By Na’ankwat Dariem The Nigerian Government has again extended the deadline for the National Identity Number (NIN)-Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) data verification. It urged citizens and legal residents to complete the process before the end of the year, 2021. The deadline was to elapse on Sunday October 31, but the government has moved it to…
By Gbegbe Sunday/Goodluck Ikiebe. The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission, Rev. Yakubu Pam, has called on Christian Faithful in Nigeria to be of sound mind and good courage when faced with great challenges, even in times of crisis. He gave the charge in a message he delivered to members of Assembly of…
By Willy Punvwet in Lafia. The Nasarawa State Government has expressed displeasure over the lukewarm attitude of most people in the state toward the monthly environmental sanitation in the state and arrested 48 persons for violating the state Environmental Sanitation laws. The Chief Environmental Officer in the State, Alhaji Abubakar Mohammed, expressed the feeling of…
By Correspondent in Ilorin. Three people have lost their lives in a fatal multiple accident on Ilorin-Ogbomoso expressway o Saturday in Kwara State. A Correspondent of The Reporters in Ilorin gathered that the auto accident occurred at Otte community in the Asa Local Governnent Area of the state at about 6:00 a.m as a result…
By Dada Ahmed in Lokoja. A Polytechnic lecturer, Dr Akowe Joel, has called for a delibrate surgery of the education sector in Nigeria for optimal performance with faith-based educational institutions playing prime roles in actualising the goal. Master Abdulqaharr Adeiza Ahmed,one of the JSS graduates, now in SS class receiving his certificate from the Proprietor…
By Correspondent in Lokoja. Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has described a truly free and vibrant press as more powerful than the three traditional Arms of Government combined. Gov. Bello made the postulation while delivering his welcome address at the Opening session of the Nigerian Media Merit (Nmma) Awards, 2021 holding in Lokoja, Kogi…
By Correspondent in Minna. The Registrar/Chief Executive of National Examination Council (NECO), Professor Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi says the N2.8 billion debt by state governments, 97 per cent of the debt by northern state governments, is one of the biggest challenges weighing the examination body down. A total of one thousand, one hundred and nineteen (1,…
By Correspondent in Lokoja. The death of three students of the Federal University Lokoja, Kogi State, two females and one male,within the space of 72 hours sparked protest by many students of the institution at the Lokoja and the Felele campuses of the university on Friday. Our Correspondent reports that the students barricaded the main…
NEWS FEATURE BY Idris Abdulrahman President Muhammadu Buhari recently raised the hope of Nigerians that the APC-led administration would pull out 100 million Nigerians from poverty in 10 years to boost the economy and ensure national development. This is seen as a policy statement encapsulated in a wide range of approaches, not necessarily through the…
By Correspondent. Embattled former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus on Friday,lost the battle aimed at stopping the national convention of PDP from holding on October 30 and 31. This is because the Appeal Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has granted the party the right to hold the national convention. Tayo…
