The Federal Government has announced the immediate beginning of construction work on sections three and four of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project, beginning from Calabar. The Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, made the announcement at an engagement with representatives of communities within the alignment of the road...
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Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Oil), Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri, has said the Federal Government is set to seal a deal worth 20 billion dollars to boost oil and gas production in Nigeria. Lokpobiri said this on Thursday in Abuja when a delegation of Schlumberger (SLB) Ltd. led...
A former PDP National Deputy Chairman, Chief Bode George, has said it is not fair to attribute all the challenges facing the country to the administration of President Bola Tinubu led administration. George saud this during his address to the nation, titled “My Thoughts on The State of...
The Kogi Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja has fixed May 27 to deliver judgment in the petition filed by Social Democratic Party (SDP) and its governorship candidate, Murtala Ajaka, against the election victory of Gov. Usman Ododo. The three-member panel of justices, headed by Justice Ado...
The Federal Government has reached an advanced stage of raising more than N35 billion required to restart the Light Mill Section (LMS) of the Ajaokuta Steel Company. The Minister of Steel Development, Prince Shuaibu Audu, said this at the Ministerial Sectoral Update on the performance of President Bola...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, ordered the management of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) management in Kuje, FCT, to take the ailing and detained Binance executive, Tigran Gambaryan, to a hospital for a medicare. Justice Emeka Nwite gave the order following an application by Gambaryan’s counsel,...
President Bola Tinubu has directed a comprehensive review of the recently announced governing boards of tertiary institutions. He ordered the review to be done before the inauguration and retreat being planned for the nominees on May 31. Mr Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and...
The Senate on Thursday constituted an ad hoc committee to investigate the number of abandoned projects in the country. This followed the adoption of a motion by Sen.Jimoh Ibrahim (APC- Ondo)on the need to look into the 11, 856 mega projects abandoned by the Federal Government. Presenting the...
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has settled the lingering issues between its two factional groups in the interest of peace and unity of Nigerian students. The defunct NANS Senate President, Ekundayo Elvis, at a news conference in Abuja on Thursday, announced the stepping down of the...
The Minister of Defence, Alhaji Mohammed Badaru, has said no fewer than 9,300 bandits and terrorists have been neutralised within the last one year by the Nigerian Armed Forces. Badaru disclosed this at the Ministerial Sectoral Briefings, organised by the Ministry of Information, to mark the first anniversary...
The Senate has urged the Ministry of Aviation to handover the abandoned Shell Airstrip in Oloibiri, Bayelsa to the Nigerian Air Force for conversion into its base. his followed adoption of a motion at plenary on Thursday on urgent need for transformation of the abandoned Shell Airstrip at...
By OLA MUDOPE, Akure – No fewer than 17 political parties have uploaded their candidates’ nomination forms for the Nov. 16 Ondo State Governorship Election, according to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Sam Olumekun, disclosed this in...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has announced the commencement of rehabilitation of 70 Primary Healthcare Centres across the state. This was disclosed at the flag off of the distribution of medical equipment and consumables for all healthcare facilities in the state. Governor Ododo,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The National Commission for Almajiri and Out-of-School Children’s Education, (NCAOOSCE) is to collaborate with the National Board for Arabic and Islamic Studies (NBAIS) and the Nigeria Arabic Language Village (NALV) to enrich the educational experience of Almajiri students by incorporating Arabic studies into...
The stock market on the Nigerian Exchange Ltd. (NGX) declined further, losing N84 billion due to continuous sell-offs, primarily in Tier-one banking stocks and other blue-chips. Major declines in stocks such as Guaranty Trust Holding Company (GTCO), Zenith Bank, United Bank For Africa (UBA), Cadbury Nigeria, Guinness, and...
Vice President Kashim Shettima on Thursday said that President Bola Tinubu had successfully secured over 20 billion dollars in investment for Nigeria. Shettima said that these investment include 14 billion dollars from India and 250 million dollars from the Netherlands, with commitments of 500 million dollars each for...
By BARBARA KALU, Port Hartcourt – Traditional rulers from the five Local Government Areas in Ondo South Senatorial District have applauded the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), for completing and commissioning the132KV Transmission Line and I32KV/33KV electricity substation at Ode-Erinje in Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State. Speaking...
Four years after Muhammadu Sanusi II was deposed as the Emir of Kano, Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State has reinstated him to the throne. “With the full support of the kingmakers, I have approved the reappointment of Malam Sanusi Lamido,” the governor said to cheers at the...
President Bola Tinubu has approved a two-month free ride on the Abuja Rail Mass Transit, also known as Metro Line, Mr Nyesom Wike, Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has said. Wike made the disclosure in Abuja on Thursday, during the Ministerial Sectoral Update on the performance of...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has said the FCT Administration would build 10,000 low-income houses for the poor in the territory. Wike disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday, during the Ministerial Sectoral Update on the performance of President Bola Tinubu’s administration in...