President Bola Tinubu has said plans are underway to complete the rehabilitation of the East West Road connecting Bayelsa, Rivers and Akwa Ibom. Tinubu said this on Friday at the end of a three-day Stakeholders Summit, organised by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in Port Harcourt. Represented...
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Friday, said that Nigerians should expect a downward trend of Cholera cases in the country. The Director-General of NCDC, Dr Jide Idris, disclosed this in Lagos on the sideline of an event to unveil the Integrated Disease Testing and Surveillance...
The Federal Government has approved a $21 million dollars contract for the construction of a metering system for 187 crude oil flow stations in the country to curb oil theft. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri, this on Friday in Abuja, while briefing...
The ECOWAS Court of Justice has nullified the dismissal of Mr Momodu Cham, a former staff of the Commission, saying it breached Article 69 of the ECOWAS staff regulations. Cham had filed the suit following his dismissal from his position as a Procurement Officer with the Inter-Governmental Action...
Nigerian emerging Afro-fusion artiste, Dennis Oni-Olaonipekun, popularly known as “Dennis Today”, has dropped his latest single, titled “VDM” (Very Deep Message). The artiste, in a statement issued on Friday in Lagos, said the song addresses the current socio-economic challenges in the country. According to Dennis Today, in poignant...
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has expressed satisfaction with the recent Supreme Court judgment that granted financial autonomy to the 774 local government areas in the country. This is contained in a statement by the Director of Publicity and Advocacy for NEF, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, on Friday in Abuja....
The Federal Government has paid the severance benefits of 885 Nigeria Immigration Services (NIS) officers disengaged from service in 2006/2007, Dasuki Arabi, Director-General of the Bureau of Public Service (BPSR), has said. Arabi disclosed this at a news conference on Friday, in Abuja. He said that the outstanding...
By MWUESE JOYCE, Jos – Eight students have so far been confirmed dead following the collapse of a two storey building at Saint Academy around Bussa Buji area of Jos the Plateau State capital with many others injured. Eyewitnesses said the incident occured at about 10am this morning when...
JOEL OLADELE, Abuja The Social Democratic Party (SDP), has hailed the landmark ruling of the Supreme Court in favor of financial autonomy for local governments in Nigeria. In a statement signed on Friday, the media assistant to the national chairman of the party, Olugbenga George, said the statesman was...
Plateau Commissioner for Information and Communication, Mr Musa Ashoms, has confirmed that about 200 students were trapped in the Jos school building that collapsed in Jos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the Saints Academy, a secondary school in Jos, collapsed on Friday, while students were writing their...
Oba Owolabi Olakulehin, 89, on Friday received the staff of office as the 43rd Olubadan of lbadanland. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State presented both the Staff and Instrument of Office to the new Olubadan. The presentation came shortly after...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has sold the sum of 122,671 million dollars to 46 authorised dealers. According to a statement issued by the apex bank’s Director in charge of Financial Markets, Dr Omolara Duke, the move is aimed at promoting stability as well as to reduce market...
A former Deputy Vice Chancellor of the Ekiti State University Ado-Ekiti, (EKSU), Prof. Femi Olaofe, has been reportedly kidnapped by unknown gunmen, and whisked to undisclosed location. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Olaofe, a native of Are-Ekiti, Irepodun/Ifelodun local government area of Ekiti, was a...
President Bola Tinubu has renamed the National Theatre, Iganmu, Surulere, Lagos, as Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and the Creative Arts. The President disclosed this in a tribute personally written and signed by him on Friday in Abuja to mark Soyinka’s 90 birthday. “I am delighted to announce...
Nigerians in the Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) has said the Federal Government has evacuated citizens in Sudan willing to return home following the two-week expulsion notice issued to foreigners by the Sudanese authorities. NiDCOM Chief, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa disclosed this in Abuja on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria...
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has said it would embark on industrial action, if government fails to suspend the new Scheme of Service in Nigeria Polytechnics, which took effect, June 7. The Auchi Polytechnic, Edo State chapter of the union stated this after at an emergency...
By DAYO AWONIYI, Abuja – Nigerian football fans are in for a treat as the continent’s top clubs gear up for the 2024/2025 CAF Champions League and Confederation Cup campaigns. Rangers International FC, the reigning Nigeria Premier Football League champions, will face off against US Zilimadjou of...
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), on Friday, re-arraigned Binance Holdings Limited on four-count charge bordering on tax evasion allegations. Nigerian representative of Binance, Ayodele Omotilewa, who was docked, took a plea on behalf of the company before Justice Emeka Nwite of a Federal High Court, Abuja. He...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has welcomed the judgment of the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja that upheld the decision of the governorship election petition tribunal affirming his return as the duly elected Governor of Kogi State. In his reaction to...
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Oba Owolabi Olakulehin on his coronation as the 43rd Olubadan of the ancient city of Ibadan. The President conveyed his congratulations in a statement by his spokesman, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, on Friday. “The President joins the family of the new Olubadan, Ibadan citizens,...