The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) has said that the Federal Government would generate over N5 billion, through the planned Fisheries Coastal Terminal Concession project. It said this in a statement issued by Manji Yarling, Acting Head, Media and Publicity of ICRC. According to her, the project would also...
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Eleven people were missing in a fire that engulfed an Italian-flagged ferry in the Ionian Sea, the Greek coastguard said Friday amid efforts to free two more people trapped on board. Another 278 people had been rescued, the coastguard said, including a migrant whose presence raised fears for more...
He is unassuming and urbane. He is also sedate but highly fecund. His mien anywhere he goes is writ-large as it bears his trademark sartorial elegance. Yet, he is characteristically unobtrusive. His gait and speech mannerism combine to paint a composite picture of a rare politician, not as much...
Many fans have expressed worry about a depressive post by Super Falcons and FC Barcelona forward Asisat Oshoala. In the now-deleted tweet, Oshoala said she was “tired of trying”. This came as a surprise to many fans as the superstar is in good form. Last Wednesday, she made history...
A Chief Magistrate’s Court, sitting in Kano, on Friday remanded a 33-year-old man, Abubakar Aminu, in a correctional centre for allegedly throwing a four-year-old boy, Abdulmalik Suleiman into a well. The defendant, who lives at Rijiyar Lemo Quarters in Kano, is standing trial on a charge of attempt to...
The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), has denied plans to hold its national convention on Feb. 19, describing it as fake news. The National Publicity Secretary of PRP, Mr Kabiru Gwangwazo, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, said the party has been informed of a rumour by a...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The National Union of Borno State Students (NUBOSS) has commended Governor Babagana Zulum for his exemplary leadership and management of human and materials resources in the past three years, particularly his commitment in the implementation of educational projects and payments of students scholarships both...
Mr Ahmed Nasiru, a political analyst, has described as a set back the inability of Igbo political elites to inspire consensus around a viable candidate ahead of 2023 presidential elections. Nasiru made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja. He...
No fewer than 17 persons were burnt to death on Friday in an accident involving a Mazda bus and a tanker at Isara Bridge on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, Mr Ahmed Umar, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of...
Nigerian tech startups are complaining of increasingly being frustrated by global Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) who connive with some overseas-based distributors to ship their products into Nigeria without paying value added tax (VAT) and allied taxes. The implication of this is that many Nigerian tech startups are frustrated out...
An Indian court sentenced 38 people to death on Friday over a string of bomb blasts in 2008 that killed dozens in the city of Ahmedabad, in one of the country’s biggest mass death sentences. Coordinated attacks in western Gujarat state’s commercial hub in 2008 killed 56, launching shrapnel...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has stated that it would use the instrumentality of the Finance Act 2021, through collaboration with taxpayers and key stakeholders to ensure adequate funding of the country’s budget and raise the requisite financing for national development. This was...
The Petroleum Tanker Drivers arm of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and the Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) have shelved their planned strike. The groups had threatened to go on strike over claims of diversion of the N621bn road fund provided by...
Nigeria and five other African countries have been chosen to begin production of COVID-19 vaccine, with the continent having had limited access to jabs. The World Health Organisation announced this on Friday. The other countries are: Egypt, Kenya, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia. According to the WHO, they were...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The Chairman of Cross River State Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) Ambassador Ogar Osim has commended the Youth Lobby Group for organizing a monumental initiative to bring together about 50,000 young people across the South-South region for a phenomenal discussion and sensitization on increased youth participation...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – FCT Minister of State, Dr.Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, has disclosed that the administration is ready to partner with result-oriented organizations willing to provide quality healthcare services to residents in order to meet the high demand of the people. The minister also restated the administration’s commitment...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri- Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum has described as “very scary” some findings submitted to him by a Committee he had constituted and tasked with conducting basic literacy and numeracy competency assessment of 17,229 Local Education Authority (LEA) teachers across 27 LGAs of the state....
An ex Nigerian International, Kingsley Obiekwu, has sent words of appreciation to the Super Eagles captain, Ahmed Musa, and the generality of Nigerians for their genuine concern towards him following reports of economic plight. Obiekwu had said that he went into the commercial transport business to complement his earnings from his...
Global trade reached a record high in 2021, but it is expected to slow in 2022 for many reasons including continuing delays in global supply chains, UN economists said on Thursday. Announcing that worldwide commerce amounted to around 28.5 trillion dollars in 2021, the UN Conference on Trade and...
The health authorities in Malawi have declared an outbreak of wild poliovirus type 1 after a case was detected in a young child in the capital Lilongwe. This is the first case of wild poliovirus in Africa in more than five years, a statement by the WHO Regional Office...