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An Anglican Cleric, Most Reverend Alexander Ibezim, has charged fathers to take seriously the responsibility of building healthy homes to enhance a safer society.
Ibezim, the Archbishop, Ecclesiastical Province of the Niger and Bishop of Awka Anglican Diocese, made the call in a message he delivered to mark the 2021 Father’s Day celebration. Read more here.
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has reaffirmed that the construction of the Second Niger Bridge would be completed next year.
The minister gave the assurance at a forum of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday, to mark the sixth anniversary of the present administration. Read more here.
The leaders of South-East Nigeria, comprising the political, religious and traditional rulers rose from a meeting in Enugu on Saturday where they disowned the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and all pro-Biafra campaigners.
The South East leader said IPOB, Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), and their likes “do not speak for South-East". Read more here.
The Nigeria Youth Investment Fund (NYIF), operated by the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, has disbursed loans to 5,200 youth, amounting to one billion, six hundred and twenty-nine million two hundred and twenty thousand naira (N1,629,220,000.00).
The information is contained in the latest update provided to the Ministry by the NIRSAL Micro Finance Bank (NMFB), which disburses the loan. The update also showed that it was prepared to disburse to another batch of 25,000 youth as soon as their loan applications are approved. Read more here.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested serving officers of a law enforcement agency for selling assorted illicit drugs to students of a federal university and cultists in Ogun state.
NDLEA's Director, Media, and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, said this in a statement made available to AllNews Nigeria on Sunday. Read more here.
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has defended the Federal Government’s resort to loans to expand infrastructure in the country.
Fashola, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said that the country would not make meaningful progress without taking loans to boost infrastructure. Read more here.
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has delisted 25 Computer-Based Exam Centres (CBT) across the country for poor performance at the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) held nationwide on Saturday, June 19.
A statement issued on Sunday, in Abuja, by Dr Fabian Benjamin, spokesperson for JAMB, said the delisted centres failed during the conduct of the 2021 UTME held for one million applicants. Read more here.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities in Dubai has announced a revision in procedures for travellers coming from the Republic of India, South Africa and Nigeria on June 19.
This is contained in a statement issued by the UAE Embassy in Abuja to the press. Read more here.
The Senate Committee on Trade, Industry, and Investment has described Dangote, Lekki, Alaro City, and the Lagos free zone, which makes up the Lekki mega free zone quadrant and the Eko Atlantic free zone, as multi-billion-dollar national assets.
Sen. Francis Fadahunsi, Chairman of the committee, made this statement while the committee members rounded off their four-day oversight tour of the trade zones, in Lagos. Read more here.
The Benue State Police Command has said 14 bandits were killed following an attempted attack on a police station on Sunday morning.
The spokesperson for the Command, Catherine Anene, disclosed in a statement that the gunmen numbering about 50 launched an attack in the early hour of Sunday on a police station in Katsina-Ala town of the state, in a bid to free some suspected bandits who were arrested by the police on Saturday and detained in the station. Read more here.
That’s the roundup of the top 10 Nigeria news headlines this morning. More Nigeria news headlines are available on AllNews website.
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