The Progressive Governors’ Forum has donated N50 million to assist victims of the Tudun Wada Gusau market fire in Zamfara. The Chairman of the forum and Kebbi State Gov. Abubakar Bagudu presented the amount to Gov. Belli Matawalle on Monday…
President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the Government and people of a Nasarawa State over the brutal killing of the Miyetti Allah leaders in the state. The president, in a statement by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on…
The Police Command in Anambra says it has arrested six suspected criminals for alleged stealing, cultism and possession of fire arm. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga disclosed this in a statement made available…
By Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta The Kaduna based popular Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, on Sunday had a closed door meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo at his Hilltop residence in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. A source present at the…
…Appoints First Poet Laureate Chidera Ihekereleome-Okorie, Praise Osawaru, and Obafemi Thanni have been announced as the winners of the first edition of Nigerian NewsDirect Poetry Prize 2020 worth N150,000. The winners and 17 other finalists were announced on Wednesday (March 31). Bloom,…
…Says govt has done well in security sector Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, on Sunday, said that he will soon expose those politicising the issue of security in the state. The governor, who stated this while addressing the congregation at…
By Kayode Tokede A total of N211.9billion impairment charges by six banks operating in the country weaken profit before tax in 2020, investigation by Nigerian NewsDirect has revealed. These six banks’ impairment charges in 2019 was N116.56billion. Analysts had expressed…
…Continental lending institution expected to approve decision in October By Ayo Fadimu In an unprecedented move to spur the entertainment, creativity and technology sectors in the country, the Buhari administration has now commenced the process that will pump the sectors…
…as Prophet Wasinuola launches Asiri Itusile The Rest in Christ Gospel Bible College in Ifo, Ogun state recently graduated its first batch of diploma and certificate students in grand style. The event theme, “graduation ceremony & launching of video CD- the secret…
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has promised that applicants will soon begin to get Nigerian passports within 24 hours. The minister also in a statement on Sunday said passports would be issued in each of the 774 local government…
