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Otuaro Plans Quality Furniture, Woodwork Training For PAP Beneficiaries

16.09.2025

The Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Dr. Dennis Otuaro, on Monday visited the Julius Berger Nigeria Plc Associated Furniture Producers (AFP) Showroom and its industrial factory in Abuja, as part of efforts to deepen the implementation of the programme’s objectives. Otuaro also visited PrimeTech, an international firm specialising in sustainable design and construction...

N11,000 Charged Airlines Per Flight By NAMA Grossly Inadequate – DG

16.09.2025

The Director General of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Engr. Farouk Umar, has described the ₦11,000 currently charged airlines per flight by the agency as grossly inadequate and unsustainable given prevailing economic realities. Umar made this known on Tuesday in Abuja while addressing stakeholders at a retreat organised by the House of Representatives Committee...

NCDC Takes Off As Nasarawa Govt Donates Temporary Office, Housing

16.09.2025

Chairman of the North Central Governors’ Forum and Governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule, has pledged to rally the support of his colleagues for the smooth take-off of the North Central Development Commission (NCDC), with headquarters in Lafia. Governor Sule made the pledge on Tuesday while donating a fully furnished temporary office accommodation to the...

NAPTIP Rescues Eight Trafficked Children In Delta

16.09.2025

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) on Tuesday said it has rescued eight children suspected of having been stolen from northern states and trafficked to the south. This was contained in a statement issued by NAPTIP’s spokesperson, Vincent Adekoye, titled ‘NAPTIP rescues eight suspected stolen children from a popular orphanage...

Eradiri Urges Tinubu To Send Subsidy Funds To Devt Agencies, Not Governors

16.09.2025

Former Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate in Bayelsa State, Engineer Udengs Eradiri, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to bypass state governors and channel subsidy removal funds directly to development agencies across the country. Eradiri said routing the funds through agencies would ensure that the benefits of subsidy removal reach Nigerians faster and support the...

Flood Destroys Homes In Adamawa, Renders Many Homeless

16.09.2025

Following the Federal Government’s prediction of severe flooding in certain states, dozens of residents in Adamawa State have evacuated their homes due to severe flooding. New Telegraph reports that the rain, which began by 4 am and lasted till 12 noon on Tuesday, left residents of Damilu battling to save their family members, as their...

Edo Forum Of Patriots Applauds Ize-Iyamu’s Appointment As UBTH CMD

16.09.2025

The Edo Forum of Patriots (EFP) has applauded the appointment of Prof. Idia Ize-Iyamu as the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Benin City, Edo State. In a statement signed by Amb. Aiyamenkhue Edokpolo, Representative of the Board of Trustees, and Hon. Pascal Ugbome, Chairman of the Transition Management...

ICPC Secures Judgment To Continue Investigation Into Kano Scholarship Funds Case

16.09.2025

The Federal High Court in Abuja, presided over by Justice Josephine Obanor, has dismissed a suit seeking to restrain the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) from investigating alleged financial misconduct in Kano State scholarship funds. In a statement, the Commission described the ruling as a major judicial victory, affirming its statutory...

GAPOSA Appoints First Substantive Registrar, Polytechnic Librarian

16.09.2025

The Gateway (ICT) Polytechnic, Saapade (GAPOSA), has announced the appointment of Dr. Julius Popoola as its first substantive Registrar and Dr. Christy-Olabisi Adeeko as its first substantive Polytechnic Librarian. According to a statement signed by the institution’s Public Relations Officer, Folorunso Adedayo, the appointments were approved by the Governing Council for a single, non-renewable tenure...

NES Reaffirms Commitment To Environmental Sustainability

16.09.2025

The Nigerian Environmental Society (NES) has restated its commitment to environmental conservation and sustainable development as it prepares to host its 34th National Conference and 35th Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Abuja. Speaking at a world press briefing, the National President of NES, Efegbidiki Okobia, said the society was established out of the vision of...