Muhammad Babangida, son of former military dictator Ibrahim Babangida, has been chairman of the revamped Bank of Agriculture by President Bola Tinubu. The appointment was announced on Friday in a statement by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy. The statement also announced the appointments of several other individuals to leadership…
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has decried the growing cases of abscondment among academic staff of various Nigerian universities sponsored for training abroad. TETFund, has been intervening in the training of academic staff in Nigerian universities by sponsoring lecturers for further studies abroad. Speaking during an interactive session on training utilisation at the Gombe…
Troops of Air Task Force (ATF), Operation Hadin Kai, have reportedly killed a notorious leader of the Boko Haram terrorists, Alhaji Modu. According to agency reports, Modu, who was better known as “Bem Bem”, was killed alongside 27 other Boko Haram fighters on August 3, in military airstrikes in Mandara mountain, Gwoza Local Government Area…
Uba Sani, governor of Kaduna state, has commended Aliko Dangote Foundation for its unrelenting commitment to the fight against hunger and poverty in Nigeria. Sani made the commendation on Thursday while flagging off the distribution of 35,000 of 10kg bags of rice to the 23 Local Government Areas of Kaduna state by the foundation. The…
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has issued a 14-day ultimatum to the Edo and federal governments to fish out and prosecute the killers of the 16 hunters hunters from the north. On Thursday, a mob in the Uromi, Edo state intercepted the hunters of northern who were travelling from Elele, Rivers state to Kano to…
Minister of state for defence and ex-.Zamfara governor, Bello Matawalle, has distributed 4,860 rams and N390 million to leaders and members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara state “to celebrate sallah with ease and happiness”. This was announced in a statement issued on Tuesday by Yusuf Gusau, the spokesperson of the APC in…
