Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II has welcomed the sultan of Oman to Windsor Castle. The 95-year-old monarch meet Haitham bin Tariq al Said in person on Wednesday. The Middle Eastern ruler was joined by his wife, Her Highness, The Honourable Lady Sayyida Ahad Bint Abdullah Bin Hamad Al Busaidiyah. The...
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The Ogun State Commissioner for Industry, Trade and Investment, Mrs Kikelomo Longe, has said the ministry generated N685.5million in revenue for the state government between January and October 2021. Mrs. Longe said this on Wednesday in Abeokuta while defending the 2022 budget proposal of the ministry before members of...
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has assured Nigerians of availability of petroleum products across the country during the yuletide. IPMAN’s President, Mr Chinedu Okoronkwo, gave the assurance in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos while reacting to resurfacing of...
The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) on Wednesday, produced 14 suspected invaders of the Supreme Court Judge, Justice Mary Odili, for arraignment at the Federal High Court, Abuja. The suspects were led into Court 11 by the operatives from the Force Headquarters at about 1:40pm where they will be arraigned...
Bandits have killed a member of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Rilwanu Gadagau, along the Kaduna-Zaria Highway. Gadagau, who represented Giwa Constituency of the state, was the Chairman of the Committee on Local Government and Rural Development in the Assembly. He was reported to have been killed on...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A governorship aspirant for the 2023 election in Cross River State, Arthur Jarvis Archibong, has declared that the state required urgent attention in what he called a “rescue mission”. Archibong said the state needs a team leader who has capacity to tap, harness and manage...
The Nigeria Customs Service has commenced the process for supplementary recruitment into the service. A statement by the management of the service said the recruitment process began with the opening of the portal for applications. According to the statement, the portal which was opened on December 13 will be...
Africa is being left behind, having received only 450million of the eight billion COVID vaccine doses distributed. Dr Richard Mihigo, Immunization and Vaccines Development Programme, Coordinator World Health Organisation’s Regional Office for Africa (WHO AFRO), made this known while speaking on “Vaccination in Africa: Research Capacity, Advocacy, Manufacturing and...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd has urged Nigerians not to engage in panic buying but to fully enjoy the spirit of the festive season as it continues to work tirelessly to ensuring sufficient supply of petrol to every part of the country....
By LEKAN AGBOOLA, Ilorin – Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has unveiled the Kwara State’s Residents Registration Agency (KWASRRA) and the Kwara State Residents Card Project, saying the effort would drive “effective planning, judicious allocation of resources, and sustainable growth and development”. Governor AbdulRazaq also announced that the state...
The Nov. 5 oil spill from a well operated by Aiteo in Nembe has spread to communities, fishing and farming settlements in Abureni clan in the Ogbia and the Abua/Odual Local Government Areas of Bayelsa and Rivers states respectively. The elders and leaders of Abureni Kingdom, led by the...
South Africa’s High Court has ordered former President Jacob Zuma to return to jail after setting aside the decision to release him on medical parole, a court judgement showed on Wednesday. The 79-year old began medical parole in September, and is serving a 15-month sentence for contempt of court....
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Cross River State Government on Tuesday flagged off the state’s Health Insurance Scheme in a bid to enhance adequate access to health care facilities in the state. The official flag off was done by the wife of the governor, Linda Ayade who appreciated all...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Chairman of the Cross River State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alphonsus Ogar has hinted that the Ayade-led administration inherited a whopping sum of 400 billion naira debt from his predecessors. Mr. Oga disclosed this during an interactive session with journalists in Calabar...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – At the end of their sixth meeting held in Damaturu, Yobe State, the Northeast Governors Forum on Tuesday night, issued a five-point communique, mostly bothering on security and power supply. The communique was signed by the forum’s chairman and Governor of Borno State, Professor...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Minister of the FCT, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello has disclosed that the territory will save over N1 trillion from its Land Swap Programme. Malam Bello made this disclosure on Tuesday while performing the ceremonial site hand-over of the Gwagwa District Development to Messrs....
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Board of Executive Directors of Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) has approved a Multi-year Financial Facility Programme of $98 million loan for the promotion of bilingual education in Nigeria for the period of 2012 to 2015. Head, Public Relations and Protocol, Universal Basic Education...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – As part of efforts to build and sustain quality workforce, the Service has entered into a joint Capacity Building collaboration with the International Centre for Migration and Policy Development (ICMPD) in an event held at the Service Headquarters Abuja. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the...
By TENEBE ANTHONIA, Lagos – NGX Regulation (NGX RegCo) Limited has restated its commitment to promoting a fair, transparent, and orderly Nigerian capital market at the the 2021 Issuers’ Engagement Forum with the theme: ‘Corporate Disclosures – Beyond Numbers’. Speaking at the conference, the Chief Executive Officer, NGX RegCo,...
When Tony Elumelu, founder of Tony Elumelu Foundation, while speaking on the topic; “Philanthropy and Development; Where are Africa’s Billionaires?”, at one of the high level seminars that characterized the African Development Bank, AfDB, 2013 annual general meeting, held at Marrakech, Morocco, advised African billionaires to invest in developing...