General News (Page 620)

President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with national female basketball team, D’Tigress, for a highly impressive outing at the FIBA Women’s AfroBasket 2019 in Dakar, Senegal, winning the hosts at the final by 60-55. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that victory for D’tigress meant that they also successfully defend theContinue Reading

  The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Katsina State, has confirmed the death of three corps members in a ghastly motor accident in Kankara Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. This was contained in a statement issued by the corps Public Relations Officer, Mr Alex Obemeata, on Sunday inContinue Reading

Mr Ekpo Nta, the former Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Offences Commission (ICPC), has taken over the leadership of the National Salaries, Income and Wages Commission (NSIWC). The Chief Press Secretary of the Commission, Mr Emma Njoku made this known in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. According toContinue Reading

The Deputy President of the Senate, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege, has condemned the  violent attack on former Deputy  President of the Senate in the eighth senate ,Sen.Ike Ekweremadu, by some members of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB). The event took place in Nuremberg, Germany. Omo -Agege made condemnation inContinue Reading

By Christian Ogbonna No fewer than 10,000 traders in various markets in Bayelsa have benefited from the Federal Government’s tradermoni free interest loan empowerment scheme, an official has said. Mr Taiwo Tunmobi, the officer in charge of Strategy and Operations in the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP), on ThursdayContinue Reading