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A youth group in the Bali local government area of Taraba State has threatened legal action against Mr. Nuru Alhijo, a social media user, following a publication that has been verified by relevant authorities to be false and defamatory against Hon. Habu James Philip,...
The Borno Youth for Sustainable Development (BYSD) has praised Nigeria’s Minister of Defence, Alhaji Mohammadu Badaru Abubakar, for enhancing security nationwide, particularly in the North East.
This is contained in a communique issued at the end of an emergency meeting on Sunday...
By Abdulaziz Abubakar Damare
Many have asked questions about the meaning, procedure, aims, and objectives of the “ADAS Credit Guarantee Scheme.” This article provides answers to those questions.
The ADAS Credit Guarantee Scheme is a program managed by the Adamawa...
By Martins Abochol
The National Rottery Trust Fund (MRTF) on Sunday distributed water pump machines to 25 rice farmers in Taraba.
Flagging off the distribution of Vital Agricultural equipment to farmers in Mutum Biyu, Gassol Local Government Area, Mr Tosin Adeyanju, Executive...
By Sani Yarima
On 12 November 2024, the gallant and dedicated troops of 6 Brigade Nigerian Army Sector 3 Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) successfully apprehended a notorious kidnapper, Suleiman Ahmad, a resident of Bomanda village.
Captain Olubodude Oni, the Acting...
By Sani Yarima
As preparations ramp up for the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) Diamond Jubilee Celebration next year, the association has officially inaugurated its Planning and Finance Committee.
This committee will lead the financial planning and mobilization...
Nigeria’s lead female presidential Obiageli Ezekwesili has withdrawn from the race with just 22 days left to the much hyped polls.
In a statement released Thursday (24 January) she said she was stepping aside from “to help build a coalition to defeat” the two main contenders –...
Oliver Mtukudzi is no more. For decades he was not only a household name in Africa, but across the globe and appealed to a diverse audiences. However, as we reported in the archive piece below when Ish Mafundikwa caught up with him back in 2012, there was much much more to the affable Tuku,...
Perhaps for the first time since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the annual gathering of the world’s richest nations (and a fair sprinkling of those on the other side of the divide) for the World Economic Forum summit at Davos, Switzerland, will show more fissures than the proverbial Swiss...
The election of Dr. Abiy Ahmed as Ethiopia’s new Prime Minister could well prove to be a pivotal moment in the country’s history. Suddenly, everything is possible. By Mimi Alemayehou
Certain years in the life of a nation can be so pivotal that they represent a rebirth. Think of 1865,...
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Established by the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations (UN) in 1958 as one of the UN’s five regional commissions, ECA’s mandate is...