The South-East Governors has resolved to interface with the Federal Government to secure the release of the Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. The forum also resolved to visit President Bola Tinubu to discuss pressing issues concerning the South- East region. These are...
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The House of Representatives has ordered probes into the N1.12 trillion anchor borrowers scheme, an initiative of the Federal Government’s interventions and agricultural funding through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Also included in the probe is the Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL), the...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) Ltd has declared a state of emergency on production in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry. The NNPC Ltd has also called on all players in the industry to collaborate towards reducing the cost of oil production and boosting production to...
Minister of State, Petroleum Resources (Oil), Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri, has called for more investments in the oil and gas industry to ramp up production and boost foreign exchange earnings. Lokpobiri made the call on Tuesday at the Nigerian Oil and Gas (NOG) Energy Week currently holding in Abuja. The...
The Federal Government has warned that unauthorised disclosure or leakage of official documents, capable of impacting the country negatively, is a punishable offence. Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Sen. George Akume, gave the warning on Tuesday in Abuja, at a workshop organised by the Bureau...
The First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu has said the Governing Board of her pet project, Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) will announce winner of the #OneNigeriaUnityFabric competition, who will receive N20 million Mrs Tinubu disclosed this on Tuesday at the State House, Abuja, stressing that the winner, to be...
The Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted thunderstorm and rains from Wednesday to Friday across the country. NiMet`s weather outlook released on Tuesday in Abuja predicted morning thunderstorms on Wednesday over parts of Jigawa, Kano, Katsina, Sokoto, Kebbi, Zamfara, Taraba and Adamawa states. “ While afternoon/evening thunderstorms are...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Hajiya Salamatu Ahmed as the new Executive Secretary of the Federal Government Staff Housing Loans Board (FGSHLB). The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HOCSF), Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan, disclosed this in a statement...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The North East Development Commission (NEDC) is to liaise with the Borno State Government on how and what to assist the over 42 victims of Gwoza twin bomb explosion that claimed the lives of about 30 people and injured over 40 others including...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has said it registered 63 deaths and 2102 suspected cases in the ongoing cholera epidemic across the country. The Director-General of the centre, Dr Jide Idris, said this during a news conference on the cholera situation on Tuesday in...
The President, Dangote Industries Ltd, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has identified solutions to sustaining existing local and foreign investments as well as attracting new investors into the country. Dangote gave the solutions in a keynote speech delivered at the opening of a three-Day Nigeria Manufacturers Summit with the theme,”...
The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minster of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, has taken over the trial of Mr Chinenye Duru, a Polaris Bank staff and account officer to Mr Victor Onukogu, in the alleged N6.6 billion fraud. AGF’s counsel, V.J. Alma, told Justice Inyang Ekwo of...
At least 39 people were killed and many injured in the recent anti-tax hike protests across Kenya as youth took to the streets on Tuesday for a new round of protests. “Data from our records indicates that 39 people have died and 361 injured in relation to the...
Police in Lagos State have arrested two dismissed soldiers and four others for alleged armed robbery and car theft. The Command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest on Tuesday while parading the suspects and exhibits recovered from them. Hundeyin said that the two dismissed soldiers belonged to...
A Bill to alter the 1999 Constitution as amended to create additional state in the South-East geo-political zone called Etiti, has passed through first reading in the House of Representatives . Rep. Amobi Ogah (LP-Abia) and four others sponsored the bill which was read by the clerk of...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, said the Abuja Rail Mass Transit (ARMT) records between 4,000 and 5,000 commuters daily. Wike disclosed this at the inauguration of the construction of the Kugbo Bus Terminal in Abuja on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigerian...
The Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa has said that there was no hiding place for drug barons and their mules in the country. Marwa said this while reacting to the conviction of a Delhi, Indian-Bound drug trafficker, Charles Ogbonna, who bagged 25...
The Deputy Governor of Niger State, Mr Yakubu Garba, has lost his wife, Hajiya Zainab Garba Gov. Umaru Bago, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Malam Bologi Ibrahim, in Minna on Tuesday expressed sadness over the death of Garba. He described her death as a great...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, says the three Bus and Taxi Terminals being constructed in Abuja will be operated and managed by the private sector. Wike stated this at the inauguration of the construction of Kugbo Bus Terminal in Abuja on Tuesday....