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Traditional leaders task Ndigbo to embrace cultural heritage
The Anambra Council of Traditional Prime-Ministers has called on Ndigbo to always take pride in their rich cultural heritage to save it from going into extinction. The council made the call on Monday in its resolution after its meeting held at Neni in Anaocha Local Government Area of the State. The council charged parents of Igbo extraction to always inculcate Igbo customs and tradition in their children as part of efforts to preserve the Igbo heritage.
Buratai solicits media support to defeat Boko Haram
The Chief Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai on Thursday met with Media Executives and solicited their support in the fight against the Boko Haram insurgency and other security challenges confronting the country. Buratai said the army was continuously making sacrifices to ensure the unity of the country and appealed to Nigerians to desist from acts that were capable of truncating the progress so far achieved. “Let us be patient with the security agencies and support them.
The Igbo are speaking
The 40 million Igbo people resident in Nigeria and elsewhere, represented by Ohaneze Ndigbo and the South East Governors Forum, will on Monday, May 21, command global attention as they take a stand on how Nigeria can achieve a more perfect union and consequently regain its manifest destiny. It promises a galaxy of Igbo stars in politics and leadership.
Why We're Airing Now,By Femi Adesina Newsdiaryonline
I have read a lot of reactions, particularly online, on the timing of the airing of the documentary on President Muhammadu Buhari, slated for December 24 and 25, 2017, respectively, by 8 p.m on NTA and Channels Television. Some of the comments are borne out of genuine concern, which we appreciate, while others are virulent, coming from inveterate complainers. Fault finding is the stock-in-trade of such people, and if they mistakenly find themselves in Heaven, they would even complain against God.
South Africa: Will Ramaphosa Play?
Can Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, 65, newly elected leader of the African National Congress (ANC) who’s likely to emerge as the next South African President cleanse the Augean stable? Will his assumption of the ANC mantle of leadership prepare the way for the recall of Jacob Zuma just as it happened to Thabo Mbeki?
Ooni Of Ife, Ozolua partner to tackle malnutrition in Africa
The Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty, Oonirisa Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II, has partnered with Empower 54, a non-profit organization, to create awareness and promote solutions to end malnutrition in Africa, which currently kills 2.3 million children annually in Nigeria. Empower 54 Project Inc (Empower 54) is a US non-profit organization providing humanitarian assistance since 2003 through health, education, empowerment, and IDP/refugee programs to underprivileged Africans.
Amid surging conflict, Brazil launches digital tool to monitor changes in land use
Brazil, the world’s fifth largest country, has launched a digital tool to monitor changes in land use, amid simmering violence over land ownership, corruption and evictions. The government’s Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) said the interactive platform would be the first to map the entire country, not just special areas like the Amazon.
FG will reduce borrowing cost - DMO DG
The Federal Government will implement prudent fiscal and debt management in the coming years to reduce the nation’s debt cost, the Debt Management Office (DMO) has said. Ms Patience Oniha, the DMO Director-General, made this assertion on Thursday in Lagos. Oniha spoke at the listing of the FGN 30 year 1.5 billion dollars Euro Bond and FGN 10 year 1.5 billion dollars Euro Bond on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE).
Lagos Water Corp. says ongoing rehabilitation projects almost completed
Mr Muminu Badmus, the Managing Director of Lagos Water Corporation, says the ongoing rehabilitation projects of the corporation have reached about 87-per-cent completion. Badmus said this on Thursday in Lagos at the End-of-Year news briefing on the corporation’s achievements during the year. He said that the rehabilitation projects had yielded positive results, as some communities, which had not been enjoying water supply for many years, were now having uninterrupted water supply.
Obiano Not For President, By Humphrey C. Nsofor
It is only natural that the unprecedented victory of Governor Willie Obiano in the November 18 election in Anambra State which saw him win in each of the 21 local government areas in the state by a wide margin would give rise to all kinds of speculations. For instance, it has been reported that Chief Obiano would run in the 2019 presidential election as the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).
Another House of Rep member defects to APC
A member of the House of Representatives, Johnson Agbonayinma, on Thursday in Abuja announced his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Agbonayinma represents Egor/Ikpoba Okha Federal Constituency of Edo.
