The beneficiaries of Water and Sanitation and Hygiene intervention by the Victims Support Fund (VSF) in three selected secondary schools in Bayelsa, Thursday applauded the gesture.   The VSF task force on COVID-19 on COVID-19 donated three solar-powered boreholes, worth N55 million to the schools drawn from three senatorial... Read more

Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has said those agitating for the dismemberment of Nigeria were probably frustrated by the situation in the country. The governor agitated for the removal of a uniform wage structure from the exclusive legislative list. Speaking during a television programme monitored in Abuja on... Read more

As northern youth group demands proof that  attack was carried out by Fulani herders    A shadowy Fulani group claiming to protect Fulani interest, said today it was responsible for the attempted assassination of Governor Samuel Ortom. In a press statement, in which Ortom’s name was badly misspelt multiple... Read more

…Thumbs up mobile banking (FirstMobile) and USSD (*894#) platforms   Dr Adesola Adeduntan, Chief Executive Officer, First Bank of Nigeria Limited said technology, innovation and enhanced capabilities have become necessary to achieve significant business growth in the post-COVID-19. Adeduntan made this remark on Thursday during a Digital Disruption Series... Read more

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Senate President, Dr Ahmad Lawan and Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila over “their failure to probe, and to refer to appropriate anti-corruption agencies allegations that N4.4bn of public money budgeted for the National... Read more

The Jukun Youth Cultural Development Association has expressed serious worries over the renewed insecurity in the southern part of the state occasioned by the operations of bandits. President of the Association Mr. Aboki Nafinji Danjuma, while briefing journalists in Jalingo the Taraba State capital, said that bandits in the... Read more

Lady Aisha Buhari is back in the country after spending six months in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The Nation learnt that the first lady, who quietly relocated abroad after Hanan, one of her daughters, got married in September 2021, is currently at the Presidential Villa in Abuja No official... Read more

The Federal High Court Yenagoa on Wednesday adjourned a suit by Ijaw leaders seeking to halt the process leading to licensing for marginal oilfields located in their domains pending the determination of their suit.   The suit marked No, PHC/YEN/CS/81/2020 was filed by Chief Brown Agu (Opu Agu VIII),... Read more

The Director-General of South East Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, (SECCIMA), Engr. Henry Nduka Awuregu last Thursday led a high powered delegation made up of core professionals from many core sectors of the economy to a courtesy visit to the Vice Chancellor, Senate and Management of Ebonyi... Read more

The United States Consulate in Nigeria on Monday urged media practitioners to be alive to its responsibility of holding the government accountable to the electorates to deepen democratic ideals. Mr Stephen Ibelli,  Public Affairs Officer US Consulate Lagos made the call while speaking at a post election capacity building... Read more