By Aluta News July 16, 2021 The long-serving president of Portuguese giants Benfica, Luis Filipe Vieira, has resigned after being detained over allegations of tax fraud and money laundering, the Lisbon club said on Friday. The 72-year-old Vieira, who had led Benfica for 18 years, offered his resignation on Thursday.Continue Reading
By Aluta News July 16, 2021 The Federal Government and the International Fund for Agricultural Development Programme (IFAD) -Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP) will support 616 farmers with N26 million inputs in the 2021 wet season farming in Niger. Dr Mathew Ahmed, State Coordinator, IFAD-VCDP disclosed this on Friday in Mokwa,Continue Reading
By Aluta News July 16, 2021 The Federal Government has began verification exercise for 196, 873 pupils in public schools in Nasarawa state under the National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP). Hajiya Sadiya Farouq, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development made this known during a courtesy callContinue Reading
By Aluta News July 16, 2021 President Muhammadu Buhari has called on state governments to build stronger partnerships with Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies to provide infrastructure that will meet the growing needs of Nigerians. The president also urged the National Assembly to pass the National Water Resources Bill. MalamContinue Reading
By Gambo Jagindi July 16, 2021 Sugar development council wants Nasarawa to lead other sugar producing states The National Sugar Development Council (NSDC), has selected Nasarawa State to lead other sugar producing states in the country. Executive Secretary of the NSDC, Zack Adedeji, made this known when he paid aContinue Reading
By Aluta News July 16, 2021 The National Economic Council (NEC) on Thursday assured that there was no indication of an imminent lockdown, as the nation braces up for COVID-19’s third wave. Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, stated this in a briefing to State House correspondents after the virtualContinue Reading
By Aluta News July 16, 2021 The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed shock over the rejection of electronic transmission of election results by the Senate. The party stated this in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, in Abuja on Thursday. Ologbondiyan said the PDP andContinue Reading
By Aluta News July 16, 2021 Former Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, has said that the decision of the Senate to subject INECs constitutional power to conduct elections to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), and National Assembly is patently unconstitutional. Tambuwal, who is also the governor of SokotoContinue Reading
