President Bola Tinubu has said his administration will continue to provide the needed interventions in the oil and gas industry in line with the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). He disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja when he received a delegation from the Chevron Corporation, led by Mr Clay...
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The Kogi Government has paid N115 million for settlement of Joint Administration Matriculation Board (JAMB) registration fees for 15,033 public school students across the state. The state Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mr Wemmy Jones, disclosed this while briefing newsmen in Lokoja on Tuesday. He said that...
The domestic bourse on Tuesday appreciated further, making the market turnover on the Nigerian Exchange Ltd. (NGX) to rise by 12.97 per cent. Market activities showed that 747.51 million shares valued at N16.28 billion were exchanged in 16,589 deals. As a result, the All-Share Index rose by...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has expressed readiness for the conduct of the Feb. 3 Sokoto State rerun election. Mrs Hauwa Kangiwa, the state INEC Administrative Secretary, said this at a stakeholders meeting in Sokoto on Tuesday. She stated that the re-run would hold in 18...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s witness, Mr Hamma-Adama Bello, has told a Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja how Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita, immediate-past Head of Service (HoS), used her companies to launder government’s funds while in service. Bello, a Chief Superintendent of EFCC and Head, Special Investigation...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has said residents of the territory will get positive news within days with regards to efforts being made to tackle insecurity in the FCT. “I can assure you that in a matter of days, you will be...
Properties estimated to be worth N150 million, on Tuesday, were destroyed by fire at the GSM market, popularly called “Kasuwar Jagwal,” in Damaturu, Yobe. Confirming the incident to journalists in Damaturu, the Public Relations Officer of the Yobe State Fire Service, said that no fewer than 30 shops...
By MARK JANG, Jos – Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang has declared a 24-hour curfew on Mangu Local Government Area of the state with immediate effect. The governor, who gave the directive in a statement issued by the Director of Press and Public Affairs, Mr Gyang Bere, said the...
A Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) governorship aspirant in Ogun during the 2023 general elections, Segun Sowunmi has dragged the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party to court for failing to convene a National Executive Council (NEC) meeting. Sowumi filed the suit marked (FHC/ABJ/CS/T024) at the Federal High...
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday pledged $45 million in additional financing to help fight conflict and bring stability to coastal West Africa, where insecurity linked to jihadist insurgencies has increased in recent years. Blinken is on the second stop of a four-nation tour of Africa...
Super Eagles goalkeeper at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2023, Stanley Nwabali, has dispelled insinuation that he is now Nigeria’s first choice goalkeeper. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Chippa United FC of South Africa goalkeeper said this on Tuesday in Abidjan. Nwabali...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – United Nations Children’s Funds (UNICEF) in collaboration with the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) have supported education sector through Partnership for Learning for All in Nigeria under a 4- year education Program for Borno and Yobe states – Education in Emergency Programmes...
The Speaker, Plateau State House of Assembly, Gabriel Dewan, says that he is in possession of a court injunction to recognise only eight members of the assembly. Dewan stated that the 16 sacked lawmakers, and the other 16 with certificates of return, were all laying claim...
r of Ogun House of Assembly, Olakunle Oluomo (APC-Ifo1) has been impeached. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Oluomo was impeached by 18 out of the 26 members of assembly during the plenary presided over by the Deputy Speaker, Mrs Bolanle Ajayi (APC-Yewa South). Consequently, the lawmakers...
Troops of the Nigerian Army and local vigilantes rescued four hostages abducted by bandits in Sabon Birni village in Shanga Local Government Area of Kebbi on Monday. Special Adviser to Gov. Nasir Idris on Media and Publicity, Malam Yahaya Sarki, said on Tuesday in Birnin Kebbi, that the...
The Commissioner of Police in Edo, Mr Funsho Adegboye, has described as worrisome the spate of proliferation of firearms and cult attacks in the state. Adegboye, while responding to a question on the incessant cult attacks in Benin on Tuesday, however, assured that the police would fish out...
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (lPMAN) has said incessant increase in tariff of petroleum products by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory(NMDPRA) might adversely hinder the success of oil subsidy removal. National President of IPMAN, Alhaji Debo Ahmed, made the observation in a statement he...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Litigation and Prosecution officer of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Sokoto State, Barrister Fodio Saidu, has said to the best of his understanding they are not prosecuting anybody for now over any infraction or electoral offenses from the 2023 general election....
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), is set to hold by-election in 39 national and state Constituencies across the country. To this end, the commission has called on the Inter-agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) to pay attention to the potentials for...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Ali Pate, has commended Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, for allocating 15% of the state’s budget to the healthcare sector in compliance with the Abuja declaration of 2001. “I join my voice to thank...