By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello has assured of the FCT Administration’s support for the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, (NSCDC), while also calling for improved synergy amongst the various security agencies for the overall security of the Territory. Bello gave the assurance...
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There are strong indications that the National Water Resources Bill 2020 will soon be reintroduced at the National Assembly. If passed into law, communities and people living along water fronts in the country, particularly Niger Delta Region, Lagos State and other aquatic areas in the country will be deprived...
Religious, traditional, and community leaders and guest speakers have urged people of Borno to embrace unity, forgiveness, tolerance, patience and reconciliation in order for peace to permanently return to the state . The leaders and stakeholders also enjoined the people to follow the foot steps of the Messengers of...
Banyana Banyana of South Africa, on Tuesday, emerged champions of the maiden edition of the Aisha Buhari Invitational Women’s Tournament after defeating the Super Falcons of Nigeria by 4-2 in the final game. The match, played at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, Lagos, saw the two top teams in women’s...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Muhammad Nami, said on Tuesday that agency had used its home-grown digital tax administration solution, TaxPro-Max to improve revenue generation, of which it remarkably generated over N664 billion in June 2021. The FIRS boss, who...
By MARK JANG, Jos – The Plateau State Government on Tuesday condemned the killing of a Plateau State Polytechnic student, who was allegedly shot by security personnel during a protest on Monday. The protest was triggered by an Industrial Action by the Polytechnic’s union to press home their demands...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has begun the process of updating database of farmers and all agriculture-related institutions in the territory. The FCT Minister of State, Dr Ramatu Aliyu, made the disclosure on Tuesday at the opening ceremony of the Agribusiness Innovation Conference...
President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the National Assembly on proposed Administrative Structure Amendments to the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) 2021. Mr Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, made this known in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja. In the letter to...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum on Tuesday suspended the entire management of the state owned Ramat Polytechnic in Maiduguri, for a period of six months. Governor Zulum was a student of the polytechnic from 1986 to 1988 and bagged National Diploma in Agricultural...
Lionel Messi will miss Paris Saint-Germain’s game away to Metz on Wednesday due to a knee injury which coach Mauricio Pochettino has said was the real reason behind his surprise decision to take the six-time Ballon d’Or winner off against Lyon at the weekend. The Argentine star underwent an...
President Muhammadu Buhari has met with the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, ahead of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The discussions between the duo centred on getting manufacturers of vaccines to invest in production in Nigeria, and...
One of the wives of Nigerian music legend, King Sunny Ade (KSA), Honourable (Mrs) Risikat Adegeye, has died. Risikat Adegeye, a former member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, reportedly passed away on Tuesday, September 21, 2021. It was learnt that the ex-lawmaker died of cancer. Late Mrs...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto- A Magistrate Court sitting in Sokoto on Tuesday sentenced Aminu Hayatau Tafida, a son of the Special Adviser on Social Investments to Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal and two others to a four years and six months imprisonment wih an option of fine of 400,000 naira...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Sir Arthur Jarvis Archibong has said that the emergence of Venatius Ikem Esq. as state chairman was an indication that victory lies ahead for the party come 2023 general elections. Sir Archibong made the assertion in a...
A House of Representative member, Bamidele Salam (PDP-Osun), has called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to stop the continuous fall of the value of Naira against against dollar. Salam, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja decried the continuous devaluation...
The Russian Embassy in Washington said on Tuesday that half of all cyberattacks against the country’s Central Election Commission during its parliamentary election over the weekend originated in the United States. The embassy which made the allegation in a statement said the attacks were aimed at discrediting the Russian...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, sought Senate’s confirmation of members of the Board of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority. The President in another letter to the upper chamber also sought the confirmation of the Board of the Upstream Regulatory Commission. He explained in a letter dated...
The Chinese community in Lagos has celebrated the mid-autumn festival and the Chinese national day, marking the final of the Nigeria maiden SGEL chinese Wushu performance championship and awards ceremony in Nigeria. The was disclosed by Chu Moaming, Consulate-General of the People’s Republic of China, in a statement he...
At least 20 per cent of the full-time workforce in Nigeria lost employment during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, a new report released on Tuesday has revealed. The report tagged ‘The Impact of COVID-19 on Business Enterprises in Nigeria’, was jointly released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)...