THE Federal Government has said it was proposing a legislation to ban the consumption of animal skin, locally known as ponmo, in the country to revive tanneries. Director-General, Nigerian Institute of Leather and Science Technology, NILEST, Zaria, Muhammad Yakubu said this in Abuja on Sunday. NILEST was set up to […]
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Nigeria’s Debt Profile Rise by 2.98 percent
New data released by the Debt Management Office (DMO) reveals that Nigeria’s total public debt rose by 2.98 percent in the second quarter of this year to N42.84 trillion. The total public debt stock represents the domestic and external debt stocks of the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN), the 36 […]
Osun States Alumni Association Praises Management For A Stable Academic Calendar
Osun State University Alumni Association on has commended management of the institution for stable academic calendar in spite of the ongoing strike by Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU. National President of the association Mr Oriola Kabir gave the commendation during an orientation programme organised for the institution s graduating […]
Russia Seeks Closer Security Ties With China as Key Goal
A top Russian security official has declared on a visit to China that the Kremlin considers beefing up ties with Beijing as a top policy goal. Nikolai Patrushev, secretary of the national Security Council chaired by Russian President Vladimir Putin, described the “strengthening of comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation with […]
Obasanjo Says He Has Tremendous Respect For Queen Elizabeth.
In a related development,As the remains of the late Queen Elizabeth II were interred in the United Kingdom, ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo disclosed that he had tremendous respect for the late British monarch. Obasanjo described Queen Elizabeth as a personality with great human relations, whom he equally had a perfect relationship […]
Britain And The World Bid Adieu To Queen Elizabeth II
Britain said farewell to Queen Elizabeth II on Monday at a state funeral attended by world leaders, before a historic last ceremonial journey through the streets of London packed with sorrowful mourners. Huge crowds gathered in near silence to watch as the queen’s flag-draped coffin, topped with the Imperial State […]
Airlines forced to reschedule flights in Lagos as students block airport road
Flights at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport have been rescheduled as a result of the protest by the National Association of Nigerian Students(NANS) on Monday. Sources said that the inability of the travellers to enter the airport caused the development. The domestic terminal one also known as the General Aviation […]
The remains of Madam Celina Nkechi Mbachi (Nee Okoye), were on Friday, 16th September; 2022 committed to mother earth
The remains of Madam Celina Nkechi Mbachi (Nee Okoye), was on Friday, 16th September; 2022 committed to mother earth at her compound in Ovollo village, Mbaukwu, Awka South, Anambra State. Delivering the sermon during the burial; the Archdeacon in charge of St. Lawrence Anglican Church, Mbaukwu, Venerable D.C Ezeobi commended […]
Fuel Subsidy Is Organised Crime, Says Peter Obi
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has said the government is behind oil theft in the country. Obi, who is the guest speaker at the Private Sector Economic Forum of Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), asserted that no one can steal oil except the government. […]
In Anambra, Man Arrested on His Way to Cult Meeting with Long Gun
Operatives of Anambra State Security Command, in conjunction with the members of the vigilante group, Obosi, have arrested a 21-year-old man, identified as Izunna Ifeobu, suspected to be a attending a cult meeting. According to a statement by the Spokesperson of the State Police Command, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, the suspect, […]