,
By Dianabasi Effiong Last year’s runners-up, Enugu Rangers will go up against Kano Pillars in what is indisputably the pick of the men’s Round of 64 matches of this year’s Federation Cup competition. At the national draws conducted inside the NFF Secretariat on Thursday, the two former winners
By Our Correspondent The Federal Capital Territory and Area Councils will be agog this Weekend as officials of the Akume Empowerment Foundation will be Inaugurated to commence activities on Poverty Alleviation and Human Development. In a statement released to newsmen in Abuja on Thursday by the pioneer Coordinator,
By Dianabasi Effiong The Cross River State Government has unveiled a policy on food and nutrition, as well as its strategic multi-sector plan of action. The Deputy Governor, Peter Odey, performed the ceremony at the Metropolitan Hotel, Calabar on Thursday on behalf of the Governor. Odey emphasised the
By Goodluck Ikiebe In its avowed determination to alleviate the pressure of excess money in the system, the Federal Government has said that it will pin down Ways and Means to deal with the problem of too much liquidity in the system The Minister of Finance and Coordinating
By Edwin Akwueh, Abuja. Nigeria’s Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Enoh has confirmed that the Ministry is committed to seeing Team Nigeria achieve remarkable success at the upcoming 2024 Olympics in Paris. Drawing inspiration from past achievements and a vision for the future, the Minister emphasized that
By Ikemefuna Asika Major stakeholders in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State have called for peaceful coexistence among residents of Awka. They made the call after an urgent meeting involving Major stakeholders in Awka to find lasting solution to crimes and gun violence in city. Addressing
By Ikemefuna Asika The Open Government Partnership (OGP) officially announced Anambra East Local Government Area as the first Local Government Area in Nigeria to join it as a member. Open Government Partnership (OGP) is an international partnership that brings together government and civil society organizations to create ambitious
By Roland Ike Immediate Past Ebonyi state Governor, Sen. David Umahi says he is happy that his successor, Gov. Francis Nwifuru still honours him after leaving office. Umahi made the declaration on Saturday while speaking with newsmen after being conferred with an honorary doctorate degree by the Ebonyi
By Roland Ike The Federal Government has de-merged the Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital Abakaliki (AE-FUTHA)) thus returning the former Ebonyi State University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki to the state government. The federal government took over the Ebonyi State University Teaching Hospital Abakaliki in January 2012 and merged
