By Baba Yusuf Abuja National coordinator of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders of Nigeria (MACBAN), Garus Gololo has blamed the Benue state governor, Dr. Samuel Ortom over “his inability to protect the Fulani pastoralist and the residents of the state.” Gololo, who made this known in a statement issued in Abuja at the weekend, said the activities of government Read More
By Martin Paul Abuja The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said it generated N12 billion as income in 2017. The Registrar of the board, Ishaq Oloyede, made the disclosure at a press conference in Ilorin on Monday. The registrar said the board remitted N7.8 billion to the federal government after deducting its expenses, saying the board was able Read More
By Abdullahi M. Gulloma Abuja The Presidency, yesterday in Abuja, summoned critical stakeholders in the nation’s oil sector and the leadership of security agencies to end the scarcity of petrol in the country. The meeting, presided over by the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, was attended by the Minister of Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu; Director-General of the State Read More
By Ajuma Edwina Ogiri Abuja Bishop of Abuja and Primate of all Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Rev. Nicholas Okoh, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari, to solve the issue of inadequate health facilities in the country and shortage supply of electricity. Okoh made this appeal during the Christmas Service at the Cathedral Church of Advent, Life camp, Abuja. The cleric believes tackling Read More
By Aideloje Ojo Minna The Ansar-ud-Deen Youth Association of Nigeria (ADYAN) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari not to allow sacred cows in the war against corruption. The Muslim youth association who threw its weight behind the anti corruption crusade of the President, said the steps taken so far in the fight against corruption is in the right direction. The Read More
By Agi Onda Abuja The Jacksonville State University, Alabama, United States of America, at the weekend, conferred on four outstanding commandants of the Peace Corps of Nigeria (PCN) with the doctorate degrees (honoris causa) in Public Administration. The commandants; Bala Joshua, Aliyu Ibrahim, Caleb Enejo, and Ekweche Dominic Odey for Nasarawa, Niger, Kogi and Cross River states commands, respectively were Read More
By Uji Abdullahi Iliyasu Abuja Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has warned prospective candidates for the 2018 unified tertiary matriculation examinations (UTME) to steer clear of fake past questions that were being circulated with the intention to dupe unsuspecting candidates. JAMB’s head of media, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, gave the warning yesterday in Abuja in a chat with Blueprint. Benjamin Read More
By Ayuba Ahmad The concept of the Abuja Industrial Park (AIP), elicited quite a wide range of interest when the news broke out in 2010, initiated and promoted by Zeberced Nigeria Limited, a Turkish Business interest that has been operating in the construction and infrastructural development sectors in Abuja since 2007 The Industrial Park promised to be a phenomenal development Read More
By Moh Bello Habib Zaria Authorities of Nigerian Military School (NMS), Zaria, have advised residents of Karau-Karau and Tohu villages in Giwa and Sabon Gari local government areas of Kaduna state not to panic as final year students (SSS 3) will be out on military training codenamed “Exercise Dogon-Dutse” that will last for one week. This was contained in a Read More
By Donald Iorchir Principal of Junior Secondary School (JSS), Zuba, in Gwagwalada area council, has charged the students to be discipline. He gave the charge recently at an orientation lecture organised by the school Authority for the newly admitted JSS 1 students of the school aimed grooming them to be good citizens to enable them contribute their quota to the Read More
By Benjamin Umuteme Abuja Work was paralyzed at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Headquarters in Abuja when persons with disabilities from the oil producing communities in the Niger Delta yesterday barricaded the entrance of the Corporation over alleged marginalisation. The grouse of the protesters, who also blocked one of the lanes of Herbert Macaulay Way in the Central Business Read More
By Agboola Bayo Ibadan Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, and Food Security in Sierra Leone, Prof. Monty Jones, at the weekend alerted that no fewer than 240 million peoples in West Africa “now rely on imported rice as their primary source of food energy and protein.” Jones raised the alarm in Ibadan while speaking on the theme “Conference on Food and Read More
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