By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of four Nigerian professionals to serve as Executive Directors of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN). The presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja, said the appointment was for...
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By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of new members of the management team of the FGN Power Company Limited. Presidential spokesman, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Ngelale said the appointment was in recognition of the role...
Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has charged the new Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mrs Kemi Nandap, to ensure effective management of the nation’s borders. Tunji-Ojo gave the charge while decorating the new C-G on Friday in Abuja. He said that it had become imperative...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Senator representing Borno South Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume has added weight to appeal made by Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State for President Bola Tinubu to stop the purported merger of the Nigerian Army University Biu...
Selloffs in the shares of Dangote Cement, Conoil, MTN Nigeria, among others, on Friday, dragged the equity market’s performance indices down by 1.23 per cent to close the week’s trading sessions. Specifically, investors lost N672 billion or 1.24 per cent, as the market capitalisation, which opened at N54.707...
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday, set aside the inspection order granted Murtala Ajaka, the candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) by the Kogi Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the tribunal had, on Nov. 25,...
Mrs Blessing Adeniran, the mother of the 12-year-old Chrisland student, Whitney Adeniran, who died during the school inter-house sports competition, has said that her family doctor did not tell her that the deceased had any medical condition. Adeniran said this on Friday before Justice Oyindamola Ogala of the...
Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Ododo has vowed that his administration would flush out all criminal elements in the state. Ododo said this on Friday in Lokoja during the Passing out Parade of 132 rank and file of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). Represented by the...
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has promised to restore the glorious days of the Nigerian military of winning trophies in international sports competitions. Musa gave the assurance at the closing of the 8th General Assembly of the Organisation of Military Sports in Africa (OSMA),...
Air Vice Marshal Abiola Amodu, the Commandant of Air Force Research and Development Centre, Osogbo, says heroes risking their lives to protect the nation deserve utmost respect and gratitude. Amodu said this while delivering a lecture at Civil Defence Day celebration and the passing-out-parade of new recruits...
Inmates at the Jos Correctional Centre in Plateau State protested on Friday over the plan to reduce their food ration. They expressed dissatisfaction over the decision, a situation that forced the prison authorities to fire tear gas canisters and gunshots into the air to bring the situation...
Operatives of the Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, Lagos, have arrested a couple, an ex-military personnel and a printer, who allegedly specialise in producing fake currencies. The police paraded the couple, aged 50 and 46; the ex-soldier, aged 62; and the printer aged 35, at the command’s Headquaters...
Jose Peseiro has left his role as the coach of the Super Eagles after taking the team to the final of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). The team lost to Cote d’Ivoire in the final of the competition. His contract with the team expired in February....
Saudi Arabian medical team has successfully carried out the separation surgery of Nigerian conjoined twins, Hassana and Husaina, at the King Abdullah Specialist Children’s Hospital in King Abdulaziz Medical City in Riyadh. This was done following the directives of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman...
A lone accident at Azia Junction, on Owerri-Ihiala Expressway in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra, claimed the lives of a truck driver and his conductor. The Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Anambra, Mr Adeoye Irelewuyi, who confirmed the accident to the News Agency...
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Nigeria is poised to roll out the Expatriates Employment Levy, a move expected to not only generate revenue but also promote local employment opportunities and skill development. The levy, scheduled to commence on Friday, March 15th, 2024, comes as part of the government’s effort to bolster the...
The Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Dr Ahmed Audi, on Friday urged the newly recruited officers to uphold the core values of the Corps, emphasising integrity and respect for human rights. Audi made the call during the passing out ceremony for 177...
The Director-General, Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN), Dr Mustapha Abdullahi, has said Nigeria will need the $4 billion to go fully green by 2050. Abdullahi stated this at a press briefing on Clean, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency use in Nigeria in Abuja on Friday. He said that...
An Ikeja High Court on Friday has ordered that hearing notice be served on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the case of a businessman, Chief Cletus Ibeto, charged with N4.8 billion fraud. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Oyindamola Ogala ordered that...
Dr Olu Agunloye, former Minister of Power and Steel under ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, has filed a N1 billion suit against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over allegations that it published his name on its website’s wanted list. Agunloye, in the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/167/2024 and filed by...