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Asaba International Airport Ready To Receive Big Aircrafts

December 16, 2019 10:16 am

On Sunday, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, said large airplanes can now land in Asaba as the AZMAN AA 5N-AIS made its maiden flight into the airport after upgrade of the Airport runway

The governor who was represented by the State Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu at the airport to witness the landing of the aircraft, said other machines capable of flight could now avail themselves of the luxury of the Asaba International airport.

As he was expressing joy that Asaba International Airport has regained its …

Adamawa Junior Workers Receive New Minimum Wage

November 28, 2019 2:17 pm

The Adamawa Government has commenced payment of ₦32,000 minimum wage to its workers.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that workers on grade level 01 to 07 who received their salaries with the minimum wage lauded Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri for keeping to his promise of implementing the minimum wage in November.

“We started receiving alert from Monday depending on the bank in which your salary account is domicile.

“This is really fresh air and I can assure you that all junior workers in the state are full of praises for the Adamawa governor,” said Mr Aminu Usman, a junior …

Adichie To Receive UN Foundation ‘Global Leadership Award’

November 8, 2019 1:27 pm

Renowned writer Chimamanda Adichie will be honoured with the United Nations Foundation Global Leadership Award on November 20 in New York.

She is being honoured for ‘her work using literature and storytelling to connect with people across generations and cultures.’

The award would be presented at the Foundation’s annual Global Leadership Dinner.

The UN Foundation acts as a strategic partner to help the UN mobilize the resources it needs to grow a diverse and durable constituency for collective action.

Its annual Global Leadership Dinner honours individuals and organizations who have shown ‘extraordinary leadership’. …

572,392 Consumers To Receive Meters In Four States

October 16, 2019 6:21 pm

No less than 572,392 consumers will receive meters within the next two years across BEDC Electricity Plc. (BEDC) franchise areas covering Edo, Delta, Ondo and Ekiti state under the Meter Asset Provider (MAP) scheme. The breakdown according to BEDC, is as follows: Edo, 190,000 meters, Delta; 200,200 meters, Ekiti; 67,452 meters and Ondo; 114740 meters respectively.

Executive Director, Commercial, Abu Ejoor made this known during while unveiling the MAP scheme held across the coverage areas in Benin, Asaba, Ado-Ekiti and Akure, stressing that in taking off, MAP will initially have up to three months of build-up roll out, which …

Save the Children, an NGO, on Monday said 300,000 people have benefited from its N3, 500 cash transfer project to help them recover from the effect of crises in Borno.

300,000 Borno residents receive ₦1bn aid from NGO

July 9, 2019 12:16 am

Save the Children, an NGO, on Monday said 300,000 people have benefited from its N3, 500 cash transfer project to help them recover from the effect of crises in Borno.

Mr Chachu Tadicha, the Head, Food, Security and Livelihood, Save the Children said this at a Household Economic Analysis media meeting tagged: ‘’Strengthening Community Resilience through Improved Early Earning and Response Systems in Nigeria’’, organised by the NGO.

According to Tadicha, the 300,000 people that benefitted in Borno where drawn from 56, 000 households and were being given N3, 500 monthly cash transfers to buy food and 28,000 households were …

Stephanie to receive cash, car gifts over Success video

March 25, 2019 1:44 pm

Stephanie Idolor, the lady who videotaped Success, an angry school pupil sent home over school fees, is to receive N500,000 cash and a car gift from Mr Hilary Obi Ibegbulum,a Principal Secretary to Delta Governor and the State Deputy Speaker.

Popular comedian, Mc Jollof, recently took to his Instagram page with a video in which he revealed that the Delta state deputy speaker, Hon. Friday Osanebi, has requested for Idolor’s account number to credit her with a sum of N500, 000.

Also, it was gathered that the principal secretary to the governor of Delta state, Hilary Obi Ibegbulem, has made …