Former Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Solomon Dalung, has commended the Edo state government for providing world class sporting facilities to promote sports. Speaking at the closing ceremony of the 20th National Sports Festival at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City, Dalung called on other states of the federation to emulate Edo state…
The Securities and Exchange Commission has said it is working with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for better understanding and regulation of cryptocurrencies. The Director General, Lamido Yuguda, stated this at the 2021 first post-Capital Market Committee (CMC) virtual news conference. Yuguda said the SEC was in discussion with the CBN to understand better…
Parents of the 29 remaining abducted students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna, have appealed to well meaning Nigerians to help raise fund for the release of their children. Addressing a press conference on Friday in Kaduna spokesman of the parents Mr. Friday Sanni said the bandits had threatened to marry the…
Six people have been reportedly killed by gunmen in an attack on Wereng village, Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State. The incident which was said to have occurred on Thursday at about 10:45pm also left people severely injured. The Chairman of Riyom LGA, Mr. Mafeng Gwalson, confirmed the attack, describing it as sad and…
The Kaduna state chapter of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), has accused Governor Nasir El-Rufai for sacking workers at a time when Nigerians are facing excruciating hardship and increasing insecurity. The NLC also dismissed the reasons given by the state government for the sacking of thousands of workers, saying that it is not telling the…
