PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Managing Director of Cross River State Water Board Limited, Chief Victor Ekpo Effiom, has denied the rumour making the rounds that some chemicals were allegedly stolen from the organisation. Chief Ekpo’s reaction came following reports that the police apprehended some people in possession of...
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…As Kyari clarifies revenue projection for 2022-2024 revenue framework By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, on Wednesday received accolades from the House of Representatives Committee on Finance for providing detailed explanations on some burning Oil Industry...
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, has called for a state of emergency in the northern part of the country over the security challenges in the region. He made the call on Wednesday at a meeting with the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 10, Ali Janga, at...
According to renowned Austrian-American management sage, Peter Drucker, “The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence – it is to act with yesterday’s logic.” As it were, in a period of disruption, nations live or die by their ability to envision new order, manage and adapt...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The rubber sector has been identified as one of the key sectors that can boost the economic recovery and sustainability in Cross River State. Governor Ben Ayade stated this on Wednesday, when he declared the National Rubber Producers, Processers, Marketers Associations (NARPPMAN) Conference open in...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, has revealed that the administration has identified agro-industrialisation as a fast-track means of boosting agricultural productivity and food security, as the sector would create thousands of jobs for the teeming and increasingly restive youth population in...
An aviation expert, Mr Richard Aisebiogun, has identified activities of unviable airports factor responsible for failure of airlines in Nigeria. Aisebiogun, a former Managing Director, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), said this during the Aviation and Cargo Conference organised by Mr Ikechi Uko in Lagos on Wednesday. According...
The vast majority of people with high blood pressure or hypertension live in low and middle-incomes countries, a World Health Organisation (WHO) report released on Wednesday has revealed. The study, which was co-led by Imperial College London, found that 82 per cent of all people with hypertension, around one...
The Speaker, Plateau House of Assembly, Abok Ayuba, has called for calm and restraint over Tuesday’s attack on Yelwa Zangam community in the state by gunmen. Abok made the call when members of the Yelwa Zangam community took corpses of their loved ones killed in the attack, to the...
By MARK JANG, Jos – The Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong has re-imposed a 24-hour curfew on Jos North Local Government Area (LGA). A statement by The Director of Press and Public Affairs to Governor Lalong, Dr Makut Macham, said on Wednesday that the imposing curfew on the local...
The National Arts Theatre in Lagos will offer the best standard of service delivery and compete for international events when its ongoing rehabilitation is completed, the General Manager, Prof. Sunday Ododo, has said. Ododo said this on Wednesday at a one-day Theatre Technology Workshop held at the News Agency...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – The Defence Headquarters (DHQ), denied on Wednesday a publication in one of the online news media suggesting that personnel on duty at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) CCTV monitoring room were sleeping when bandits attacked the officers’ residential quarters. The attack on the headquarters...
The Nigerian Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers (NALPGAM), says increment in the price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), also known as cooking gas is worrisome. NALPGAM’s President, Mr Nosa Ogieva-Okunbor, made this known while speaking at the association’s 34th Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Symposium in Lagos. The...
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday ordered that a 44-year-old trader, Anthony Odita, be remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly sexually assaulting his two daughters. The police charged Odita, who resides in Igbogbo, Ikorodu, Lagos State, with sexual assault. Magistrate O.A Layinka, who did not take the plea...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The family of late Captain (Dr) Idahosa Wells Okunbo has debunked the rumour making the rounds that it is planning to sell off The Wells Carlton Hotel belonging to the deceased. In a statement on Wednesday, The Okunbo’s family, which dismissed the story as...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Kaduna State Sector Command, on Wednesday, decorated 29 of its officers promoted to their next rank. The Sector Commander, Mr Hafiz Mohammed, who decorated the officers, congratulated them and urged those who were not successful not to relent, but to work harder. The...
The Cross River Police Command has assured the management of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) of adequate security by its personnel on campus. Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Aminu Alhassan, gave the assurance on Tuesday in Calabar. He said this when he received the Pro-Chancellor/Chairman of UNICAL...
Several persons were feared killed with many others injured after suspected herdsmen attacked Yelwa Zangam village, Zangam District in Jos North Local Government Area, Plateau State. The attack which occurred on Tuesday night also left several houses burnt. While there’s yet to be any official statement from security agencies,...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Tax Appeal Tribunal (TAT) sitting in Lagos on Tuesday, 24th August , 2021 ordered Multichoice Nigeria Limited, owners of popular cable television services, DSTV, to pay 50 per cent of N1.8 trillion which the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has determined through a...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A combination of media aides and social media associates today celebrate the 52nd birthday of Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, with the launch of “Second Verdict”, which is a compendium of published news, analyses, features, columns, commentaries, discourse editorials, selected speeches and...