The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved the purchase of N9.2billion worth of clean cooking stoves and wonder bags for rural women under the National Clean Cooking Scheme. Nurudeen Muhammed, Supervising Minister of Information briefed the press at the end of the meeting presided over by Vice President Namadi Sambo. “The National Clean Cooking Scheme…
Ex-Stationery Stores Captain Dies At 71
Yomi Peters, a former captain of the Stationery Stores Football Club, Lagos, who has been hospitalised at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, Ikeja is dead. The late football star who died aged, 71 was said to have passed on Wednesday. His former team, has just returned to the Nigeria National League in the…
Osun Election Tribunal Adjourns
The Osun State election tribunal which is adjudicating on the complaints arising from the results of the August 9 gubernatorial election held in the state has adjourned its sitting till Friday, November 28, 2014. While confirming the development to TELL, Adamu Mohammed, the election tribunal’s secretary, said the panel would resume sitting on Friday. “Today’s…
EBOLA: UN Running Behind Schedule
The rising number of Ebola cases in Sierra Leone have brought the United Nations Ebola Emergency Response Mission to declare that it would not be able to meet the initial December 1 deadline for curtailing the deadly virus. This was confirmed by Anthony Banbury, the head of the Mission. In September, UNMEER had projected that…
FRC Pioneer Chairman Dies at 78
Aliyu Yelwa, pioneer Chairman of the Fiscal Responsibility Commission, FRC, on Monday, died in his hometown in Yauri, Kebbi State, aged 78. Yelwa who was appointed Chairman of FRC in 2008 served out his tenure in December 2013. He had earlier served as Federal Cabinet Minister in the Ministries of Water Resources and Rural Development…
Useni Emerges Taraba Speaker
Mark Useni, a member of the Taraba State House of Assembly has emerged the new Speaker of the House in a unanimous adoption by the lawmakers. Useni’s emergence on Monday was preceded by the resignation of Josiah Sabo Kente, former Speaker of the House. In his letter of resignation, Kente had simply cited ‘personal grounds’…
APC Threatens Court Action Against DSS
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has said it will sue the Department of State Service, DSS, for Saturday’s invasion of its Lagos State secretariat. Lai Mohammed, National Publicity Secretary of the APC, said this in an interview on Sunday. “We will definitely go to court to seek redress and enforce our fundamental rights. Two days…
Court Sacks Taraba State Acting Governor
The Supreme Court has reinstated Abubakar Danladi, impeached Deputy Governor of Taraba State. The court ruling, presided over by a five-man panel of judges, ordered that Danladi be sworn in immediately putting an end to the tenure of Umar Garba, the acting Governor of the state. Danladi was sacked by the State House of Assembly…
Girl,16, Launches Book and Advocacy Group
16-year-old Zulu Uwolloh on Thursday, November 20, formally presented her advocacy group, ‘Teens For Change’ and a book she wrote titled, ‘A Not So Wishy Washy Story.’ Uwolloh said the advocacy group, T4C, is focused on teenagers taking power into their hands to change thesociety. She added that the inspiration for her book stems from“the…
Access Bank Launches Special Loan For Female Entrepreneurs
Herbert Wigwe, Group Managing Director, Access Bank, has announced that the bank has launched a N10 billion special loan to support female entrepreneurs in Nigeria. Wigwe stated this on Wednesday at the 2014 Women’s Entrepreneurship Day Nigeria, WED, event held at Access Bank Head Office, Victoria Island, Lagos State. “I want to inform you that…
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