The European Union, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPC) and the Joint Task Force (JTF) Operation Delta Safe, on Friday visited an illegal refining site in Rivers, to inspect the impacts on the environment. The refinery, already destroyed by the JTF is located in Ahoada West Local Government...
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Mr Michael Banda, Senior Education Manager, United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) Kano Field Office, said the agency spent $109 million for the implementation of the Girl Education Project 3 (GEP) in six Northern states of Nigeria. Banda, who disclosed this during a Media Dialogue on Girls Education in Bauchi...
Nigeria’s Super Falcons failed to finish among the top three at the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) as they lost 0-1 to the Copper Queens of Zambia on Friday. The Falcons lost in the third-place playoff game after Evarine Katungo’s 28th minute goal made the difference at the...
Acquisition of personal real estate assets/landed property in your name, indicating a welcome change from a life of paying rent and living in fear of the Landlord is what we term success. But the Nigerian real estate sector is fraught with too many legal risks and is as a...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – As parts of efforts to strengthen the fight against migrants’ smuggling, the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has inaugurated the Objects of Smuggling of Migrants Trust Fund Management Board at the Service Headquarters Abuja. The NIS spokesman, Mr Amos Okpu, disclosed this in a statement...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked Senator Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to withdraw from the 2023 presidential election. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, stated this at a press conference on Friday in Abuja. Mr. Ologunagba said the party believed that the APC presidential...
The crisis in the nation’s public university system has taken a new twist as members of the Senior Staff Association of Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU) rejected the report of the Professor Nimi Briggs-led renegotiation committee. Both unions insisted that they would not be...
The TinCan Island Port Customers Command has generated N274.32 billion in the first six months of 2022. Comptroller Olakunle Oloyede, command’s area controller, made this known at a media conference in Lagos on Friday. Oloyede said that this indicated an increase of 27.50 per cent when compared with N229.32...
A Federal High Court in Abakaliki on Friday, dismissed suit filed by Gov Dave Umahi seeking the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to accept him as the Ebonyi South Senatorial candidate for 2023 polls. The court also recognized Mrs Ann Agom-Eze, who came second in the May 28 primary...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) have notified travellers to expect flight disruptions as a major Jet-A1 fuel scarcity has hit the aviation sector and is likely to affect schedules. The AON spokesman, Prof. Obiora Okonkwo, who disclosed this in a statement, made available...
The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), has restated commitment to implementing reform initiatives aimed at repositioning it as one of the best Registries globally . The Registrar-General of CAC, Alhaji Garba Abubakar, said this at a plenary session of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) at the16th Annual International Business Law...
Sen. Eyinnaya Abaribe (APGA-Abia) has called on the electorate to be wary of fake promises and elect credible leaders in the 2023 general elections. He made the call on Friday, at the investiture of Rotarian Max Amuchie, the 6th President of the Rotary Club of Abuja (Central Business District)...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday told stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) that the unity, security and prosperity of the country will matter most to him beyond his days in office as President. The president, who made his feelings known at a meeting with the stakeholders in Abuja,...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR , Abuja – The Online Publishers Association of Nigeria (OPAN) has condemned today’s raid of online newspaper, Peoples Gazette’s office in Abuja and the subsequent arrest of five journalists by armed policemen. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the policemen forcefully entered the media office and demanded to...
Nigerians on Friday started a challenge called the #BishopChallenge to mock the APC over claims they hired fake clerics to dress in religious regalia at the unveiling of the party’s Vice Presidential candidate. On Wednesday, July 20, Nigerians expressed outrage when photos of the “clerics” at the APC event were...
Tertiary institutions have been allowed to determine the deadline for the 2022 admissions due to the status of 2021 admissions. The decision was reached at the end the 2022 Policy meeting and 2020 National Tertiary Admissions Performance-Merit Award programme organised by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in...
The European Union (EU) Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS said on Friday that, it would replace the gas from Russia with Nigeria Gas due to the invasion in Ukraine. The Deputy Director-General Department for (Energy), European Commission in Brussels, Mr Matthew Baldwin, said this at a news conference on...
Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure that the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Guma Local Government Area of Benue are captured in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration. Justice Ekwo made the advice after Mrs Patricia...
Nine persons were burnt to death on Friday in an auto crash which occurred at Omotosho Step Down Bridge, on Ore-Lagos expressway in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State. Mr Sikiru Alonge, Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ore Unit Command, confirmed the accident to the News Agency...
The Federal Government says in spite of Nigeria’s security challenges, the country is not a war zone and is safe for investment. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said this on Friday in Lagos at the Platform Capital Forum, organised by UNICORN Group. The News Agency...