The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has threatened a shut down of the economy over the plan to begin implementation of the 0.5 per cent cyber security levy on electronic transactions. The body urged the Federal Government to direct the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to withdraw...
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Wednesday presented 1,437 metric tonnes of assorted food commodities to Niger government for distribution to vulnerable persons in the state. Director General (D-G), National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Hajiya Zubaida Umar, stated this during the presentation of the items to Gov. Umaru Bago, at the Government House, Minna. Umar...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Commander, Training and Doctrine Command, Nigerian Army (TRADOC), Maj.-Gen. Kevin Aligbe, has inaugurated a 55-member panel for the 2024 Captain to Major examination. The Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, TRADOC, Lt.-Col. Sani Uba, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday in...
A truck driver with Transport Service Limited (TSL), Ms Peace Kefikebusa, has said that she ran into women, who abused her for being a truck driver. Kefikebusa said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Wednesday in Calabar. Noting that being a trailer...
Former Speaker of Abia House of Assembly, Mr Chinedum Orji, has offered reasons he dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking in an interactive session with newsmen in Umuahia on Wednesday, Orji said that he did not join APC to fight for...
Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori has commended President Bola Tinubu and the military high command, over the withdrawal of troops from Okuama community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of the state. The governor stated this while addressing newsmen on Wednesday in Asaba. He said that with the withdrawal...
The Police on Wednesday said a 46-year- old man had been nabbed for allegedly vandalising the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos, 34 days after it was reopened following rehabilitation. The police spokesperson in Lagos, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Hundeyin said...
The House of Representatives Joint Committee on Environment, Petroleum Resources Upstream, Petroleum Resources Downstream and Climate Change has queried oil producing companies operating in the country over the environmental degradation. Rep. Pondi Gbabojor, the Chairman of the joint Committee, said this Abuja on Wednesday at the public hearing...
By TYAV SAM TYAV. Makurdi – Disturbed by the comments by Professor Ernest Ojukwu which bothered on the autonomy of the judiciary and why the state government was still buying cars for judges, the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice and Public Order, Benue State, Fidelis Bemsen Mnyim,...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The Managing Director Benue Investment and Property Company Limited (BIPC), Dr. Raymond Asemakaha has assured that the company would launch two subsidiaries, BIPC Bakery and a water factory, on Monday, May 27, 2024. The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The National Coordinator and Founder of Tinubu Support Organization (TSO), Aminu Suleiman has lauded the Governor of Benue State, Hyacinth Alia for keeping to his campaign promises made to the people of the State during his electioneering campaigns. The TSO coordinator, who...
The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Umuahia, Most Rev. Michael Ukpong, has charged the Catholic media practitioners to help disseminate the Church doctrines among the youths. Ukpong gave the charge on Wednesday, when a group, known as the Catholic Media Practitioners Association of Nigeria (CAMPAN), paid him...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The recent trip to the United States (U.S) by Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia has already attracted a delegation of investors from Australia which has arrived the sate to develop a 10 GW solar photovoltaic power plant. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that a...
The Lagos State Government has introduced Electronic Physical Planning Permit System to allow building approval to be obtained in just 10 minutes. The Special Adviser, e-GIS and Urban. Development, Dr Olajide Babatunde, made the disclosure during a ministerial press briefing to mark the first year of the second...
Factional Speaker emerges in Rivers Assembly The member representing Bonny Constituency in the Rivers State House of Assembly, Hon. Victor Oko-Jumbo, has emerged as the new Speaker of the House, loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara. The development might be a response to the opposition All Progressives Congress’ (APC) directive...
Rivers LG chairmen vow to back Fubara’s impeachment call The Rivers State chapter of the Association of Local Government Areas of Nigeria (ALGON) has said it is ready to back the call for the impeachment of Governor Siminalayi Fubara. The local government chairmen also accused Fubara of embezzling funds...
Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State, has announced the complete withdrawal of the military from the Okuama community in the state. The governor disclosed this on Wednesday during a press conference at the Government House, in Asaba, implying that the displaced people of Okuama are now...
S The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is to arraign former Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika, before Justice Sylvanus Oriji of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Maitama on Thursday. Sirika, a minister in the administration of former president Muhammadu Buhari, would be arraigned on a...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday arraigned Abubakar Dandare, a Registrar of the Upper Sharia Court in Gusau , Zamfara for alleged forgery and misappropriation of dead man’s N3.8 million. The EFCC Counsel, Mr Peter Attah, told the court that Dandare committed the offence on...