Fire guts NAFDAC headquarters
The headquarters of National Agency For Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in Abuja was gutted by fire on Friday, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Director, Search and Rescue of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mr Sonny Ohemu, who led a team to inspect the scene, said the cause of the inferno is being investigated.
Climate change: Nigeria records 70,000 cases of sleeping sickness annually - Expert
Mr Shuaibu Mohammed, a lecturer in Shehu Idris College of Health Science and Technology, Makarfi, Kaduna, says Nigeria records about 70,000 cases of sleeping sickness every year. Mohammed said this on Thursday in Kaduna at the First Annual Conference on Climate Change jointly organised by African Climate Reporters and Womenhood Foundation of Nigeria.
NiMet predicts partly cloudy, sunny hazy weather for Friday
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted partly cloudy weather conditions over the central states of the county on Friday. NiMet’s Weather Outlook by its Central Forecast Office in Abuja on Thursday also predicted day and night temperatures in the range of 30 to 36 and 18 to 24 degrees Celsius respectively.
Atiku passionate to make Nigeria work again, says Group
The United Nigeria Group (TUNG), has dismissed as puerile rubbish and detachment from reality the allegation that the former Vice President “is too desperate for power”. A so-called pro-democracy group that calls itself “Make A Difference (MAD”, had described Atiku Abubakar as “a man too desperate for power”. The Executive Director of the group, Lemmy Ughegbe, also questioned Atiku’s integrity for leaving the APC to join the PDP.
Army urges vigilance against suicide bombers
The Nigerian Army on Thursday called on people in the north east to be security conscious to guard against suicide bomb attack by Boko Haram insurgents during the yuletide. Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, the Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, Operation Lafiya Dole, made the disclosure in a statement issued in Maiduguri.
Cameroonian journalist to be freed after terrorism charges dropped
A Cameroonian journalist jailed for more than two years for contact with Islamist militant group Boko Haram is to regain freedom after a court on Thursday shortened his sentence, his lawyer said. Radio France Internationale reporter, Ahmed Abba was arrested in July 2015 and sentenced in April this year to 10 years imprisonment on terrorism charges that rights groups denounced as a sham.
Sokoto 2018 Budget: What’s in it for you? By Imam Imam
Sokoto State’s 2018 budget, as presented to the state House of Assembly by Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, will be the last full budget before the 2019 general elections. Expectations are high that the next fiscal year will see to the realization of many promises made not just in the outgoing year, but since the administration came on board on May 29, 2015. Different sectors and industry players within and outside Sokoto State have high expectations from the budget.
EFCC Arrests Fake Investigator Over Attempt to Defraud Al Makura
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday arrested one Mohammed Momoh, a farmer, for attempting to defraud the governor of Nasarawa State, Alhaji Tanko Al- Makura. The suspect while posing as a “Private investigator from the Villa“ had approached the wife of the governor with a proposition to help stop a purported investigation of two accounts belonging to the governor, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
FG to begin $2.8bn Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano gas pipeline
The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) said that the 2.8 billion dollars Ajaokuta–Kaduna–Kano (AKK) gas pipeline project would soon commence. The acting Director-General, ICRC, Mr Chidi Izuwah, in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, said that the project would be executed through a Public-Private Partnership (PPP), under the supervision of the Minister of State for Petroleum. “The Federal Executive Council (FEC), at its meeting on Dec.
Kaduna Police arrest 2 suspected kidnappers on wanted list
The Kaduna State Police Command, on Thursday said that it had arrested two suspected kidnappers operating on major highways in the state. The Command’s Public Relation officer, ASP Muktar Aliyu, who made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said the suspects were arrest on Dec. 17. Aliyu said the operatives of the Intelligence Respon Team (IRT) attached to Operation Absolute Sanity Along Abuja-Kaduna Express way arrested the suspects.
How Town Union encourages Igbo traders back to school
Legal Adviser, Abuja chapter of Umulumgbe Progressive Union (UPU), Barr Remy Agu has said his union has over the time succeeded in encouraging traders among them to go back to school in order to compete favorably in business. Speaking to this medium shortly after the 2017 end of party party at Event Centre, Byazhin, Abuja, Agu said most of UPU members were dealers in Zuba Motor Spare Parts Market in Abuja.
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