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NBC The Federal Government is to set up a National Content Development Fund to assist content developers in producing quality programmes. Director General of the National Broadcasting Commission, Mr. Moddebo Kawu, announced the gesture at a Content Development Workshop which took place recently at Ilorin. Mr. Kawu said the commission will seek assistance from financial […]
NSCDC Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps in Niger state says it has mobilized over one thousand five hundred operatives to ensure a hitch-free visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to the state Thursday. NSCDC Commandant, Philip Ayuba, who made this known in Minna, said that the command had made robust security arrangements with sister agencies […]
EDO Edo state Government has appealed for cooperation from the comity of nations and international organizations in tackling illegal migration and human trafficking. Senior Special Assistant to the state Governor on Human Trafficking and Illegal Migration, Solomon Okoduwa who made the call in Benin City noted that no fewer than two thousand, nine hundred and […]
POLICE Nigeria Police has refuted claims that Policemen attached to the Presidential Villa, Abuja, protested over unpaid allowance since 2015, saying none of its personnel is owed salary or allowances. The refutal which was contained in a statement issued in Abuja today, by the Force spokesman, Jimoh Moshood also denied claims that senior Police Officers […]
DAPCHI Parents of the missing schoolgirls from Chibok town in Borno State will tomorrow visit Dapchi town to express sympathy with parents of the one hundred and ten schoolgirls abducted by insurgents last month. It was gathered that the visit was essentially to sympathize with parents of the recently abducted schoolgirls from Government Girls’ Science […]
SUPER EAGLES Super Eagles’ coach Gernot Rohr has expressed his preference for Nigeria Professional Football League matches to be played more on grass pitch stadia. Rohr said this while peaking with newsmen in Lagos after the NPFL Match Day 12 fixture between Lagos-based Mountain of Fire and Miracles FC and Heartland FC of Owerri at […]
PHILIPPINES Philippines’ embattled Supreme Court chief justice today rejected calls for her to resign ahead of an impending impeachment, saying that quitting would only expose the judiciary to more attacks. Chief Justice Maria Sereno, the first woman to lead the Supreme Court, said resigning was an “easier option” for her but she was determined to […]
NAWOJ The Wife of the governor, Mrs Martha Udom Emmanuel is among the thirty outsanding women of akwa Ibom to be honoured today by the state council of the Nigerian Association of Women Journalist, NAWOJ. Known as an evening with the Amazons, the event which will take place this evening at the NUJ Press Cerntre, […]
AUDIENCE Governor Udom Emmanuel says his administration’s investments in the power sector development are indicative of his zeal to enhance electricity development in the state. Mr Emmanuel made this known yesterday when he received the Minister of Power, Works and Housing Mr. Babatunde Fashola, in Government House, Uyo. The Governor said his administration has so […]
FG Federal Government says it has appropriated over six hundred million naira in the 2018 budget for execution of capital projects at the National Board for Arabic and Islamic Studies. It has also committed two hundred million naira to the rehabilitation of the board’s buildings ceded to it by the government. Minister of Education, Malam […]
