Fake investigator jailed seven years for defrauding ex- Nasarawa state governor’s wife
Justice Peter Kekemeke of an FCT High Court on Tuesday sentenced a fake investigator, Mohammed Momoh to seven years imprisonment for defrauding Mrs Mario Al -Makura, wife of the former governor of Nasarawa State. Kekemeke sentenced Momoh based on the charge preferred against him by the Economic and financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) bordering on false […]
NYSC D-G inaugurates President’s honours award panel
The Director-General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Yusha’u Ahmed, has inaugurated a 13-member committee for the President’s NYSC Honours Award National Selection. At the inauguration on Tuesday in Abuja, Ahmed said that the award which was instituted in 1974 was to encourage corps members to contribute to the overall national development through the programmes […]
Menstrual hygiene: Abuja hospital, journalist, distribute 500 sanitary pads to students
Silver Cross Hospital Abuja, in partnership with Ms Ogom Ezedimbu, a journalist with Daar Communications Plc, has donated 500 sanitary pads to the female students of Government Secondary School Garki, Abuja. Dr Patrick Ezie, Chief Medical Director of the Hospital, during an awareness talk on menstrual hygiene on Tuesday in Abuja, said future healthy sexual […]
Witness narrates how Emefiele awarded multi-billion Naira contracts to cronies
A Seventh Prosecution Witness, PW7, in the trial of a former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele on Monday, told Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Abuja, how Emefiele allegedly signed and approved award and payments of contracts to April 1616 Investment Limited and Architekon Nigeria Limited, […]
The Case Against Unregulated Marketing of High-Sodium Foods
By Bukola Olukemi Odele Food environments, including how certain foods are promoted, marketed, and distributed, play a critical role in influencing a population’s dietary choices, especially those of vulnerable groups such as children and adolescents. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), an unhealthy food environment is one where healthy food are not readily available, […]
Nasarawa Varsity V-C pledges timely completion of PhD programmes
Vice-Chancellor of Nasarawa State University, Keffi (NSUK), Prof. Suleiman Mohammed, has promised to ensure timely completion of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programmes in the institution. He gave the promise in Abuja on Monday at an event organised by the university’s doctoral students of Security and Strategic Studies, Course 5, to celebrate the end of their […]
Culture minister seeks Soyinka’s support on preservation of literary art
Hannatu Musawa, Minister of Art, Culture and Creative Economy, has called for the support of the Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, in providing strategies for the promotion and preservation of literary arts in the country. A statement issued by Nneka Anibeze, Special Adviser to the Minister, stated that Musawa made the call during a courtesy […]
Police confirm nine injured in Ogun gas explosion
Nine persons were injured in a gas explosion on Saturday at a steel company in Ogijo, Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State. The explosion occurred at Phoenix Steel Mills in Ogijo. Reacting to the situation in a statement on Sunday night, the State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Omolola Odutola, confirmed the incident, adding […]
Budget: Presidency, Senators disagree with Ningi
The Presidency has described as false, the claim by Sen. Abdul Ningi (PDP-Bauchi Central) over the padding of the 2024 budget. This is contained in a statement by Mr Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, in Abuja. He said that President Bola Tinubu presented a budget proposal of N27.5 trillion […]
IWD: Adopt a Rights-Based Approach to Governance, CAPPA Tells FG
On International Women’s Day (IWD) 2024, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has called on the federal government to adopt a rights-based approach to governance, and reverse oppressive policies for women’s progress. CAPPA said it stands in unwavering solidarity with the global movement for women’s empowerment and gender equality. It described this year’s IWD […]
