HEALTH: Deaconess Oborevwori Takes Menstrual Hygiene Awareness to Evwreni Community

HEALTH: Deaconess Oborevwori Takes Menstrual Hygiene Awareness to Evwreni Community

Wife of Delta Governor and Founder, You Matter Charity Foundation, Deaconess Tobore Oborevwori has tasked young girls in the state on the need to maintain good hygiene during their menstrual period. She stated this on Thursday, in Evwreni community, Ughelli North Local…

Yobe Wins Best Performing state in Contributory Health Programme

Yobe Wins Best Performing state in Contributory Health Programme

Yobe State Governor, Hon. Mai Mala Buni has assured more support to the State Contributory Healthcare Management Agency, for emerging the best performing state in Contributory Healthcare Programme in the North. He stated this on Thursday when the Executive Secretary of Yobe…

KACRAN Calls to Review Stand on Military Action in Niger

KACRAN Calls to Review Stand on Military Action in Niger

Kulen Allah Cattle Rearers Association of Nigeria (KACRAN) has called on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to review its stand of deploying military on Niger to compel a return to democratic order The group in a statement on Thursday…

State House Press Release: NEW NORTH-EAST DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION BOARD MUST PRIORITIZE ACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATION, HEALTHCARE, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES – VP SHETTIMA

State House Press Release: NEW NORTH-EAST DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION BOARD MUST PRIORITIZE ACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATION, HEALTHCARE, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES – VP SHETTIMA

*Inaugurates new NEDC board at Presidential Villa *Says: “Task of rebuilding north-east region cannot be undertaken divided” The Vice President, Sen. Kashim Shettima has tasked the new board and management of North-East Development Commission (NEDC) to prioritize access to quality education, healthcare,…

Buni Seeks More Partnership With Customs

Buni Seeks More Partnership With Customs

Yobe State Governor, Hon. Mai Mala Buni has assured the commitment of his administration to strengthen working relationship between Yobe state and Nigeria Customs Service. He gave the assurance on Wednesday when he visited the Acting Comptroller General of Customs, Mr. Adewale…

N1.9 billion Fraud Rocks Amnesty Office

N1.9 billion Fraud Rocks Amnesty Office

The Presidential Amnesty Office is being rocked by a raging controversy over N1.9 billion deducted from trainees and beneficiaries of the programme. Investigations revealed that the alleged fraud involves the office of the Head of Reintegration of the office. The N1.9 billion…

Okonjo-Iweala Advises on Strategy to Attact Nigerians in Diaspora for Nation’s Development

Okonjo-Iweala Advises on Strategy to Attact Nigerians in Diaspora for Nation’s Development

The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has given an advice on mechanisms that should be employed to attract second and third generation Nigerians in the Diaspora to contribute towards Nigeria’s development and growth. Okonjo-Iweala gave the advice on…

USAID: What Nigerian Government Must Prioritize for Improved Health Care

USAID: What Nigerian Government Must Prioritize for Improved Health Care

The United States Agency for International Development and stakeholders in the health sector have listed three key priority areas to work on for improved health care in the country. The Chief of Party, USAID Integrated Health Programme, Marta Levitt on Tuesday urged…

Recruitment: FG releases list of successful applicants into Immigration, civil defence

Recruitment: FG releases list of successful applicants into Immigration, civil defence

The Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) has released the list of successful candidates who applied for enlistment into the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). This was disclosed in a statement…

Presidency Orders Projects for Flood Management, Resuscitation of Shrinking Lake Chad… Fuel Subsidy Removal Saves 42,800 Tons of Carbon Dioxide Emissions Daily- VP

Presidency Orders Projects for Flood Management, Resuscitation of Shrinking Lake Chad… Fuel Subsidy Removal Saves 42,800 Tons of Carbon Dioxide Emissions Daily- VP

The Presidency has directed the National Council on Climate Change to immediately develop a Comprehensive Climate Change Adaptation Project for Flood Management in Nigeria, and find a way to resuscitating the shrinking Lake Chad. This is even as the Vice President, Senator…

