Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia has secured a 50 million dollar fund that will facilitate the construction of 500 kilometers of roads in the state by the incoming administration. Ikpeazu made this known on Thursday during an interaction with newsmen at the Governor’s Lodge, Aba. The governor said that...
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has urged Non-profit Organisations (NPOs) in the Northeast to work with the commission to tackle terrorism financing and money laundering in the region. The NPOs have been engaged in various humanitarian causes following the devastation caused by years of insurgency and terrorism...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has disowned a fake recruitment portal, created in its name and inviting eligible Nigerians to submit job applications. Its Acting Director, Corporate Communications Department, Dr Isa AbdulMumin, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Dr....
The Managing Director, Nigerian National petroleum Commission Retail Ltd., (NRL), Mr Huub Stokman, has restated the company’s commitment to the Oil Trading and Logistics (OTL) Conference, 2023. Stockman said this when the OTL Advisory Board paid him a courtesy visit on Thursday in Lagos. Stockman noted that the commitment...
The oil market is heading for a significant shortfall of around two million barrels per day at the end of the year as a result of a production cut by major producers. The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) disclosed this on Thursday. In its monthly report for...
Bayern Munich have suspended Senegal international Sadio Mane for their Bundesliga game against Hoffenheim, the club said on Thursday “Sadio Mane will not be included in the Bayern Munich squad for this Saturday’s home match against Hoffenheim. “This is due to his misconduct after Bayern Munich’s 2022/2023 UEFA Champions...
Speaker of House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has issued a 30-day ultimatum to a construction firm, Julius Berger, to complete the permanent site of National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS). Gbajabiamila, who visited the site on Thursday in Abuja, issued the ultimatum after expressing disappointment with the...
The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) on Thursday in Abuja, reiterated the Federal Government’s commitment to increase cashew export earnings from 252 million dollars to 500 million dollars in 2023. The Executive Director/CEO of NEPC, Dr Ezra Yakusak said this at the inauguration of the organic cashew certification programme...
Napoli forward Victor Osimhen will be fit for their UEFA Champions League quarter-final second leg at home to AC Milan next week, manager Luciano Spalletti said on Thursday. This was after the Nigeria forward missed Wednesday’s 0-1 loss in the first leg match. Osimhen, Serie A’s top scorer with...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Rep. Francis Waive (APC-Delta) has joined the race for Deputy Speaker of House of Representatives in the 10th National Assembly. The lawmaker said this in a notice to the 10th House of Representatives members-elect, on Thursday in Abuja He said that his aspiration, aside from overriding...
By PROFESSOR UMARU PATE, Vice Chancellor, Federal University Kashere FUK The death of Prof Mohd Gujbawu is not only a personal and collective huge loss to his family and UNIMAID but to the communication discipline in Nigeria. I first knew him in 1979 or thereabout when he was admitted...
No fewer than 2 million vulnerable Nigerians have been impacted by projects implemented under the Federal Government’s National Poverty Reduction with Growth Strategy (NPRGS) for the year 2022, report says. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, in a...
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Baba, has met with the Chairman, Police Service Commission (PSC), Ex-IGP Solomon Arase, and retired I-GPs in Abuja to strategise on achieving better policing in Nigeria. The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a statement on Thursday said the meeting discussed...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Governor Abdullahi Sule, of Nasarawa State, has unveiled the committee for his inauguration in office for second term on the 29th of May. The committee is chaired by his Deputy, Dr. Emmanuel Agbadu Akabe, while the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Barr Muhammad...
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kaduna on Thursday ordered that a 25-year-old man, Hassan Yusuf, who allegedly defiled a seven-year-old girl be remanded in a correctional centre pending legal advice. Magistrate Ibrahim Emmanuel, who did not take the plea of Yusuf, ordered the police to duplicate the case file...
Pa Olayiwola Lakondoro, former Chairman, Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) of Ibadan and oldest 3SC fan, on Thursday died at 111 years. Mr Babatunde Olaniyan, the 3SC Chairman, confirmed his death to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in a telephone interview in Ibadan. Olaniyan said that...
Spotify, a global online streaming platform, has revealed that music is a powerful tool for influencing the mood, helping to cultivate feelings of patience and positivity especially during the Ramadan period. Jocelyne Muhutu-Remy, Spotify Sub Saharan Africa’s Managing Director, in a statement on Thursday said this was according to...
Alhaji Muktar Lugga, Zamfara State Acting Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has called on Inspector General of Police (IGP) to transfer the petition before him against some party chieftains to Zamfara Command Lugga made the appeal at a news conference in Gusau on Wednesday, saying that the current...
Rep. Abdulganiyu Johnson (APC-Lagos) says his bill that seeks to bar Nigeria-trained medical doctors and dentists from travelling abroad to practice unless they have put in a minimum of five years in Nigeria is informed by the crisis in the nation’s health sector. The lawmaker, who sponsored the bill,...