Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has said the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) certificate of a mining company indicted for Tuesday’s explosion in the Bodija area of Oyo State showed some foreign names as owners. Makinde, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Wednesday...
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has paid approximately $2 billion across various sectors, including manufacturing, aviation, and petroleum in its bid to clear the backlog of outstanding foreign exchange liabilities. The apex bank said it has also cleared up the entire liability of 14 banks and...
The streets of Cote d’Ivoire’s commercial capital Abidjan was agog on Wednesday, as fans discuss and anticipate the epic clash between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and hosts Cote d’Ivoire on Thursday. The match is the second for both teams in Group A of the on-going...
British head of state King Charles III will attend hospital next week for a corrective procedure to treat an enlarged prostate, Buckingham Palace said Wednesday. “In common with thousands of men each year, The King has sought treatment for an enlarged prostate,” said a palace statement....
Nigerian football fans in Kano State have urged the Super Eagles and their crew, to step up their game and beat host Cote d’ Ivoire on Thursday African Cup of Nations (AFCON) match. The fans made the call in a separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria...
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has called on the people of the state to remain calm over the explosion that occurred on Tuesday evening in Ibadan. Makinde, while addressing newsmen on Wednesday in Ibadan, said that his government would do everything possible to provide succour to everyone affected...
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Dr Kayode Ajulo, has filed a suit seeking to stop Gov. Similalaye Fubara of Rivers from re-presenting the 2024 budget to the state House of Assembly. The SAN asked the court to stop such a move pending the hearing and determination of...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has approved a 100 per cent hazard allowance for medical doctors and other health workers in the state to boost their morale. The governor announced this on Wednesday, during a courtesy visit by pioneer medical students of Prince Abubakar Audu University, Anyigba and...
The Minister of Solid Minerals and Development, Dr Dele Alake has directed Mine Officers of the ministry to investigate the Tuesday night explosion in Ibadan, Oyo State, to help unravel the cause. Alake gave the directive on Wednesday in Abuja. “I have directed the ministry’s mine officers who...
Chairman, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Mr Sanusi Garba, has said the Federal Government will continue to subsidise electricity to ease the financial burden on Nigerians due to economic challenges in the country . Garba said this during a news conference in Abuja on Wednesday. “Government has decided...
Minister of Defence, Muhammadu Badaru, has urged Nigerians to stop the illegal payment of ransom to kidnappers and bandits. At a briefing after the Federal Executive Council meeting on Wednesday in Abuja, Badaru said the payment would only embolden the culprits to demand for more, thereby...
The All-Share Index, one of the performance indices of the Nigerian Exchange Ltd.(NGX), on Wednesday crossed a 90,000 benchmark, appreciating by 2.37 per cent. Specifically, the All Share Index rose by 2,92.15 or 2.37 per cent to close at 90,063.25 against 87,971.10 points on Tuesday. Also, the market...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has expressed sadness over Tuesday’s explosion in Ibadan, which left about three persons dead and 77 others injured. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the explosion, which occurred on Tuesday evening at Bodija area of the Oyo State capital, also destroyed at...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral (INEC) has published the final list of candidates for the February 3, bye-elections to fill vacant seats in the Senate, House of Representatives, and state Houses of Assembly. The vacancies were created as a result of the resignation and...
President Bola Tinubu has approved the payment of renewal fees for the Group Life Assurance for federal government workers. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, disclosed this on Wednesday at the end of the first 2024 meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) held in...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police to pay a woman, Mrs Mary Kajo, the sum of N100 million over the arrest, unlawful detention, torture and alleged death of her husband, Mark Kajo. Delivering judgment, Justice Inyang Ekwo, also ordered the police...
By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.), Mr. Mele Kyari has called for collaboration between the academia and the Oil & Gas Industry towards addressing the challenges of energy sufficiency and sustainability. Kyari made this call...
By HARUNA AHMED, Birnin Kebbi – The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has confirmed the Killing of two of its personnel by armed bandits in Kebbi State. The Kebbi State Command’s Spokesperson, DSI Abdullahi Isa, disclosed this in a statement in Birnin Kebbi on Wednesday. He said: “On a sad...
A Financial Expert, Mr Okechukwu Unegbu, has said the planned relocation of some key departments of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to Lagos was for administrative convenience. Unegbu, a past President of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN), said this in an interview with the...
Some medical doctors in the health sector have identified family ties and age as part of major factors holding back some doctors from migrating out of Nigeria to practise abroad. The doctors made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on...