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Newly appointed board chairman of the National Park Service, Dr. Kingsley Ononogbu, has said the country’s tourism industry is as visible as the key economic drivers. Ononogbu stated this yesterday while speaking to newsmen in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, saying the industry’s potential was unfolding and limitless. ”Nigeria has a lot of God-given natural […]

The federal government has pledged continued support for the Federal University of Transportation, Daura, as the institution matriculated 529 students for the 2024/2025 academic session yesterday. Minister of Transportation, Ahmed Alkali, who represented President Bola Tinubu at the ceremony, congratulated the Governing Council, Senate, staff and students of the insitution. He said President Tinubu was […]

Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in Sokoto State have been tasked to design their budgets with a scientific and realistic approach for the good of the state. The commissioner for budget and economic planning, Dr. Abubakar Mohammad Zayyana, gave the charge at a training workshop on development of medium-term sector strategy (MTSS) from 2026 to […]

The Niger Delta Ethnic Nationalities Youth Leaders Forum for Peace and Development has enlisted support for the inclusion of the Itsekiri Nation alongside other ethnic nationalities in the Presidential Amnesty Programme. The call for inclusion recently made by Dr. Shola Mese was met with purported sponsored attacks by the Izon Cultural Heritage Centre (ICHC) and […]

Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed, has formalised a landmark strategic framework agreement with the China Global Promotion Cooperation Research Centre, under the China-Africa Economic and Trade Promotion Council aimed at boosting investment promotion and bilateral cooperation. Governor Mohammed described the MoU as a “skeleton of collaboration” covering critical sectors such as agriculture, education, healthcare, manufacturing, […]

A non-governmental organisation, Otonti Nduka Foundation for Values Education, is planning a conference on election rigging, oil bunkering, examination malpractices and other anti-social vices in the country. The conference, scheduled to hold on November 13, 2025, will be chaired by the first military governor of Old Rivers State and the traditional ruler of Twon Brass […]

Bauchi State government has intensified efforts to improve primary healthcare delivery and retain skilled medical professionals by reviewing the existing scheme of service for medical doctors to address the worsening doctor-patient ratio in the state. Speaking during a bi-annual media engagement with health journalists in Bauchi yesterday, the executive chairman of the State Primary Health […]