The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Mr Olamilekan Adegbite on Thursday admitted that the Federal Government will not be able to deliver on its promise to revive the Ajaokuta steel rolling mill before the end of the current administration in 2023. He made the admission while fielding question...
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Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s prosecution witness (PW1), Umar Babangida, on Thursday, linked former Director of Legal, Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Grace Taiga’s link in the alleged 9.6 billion dollars Process and Industrial Development Limited (P&ID) scandal. Babangida, who is the Head, Special Investigation Unit on P&ID in...
A 20-year-old girl (name withheld) on Thursday told an Ikeja Special Offences Court how her biological father, Akin Isaac, allegedly impregnated her and aborted the pregnancy. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the survivor said, while being led in evidence by State Prosecutor, Mr Y. A. Alebiosu,...
The Director-General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, says the agency has acquired new mechanical devices to further check substandard drugs. Professor Adeyeye said this in Abuja on Thursday while fielding questions from newsmen at the unveiling of 73 new vehicles procured...
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) says it is holding Google Play Store responsible for the inability to trace the owners of some online lenders over violation of consumer rights. FCCPC Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Mr Babtunde Irukera, said this at a collaborative engagement...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Branch, has said that unless the Director-General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa, retracts his comments on the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS), it will be forced to initiate the process...
The title of this piece is meant to remind the reader of one word – Association. The freedom to associate with any one or any group is a human right that we cherish greatly as human beings. Freedom of Association is a fundamental human right proclaimed in the Universal...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Yobe – Executive Governor of Yobe State, Hon. Mai Mala Buni has promised to empower 300,000 youth with initial funding to set up their businesses as a way of eradicating poverty in Yobe State. The governor was speaking at a grand reception organized in his honour...
By IBRAHIM OBANSA, Lokoja – Enemona Josh Humanitarian Foundation, has clarified that its founder, Ambassador Gabriel Onoja, who was earlier believed to have been kidnapped by gunmen is currently safe in the hands of the police who whisked him away from his apartment on Thursday night. Recalled that news...
President Muhammadu Buhari has lauded the Bank of Industry (BOI) for creating more than nine million jobs in the last seven years. He also commended BOI for disbursing over N1.24 trillion to 4.2 million beneficiaries in Micro, Small, Medium and Large enterprises. The president made the commendation when he...
By BENJAMIN ORISEMEKE, Abuja – Lagos, Ogun, and Rivers States top the list of states in Nigeria with highest domestic debts as of December 2021, jointly owning a sum of N1.12 trillion in domestic debts, which accounted for 25.1 percent of the total state debts. According to data from...
Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Ado Doguwa, has said Nigerians should be allowed to bear arms in self-defense considering the deteriorating security situation in the country. The All Progressive Congress (APC) member who is representing Doguwa/Tudun Wada Federal Constituency of Kano State said this during plenary on...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted four persons, including the traditional ruler of Bukpe community in FCT, Alhaji Hassan Shamidozhi. It was learnt that the four victims were abducted on Wednesday evening. Confirming the incident to newsmen, The Head of Information and Protocol...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will shutdown the ongoing nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) Pre-Registration online portal in April in preparation for the 2023 general elections. Mr Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner in charge of Information and Voter Education, said this in an interview with the...
Gianni Infantino will seek a third term as FIFA president next year, he told the congress of the global football governing body in Doha on Thursday. “Because we are all united here and the members of FIFA are here, I wanted to tell you first,” he said. Infantino, 52,...
At least one person was feared killed when arsonists attacked Nnewi South Local Government Area Secretariat of Anambra at Ukpor on Thursday. The arsonists were said to have numbered more than 50. Igwe Nwosu Onyimadu, and Mr Emmanuel Nwachukwu, the traditional ruler and President-General of Ukpor community, respectively confirmed...
FIFA president Gianni Infantino has dismissed the plans for a biennial World Cup as he claimed the changes were never a formal proposal. The prospects of those plans coming to fruition now appear over after Infantino told the FIFA Congress, with 211 member-associations in attendance, that the governing body...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, discharged and acquitted Andrew Yakubu, former Group Managing Director (GMD), Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) of money laundering charge. Justice Ahmed Mohammed, in a judgement, held that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt....
Gov. Nasir El-Rufa’i of Kaduna State on Thursday restated his call for massive bombardment of all forests inhabited by terrorists. He said this would contain current security challenges in the country. The governor made the call at a stakeholders meeting in Giwa, Kaduna State, where terrorists had been invading...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) has kicked against the 25% deduction from the Treasury Single Account (TSA) of the National Examinations Council (NECO) by the Federal Government. The union, in a letter to the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu,...