Gov Bassey Otu on Wednesday disbursed N250 million in grant to 500 retirees under the Retiree Entrepreneurship Development Initiative (REDI). Otu, who made the disbursement at a ceremony in Calabar, gave each beneficiary N500,000 to start a micro or small-scale business as a step in repositioning senior citizens as active contributors to the state’s economy….
Nigeria’s powerful university lecturers’ union has rejected a new Federal Government loan scheme for tertiary institution staff, warning that it risks worsening rather than solving the sector’s problems. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Calabar Zone, said on Monday that the Tertiary Institutions Staff Support Loan Scheme was “a poisoned chalice” that failed to…
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Wednesday discharged Emmanuel Orekoya, a pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church of God, of the allegation of defiling his 17-year-old daughter. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Lagos State Government had on Feb. 26, 2024, arraigned Orekoya on a two-count charge of defilement…
ABUJA – The Federal Government has arraigned the suspended Senator for Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, before the Federal High Court on a fresh six-count charge. The beleaguered lawmaker, who was previously suspended from the Senate for six months, is alleged to have made a false claim about an assassination, as stated in the charge labelled…
The Federal Government and the United Kingdom (UK) have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening and deepening trade relations. Amb. Nura Rimi, the Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, said this at the Inaugural Nigeria-UK Business Dialogue in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that both countries signed a…
Daniel Bwala, special adviser to President Bola Tinubu on policy communication, says the Nigerian leader and US President Donald Trump will meet “in the coming days” to discuss claims of Christian genocide in the country. The statement follows Trump’s remark that the Nigerian government has ignored attacks on Christians, a claim that has sparked fierce…
President Joe Biden, on the 22nd anniversary of the 9/11 attacks orchestrated by Al-Qaeda, delivered a heartfelt plea for national unity among Americans, transcending the current political divisions. Solemn ceremonies took place in New York, Washington, and Pennsylvania, where the hijacked planes had struck, with bells ringing and the names of the nearly 3,000 victims…
Nigerian geoscientist, Yusuf Azeez, has joined researchers studying the Antarctica for the stability of methane hydrates and the evolving morphology of the seafloor in response to rising global temperature. This is contained in the progress report of the research made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Ilorin. The research, supported…
Former Governor of Katsina, Aminu Bello Masari, has asserted that his erstwhile colleagues in Kaduna and Rivers, Malam Nasir El-Rufai and Rotimi Amaechi, have lost their political relevance, which is why they are attempting to regroup. Masari was quick to predict their failure ahead of the 2027 general election, stating that Nigeria lacks a credible…
Nigeria’s Vice-President Kashim Shettima has hailed a “quiet revolution” taking place in Nigeria’s economy under President Bola Tinubu, as Abuja hosted the Nigeria–Brazil Business Forum on Wednesday, bringing both nations closer in pursuit of shared economic goals. The event, themed “Roots to Revenue: The Nigeria–Brazil Corridor,” spotlighted the opportunities for expanded South-South cooperation between the…
