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NDDC promises to pay outstanding fees of stranded UK students
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) says it will soon verify and pay all outstanding fees owed students under its foreign scholarship programme.
Dr Cairo Ojougboh, NDDC Executive Director of Projects stated this in a statement…
PMAN congratulates King Sunny Ade at 74
The Performing Musicians Employers Association of Nigeria (PMAN) on Tuesday congratulated the Nigeria’s King of Juju Music, Sunday Adegeye, popularly known as King Sunny Ade (KSA), on his 74th birthday.
Speaking on the 74th…
Micro Finance Banks, catalysts for rural economic development-Gov. Masari
Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State has described Micro Finance Banks as catalysts for rural economic developments.
Masari made the remarks while inaugurating the board of directors, Amana Micro Finance Bank on Tuesday in…
Tears, tributes as slain Army Commander killed by Boko Haram is buried
By Michy Abraham in Maiduguri
Tears and tributes rained in torrents on Tuesday during the burial of the slain Commander of the 25 Task Force Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Damboa, Col. Dahiru Bako.
Bako, who was mortally…
Tinubu, Oshiomhole have no constitutional role in APC… Obaseki
Fresh from his victory in the Edo State governorship election, Governor Godwin Obaseki has blasted the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and the party's former national chairman, Adams…
57% of Nigerian children lack birth certificates… UNICEF
Fifty-seven per cent of Nigerian children under the age of five years don’t have birth certificates, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund.
The Child Protection Specialist in charge of UNICEF Zone A Field office,…
Rape : Group calls for domestication of VAPP Act in Abia
An Umuahia-based non-governmental organisation, Public Enlightenment Projects (PEP), has called for the domestication of the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act (VAPP) in Abia.
Mrs Lilian Ezenwa, the Executive Director of…
Edo Election: Benin Monarch calls for support for Obaseki, Shaibu
Benin monarch, Oba Ewuare II, on Tuesday called for support for the reelected Gov. Godwin Obaseki in order for him to succeed.
The monarch made the call in a press release by the Secretary of the Benin Traditional Council (BTC), Mr Frank…
FinCEN: I’m not under any US surveillance- Atiku
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has denied a report that the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), an agency of the U.S. Department of Treasury, placed him and his family members under close watch over alleged…
U.S., China clash over COVID-19 at UNGA
The U.S. and China on Tuesday clashed over the coronavirus pandemic during the General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
U.S. President Donald Trump, who fired the first shot in his pre-recorded video…