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Nasarawa Govt Urges Dangote To Invest In Solid Minerals

11.05.2025

Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has called on Dangote Industries Limited to expand its investments across more sectors of the State’s economy, particularly its abundant solid minerals. Speaking at the ongoing Nasarawa Trade Fair Exhibition, the governor, represented by Muhammed Sani Otto, Commissioner for Trade, Industry, and Investment, highlighted Nasarawa’s rich mineral resources and...

Lawan Distances Self From Jadda’s Arrest Amid Critic Of Constituent Project

11.05.2025

The immediate past President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, has outrightly denied any involvement in the arrest of Ishe’u Ibrahim Jadda, alleged to have been detained over criticism of the Gashua Water Supply Project. Sunday Telegraph gathered that the arrest of Jadda stemmed from his public disapproval of the newly commissioned water project in Gashua,...

NFSS Backs Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda On Forest Security

11.05.2025

The Nigeria Forest Security Service (NFSS) has expressed strong support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda on forest security, stressing that it is a critical task that must be pursued with utmost urgency to secure the nation’s forests and protect them from criminals and undesirable elements. At the conclusion of a 4-day training...

Oluremi Tinubu Commissions 100-Bed Hospital In Imo

11.05.2025

To bolster maternal and child healthcare in Imo State, First Lady Oluremi Tinubu has officially commissioned the 100-bed Mother and Child Centre at Awo-Omamma General Hospital, near Owerri. The state-of-the-art facility, constructed and fully equipped by the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (OSSAP-SDGs), is named the Senator...

Army Detains Soldier In Benue Over Alleged Assault On Food Seller

11.05.2025

The Nigerian Army has arrested and detained Private Christopher Emmanuel over the alleged assault of a female food vendor, identified as Dooshima, in Kula community, Gwer West Local Government Area of Benue State. The incident reportedly occurred after a dispute between the soldier and the food vendor over an unpaid food debt. The altercation is said...

Ogun To Adopt, Nurture Outstanding Athletes — Gov Abiodun

11.05.2025

Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to youth sports development a announce plans to adopt and train outstanding athletes during the forthcoming 22nd National Sports Festival (NSF 2024), scheduled for May 16 to 30. Speaking at a media briefing in Abeokuta, the state capital, on Sunday, Governor Abiodun emphasised that...

Reveal All Local Government Payments Now

11.05.2025

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Olayemi Cardoso, to disclose whether the apex bank has commenced the direct disbursement of funds from the Federation Account to the country’s 774 Local Government councils, in line with the Supreme Court judgment of July...

78 Trafficked Victims In Côte D’Ivoire Arrive Lagos

11.05.2025

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) on Sunday disclosed that 78 Nigerian trafficked to Cote D’Ivoire have arrived in Lagos. Sunday Telegraph gathered that the victims, comprising 73 females, two males, and three babies, arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, around 11:00 pm on Saturday, May 10. Binta...

Imperatives Of Strategic Economic Reforms For Sustainable Economic Devt In Nigeria (4)

11.05.2025

Introduction The last installment of this intervention dwelt on the following themes: institutional reforms, good governance, corruption, weak institutions, the judiciary and red-tapism, others were infrastructural development for power, transportation, human capital development, poor education, insecurity/instability, and policy inconsistencies. Today’s feature recommends a range of initiatives which I believe will make the desired difference in...

IEDPU Lauds Issa Aremu’s Leadership At MINILS

11.05.2025

The National President of the Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU), Abdulmumini Ayo Abdulmalik, has commended Issa Obalowu Aremu, the Director-General of the Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies (MINILS), Ilorin, for his transformative leadership since assuming office in 2021. Abdulmalik, who led a delegation of the Union’s National Executive Council on a working...