Strengthening Disaster Management at the Community Level: A Crucial Imperative

Strengthening Disaster Management at the Community Level: A Crucial Imperative

Disasters can strike with little warning, leaving communities devastated and vulnerable. To effectively mitigate the impact of such calamities, having robust disaster management structures at the community level is imperative. The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) under the leadership of Director General…

DROP YOUR PRIDE, ENGAGE IN LUCRATIVE VENTURES THAT WOULD BRING HONOUR TO SOCIETY -SAYS MONARCH

DROP YOUR PRIDE, ENGAGE IN LUCRATIVE VENTURES THAT WOULD BRING HONOUR TO SOCIETY -SAYS MONARCH

-By Harrison Akamule: The  first vice Chairman, Delta State Traditional Rulers Council,  HRM S. P. Luke , PERE Kalanama Viii of Akugbene -Mein Kingdom , Bomadi Local Government, Delta State calls on all youths to drop their pride and engage in lucrative trades which…

UK Appoints New Deputy High Commissioner in Lagos

UK Appoints New Deputy High Commissioner in Lagos

The United Kingdom has appointed Mr. Jonny Baxter has it’s Deputy High Commissioner (DHC) in Lagos, Nigeria. A statement on Tuesday signed by the Senior Press & Public Affairs Officer | Comms Lead, Prosperity and Economic Development at the Foreign Commonwealth and…

Samad Rabiu Donates N500 million worth Operational Vehicles to NDLEA

Samad Rabiu Donates N500 million worth Operational Vehicles to NDLEA

One of the nation’s billionaire industrialists, Alhaji Abdul Samad Rabiu has donated 25 state-of-the-art operational vehicles to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to boost the operation of the anti-narcotics agency across the nation. The donation of the vehicles which total…

THE NIGERIEN COUP AND FRESH ECHOES OF PAN-AFRICANISM

THE NIGERIEN COUP AND FRESH ECHOES OF PAN-AFRICANISM

-By Austen Akhagbeme: The recent coup d’etat in the Niger Republic and the potentially belligerent response by the sub-regional body, ECOWAS, is bringing to the fore a rebirth of pan- Africanist thoughts especially within the West Africa sub-region. Colonialism and neo-colonialism especially…

NO FACTION IN AAU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION WORLDWIDE -Pst. Ikupa Joseph Obaro

NO FACTION IN AAU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION WORLDWIDE -Pst. Ikupa Joseph Obaro

The National Executive Council of the Ambrose Alli University Alumni Association Worldwide Ekpoma has reacted to an alleged misleading publication that there is a crack in its leadership, saying that there are no factions. A statement signed by the Worldwide Publicity Secretary,…

Group Appeals to Tinubu for Appointment of New Auditor General from North – East

Group Appeals to Tinubu for Appointment of New Auditor General from North – East

The North East Peoples Solidarity Front (NEPSF) has made an appeal to President Bola Tinubu to appoint a new Auditor General for the Federation from the North-East geo-political zone. In a statement jointly signed by President Comrade Gabriel Michi and Secretary Comrade…

Charity support: Zulum grants N80m to Guwori Islamic Academy

Charity support: Zulum grants N80m to Guwori Islamic Academy

Borno State Governor, Banagana Umara Zulum, has approved the release of N80m grant for use by Guwori Islamic Academy, a charity institution that provides education to children mostly from low income families. Zulum announced the approval on Sunday at the graduation ceremony…

Massive Fraud Rocks Amnesty Office As Stakeholders Call for Probe

Massive Fraud Rocks Amnesty Office As Stakeholders Call for Probe

Strong indications of massive fraud has rocked the Presidential Amnesty Office under the leadership of General Barry Ndiomu, with stakeholders calling for its probe. Sources in critical position in the office have raised the alarm over the alarming plundering of the office…

At 75th Anniversary Celebration, Zulum Appointed UI Ambassador

At 75th Anniversary Celebration, Zulum Appointed UI Ambassador

The University of Ibadan has appointed and decorated Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum as the University’s ambassador ahead of its forthcoming 75th anniversary, tagged “UI@75.” The university which was established in 1948 will be 75 this year, 2023, and a celebration…

World Breastfeeding week: Deaconess Oborevwori leads Walk in Support of Working Mothers

World Breastfeeding week: Deaconess Oborevwori leads Walk in Support of Working Mothers

