Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company (AEEPCO), operator of Oil Mining Lease (OML 29) has said the volume of oil leakage from its operations in Bayelsa was yet to be determined. The management of AEEPCO in a statement issued on Wednesday by its spokesperson, Mr Mathew Ndianabasi, confirmed that...
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PATRICK ABANG, Calabar- Exactly one year and four months after receiving their appointment letters from The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, members of the Cross River State Selection Committee has expressed disappointment over the non payment of their entitlement months after the beneficiaries has been...
By TENEBE ANTHONIA, Lagos – The Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited has said it remains committed to promoting and supporting gender equality as well as creating and maintaining an environment that is free from all forms of discrimination. The Chief Executive Officer, NGX, Temi Popoola, CFA stated this during the launch...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) says N6,396,159,060.00 has been approved for 217 research proposals recommended by the National Research Fund (NRF) under the 2020 grant cycle exercise. The approval of N6.3 billion 2020 grant is an improvement over that of 2012 to 2019...
There is tight security at the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday morning, as the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, is produced to face his trial. Recalled that on Oct. 21, reported heavy deployment of security personnel in and around the court premises...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has hosted a send off dinner in respect of Edward Kallon who was the UN Residents Coordinator in Nigeria since 2016 and now transferred to Zimbabwe. Governor Zulum, who was represented by Borno’s Deputy Governor, Hon Umar Kadafur at...
By RICHARD ABU, Nasarawa – The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Batch ‘C’ stream one corps members posted to Nasarawa state have been enjoined to be exemplary in their conduct while serving at various places of their primary assignment. The Nasarawa state Coordinator of the scheme, Abdullahi Ahmad Jimkashi,...
Former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Professor Charles Soludo, has reacted to his victory in the Anambra State governorship election. Giving his acceptance speech on Wednesday shortly after he was declared the winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the governor-elect described the feat as...
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said no fewer than 11,000 people had fled into neighbouring Uganda from the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo clashes since Sunday. UNHCR spokesperson, Shabia Mantoo said in Geneva, on Tuesday, that the figure (11,000) represented the largest refugee influx in...
The Lagos State Government has said 29 families have submitted samples for DNA to identify bodies evacuated from the collapsed 21-storey building in Ikoyi area of the state. The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Gbenga Omotoso, said in a statement that the identification of bodies had continued at...
The Kogi House of Assembly has threatened to issue a warrant of arrest against the Managing Director of Sterling Bank Plc., Mr Abubakar Suleiman. The assembly said it would effect the arrest, if the managing director failed to appear before it on Nov. 16. Speaker of the House, Mr...
The Federal Government is collaborating with Signature Advisory Limited, a real estate company, to explore the benefits of National Housing Bond to tackle the challenges of funding in housing financing in the country. The plan to explore the National Housing Bond was unfolded on Tuesday in Abuja when the...
Spotify celebrates Ayra Starr, the newest artiste to join the Equal Music Programme as the Equal Africa artiste of the month of November. Spotify EQUAL aims to foster gender equality in music and provide a platform to highlight influential female creators. A statement by Spotify’s Head of Music for...
The Presidential Committee on Correctional Reforms and Decongestion has set free five inmates and recommended three for bail from the Nigerian Maximum Security Correctional Centre in Ilorin, Kwara. A statement by Mrs Modupe Ogundoro, a Deputy Director in the Federal Ministry of Justice, said the committee was led by...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – A staff of Arik Airline has been arrested for allegedly soliciting bribe from a passenger at the general aviation terminal in Lagos, The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has said. The General Manager, Corporate Affairs of FAAN, Mrs Henrietta Yakubu, confirmed this in...
Delta Government and Stallion Auto Keke Limited have reached an agreement to establish tricycle manufacturing plant in the state. The Chief Economic Adviser to Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa, Dr Kingsley Emu, said this at the exhibition of the new Auto Keke Bajaj tricycle in Asaba. Dr. Emu said that the...
Mrs Aisha Buhari, the wife of Nigerian President, and also Global Tuberculosis (TB) Ambassador, on Tuesday urged stakeholders to work together to eliminate the disease in the country. Mrs Buhari made the call at the 2021 National TB Conference on Tuesday in Abuja, FCT. The theme for this year...
Two persons, including a soldier, identified as Sgt. G Abdullahi, have been burnt to death while pursuing a petroleum smuggler on motorcycle on Badagry-Seme border expressway. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the incident occurred at about 8:15p.m. last Saturday at Sitto area during a head on...
Professor Charles Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has swept to victory in the Anambra governorship elections, winning 19 of the 21 local government areas of the state. “That Charles Chukwuma Soludo of APGA, having satisfied the requirements of the law is hereby declared the winner and...