By MARGARET TIZA – Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State has been advised to rediscover the state’s biggest economic sector of old, leisure, entertainment, and tourism by appointing a Special Adviser on Entertainment. The call for the appointment of an SA on Entertainment was made came in Port Harcourt...
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By GRACE AUDU – The federal government has been called upon to amend the current Students Loans Act by appointing an independent Chairman and Secretary instead of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor as required by the Act. The call was made this week by a university...
Thirty-one people were killed in Mali on Tuesday and 10 others wounded when a bus travelling toward Burkina Faso fell off a bridge in the country’s southeast, the transport ministry said. The accident occurred at around 5:00 pm (1700 GMT) at a bridge crossing the Bagoe River, it...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Monday played host to participants of United States of America Air War College at the Armed Forces Complex in Abuja. While welcoming the participants who were on a study tour of the DHQ , the Chief of the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has said its 330kV Gwagwalada-Katampe Transmission line has been destroyed by vandals. TCN’s General Manager, Public Affairs, Mrs Ndidi Mbah, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday. According to her, ”Bulk power supply flexibility and...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Federal Government, in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), successfully repatriated another batch of 147 irregular Nigerian migrants stranded in Libya on Tuesday. Charge d’Affaires En Titre of the Nigerian Mission in Libya, Amb. Kabiru Musa, disclosed this in a statement...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, has declared that as the Armed Forces of Nigeria and other security agencies continue to work tirelessly to improve the nation’s security, the non-kinetic efforts of the military have produced appreciable outcomes complementing its kinetic...
Troops of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), a military special taskforce maintaining peace in Plateau and parts of Bauchi and Kaduna States, have rejected a N1.5 million bribe from suspected cattle rustlers in Plateau. This is contained in a statement issued on Wednesday in Jos by the Media Officer...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Government, through the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has disclosed that it would establish over twenty-four skills and innovation centers across the country to assist Nigerians gain their potentials and boost productivity. Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, stated this in...
The National Leader of New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has urged the people of Edo to vote for the party’s candidate in the Sept.21 governorship poll. Kwankwaso said when he presented Certificate of Return to the party’s candidate for the election, Dr Azemhe Azena....
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it is partnering with the Directorate-General Taxation and Customs Union (DG TAXUD) of the European Union (EU), to facilitate trade, monitor export and documentations in Nigeria. The Comptroller-General (CG) of customs, Adewale Adeniyi, disclosed this after a meeting with the DG TAXUD on Tuesday...
Nick Agule Twitter: @NickAgule Email: nick.agule@yahoo.co.uk Facebook: Nick Agule, FCA 28.02.2024 Introduction The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday, 27th February 2024 briefed the nation on the outcome of its meeting. A major decision that was announced was to raise the...
By ESTHER OLAMA – The Mayor of Housing, My-ACE China, has explained that he is determined to push the comedy industry higher because it targets Nigeria’s youth population of over 146m or 70 per cent of the population. Mr China spoke on the sidelines of the unveiling of the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has suspended its second day nationwide streets protest over hunger and economic hardship in the country. NLC President, Mr Joe Ajaero, stated this in a communique jointly signed with Mr Ismail Bello, Acting General Secretary of the Congress at...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Tinubu Media Support Group (TMSG), has described former vice president Atiku Abubakar’s recommendation of measures introduced by Argentina’s President, Javier Milei, for Nigeria as unrealistic. Abubakar had in a statement on Sunday, said that Nigeria should take a lesson from how the president...
The House of Representatives Public Account Committee (PAC) has summoned the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr Olayemi Cardoso to appear before it on or before Tuesday, March 5, or face arrest warrant. Rep. Bamidele Salam, the chairman of the committee said this in Abuja on Tuesday...
The Independent Media and Policy Initiative (IMPI), has expressed confidence that contrary to belief in certain quarters Nigeria would witness economic growth in 2024. The policy group expressed the confidence in a statement signed by its Chairman, Mr Niyi Akinsiju, in Abuja on Tuesday. Akinsiju said the group...
The Minister of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy, Hanatu Musawa, says the 617 million dollar investment in Digital Economy and Creative Enterprises (iDICE) fund will spur cultural and economic expansion. Musawa said this during the launch of iDICE and the maiden edition of Omniverse summit, in Lagos on...
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted sunny and thundery weather conditions from Wednesday to Thursday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Tuesday in Abuja forecast sunny atmosphere over the northern region during the forecast period. It envisaged sunny atmosphere with patches of clouds over the...
The Federal Government said on Tuesday that none of the International Oil Companies (IOCs) doing business in Nigeria has left as against insinuations. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, gave the clarifications during the inauguration of the ongoing Nigeria International Energy Summit (NIES 2024), at...