Wife of Delta Governor and Founder, You Matter Charity Foundation, Deaconess Tobore Oborevwori has lent her voice to the global call for greater breastfeeding for working parents at workplaces. Deaconess Oborevwori who drummed support for the UNICEF and WHO advocacy with an…

PRESS STATEMENT BY THE ULAMA FORUM IN NIGERIA ON STATE OF AFFAIRS IN NIGER REPUBLIC

PRESS STATEMENT BY THE ULAMA FORUM IN NIGERIA ON STATE OF AFFAIRS IN NIGER REPUBLIC

Preamble: The Ulama Forum in Nigeria held an emergency meeting on Wednesday August 2, 2023 over the current delicate situation in the Niger Republic. The meeting focused on the matters at hand that are potent with risks as to the peaceful neighbourly…

Zulum joins Tinubu at groundbreaking of 1,350 megawatts power plant in Gwagwalada  

Zulum joins Tinubu at groundbreaking of 1,350 megawatts power plant in Gwagwalada  

… Tinubu commends Zulum’s performance in Borno  President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday laid foundation stone for the establishment of 1,350 megawatts Gwagwalada Independent Power Plant (GIPP) Project sited in Gwagwalada area council of the FCT.  The project is being carried out…

Federal Marriage Registries May Be Closed Aftermath of Court of Appeal Judgment on Right on Marriage

Federal Marriage Registries May Be Closed Aftermath of Court of Appeal Judgment on Right on Marriage

The Court of Appeal has reaffirmed the power of the Local Governments to register all types of Marriages (including Marriage under Act) within their Jurisdiction to the Exclusion of Federal Ministry of Interior or any other arm of government in Nigeria in…

Group Warns Against Military Invasion on Niger…Urges AU, ECOWAS to Commence Constructive Engagement with Nigerien Political Actors

Group Warns Against Military Invasion on Niger…Urges AU, ECOWAS to Commence Constructive Engagement with Nigerien Political Actors

Africans Rising for Unity, Justice, Peace and Dignity, a Pan-African movement of people and organisations working for unity, justice, peace and dignity in Africa has called on African Union (AU) and Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to commence constructive engagement…

SAFE SCHOOLS: TECHNICAL ADVISORY C’TTEE INAUGURATED FOR NSSRCC, AS NSCDC CG TASKS EXPERTS ON SUPPORT

SAFE SCHOOLS: TECHNICAL ADVISORY C’TTEE INAUGURATED FOR NSSRCC, AS NSCDC CG TASKS EXPERTS ON SUPPORT

PRESS RELEASE In responses, kindly quote:AAA.03/CPRU/NHQ/ABJ/VOL 01/08Date: 4 AUGUST, 2023Head of News. SAFE SCHOOLS: TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE INAUGURATED FOR NSSRCC, AS NSCDC CG TASKS EXPERTS ON SUPPORT. The Commandant General (CG) of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Dr Ahmed…

USAID Gives Access to Clean Water to Over 73,000 people in Kebbi, Sokoto

USAID Gives Access to Clean Water to Over 73,000 people in Kebbi, Sokoto

More than 73,000 people in Kebbi and Sokoto States gained access to improved water supply following the construction of 19 new solar-powered boreholes and the rehabilitation of 27 non-functional hand pump boreholes, courtesy of support from the United States Agency for International…

IOM, Search for Common Ground, Mercy Corps Wade Into Farmers/Herders Crisis in Adamawa, Taraba

IOM, Search for Common Ground, Mercy Corps Wade Into Farmers/Herders Crisis in Adamawa, Taraba

International Organisation for Migration, (IOM), Search for Common Ground and Mercy Corps Nigeria are wading into farmers and herders clashes in Adamawa and Taraba States through the commencement of the second phase of the project, ‘Contribution to the Mitigation of Conflict Over…

HERITAGE, OML 30 JV PARTNERS RELEASE N169 MILLION FOR 2022 SCHOLARSHIP

HERITAGE, OML 30 JV PARTNERS RELEASE N169 MILLION FOR 2022 SCHOLARSHIP

-By Michael J. Ekokoruwe: As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility and the United Nation’s SDG 4 on Education, Heritage Energy Operations Services Limited (HEOSL), operator of OML 30 assets on behalf of the Joint Ventures between Nigeria National Petroleum Company E…

