By JOHN ONAH, Abuja Research experts have estimated Nigeria’s infrastructure gap at $3 trillion, about six times the size of its annual Gross Domestic Product, GDP. Disclosing this during a virtual meeting on institutionalisation of R&D in Infrastructure Development thematic group of the TETFund Research and Development Standing Committee,...
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Aug. 30, 2021 (NAN) The Police Command in Ogun said that two suspected kidnappers were killed in a shoot-out with its personnel around Itori area of Ewekoro of the state. The command`s Spokesman, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi made this known in a statement on Monday in Ota, Ogun. Oyeyemi said...
The Dangote’s Two Billion US Dollar petrochemical plant located in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos State, is to produce 77 different high-performance grades of polypropylene. The Group Executive Director, Strategy, Capital Projects and Portfolio Development, Dangote Industries Ltd., Mr Devakumar Edwin, disclosed this in a statement obtained in Lokoja on Monday ....
Mr Austin Agbonlahor, outgoing Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG), Zone 16,Yenagoa, has urged officers and men to be diligent in discharging their duties. Agbonlahor gave the charge at a send forth organised for him by the zone at the Banquet Hall of the Bayelsa Government House, Yenagoa on Sunday....
Timi Dakolo, Nigerian singer, songwriter and music producer has advised upcoming artistes to be original and creative in music production. The ‘Great Nation’ crooner said this during an interactive session at The Bridge Church in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Dakolo started his music career...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The NUJ Borno State Council has called on the Federal and state governments of northeast Nigeria in collaboration with development partners and the traditional institution to draw a workable timeline that will be fully acceptable to the people for reintegration of the surrendered fighters...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Governor Babagana Zulum has directed the State Security Service (SSS) and State Preaching Service Commission (SPSC) to monitor, screen and arrest any cleric illegally preaching without the permission of the authorities concerned in any part of th state. Governor Zulum added that his government...
Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi has directed all civil and public servants to report to work on Monday despite the Sit-At-Home order issued by the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Recalled that IPOB had fixed Monday every week for its Sit-At-Home protest. Gov. Umahi gave the directive in...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 93 COVID-19-related deaths, bringing the number of fatalities to 2,454. In an update via its website on Monday, NCDC said the 53 deaths were recorded in the country in 24 hours, an indication that the...
Can l rhetorically ask whether Nigeria has really attained nationhood with the myriad of problems that is bedeviling her? Will restructuring resolve all of these problems? If so, why then is the restructuring campaign not making any appreciable headway? My answers to these questions are simple. Yes, Nigeria has...
By MARK JANG, Jos – The Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong has relaxed the 24-hour curfew imposed on Jos North Local Government Area with effect from Aug. 30 untill further notice. Gov. Lalong, who announced the review in a statewide broadcast on the state-owned media, Plateau Radio Television and...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has dismissed reports that the military helicopters fired at a cargo boat conveying people and food stuff from Port Harcourt to Bonny. Recalled that it was widely reported on Friday that a military chopper opened fire on cargo boat conveying food stuff from Port Harcourt...
I do not lay any claim to the creative rights for the title of my column this week. Creatively, only Hon. Sidi Ali can lay claims to that title. For I understand he has a whole book with the title ‘Power of Powers’ which talks about almost the same...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Kaduna State Government has described Pilot Abdulkarim Na Allah’s death as “appearing to be a case of culpable homicide”. The late aircraft Capt. Abdulkarim was the eldest son of Sen. Bala Ibn Na Allah. Mr Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner for Internal Security and Home...
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that his administration is on top of events and is moving ahead with force to crush the perpetrators of the recent incidents of unrest in Plateau. The president gave the assurance in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity,...
First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced its sponsorship of ‘A Deep Dive Into History’, a theatre production from the Duke of Shomolu (DOS) Production House, spearheaded by Joseph Edgar. A deep dive into history comprises two exciting stage plays – Aremu and Awo, showing from the 22nd of...
The Ministry of Labour and Employment has rejected the 21-day ultimatum given to the Federal Government by the Nigeria Medical Association saying it is in direct collision with the Memorandum of Understanding signed on August 21. Recalled that the NMA had threatened to join the ongoing strike by the...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Tincan Area Command, has intercepted a pistol with its magazine hidden inside a Toyota Camry car. The Area Controller, Comptroller Musa Abdullahi, who disclosed this in a statement in Lagos, said their operatives at the five-star logistics terminal on...
By MARY RONKE, Minna – The Niger Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested a driver for carrying 45,000 litres of suspected fake kerosene. The corps said it arrested the driver and his companion with an articulated vehicle ladden with the product on Suleja-Kaduna...
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has said Nigeria accounts for 24,000 missing people, the largest missing caseload on the continent representing over half of those registered as missing in Africa. Mr Aliyu Dawobe, ICRC’s Public Relations Officer, said in a statement in Abuja, that more than...