By ALEX EHIME, Lagos – Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, has described as unfortunate but avoidable, the fatal crash that occurred on Saturday at Kara bridge on the outward Lagos lane of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, assuring that frantic efforts are already in place to...
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By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), said on Friday it supplied 727 Million Standard Cubic Feet per day (mmscfd) of natural gas for power generation to the country in the month of August, 2020, an equivalent of 2,538MW of power. This represents an increase...
From SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Over 100,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), in various parts of Borno and neighbouring states have been evacuated back to their ancestral homes. Governor Babagana Zulum told State House correspondents after his meeting with President Buhari in Abuja on Friday . He add d that security...
The Join Health Sector Union (JOHESU) and Assembly of Health Professionals, Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Calabar branch, has called on the Federal Government and corporate organisations to assist them over the looting of their valuables by hoodlums. The Union made the call in a statement jointly signed by its Chairman...
Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo state, on Friday, inaugurated a 27-man steering committee to formulate a 20-year development plan for the state.Speaking at the inauguration of the committee in Ibadan, Makinde said the initiative was conceived to address developmental challenges in all aspects of the state economy within a...
The Federal Government has assured the Benue State indigent of completion of ongoing projects to boost socio-economic, and political development in the state. Sen. George Akume, Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs gave the assurance on Friday, when he received Benue South zone C All Progressive Congress (APC)...
Leaders of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) are beginning to contradict themselves over the reasons they embarked on their on-going strike which had entered its eighth month. While some of the leaders in the south-south region said on Wednesday that the Federal Government’s insistence on enrolling varsity teachers...
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has proposed N205 billion as capital budget for 2021 to enable the ministry make significant progress on all its ongoing projects. Amaechi made this known in a statement to newsmen during on his presentation before the Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Representatives on...
Investors on the Nigerian Stock Exchange on Friday traded 637.49 million shares worth N5.23 billion transacted in 6,354 deals. This was in contrast with 430.12 million shares valued at N6.62 billion achieved in 4,319 deals on Thursday. Omoluabi Mortgage Bank was the toast of investors exchanging 139.50 million shares...
No government is short of opposition. In a democracy, the residence of an animated opposition signals the buoyancy of the system. Where there is democracy, there is opposition. In fact, opposition is the mitochondria of a republican system – it keeps the government on the mill working according to...
Lionel Messi is as big as his team FC Barcelona and deserves to have the club’s Camp Nou stadium named after him, former team mate Dani Alves has said. The Brazilian defender however added that the Argentinian would never find a better home than the Catalan side. Alves said...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Media Rights Agenda (MRA), has called on the Federal Government to launch a transparent and independent investigation into the death of Mr. Pelumi Onifade, a reporter with Gboah TV, an online television channel, in the wake of the #EndSARS protests in Lagos. The 20-year...
Democratic candidate Joe Biden has taken the lead in the U.S states of Pennsylvania and Georgia, two of the final states still in play in the presidential election. Biden has overhauled what was a substantial lead for President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania, and on Friday he pulled slightly ahead...
The Ogun government on Friday in Abeokuta signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a British Power firm, Konexa Ltd., to facilitate increased power supply in the state. The State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, who signed the MoU on behalf of the Ogun government, noted that as an industrial...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday appealed to Nigerians yet to feel the impacts of his Administration and those who feel the government is not doing enough to bear with the government. The President made the appeal in Ilorin at a town hall meeting with the traditional rulers, youths, students,...
The Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC) says plans are underway for the 2020 general pilgrimage to Israel to begin on Dec. 13. Dr Yakubu Pam, Executive Secretary, NCPC announced this on Friday at a meeting with officials of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) at the Port Harcourt...
Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has commended his Sokoto State counterpart, Aminu Tambuwal over his people oriented programmes in the state. Malam Muhammad Bello, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to Gov. Tambuwal, said this in a statement on Friday in Sokoto. Bello said that Wike made...
The Zamfara chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has commended the Gov. Mai Mala Buni-led National Caretaker Committee for its efforts at repositioning the party.The APC Chairman in the state, Alhaji Lawal Liman, gave the commendation in Gusau on Friday while commenting on the party’s planned nationwide membership...
Mr Ganguly Soumobroto, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Cars45, on Friday said the company acquired Nigeria’s largest online used cars market to upscale the business to international platform. Soumobroto gave the insight at a news conference at Alausa Shopping Mall while responding to questions on the investment made by...