Dangote Cement Plc and Dangote Industries Limited are the highest revenue contributors to the country’s Solid Minerals sector in 2019, according to Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI). The Spokesman for Dangote Group, Mr Francis Awowole-Browne, said in a statement that NEITI revealed in its 2019 Audit Report that...
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By PAUL ADAJI, Abuja = The Middle Belt Forum (MBF) has raised an alarm over the alleged massive destruction of no fewer than 45 farmlands by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Plateau state. A statement by the National Publicity Secretary of the MBF, Dr Isuwa Dogo, said the farmlands, which...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto- The United States Agency for International Development, (USAID) alongside the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) have shown further commitment to improving sanitation, hygiene and safe drinking water in Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara States, north west of Nigeria. Speaking at her opening remarks at a one...
United States (U.S.) Congressman Mark Green has warned against a new “Cold War’’ between U.S. and China. This was in an article recently published in The National Interest, a conservative U.S. magazine, Green wrote that “we must do everything we can to avoid a new cold war. “This time...
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday lay the foundation stone of the Kano-Abuja sector of the Lagos-Kano railway modernization project. The Lagos-Kano rail project is part of the 25-year vision approved by the Federal Government for the rail transportation in 2002. The contract for it was signed on 30th...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday, told a Federal High Court, Abuja, that the action of the former Senate President, Bukoka Saraki, has been hindering the agency from probing him. EFCC Counsel, Chile Okoronkwo, made this known to Justice Anwuli Chikere when the fundamental rights enforcement...
The Government of Kogi on Wednesday unveiled the Kogi State Education Law 2020 to guide the operations of schools and activities of relevant stakeholders in education sector in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the law was unveiled at the ‘Stakeholders’ Meeting On Education Law...
By PETER JEROME – When the sun shines, it does so not just because the galaxy had designed it to, but because it has come to dispel darkness and extol light which is the ultimate need of the universe.14th day of July as remained a significant day of Sun...
Love is a beautiful thing and it found two wonderful people in spite of their racial difference. This is as a United States woman had tied the knot to her Nigerian lover on April 24. The excited lady named Janna Parker while sharing on LinkedIn beautiful photos from the...
Nigeria and the Economic Community of West African States(ECOWAS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) on the National Early Warning and Response Mechanism. Mr Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in...
President Muhammadu Buhari has sworn in five new Permanent Secretaries at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the affected permanent secretaries included Ibrahim Yusuf from Katsina State, Olusesan Adebiyi (Ekiti), Maryanne Onwudiwe (Enugu State), Marcus Ogunbiyi (Lagos State) and Ibrahim Abubakar...
Armstrong Bakam, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has alleged that his predecessor, Mohammed Abubakar, got not less than N60 billion bailout from the Federal Government during his four years in office with nothing to show. The governor was speaking while distributing cash and starter packs to 1,000...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Bauchi State House of Assembly Members have expressed worry over the proliferation of illegal Colleges of Education who award National Certificate of Education (NCE) to unsuspecting indigenes in the state. These institutions, the Members said, were established as profit making ventures pointing out that...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, rejected the request by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to play a video evidence in the ongoing trial of Andrew Yakubu, former Group Managing Director (GMD), Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Justice Ahmed Mohammed, in a ruling, dismissed the application on...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr Bashir Jamoh, has reiterated that assets deployed under the Deep Blue Project, recently launched by President Muhammadu Buhari, are manned by proficient officers from the Nigerian security services. Dr. Bashir Jamoh,...
The path to financial inclusion holds different marketplace barriers and opportunities in different countries, but the push continues because of proof that an increase in economic activities among the financially vulnerable can reawaken a comatose economy. For Nigeria, the last three years have seen significant growth of the financial...
Police have appealed for information to locate the body of a British backpacker murdered in Australia on the 20th anniversary of his disappearance. Bradley Murdoch was convicted in 2005 of murdering Peter Falconio, 28. And was also assaulting his girlfriend Joanne Lees at gunpoint on a remote stretch of...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Vice President Yemi Osinbanjo has called for an effective sub-regional collaboration on early warning systems in order to confront the security threats bedeviling Nigeria and the rest of West Africa which are becoming more violent, asymmetric, cross-border by nature, and spreading faster than before....
‘Essence’ by Nigerian Ayodeji Balogun a k.a Wizkid featuring fast raising singer Temilade Openiyi a.k.a Tems, has topped the Billboard Hot 100, debut as no. 82, thereby marking a major win for the singers. Billboard is an American magazine and website that produces news, video, opinion, reviews, events, and...
President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated his administration’s resolve to tackling all forms of insecurity in the country, vowing to deploy all resources to making the West African nation safe from threats. The Nigerian leader spoke on Tuesday when he hosted members of the National Assembly to a dinner at...