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Former secretary-general of the apex northern socio-cultural organisation, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Anthony Sani, has kicked against the recent presidential pardon for drug traffickers and murderers by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Speaking with our correspondent, he said some of those pardoned had taken the lives of others and caused trauma to the victims’ families. Sani […]
Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), Bauchi State chapter, has praised Governor Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed for organising the maiden Bauchi State Investment Summit, which recorded investment commitments worth over $5 billion. LEADERSHIP reports that the chairman of the Summit Planning Committee, Prof. Murtala Sabo Sagagi, disclosed at the close of the event that over 47 Memoranda […]
The Yobe State Ministry of Wealth Creation, Empowerment, and Employment Generation has signed contracts with three reputable companies for the supply of empowerment tools aimed at boosting economic opportunities across the state. The official signing ceremony, held at the Ministry’s headquarters in Damaturu, was presided over by the Commissioner, Hon Aji Yerima Bularafa (Mal Terab […]
Media practitioners in Nigeria have been tasked on factual and balanced reportage of events and happenings for good governance and development. The national president of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Comrade Alhassan Abdullahi Yahya, who was in Jalingo the Taraba State capital for a three-day official visit, stressed the need for professionalism in their […]
The Yobe State Governor, Hon. Mai Mala Buni, has introduced far-reaching reforms in the state-owned broadcast media through sustained support and interventions, the Commissioner for Home Affairs, Information and Culture, Hon. Abdullahi Bego, has said. Bego who was speaking at the 30th anniversary celebration of Yobe State Television (YTV) Damaturu said Governor Buni’s administration had […]
Katsina State government has proposed a total of N3 billion for local and foreign scholarship programmes in the 2026 fiscal year, reaffirming its commitment to education, youth development and human capital investment. The figure was disclosed during the 2026 Pre- Budget Defence Session by the state executive secretary of the Katsina State Scholarship Board, Dr. […]
Organisers of the Lokoja annual boat regatta have called on the Kogi State government to take over the sponsorship of the festival to make it a tourist attraction. The chairman of the 2025 edition of the festival, Barr Naseer Ahmed, who stated this weekend, in his welcome address, noted that the yearly boat event is […]
Minister of Women Affairs, Hon Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, has provided livelihood support for over 1,000 women and youths in the 13 local government areas of Nasarawa State. The minister also organised a medical outreach targeting the vulnerable in the state. At the event tagged ” Renewed Hope Women and Youth Empowerment and Health Outreach” in Keffi […]
Benue State has launched its inaugural Telecommunication Stakeholders’ Summit, focusing on fibre network investment, right-of-way processing and infrastructure management to promote digital inclusivity. A communiqué signed by Engr. Teryima Akaade, chief technology officer of Benue Digital Infrastructure Company (BDIC), after the summit titled; “Building a Connected Benue: Driving Digital Broadband Investment, Policy Coordination, and Digital […]
By January this year, the site on Elebele Road in Yenagoa was just a swampy stretch of land. But today, it has turned into a busy construction zone as the Bayelsa State government intensifies efforts to complete its gas turbine power project, which promises to provide uninterrupted electricity across the state capital by December 2025. […]