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Benue State House of Assembly has attributed the high unemployment rate and its impact on production in the state to the absence of agro-allied industries. The legislature urged the state government to establish more agro-allied industries to encourage the indigenes, especially young persons, to embrace massive production of agricultural produce. This followed a motion moved […]
Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, has directed the immediate dispatch of a team of engineers to the location of a damaged bridge at the border of Edo and Ondo States on the Shagamu-Benin Carriageway to fix it. Umahi, in a statement issued yesterday by his special adviser on Media, Barr. Orji Uchenna Orji, said […]
Regional director for Africa, Robotics and Autonomous Systems at the Society of Petroleum Engineers International, Ambassador Chinedu Ogwus, has proposed a five-year tax relief for renewable energy investors. He said transformative energy reforms and humanitarian development are the pillars for nation-building. The expert spoke yesterday in Abuja at the 2025 Niger Delta Oil, Gas Investment […]
The Emma Njoku Foundation has launched an initiative against Nigeria’s youth unemployment and food insecurity by training 300 young people in modern agriculture and agribusiness. The programme, held yesterday at CSS Integrated Farms in Nasarawa State, was designed to equip the participants with the skills to become self-reliant entrepreneurs while contributing to the nation’s food […]
Governor Bala Mohammed has noted with delight that the Bauchi State government and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have collaborated positively in transforming children and their mothers in the state. He listed immunisation, nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene as the most impacted sectors in the state. While receiving the UNICEF country representative in Nigeria, […]
A group, Northern Alternative Forum (NAF) has condemned allegations that the Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA), led by Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, is coordinating ransom payments and negotiating with bandits. In a statement issued to journalists yesterday in Abuja, NAF national chairman, Mallam Gidado Ibrahim, called on the relevant security agencies, including the Nigeria […]
Senator Ede Dafinone of the Delta Central Senatorial District has described Vice President Kashim Shettima’s 59th birthday as a remarkable journey of service and resilience. In a statement released on behalf of his family and constituents, Senator Dafinone described him as a “patriotic statesman” and a “shining example of purposeful leadership.” He said Shettima’s commitment […]
The Industrial Training Fund (ITF) has introduced a Dual Education System Programme for students in its model school. It will commence this academic session in September. The director-general of the Fund, Dr Afiz Oluewatoyin Ogun, made the disclosure while on the tour of ITF training centres in Jos, the Plateau state capital. He said, “In […]
President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday in Abuja, said the armed forces will deploy more advanced military hardware and surveillance gadgets in Katsina State to halt the recent spate of attacks on innocent citizens by bandits. The President, who received a delegation of eminent citizens of the state led by Governor Dikko Umaru Radda at the […]
The administration of Governor Abdullahi Alhaji Sule places high premium in the development and transformation of the education sector in Nasarawa State. This, the Governor said “I am interested in getting qualified teachers to teach in our schools.” The Governor who was addressing 781 newly recruited secondary school teachers in the state stated this during […]