Rotary club to expend N18.4 million on projects in Abuja

Rotary club to expend N18.4 million on projects in Abuja

The Rotary club of Abuja Wuse Central is planning to expend N18.4 million on intervention projects in the federal capital city, Abuja. Apart from infrastructure to be built the humanitarian club also planned to embark on tree planting and vaccination of residents…

WACCIMA expresses members readiness to collaborate with Delta ports management

WACCIMA expresses members readiness to collaborate with Delta ports management

The president and executive members of the warri chamber of commerce, industry, mines and agriculture (WACCIMA), led by it’s president Mr Francis Eruotor paid a courtesy visit to the new Delta ports manager, Mr Teslim Makanjuola in his office at the ports…

Deaconess Oborevwori Lifts her Pet Project ‘You Matter Charity Foundation’

Deaconess Oborevwori Lifts her Pet Project ‘You Matter Charity Foundation’

Wife of Delta Governor, Deaconess Tobore Oborevwori on Wednesday, uncovered her pet project, ‘You Matter Charity Foundation’, with key focus on helping vulnerable individuals in the society especially children with autism. Deaconess Oborevwori who revealed the project during a meeting with the…

Inspection Fee and Its Negative Impacts on Real Estate Transactions, By Oluwakayode Abe

Inspection Fee and Its Negative Impacts on Real Estate Transactions, By Oluwakayode Abe

The profession of Estate Management and Valuation faces significant challenges due to the prevalence of unqualified individuals operating as quacks on a daily basis. The lack of awareness about the role and importance of an Estate Surveyor, along with the advantages of…

Surinamese gets 13 years jail term for drug offence… As NDLEA secures conviction of 1,445 drug traffickers in six months

Surinamese gets 13 years jail term for drug offence… As NDLEA secures conviction of 1,445 drug traffickers in six months

A 34-year-old South American man from Suriname has been sentenced to 13 years prison term for smuggling drug into Nigeria. The man, whose name was given as Dadda Lorenzo Harvy Albert, was arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency,…

NGO Launches Draft Bill on Proposed Health Development Bank of Nigeria… Says Sugar, Sweetened Beverage (SSB) Tax Capable of Yielding $4.8 bn Annually to Finance Nation’s Health Sector

NGO Launches Draft Bill on Proposed Health Development Bank of Nigeria… Says Sugar, Sweetened Beverage (SSB) Tax Capable of Yielding $4.8 bn Annually to Finance Nation’s Health Sector

The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) has put forward a proposal for the establishment of a Health Development Bank in a move towards strengthening Nigeria’s healthcare system. The announcement was made by the Lead Director of CSJ, Eze Onyekpere, during a workshop…

WE HAVE NEITHER RECONSIDERED NOR SUSPENDED NATIONWIDE MASS PROTEST -Comrade Joe Ajaero

WE HAVE NEITHER RECONSIDERED NOR SUSPENDED NATIONWIDE MASS PROTEST -Comrade Joe Ajaero

A press statement signed by President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero and made available to Blank NEWS Online reads: “We want to inform all Nigerians that we have just risen from a meeting with the federal Government where…

Monday Market: Zulum adds N1 billion for reconstruction; targets September for reopening 

Monday Market: Zulum adds N1 billion for reconstruction; targets September for reopening 

Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has approved the release of additional one billion naira towards completion of the ongoing reconstruction works at the Maiduguri Monday Market which was razed in February, this year.  Zulum announced the latest intervention on Monday in…

We Run An All Inclusive Govt In Delta, Says Onyeme

We Run An All Inclusive Govt In Delta, Says Onyeme

The Deputy Governor of Delta State, Sir Monday Onyeme, has assured members of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), that the administration of Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori is running an inclusive government. According to Onyeme, the administration is not discriminatory and embraces…

Hundreds March Against Human Trafficking in Abuja

Hundreds March Against Human Trafficking in Abuja

Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory was agog on Monday as hundreds of people marched against human trafficking. The march brought staff of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) from across 23 states of the country to Abuja…