Lagos State contingent male and female teams have emerged champions in the 2024 Secondary school Football Tournament with a cash prize of N1 million while the defending Champion Akwa Ibom got with 700 hundred thousand naira and FCT Abuja came third in the Female category, Cross River State came third with a cash prize of three hundred and fifty thousand naira in the male category. The Flag Football National Tournament Finals took place at the U.J. ESUENE STADIUM Calabar Cross River State Organized by the Nigeria America Football Association. Speaking after the competition Babajide Akeredolu President of the Nigerian American…
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The Ministry of Agriculture has confirmed an outbreak of the highly pathogenic avian influenza, also known as bird flu, in a 3,000-capacity poultry farm in Iriebe, Obio/Akpor Local Council of Rivers State. This was as poultry farmers called on the Federal Government to reduce tariffs on imported micro-inputs and poultry production equipment while implementing a duty-free policy to lower production costs and drive growth in the poultry value chain. The outbreak was reported on January 17, 2025, and confirmed, yesterday, by the Commissioner for Agriculture, Victor Kii, in a statement. According to the statement, the affected farm has been quarantined…
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has said the State will give necessary support to Lekoil Nigeria Ltd in its quest to invest in the State. Speaking during a courtesy visit to the Governor by the Management of the Company at the Government House, Uyo, January 21, 2025, the Governor said the State is prepared to support the Company, expressing hope that its investment will help in the development of the State and create employment opportunities for her youths. He informed the team that the State has an employment portal which, according to him, will assist them to access…
Fellowing the submission of the report by the Committee on the Implementation of the New Minimum Wage/Personnel Verification, headed by the Head of Service, Elder Effiong Essien, Governor Umo Eno, PhD, has authorized the commencement of the payment of the new minimum wage of 80 thousand Naira to 45 thousand duly verified public service workers, beginning at the end of this month but backdated to November last year, as he had promised. Receiving the report at Government House, Uyo, Governor Eno thanked the Committee for the great work they did and requested the Committee to extend similar work to the…
President Bola Tinubu is currently meeting with Rivers State Governor Sim Fubara and leaders from Ogoniland at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. According to available information, Governor Fubara arrived at the meeting and was flanked by Senator Lee Maeba. Other members of the delegation include Senators Magnus Abe, Olaka Nwogu, Bennett Birabi Barry, Mpigi, and Joe Poroma, as well as Chief Victor Giadom, Chief Kenneth Kobani, Monsignor Pius Kii, and Leedom Mitee. Also in attendance are the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari; the Minister of Environment, Balarabe Abba; the Minister of…
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to initiate the withdrawal of the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO). The decision, made on his first day back in office, signals his administration’s renewed criticism of the global health body. “Oooh, that’s a big one,” Trump remarked after signing the order in the Oval Office, one of several executive actions he enacted upon his return to the White House. This marks the second time Trump has directed the US to pull out of the Geneva-based organisation, following his initial attempt during the Covid-19 pandemic. That decision was…
As a very innovative step to make Judiciary System in Lagos State to compete with those in Advanced countries, the Lagos State judiciary has digitized its processes and introduced electronic affidavits, Certified True Copy (CTC), Forms and Letters. This is as a Lagos-based lawyer, Mr Akeem Aponmade, has lauded the Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Kazeem Alogba for introducing such innovations. The lawyer said the developments would bring about ease of legal proceedings in the state. He therefore urged the Chief Judge to also establish a formal channel solely to receive feedback on the system from lawyers and other…
By Shadrach Okon As a commitment to protecting all categories of people in Akwa Ibom State, men of Nigeria Police Force, Akwa Ibom State Command has arrested six suspected child traffickers comprising five females and a male, in three local government areas of Akwa Ibom State. The Commissioner of Police, Baba Azare made this known in Uyo on Monday during a press briefing at Akwa Ibom Police Headquarters Ikot Akpanabia in Uyo. Baba Azare while addressing the Press said that four of the suspects which were all females, were caught trafficking two children aged 11 years and 12 years, from…
By Shadrach Okon Pastor William Kumuyi, the founder of Deeper Life Ministry, has advised the people of America and the Church in America to speak the truth to power. Kumuyi summarized his message to Americans while praying last Sunday at President Donald Trump’s Inaugural Prayer and Praise convocation held in Washington, D.C. The 83-year old clergy is the anchor of Global Crusade with Kumuyi (GCK), an evangelistic global outreach aimed at bringing the gospel of Christ’s love to all beyond the religious lines; racial/ continental boundaries and fostering unity within the Christian community in the world. Pastor Kumuyi who is…
A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Ambassador Nurain Mumuni has warned Nigerians to avoid using mobile phones near fuel tankers. Mumuni while speaking, noted that the use of mobile phones near fuel tankers can trigger explosions. The APC chieftain made these declarations while extending condolences to Governor Umaru Bago and the good people of Niger over the tragic death of their citizens that lost their lives in the petroleum tanker explosion that occurred over the weekend. Our correspondent gathered that the Nigeria Police Force has confirmed the death of 73 persons following the tragic tanker explosion that…